I have had more than one P.O.S. handgun
When I was a kid I got a Clerke .32 revolver that had the frame split after 50 rounds of factory ammo. I have an American Derringer in .45 Auto that has the rifeling only cut into one side of the barrels. It's about as accurate as throwing rocks. Then there was the AMT Automag 4 with the safety that would engage itself during recoil causing the firing pin to be locked forward instead of rearward. I got one hell of a painfull "slamfire" out of that when I let the slide go forward on a round in the chamber. I did not notice that the firing pin was protruding forward about a quarter of an inch out of its hole.
Then there are the Wildey .45 Winchester Magnums. I own 2 of them. In all honesty one has remained unfired. The one I did choose to shoot (purchased new)would drop it's magazine on every shot. Comparing it to the unfired gun revealed that the mag release was malformed and did not have enough "bite" on the magazine to hold it in place. A $40 part fixed that but getting this gun to feed with any degree of reliability is very difficult. You have to change the gas setting for each load. I could deal with that but you also had to reajust for each individual shooter
To put the frosting on the cake the hammer broke after about 300 rounds. I was assured by the factory that there was no problem with the hammer design on the Wildey but I later read a gunsmithing article about the hammer breakage problems on these guns
Then we get to the S&W 500 and I am sure this will make a lot of you Smith lovers bite your lip
The first day I got the gun I took it to the range and it would allow the cylinder stop to drop during recoil 2 out of 3 times. This happened with everybody that shot the gun. I took the gun home that evening and replaced the cylinder stop spring with a heavier one. I took the big revolver back to the range the next day and got off 15 rounds without the cylinder backing up. Bad news is it had a broken firing pin. I packed the gun up and sent it to S&W and after a couple weeks they informed me that the gun had to be replaced
I never heard of a whole gun needing to be replaced over a broken firing pin
They did however send me a brand new gun that still remains unfired to this day. I guess I just lost interest in the big revolver after my initial dissapointment in the gun and the company.
I guess if you buy and shoot enough guns you are bound to get a lemon or two
At least I have never had trouble with a Freedom Arms or Ruger revolver