What is the biggest POS you ever shot?

[jakemccoy]

Believe it or not, it was a Glock 17!

Just kidding, I just wanted to bash Glock so I can feel what it's like to be part of the in-crowd.

Seriously, I have never shot a POS gun. If I know a gun is in bad condition by looking at it, then I won't shoot it. If I know a gun is in bad condition because I'm told so, then I won't shoot it. I've only shot guns that are in good working order. Knock on wood. I'm also not that great of a shooter. I don't have enough skill and arrogance to blame poor shooting results on a gun. I want to get to that point, but I'm just not there yet.

 

[Bad Penny 03]

Jennings .22LR..no wait,
a friends tec-9
I tried my best to talk him out of buying the damn thing, but he had to have it.
He used to get every type of malfunction in the book with that POS.
My favorite is when it would stove pipe a live round. The act of clearing the malfunction would reveal a new dent in the alloy feed ramp from the case head...thereby rendering the weapon permanently incapable of reliably feeding anything ever again.
The magazine looked like it was hammered together by drunken orangutans.
The fact that the "safety" was manipulated by pushing and pulling the cocking handle in and out of the weapon was just the icing.

 

[hogshead]

Sig mosquito nib came with two recoil springs to adjust to load used. Tried every 22 ammo I had went and borrowed some more.Wouldnt feed anything.Wore out slide changing springs . Cleaned it up took it to gun show sold it before I got through door. Told the man it was a pos he laughed, wonder if he is still laughing? Still dont like Sigs.

 

[PandaBearBG]

Great name but worst gun I've ever shot. Colt All American 2000, trigger was too long, too heavy, and just plain awkward. Always jammed, FTF, sometime the slide wouldn't even hit all the way home and had to give it a little whack. Luckily it was my friend's who she got for free from her dad. Plus breaking it down to open it was a pain in the arse! It was soo finicky and too many bits and pieces that just didn't line up right, usually took me longer to put it back together and to shoot and clean it! I hated it.

 

[mcdonl]

Davis Arms .22WMR derringer. Couldn't hit a milk jug at ten FEET.

Thanks you! Does this apply to all Derringers? My wife wants a go for a wlk gun...

Bruno, you have SHOT all of those guns? This thread is about he worse gun you have shot. I hate to say it, because it is one of my favorites but my 1895 Mosin is pretty bad. I have another and it shoots fine, but the old french one is waaay off.

 

[SalchaketJoe]

Friend's Walther P22. Also, same friend, Remington 797? I think? Semi auto .22 rifle. Jam O'Matic. He tried to trade it in at the gun store and they laughed. Thing was near new.

 

[Hokkmike]

A single shot lever action Marlin 20 gauge shotgun.

 

[Mr.510]

Worn out Iver Johnson top-break .38. My dad called it a Saturday Night Special. I get shivers thinking how lucky I am to be alive after shooting that thing! It spit chunks of lead out the gap and sparks everywhere. To it's credit, it always went bang and never went kaboom. Actually, it's sitting in a family members' night stand drawer with one under the hammer right now as I type this.

 

[TheNev]

A .22 semi-auto (in theory, at least,) rifle of unknown make and model. I remember it was black, probably plastic, and it loaded through a port in the stock. *pop* Jam. *pop* Jam. *pop* Jam. Lather, rinse, repeat. The ultimate ammo conservation machine.

The accuracy sucked too, IIRC.

Sounds to me like a Remington Nylon 66. I have one in brown, and it is as accurate as I can be. Never had a jam either.

 

[chuckusaret]

Worst every, Glock 22. Failed before I had a chance to put the first mag thru it. The remains were molded into a paper weight....

 

[03Shadowbob]

Taurus PT140 MilPro

 

[cat9x]

Hi Point 45acp pistol

 

[Just One Shot]

I think I was 15 at the time and I traded a single shot 16 ga. for my first pistol. It was a no name snub nose .22 revolver.

The thing had what felt like a 30 lb. trigger. I stood over a soda can (1' away), fired all 6 rounds and never hit it once.

