Great Thread!
Yes, I had a Jennings .22; enough said. I also had an Intratec Tec-22 just for fun--it was a brilliant, bomb-proof, simple design, but since there was no ejector to match the excellent extractor it was unable to fully eject ANY fired case, in spite of my radically enlarging the ejection port with a hack saw! I turned in both to a "Ceasefire" police exchange and got fifty bucks for each POS!
Now, I am sad to see many guns that I have had excellent luck with listed here as lemons:
I had a Taurus PT92 9mm that was simply flawless, other than having tiny sights, and accurate as hell too.
I had an Iver-Johnson TP22, late model, which simply worked perfectly, no matter what kind of ammo I fed it. A knowledgeable gun dealer bought it instantly for himself, for more than I paid for it.
I had a non-double action Walther TPH22, which was instantly fixed with a new factory trigger bar. It is perfect now, and will probably be the last gun I will ever sell.
I had a Kahr P9, first generation all-steel, which was utterly relliable and accurate, and had a trigger like buttah.
I STILL have a perfectly reliable S&W Sigma .380---yes, it looks like crap, but fits my hand perfectly and is totally controllable. It will wear out quickly because of the cheap zinc-alloy slide, but I have "melted" one side so that it does not "print" so badly in my pocket---using SANDPAPER!
Finally, I had an utterly dependable Glock 19, incredibly accurate. I hate the Glock grip angle, but this was a "second generation" model with no finger-grooves, so it allowed a Hogue slip-on grip that gave a more CZ75 shape, and it was PERFECT.
I kind of think people have some trouble with guns because they do not lube them before shooting. The manufacturers ship them dry, and dealers display them dry, only to keep the packaging from getting oily...............elsullo