What Is Or Was Your Least Favorite Handgun And Why?

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I have no specific brand or model of "least favorite". Mine is any and all of the autos with slide mounted safetys. The ones that work BACKWARDS. The ones that to make them ready to fire you have to push the stinkin safety lever UP. Stupid and awkward! I don't care who makes them.
 
Well, I don't own any guns I don't like, because that would be stupid, right?

But I agree with the above poster about Glocks. Ugly plastic things. I would never own one.

-Robert
 
As much as it pain me to say this.....

Llama 1911. I hated it worse than a Glock. Fit and finish were horrible, accuracy was pathetic. The Glock (any Glock) comes a close 2nd.
 
Kel-Tec P11.

Nothing wrong with the gun, always performed like a trooper (even though I overpaid). There were certainly less-dependable guns I have owned.

It was just too ugly and blocky to suit my tastes. Never looked right next to my P7 or 1911 collections. Gave it to a LEO friend for a BUG, -don't miss it and glad it is being used.
 
2nd on the Llama I had two the first one the slide metal was so soft it peened around the barrel bushing after about 200 rnds. Took it back the guy I bought it from. Great guy he traded me out for a new one. Same thing. No more Llama's for Mike.
 
Grendel 9mm (predecessor to KelTec P11), and it wasn't even mine.

Just helped my brother try to reassemble it. On that basis alone, I would never own one...
 
As I Posted In Another Thread

S&W M39. Terrible trigger and accuracy. A gunsmith finally got the trigger pull down to 13lbs. If anyone wants it its at the bottom of Lake Hartwell in Georgia! :banghead:
 
I've yet to find a glock that feels comfortable in my hand, this from someone who likes Ruger P series....
 
MY LIST OF LEAST FAV GUNS: LlAMA .45 Max Commander knock off -couldn't hit a 10" pie plate 15' away, ditto for the Charter Undercover .38spl-God knows where the rounds went..the Beretta .22LR Bobcat-couldn't get thru even one mag with out some sort of a jam..the Tauri clone of the S&W 66 snub-self destructed even with 110gr jhp's, ditto for the VERY EXPENSIVE S&W .44 mag Mountain Gun...best .357 snub has to be the Ruger SP 101-tack driving and unnoticeable recoil and S&W 29 6"BBL-DEAD ON AT 30'-I love the sound of a .44 mag...
 
My ex Glock 23. Not because there was anything wrong with the gun. It just didn't seem to fit my hand as well as a 1911 style gun. I didn't like the snappy recoil of the .40 in that gun. The .45 in a 1911 seems to have less recoil. Since I have again been shooting a friends glock fairly regularly at the range, it may not be too long befoer I pull out the plastic for the plastic. Maybe something in 9mm. Hmmm, I don't have a 9mm right now.
 
My worst experience was with a Kel-Tec P-11. First, the pistol is just fine in terms of size, ergonomics, sights and for use concealed carry. However, it had to go back to the factory twice to get it "right." Factory support was the best I have ever experienced; fast, inexpensive and very customer oriented. But by then I had lost confidence in the pistol. The final straw for me was the trigger. So long. The longest pull I have ever encountered and there is no remedy. I must admit that I would buy another if they would charge more for it and fix the quality control and trigger.
 
I never liked SW DA pistols, slide mouted backwards safety, etc.

Though my FEG 380 has the same features, its on a smaller scale and doesn't bug me to reach the controls.

Thought I wanted a Glock 21 but I as I discovered, its a REALLY big pistol (feels like twice the size of a model 17) and I can feel the frame "flex' in my hand when I pull the trigger.. that was just too weird for me.

Don't much care for the USP series. Too big, feels like the front strap is made of crudly checked plastic waffle iron. Just doesn't fit my hand at all.
 
Grendal P-10 .380 ACP - A POS from the start. Doesn't feed. Doesn't eject. Doesn't go bang every time the trigger is pulled.

However, it does an excellent job of holding doors open.
 
Rossi .38 special snub nose.

It was designed so you have to pull out the cylinder pin, remove the cylinder knock out the empties with the pin and reassemble.

Really really stupid for a modern defensive revolver.
 
Colt Mustang plus II. 13 malfunctions out of the first 50 rds. of ball ammo through it. Had two gunsmiths work on it with a trip to one of Colt's warranty stations and it was still unreliable.
 
My LEAST favorite: S&W 457, .45 ACP.

The one I use to own was a unreliable piece of doggie dirt with a terrible trigger.
 
Ding! Ding! We have a winner! :D I was talking guns during lunch as remembered which gun I've learned to dislike the most...the AMT 380 backup :barf:
Worst gun ever!
 
Taurus Ultralight 85 38 snubbie 5-shot.

A complete and total unmitigated piece of garbage. Pure horse pucky. No redeeming qualities whatsoever. Well, one...

When I sold it I bought my first Colt revolver, a nice detective special that didn't really weigh much more, gave me an extra round and didn't fall apart every time I shot it.
 
Walter P-22...POS

lets just say S&W will probably be sending me back a second replacement soon...unusual slide/frame wear and gouging...I want my money back not another POS
 
Easy- my first revolver: ROHM RG-14. Bought this piece of utter trash when I was 21 and had no money. The first time I fired this ugly pot metal junker it spit so much lead back on my hand that I seriously doubt any part of the bullet came out the barrel. It was a good lesson to save my pennies and only buy quality toys.
 
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