What gun were you the most disappointed with???

[TonyB]

What gun did you HAVE to have,save up to buy,only to be disappointed with??And which did you have low expectations and were pleasantly surprised?
For me,I always wanted a 1911....found a Combat Commander for $350....hated it!The beavertail made my hand bleed every time I shot it,ammo too expensive,only shot fmj,jammed and I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn.Traded it for a Glock17...(which I love)
On the other hand,I bought a Taurus pt99 to get started in IDPA.$300 used,I had pretty low expectations.This gun turned out to be 100% reliable,accurate as anything I ever shot AND I can go cocked and locked.....

 

[Silent Bob]

Kimber Ultra Eclipse. The most expensive, and the worst gun I have ever bought. I swear it was possessed. It couldn't get through one magazine without a malfunction, even after 500 rounds had been fired through it as a break-in. Failures to return to battery, failures to extract, failures to eject, failures to feed, slide locking open prematurely, slide failing to lock open after firing the first shot. Granted most of these problems could be traced to the extractor and magazine, but the whole experience left a bad aftertaste.

 

[RWK]

H&K USP Tactical: cost almost $1000 and NEVER performed as well as other .45 ACP autoloaders (Springfields, Colts, Kimbers, Sigs, even Glocks) that cost considerably less.

 

[Ala Dan]

I hate to admit it, but a NIB SIGARMS .40 caliber P229!
I just never could obtain the result's from this weapon
that would equal the results of my .45 caliber SIG-Sauer
P220A.

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

 

[Al Thompson]

H&R 999 (IIRC). The 9 shot top break .22. So-so accuracy and a horrible trigger pull. I really liked the style and looks, just wasn't a keeper.

 

[RepublicanMan]

Glock G23, at least 2 FTF (light strikes on the primer) per mag even AFTER being sent back in and "repaired" by Smyrna. Wasn't ammo sensitive either, did it with all I tried in it. Did it from a bench vise as well so it wasn't a wrist issue.

Most surprised, SW 908.....never expected the quality I got for the price I paid.

 

[BerettaNut92]

Kimber "Custom" Stainless Target II

 

[tomkatz]

Kimber ultra ten II, FTF all over the place.....I had it worked on(for free) to make it reliable then I sold it....tom

 

[4v50 Gary]

S&W 4506. Horrible muzzle blast when fired from the hip. Accuracy was below that of the Sig P220 too. Would barely qualify with that gun and was happy as a clam when the Sig came back (had the slide milled for nite sights).

 

[10-Ring]

For me it was a SIG 220 in 45acp. Fell FAR short of the reputation it has

 

[SnWnMe]

Glock 22. Mine never did run 100%. I also cannot fire it weak hand without malfunctions. I stuck with what works, my 1911.

 

[tomkatz]

pleasantly surprised=Norinco .45.......I bought one in the mid 90s brand new for $259.00 and it ran perfectly from day one, wish I still had it.....tom

 

[BigG]

Walther PPK, all show, no go.

 

[Sean Smith]

Biggest disappointment: Para Ordnance P14-45. Bought it before I knew better than to buy cast Canadian slag guns. Unreliable on a spectacular scale, and expensive to boot.

Glock 35 was pretty close... as a former Glock 23 owner, I was disturbed to discover that the "competition model" was the least accurate autoloader I've owned (then or since). I know it was Glock's fault, because replacing the barrel with a KKM made the groups shrink to microscopic size instantly. It turns out that sometimes the saying "It's the shooter, not the gun" is patently false.

Pleasant surprises? Got a new-rollmark Colt 01991 that was awesome. Reliable as hell and very accuate with a great trigger right out of the box. Once got a beat-up SIG P210 that looked ugly and was cheap (for a SIG P210), but shot like a handmade bullseye gun.

 

[Berg01]

The jury is still out on my CZ 75B .40 S&W; the handfit and balance is excellent, the gun is accurate, but the intermittent FTRB and FTE jams on win whitebox were a concern. The internal finish (toolmarks on the barrel throat), and the Mec Gar factory mags left a little to be desired, but for a gun at this pricepoint, totally "to be expected".

I'm not giving up on it though, the gun has a lot of real good points going for it, so the gun is currently being fixed at my local gunsmith, and I have assurances that the gun will run when I get it back.

 

[kmays]

Probably the Kel-Tec P11. It had the longest, hardest trigger I've ever used. Replacing the hammer spring helped some but not nearly enough. The rear sight had to be drifted half out of its dovetail for the bullets to impact at POA. After a couple hundred rounds, the barrel hood began peening something awful. The inside of the slide near the ejection port had a distinctive rainbow coloring where I assume the heat treat was botched.

