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Okay, we all have a favorite gun, or guns, in our collections, one we love to shoot, dote on and keep well oiled and pristine, it's the pride of our collections, it may be a basic, low end gun, or something ultra fancy, perhaps a family heirloom, passed down through generations and alive with family history....
This is not that thread....
No, I'm wondering about your WORST gun, a gun that you, if not outright HATE, at least like the least, this would be the ONE gun you consider the worst, however you define worst to be...
What is it? Why do you keep it, what do you do with it?
For me, it'd have to be a first-generation Iver Johnson top-break Safety Hammerless .32 S&W revolver....
Why is it the worst gun in my collection?
Hmm, let's start with that it is limited to using black powder cartridges, and is unsafe to shoot with smokeless loads....
Second, the sights are vestigial, rudimentary, and other big fancy words meaning bad/useless
Third, it only holds five rounds of beyond anemic .32 caliber cartridges
Fourth, it has the absolutely WORST trigger pull of any gun in my collection, it's not JUST heavy, it's also gritty and spongy, it feels like dragging a bag of gravel over a gravel road, through the mud, it makes the stock trigger on a Ruger 10/22 feel like Teflon coated, buttered ball bearings with a crisp break...
Am I keeping it?
Yes
Why?
Two reasons, mainly, perhaps a third
1; it was Dad's gun, we found it in his sock drawer after he passed away earlier this year, even Mom never knew he had it in their bedroom, why he had it was a mystery, a mystery we can never solve, I think he bought it for personal protection when he used to go on long business trips away from home
2; even if I was going to sell it, it'd only be worth about $50 in trade at the local gun shop
3; as a reminder that even the worst gun made today could always be worse, e 10/22 may have an absolutely pathetic stock trigger, but it's amazingly good compared to the trigger in the little IJ revolver
4; it IS a top break revolver, and the top break ejector star still works, it's still a neat bit of engineering, even though it's not particularly precise or well engineered, it's still a top break, and they are mechanically cool
5; it's a bit of family mystery, and fun to speculate on it's mysterious past...
So, what is the ONE worst gun in your collection?
This is not that thread....
No, I'm wondering about your WORST gun, a gun that you, if not outright HATE, at least like the least, this would be the ONE gun you consider the worst, however you define worst to be...
What is it? Why do you keep it, what do you do with it?
For me, it'd have to be a first-generation Iver Johnson top-break Safety Hammerless .32 S&W revolver....
Why is it the worst gun in my collection?
Hmm, let's start with that it is limited to using black powder cartridges, and is unsafe to shoot with smokeless loads....
Second, the sights are vestigial, rudimentary, and other big fancy words meaning bad/useless
Third, it only holds five rounds of beyond anemic .32 caliber cartridges
Fourth, it has the absolutely WORST trigger pull of any gun in my collection, it's not JUST heavy, it's also gritty and spongy, it feels like dragging a bag of gravel over a gravel road, through the mud, it makes the stock trigger on a Ruger 10/22 feel like Teflon coated, buttered ball bearings with a crisp break...
Am I keeping it?
Yes
Why?
Two reasons, mainly, perhaps a third
1; it was Dad's gun, we found it in his sock drawer after he passed away earlier this year, even Mom never knew he had it in their bedroom, why he had it was a mystery, a mystery we can never solve, I think he bought it for personal protection when he used to go on long business trips away from home
2; even if I was going to sell it, it'd only be worth about $50 in trade at the local gun shop
3; as a reminder that even the worst gun made today could always be worse, e 10/22 may have an absolutely pathetic stock trigger, but it's amazingly good compared to the trigger in the little IJ revolver
4; it IS a top break revolver, and the top break ejector star still works, it's still a neat bit of engineering, even though it's not particularly precise or well engineered, it's still a top break, and they are mechanically cool
5; it's a bit of family mystery, and fun to speculate on it's mysterious past...
So, what is the ONE worst gun in your collection?