 

[Pate]

Mine is the Tec-22 and the Cobray M-11 in 380. I hate to admit I owned both.

 

[mljdeckard]

Thenev/proud2 deviate, it actually sounds like a F.I.E. Brazillian knock-off of a Nylon 66. My dad gave me one when I was 14, and it has a checkered history, but I still have it. I have found that you have to use hot ammo and it will cycle. The problem I have now was that the windage screw is bent, I'll have to find a replacement. STILL better than my Sigma .40.

 

[Magwa]

Mine was a Kel-Tec sub 2000 in 9mm. Purchased it NIB and heard decent things about it. Took it to the range and after 250 rds (with three different people) shot placement was all over the place. Next trip fired another 250 rds through it and no improvement even with sight adjustment. Next trip was back to its original box and sold it.

 

[Enachos]

My buddy also has a taurus 24/7 in .45. I've never shot it but from what he tells me, it's definitely a POS. Just days after receiving it, he had to return it to the manufacturer for warranty work. He also says it jams like doors jam fingers... I had to hear it for myself too. I'm always sketchy about what i read in forums but hearing it from my good friend just put the argument to rest.

 

[MountainBear]

Hi-Point CS9 pistol. Wouldn't feed for anything, jammed, horrible control locations. All of you who like them are welcome to them, because neither myself nor anyone in my sphere of influence will ever own one...

 

[JonB]

Colt something 1911 in .45 - guy at the range wanted to shoot my XD9 and in turn I tried his colt. I couldn't hit the paper from 15yrds with it, neither could he.

Ruger mini-14. 'nuff said.

 

[femoralis]

RG .22 caliber revolver. If I remember correctly, it actually fired every time, but the trigger pull was unbearably heavy, and it would have been more accurate if I had thrown the bullets at the target.

Still, kind of cool to try a classic SNS. Would have been better than nothing.

 

[Pweller]

I rented a Skyy 9mm at the local range. The store clerk warned me that the gun had a problem with the trigger, in that it wouldn't always reset. But, I wanted to try it out just to see how a small 9mm shoots.

But, the gun did have a real problem with the trigger. It wasn't dangerous, it was just that after firing and allowing the trigger to go forward, the mechanism wouldn't always engage the trigger for the next shot (it worked maybe half of the time). So, you'd pull the trigger and nothing would happen. I even went so far as to completely remove my finger from inside the trigger guard, just in case I wasn't letting it go far enough forward.

I was laughing so hard at this junker that I had to be careful to keep the thing pointed downrange.

I don't know if that was a problem with just this gun, or if these are unreliable.

 

[kda]

Remington .22 LR Model 597 that came w/Remington Scope and no iron sights. I bought it brand new a few weeks ago from a major sporting goods store. This rifle was bad beyond description. Shot 7" groups at 25 yards when it was "on". The scope was also a mess; crank away at the elevation and adjustment controls and nothing happened. The trigger was lousy and the clip hung often so that it was impossible to shoot a full clip of anything.

TO BE FAIR, I sent it back to Remington at their expense and they re-barreled it. And the new barrel had a truly delightful set of iron sights. That was a major improvement and really nice of them to do. Remington also sent a replacement scope that works great. Now the 597 is quite accurate and worth every cent I paid for it. The trigger is better (now usable) and the clip they returned with the rifle works pretty well. I must say Remington was more than fair, courteous, prompt and very effective in taking care of my issues. So here is a case where a POS turned into a pretty great purchase because the arms company stepped up to the plate and made it right. Sure takes the fear out of buying another weapon from them.

 

[tjj]

Dittos BTR


My dad's RG .22 revolver. Shaves about 25 % of the bullet off for ya on every shot. Spits fire and lead in all directions. Loud, inaccurate, and dangerous for every thing except the target.

Shoots like a POS cuz it is a POS.


Still have it because it was my dad's only gun. Stays in the box.

 

[damien]

I've shot two different Tec-9s and they both would jam every second or third shot.

 

[cerberus65]

Worst I ever shot was a Jennings 9mm that belonged to my brother. He wised up and doesn't own it anymore.