The WORST gun in your personal collection?

[ConstitutionCowboy]

I don't have a worst gun. I might have a least best but not a worst. For me, even that would be a tough call.

Woody

 

[chrisdelrosario14]

Davis arms 380 auto Saturday night special. Never shot the thing, but it belonged to my dad so I keep it.

 

[TUBBY1]

Cdm 22short revolver 2 1/2" barrel. The Saturday night special of the sixties. Pot metal . Feels like a cheap toy. My Mattel fanner fifty was more sturdy. Definitely my #1 worst.

 

[Riomouse911]

Currently it's a S&W Victory model with a 2" barrel. It has a fairly well done barrel shortening/front sight reinstall job, a piss-poor polishing job that half-wiped out the S&W logo, and (unbeknownst to me when it was advertised as a .38 Spl when I bought it at auction) the chambering was actually a .38 S&W cylinder haphazardly punched-out to .38 Spl.

I did not realize this was a punch-out, and the first time I fired it I got 6 ".38 Spl Ackley Improved" cases... 2 of which split and seized in the gun needing a dowel to pop them out.

I was, needless to say, not happy.

I had to buy not one, but two K-frame .38 Spl cylinders/ejector rod set ups to find one that was able to be fit and timed in the gun making this paperweight shootable.

 

[Driswalds]

Mine would be a Spanish Ruby.

 

[gamestalker]

I was in a gun shop back around 2003 and saw a few of those $100 Hi Points, 9mm's and .380's. So I was thinking that they would make a great floor board gun, and could also double as a boat anchor when fishing, so I bought one of the 9mm's.

The next weekend, my Son and I were out shooting rabbits with our bows, but we were using regular field tips, not broad heads. I shot this one big old jack and he ran into a wash and laid there squealing, so feeling bad about it, I handed my son the 9mm and told him to dispatch it. He was standing up on the edge of the wash, probably 10' or so above the jack, maybe a tad higher, and fired the first shot, which missed. Hmm, I laughed at him for missing it, and he then took careful aim and missed again. A third shot, same thing. So he handed the pistol to me, to which I too missed. I finally had to get down in the wash and had to practically shoot the rabbit point blank to hit it.

The next day I went out to my shooting spot and set up a target to see just what was going on with this 9mm. At 15' it was all over the paper, and the holes were showing evidence of tumbling also, seriously I mean like 6" or 8" in any direction, completely unpredictable. Just accepting that this gun was terribly inaccurate wasn't enough for me, so I decided to shoot a couple of cartridges into some water filled containers so I could take a look at the lands and groove transfer. What I discovered was that one side of the bullet had good barrel transfer, but the other side was almost completely smooth. I managed to shoot 3 rounds before the water container was too empty to serve as a stop, but all 3 had the same transfer marks, or rather the lack there of. These were my reloaded JHP's that have been accurate out of all my pistols. I gave the gun to my son to try out, so he shot a few factory Federal Hydra Shocks through it with the same exact results on a phone book, from point blank range of course.

So I would have to definitely say that my 9mm Hi Point is the worst gun I own.

GS

 

[WestKentucky]

Worst easily is my $69 arminius 8shot da 22 snub. I hate the piece of crap...wife loves it so I can't sell it. I just silently hope the internals die so I can replace it with something worth having.

 

[spaniel]

Toss-up.

Single shot 12-gauge with a homemade forearm that must be duct taped on to not fall off under recoil.

Over/under .410 Savage that was factory equipped with one of those cheap hollow plastic stocks circa 1960s, I think. Cracked off at the narrowest point and was super-glued. I finally just took it off intending to find a wood replacement. I've never gotten around to doing that so it sits there without a stock, and even if I bought the stock I misplaced the long screw to hold it on many moves and about 15 years ago so I'd need to locate one of those too.

 

[basicblur]

Taurus Millennium Pro PT145 (2nd Generation)

(Thought I) did my research, knew the reputation, the gunsmith looked like he wanted to beat me over the head with his Brownell's catalog, but there was just so much to love (on paper) 'bout this gun!

10 rds. of 45ACP in a compact package, feels great, 2nd strike capability, and at the time, we didn't have the flood of larger caliber, small framed guns currently offered.

Unfortunately, when I took it to the range I never figured out where the heck the rounds were going! Was ringing plates regularly / quickly with a variety of brands / models / calibers until I got to the PT145. Didn't hit a plate, so I moved over to the paper range - didn't put a round on paper - kept moving closer and still nothing on paper. It was getting dark, so I packed it in and said I'd troubleshoot it later - it's still sitting somewhere back in the safe.
(I gotta get it back out to the range to find out what's going on).

Needless to say, my plans of possibly using it as my CCW were out the window.