It sat in my safe, untrusted and unused, for a few years until I finally got rid of it.

The Glock 23 comes in a close second place. I never could find a good accurate load for that gun, and it stung like hell shooting full powered ammo. Damn finger grooves just made things worse. Traded it for a second generation G19 and couldn't be happier.

 

[M58]

My first Sig; was a 220; would not feed hollow points.
My 228 and 239 are great!

 

[Dorrin79]

Kel-Tec P11

I thought it was the coolest thing since sliced bread - a locked-breech 9x19 that was smaller and lighter than it had any right to be. Got a good deal on a lightly used one at a gun show. Was a happy camper until I started shooting it...

Why? Worst trigger pull of any gun ever. A friend of mine who tried shooting it described it as "trying to work one of those hand-squeeze exercisers with just one finger". Judging by how bad my hand cramps after just two magazines through it, I'd say that's about right.

It's also extremely inaccurate. Whether this is just a consequence of having the Worst Trigger Ever or an intrinsic property of the gun I am not sure. It doesn't so much 'group' as it does 'pattern'. My targets look like I've been blasting away with buckshot - and that's at short distances (7 yds?) Either way, in the box it stays until I can afford a Kahr K9, at which point it will be traded towards the new purchase.

I will say this much though - mine is very reliable. It has been trouble free through about 300 rounds fired.

Pleasantly surprised? The used Bersa Thunder .380 I bought on a lark (and have since given to my mother as a gift). Great, great little gun. Vastly better in every way than I had expected.

 

[Daniel T]

CZ-75B.

Bad trigger, FTFs all the time from both the factory 15 and 10 round mags, consistently shot low and to the right at 7 yards. Got rid of it.

Didn't sour me on CZ as a manufacturer though, I still want a 97B and a RAMI.

 

[David4516]

Kel-Tecs. Hate the triggers. Good thing I didn't buy one, I've only shot other peoples. I thought they'd be really cool, but I don't see what all the hype is about. Sure they are small, but other than that I don't see any advantage to one...

"which did you have low expectations and were pleasantly surprised?"

Makarov. I let my dad talk me into buying one, but I wasn't expecting much from a handgun that cost less than $150. Boy was I wrong. This thing is so reliable it's amazing. A few thosand rounds latter without any jams or failures, and I was hooked. Now I'm a major Mak addict, I want to buy another one as soon as I have more spending cash...

 

[Devonai]

I was rather disappointed with the Ruger Mini-30. The scope rings wouldn't stay fastened, and I couldn't find any reliable magazines for it. I sold it and later got a M1 Carbine which is what I really wanted in the first place.

My dad bought a Kel-Tec P40 which neither of us liked very much. The trigger pull was terrible and it was impossible to control after the first shot. My dad offered it to me for free and I still declined.

 

[sm]

Another H&R 999 user here. Yep agree with Al -kinda neat but didn't hold up. Fixed twice and then traded.

Charter Arms .44 spl.BullDog . I like the caliber-a lot. Gun didn't hold up, traded.

 

[hawk0484]

disappointed with...

...and sold Beretta Tomcat.

Recoil was too "snappy", didn't like the grips, didn't like the trigger pull on the 1st shot.

Sold it after owning it only 5 months and bought a S&W Model 65 LadySmith that is probably my favorite shooting handgun.

Becky

 

[Pappy John]

Toss-up between my Tomcat and my PPK/S. Just the trigger on the Tomcat and the grip on the Walther. I always had to remember to grab it low....if I took a natural grip on it blood would flow on the first shot.

 

[firestar]

My dad bought a Kel-Tec P40 which neither of us liked very much. The trigger pull was terrible and it was impossible to control after the first shot. My dad offered it to me for free and I still declined.

Now that is BAD!

For me it was a Kel-Tec P-32. Great idea but many FTE jams and critical parts breakage showed it could not be trusted for a CCW. What else is a P-32 good for if it is not reliable enough to use as a CCW? Its not like you can target shoot or hunt with it and plinking is too expensive and unconfortable with the .32acp. Absolutly worthless gun for any use.

Some of the guns I have been surprised by and I ended up likeing more than I thought I would have been my Beretta 92fs (no jams ever and super smooth), Star Firestar (crazy accurate), Star Model B (just fun to shoot and feels good in my hand), S&W M-19 (nuff said), Ruger Speed Six (nearly as good as a S&W and in some ways a little better.