OK What's the WORST Rifle You have ever owned ?

[hawg]

When I turned 18, I bought a UNIVERSAL M1 Carbine.

I was SO EXCITED

I didn't realize this was not a true Military M1 carbine design until I got it home.

My friend named it "BANG BANG JAM"

" are you taking BANG BANG JAM with us camping this weekend"

the Op-rod was stamped sheet metal, the trigger housing seemed to be made from melted down HOTWHEELS cars.

Later, I traded it for a Mini-14, added a CHOATE folding stock, and CHOATE M16A1 style flash suppressor.

I sold that when I joined the Army.

Edit - pic from google, note the stamped sheet metal Op-Rod / charging handle

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Dad bought mine new in 1969. It ran FMJ fine. Even the 30 round mags worked great as long as you kept your hands off of them while shooting. Soft points didn't feed well. I got it when dad died in 02 and polished the feed ramp. Now it feeds anything. I shot the snot out of it when I was a kid. If it breaks tomorrow it was still probably the best 99.00 he ever spent gun wise.

The worst one I had was a 1916 Spanish Mauser. It shot really wide at 50 yards.

 

[Y-T71]

...The worst one I had was a 1916 Spanish Mauser. It shot really wide at 50 yards.

The 1916 Spanish Mauser is definitely my worst rifle too.

Thankfully I have 2.

One the magazine pops open and dumps all the contents on the ground after 1 shot.

I took it to a gun show this past fall and tried to sell it (with full disclosure of course) but couldn't even get $100 for it.

For that money, I decided to keep it!

The 2nd rifle shoots like a dream.

They're both relagated to cast bullet hand loads now though.

 

[Remington1911]

R 22

Had 3-4, two new in box all with issues.

 

[Picher]

The first new rifle I ever bought with my own money was a Savage/Stevens 87A...a .22 LR semi-auto, tubular-magazine rifle. I fired all kinds of cheap ammo in that rifle, which had a locking-bolt feature, actuated by pushing the bolt handle left into a hole in the left side of the receiver to stop it from recoil-action operation/ejection. It was never very accurate, but after a gazillion rounds, wouldn't group better than 10 inches at 40 yards or so. Still, it killed lots of squirrels and dump rats...especially dump rats. I learned to refinish gunstocks by doing that stock and it came out well. The mechanism finally broke and wasn't worth the trouble to fix it. It was time to buy a 10-22!

 

[hawg]

The first new rifle I ever bought with my own money was a Savage/Stevens 87A...a .22 LR semi-auto, tubular-magazine rifle. I fired all kinds of cheap ammo in that rifle, which had a locking-bolt feature, actuated by pushing the bolt handle left into a hole in the left side of the receiver to stop it from recoil-action operation/ejection. It was never very accurate, but after a gazillion rounds, wouldn't group better than 10 inches at 40 yards or so. Still, it killed lots of squirrels and dump rats...especially dump rats. I learned to refinish gunstocks by doing that stock and it came out well. It finally broke and wasn't worth the trouble to fix it.

Mine is an 87B and is very accurate. It will shoot rings around an out of the box 10/22. It has gotten to where it only wants to feed CCI Mini Mags tho.

 

[SwampWolf]

all I can say is Thankfully It wasn't Just ME

To pay homage to an old adage, misery really does love company!

 

[blue32]

Issued Remington 7615. Jammed more than Bob Marley.

 

[Hokkmike]

Century Arms SAR

 

[cdb1]

One of the biggest issues with the Winchester 190/290 series rifles is the barrel nut can and does come loose after a while which will lead to poor accuracy and function issues. It has stayed tight on my Model 190 but then again I haven't shot it much since I was a teenager either.

I never shot mine enough for the barrel nut to come loose. It was a jam-o-matic from the get go.

 

[Picher]

A long time ago, but it was a Savage/Stevens, Semi-Auto .22LR, when I was a young adult. The many soft-metal surfaces were somewhat mitigated by having a very-long, mushy trigger pull. I shot a lot of dump rats and did some gravel-pit plinking with it, before shooting it with a scope to determine how well it grouped. Answer? About 10" diameter at about 35 yards!!! It was gone, traded that day! Funny, because when using it for pest control, it was adequate, but shots weren't very long. Still, I could finally afford a better rifle and bought a Marlin 39A Mountie, which was about all a person could ask of rimfire. It was solid, accurate, and had a decent trigger. The rifle's action was smooth and confidence-building. It didn't like to be scoped, but a receiver sight with a twilight aperture and higher, white ivory front, made it very easy to shoot well. Even people with lesser shooting skills found it easy to shoot quite well with that sighting system. I never took photos of the rifle and like most of my rifles over time, did eventually trade it away. The trigger was always great and accuracy fantastic!

 

[12Bravo20]

I never shot mine enough for the barrel nut to come loose. It was a jam-o-matic from the get go.

The Winchester 190 definitely was hit or miss on if they would function reliably. Mine functioned well with 22S, 22l, and 22LR. It just isn't very accurate and one of the most horrible triggers ever made.

 

[DustyGmt]

Easy, remington 770. Can't believe I wasted $400 on that HOS. Luckily I was able to sell it within 24hrs of having that awful projectile launcher (calling it a rifle seems like an insult to rifles). It was a crude lead launching device that I had the pleasure of selling while being totally up front with the buyer about why I was selling it but he didn't care, I think he wanted to gift it to a nephew, idk.

 

[troy fairweather]

Easy, remington 770. Can't believe I wasted $400 on that HOS. Luckily I was able to sell it within 24hrs of having that awful projectile launcher (calling it a rifle seems like an insult to rifles). It was a crude lead launching device that I had the pleasure of selling while being totally up front with the buyer about why I was selling it but he didn't care, I think he wanted to gift it to a nephew, idk.

Must of not liked the nephew lol