 

[jon_in_wv]

Taurus PT22. Has never worked right, it's even been back to Taurus TWICE and still doesn't work right. To much of a piece of garbage to even saddle someone else with. One day it will get cut in half with a hacksaw and thrown out.

 

[ridgerunner1965]

i dont have any really bad guns but i do have some low budget guns. a savage bolt action 20 ga i gave 40$ for. it doesnt have a magazine so its a single shot. however a very reliable single shot.it shoots every time and the ejected shell falls out thru the empty mag well.i keep it in the shed next to my chicken house for varmits.it really is hell on chiken feed eating squirrels.the safety is backwards to most guns but has a red dot on the stock to let yu know what is up.

then ther is the savage 16 ga auto i found in a ditch 30 yrs ago.it had been laying in the weather so long it was rusty and all the finish was gone off the stock.got it home dried it out,painted the barrel and action black.it wont miss a likk. it is a perfect small game gun, light and easy handleing.was my very fav bunny gun when we still had bunnys round here.

it now hangs in another shed as a backup gun. i still get it out a couple times a year for a squirrel hunt

 

[hueytaxi]

Nothing wrong with my Moisin M 44 mechanically or beauty. It just hurts this old man to shoot more than 10 rounds.

 

[stressed]

LEINAD DD .410/45. Resides at the bottom of the fishtank for small sucker fish to seek refuge in the rusted and foilage overgrown barrels.

 

[Mike J]

My least favorite is my Kel Tec P11. The slide stop has broken twice. I damaged the plastic mag catch putting a magazine in too roughly (bought a metal one from a guy at KTOG). It has a chintzy blued finish that rusts easily & has a bad trigger. It does work but I do not believe I will ever buy another Kel Tec product.

 

[Ignition Override]

Whichever guns can Not use the least-expensive types of ammo.

 

[dmurdach]

Mine is a Bryco 380. It would only reliably fire the first round and then not that. I got it thrown in on a trade and would not spend the money to fix it, now it is a paper weight that i used to learn checkering on, and am using to practice engraving.

 

[yzguy87]

Worst gun...?

A half bubba'd Mosin I took on a partial trade. My wife still gives me crap about it that.

 

[jmace57]

I wanted to second (actually third) the M-N revolver. I am a big guy, with big hands and I can barely do the double-action trigger pull. Terrible ergonomics.

 

[otterk]

Fairly new rem 700 in 300wsm lousy groups with several loads. it has been recalled. will put a note in the box. about accuracy maybe they will look at it.

 

[22250Rem]

The absolute WORST gun around here is without a doubt my "Defender" 5 shot revolver dating from around the 1880's chambered in .32 Short Rimfire. These things were the original "saturday night specials". Inherited it from a cousin 4 years ago; don't even know who manufactured it because it only says "Defender" on the top strap and has a 3 digit serial number and doesn't even say what it's chambered for anywhere on the gun. Found out that Iver Johnson made a lot of them but other companies also made them under contract. Back then they were the cheapest guns you could get and even then had a bad reputation but they were so cheap that tons of them were sold. 2.5" octagon barrel; bakelite grips; spur trigger, finish looks like nickle but may just be chromed. Barrel is pitted pretty bad, internal mechanics are so worn that sometimes the hammer won't stay back when you cock it. Came across a round of .32 Rimfire ammo at a gun show and got it just to see if that's what it really is chambered for, (most of them were, but not all). Even if I had a bunch of ammo for it I have no desire to shoot this piece of junk. But it's sort of an interesting curio, conversation piece, paper weight, etc.

 

[shooter1]

Love your signature line, Deus Machina!
str1

 

[jolly roger]

Remington Model 12 22 pump gun completely devoid of any bluing and a slight ring in the barrel from when my father in law shot a frog underwater so the story goes. But the dang thing will still shoot into an inch at 25 yards with the crappy sights..go figure. A keeper since it was his gun.

 

[gym]

I have no bad guns. If I get one that I don't care for I sell or trade it for something I want more. Every gun I own is a fine weapon.

 

[RunninLate]

I can not say it is the worst gun in my collection because I have never shot it. i bought it because I had about 700 25 cal bullets. I know that I could have sold the ammo but I elected to buy a Taurus PT-25. Maybe one day I will sale the gun with the ammo. YOu have to load the first round by tipping up the barrel because it is impossible to pull the slide back.

If anybody has one of these guns, I would love to know how they shoot.

 

[3584ELK]

This one is easy, and it isn't the cheapest, the ugliest, nor the least accurate.

Winchester Model 94 in .444 Marlin. Cross bolt safety :banghead: and a trigger only a gangster would enjoy. The rear leaf sight screws have come loose with the first magazine full of shots. Disappointed at what the bean counters and lawyers have done to a (formerly) fine rifle.