What is the most unreliable semi auto you have shot ?

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No surprise, but a Jennings J-22. Was offered to buy it for $50, wanted to fire it first, first magazine fires flawlessly and to point of aim at 10 yards. First round of second mag, the slide shears off the frame and hits me in the chest. it was given to me, and i still have it as a conversation piece.
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I got a kick out of that!
Good thing everyone is safe.
Well, at least you have a free paperweight.
 
Beretta 21a .22 bobcat. jammed with all ammo I used, Except cci stingers. Was able to sell it for $250 to a dummy :D
 
Most unreliable gun I ever shot was a .50 AE Desert Eagle range rental gun. Slide rails were so dirty and beat up that the thing would not go into battery. Also got some weak primer strikes, FTF and FTE. Probably mostly due to lack of maintanence.
 
Phoenix Arms HP-22. Goes bang every time, but doesn't like to eject very much. Getting the spent case out with a knife after every shot is not fun.
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If the slide locks back you ought to use a cleaning rod or skinny wooden dowel to push it out, it would be a lot easier than prying with a knife.
 
Lorcin .380

A friend purchased one and could not get it to fire a full magazine without jamming.

I looked at it, but could not make if function reliably.

It is sitting in a box slowly corroding away.
 
Kahr .40 Clunk-o-matic......wouldn't feed......wouldn't fire........wouldn't eject.........glad it was borrowed.........gave it back to its owner with the report and never fired another Kahr anything. The owner traded it off a week later (after verifying my assessment) for a used S&W model 64.......
 
Jennings .22
I was testing a friends out to see what the problem was, you couldn't even chamber a round.
 
SCCY CPX-2 dumbist purchase i ever made, bought it for $150 otd, i thought i got a steal for a truck gun just to throw in my glovebox, i it slamfired once and another time it fired when i racked the slide!:what: scared the HOLY SPIRIT outta me!!!! traded it in on a ruger sr9c though and couldn't be happier!:)
 
I'll add one to my previous post. How could I forget about the Taurus PT-22. Would not work reliably with any brand of value pack, Remington, Winchester, Federal. Was not reliable with Federal American Eagle, Remington Lighting, CCI Minimags, CCI Stingers, Aquila Super Max, or any other .22lr ammo besides one, I'm sure I've forgot some of the brands I ran through it.

The only .22lr ammo it was 100% reliable with was old Coast to Coast .22lr ammo, ran like a top with that stuff. I think the ammo was probably 25 years old or more. Some of you old timers will probably remember the old Coast to Coast hardware stores.

I had about 2/3rd of a brick I think I bought at a gun show. If I recall it was a 40gr. shell and pretty warm. I wish they still made the stuff it was really good ammo. That was the only ammo that it ran 100% with. The CCI Stingers were I think 2nd most reliable, but had a few failures, FTF/FTE, ect.
 
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Charter Arms .22 Survival Rifle with Floating Stock. Jam or eat the brass, then jam, then not eject, then jam, then jam... you get the picture.
 
Yea, love the idea of those take down .22lr survival rifles. Great idea, many don't seem to work though. The Browning take down .22's have a different design and seem to be the only take down .22lr's that run well. Wish my dad hadn't traded his! Wasn't the most accurate gun though.
 
Kel Tec PF9.

It's the only gun I ever traded. It would jam at least 2-5 times each mag. The magazine would also drop sometimes and after about 600 rounds through it I knew I would never trust it.

After reading every post I have determined to never buy a Kimber.
 
My dad's got a .25 ACP pocket pistol. It'll shoot 2 or 3 mags fine right after cleaning, but after a few mags it needs to be cleaned or it'll jam every round. An all right gun for the $40 he paid for it though.
 
I'd have to ask him what brand it is...I'm pretty sure it's not a phoenix, but i'm not positive.
 
Most unreliable smi auto you have shot?

Not me- One of my Agts on the range(A Non-LE Certified by APOST) who was "grandfathered" because he had a "degree" in Crim Just, who politiced his way to Capt and claimed VietNam experience as MilIntel? His gun of choice was a SS Walther PPK 380(that he used in VietNam). It wouldn't feed a full mag of any ammo w/o a FTF or FTE ever! I threw him and his gun off the range! BTW-Mr SpecOps Mil Intel couldn't shoot any other issue handgun we gave him either!:neener:
 
Masterpeice arms .17hmr semiauto bull barrel pistol. First shot fte, second round jam turned out to be a master peice of ****.
 
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