Sven
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None - I love them all.
'Buy always, sell never.'
'Buy always, sell never.'
What is the worst gun you have ever owned?
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Dex Sinister
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LLama Micromax .380.
Wife bought the cursed thing new on recommendation of helpful gunsmith. Wouldn't feed an entire magazine without jamming.
Took back to helpful gunsmith, who fleeced her out of another $80 to polish the feed ramp. Still wouldn't feed, stopped locking back. Fired another 20 rounds and the damned thing coughed half a spring out of the ejector port.
Took back to "helpful" gunsmith, who accused her of dissassembly, " 'Cause there's no way that spring could have come out unless the rear sight was removed, and it has punch marks on it."
Pointed out to same that weapon was alleged to be "new" when bought and that it had just been returned from him.
Waited three weeks to get pistol back from Factory gunsmith. Fired 40 rounds, still misfed, still failed to lock back, sold it for $180 loss [counting the feedramp work.]
Strangely enough, we don't buy from that gunsmith any more.
Dex
Wife bought the cursed thing new on recommendation of helpful gunsmith. Wouldn't feed an entire magazine without jamming.
Took back to helpful gunsmith, who fleeced her out of another $80 to polish the feed ramp. Still wouldn't feed, stopped locking back. Fired another 20 rounds and the damned thing coughed half a spring out of the ejector port.
Took back to "helpful" gunsmith, who accused her of dissassembly, " 'Cause there's no way that spring could have come out unless the rear sight was removed, and it has punch marks on it."
Pointed out to same that weapon was alleged to be "new" when bought and that it had just been returned from him.
Waited three weeks to get pistol back from Factory gunsmith. Fired 40 rounds, still misfed, still failed to lock back, sold it for $180 loss [counting the feedramp work.]
Strangely enough, we don't buy from that gunsmith any more.
Dex
Jeff OTMG
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Easy, COP .357 four barreled POS.
Had a Winchester m70 Pre64 feather weight in 30-06 that recoiled really bad. How bad was it? you ask. It was so bad that a guy who had an 8mm mag went back to shooting it after trying only 2 shots from this feather weight. He claimed that his 8mm mag had less recoil. And he was right.
Don't remember the brand, but it was a snubby DA revolver in .22LR. Might have been an RG, not really sure. Fired a full box each of 3 different brands of .22LR, 150 rounds total Fed/Win Rem, never hit the 9" paper plate at 10 Yds. Hit plate twice at 2 Yds with the Fed ammo. If you stuck all of the barrel in 2-liter bottle, ya might hit the bottom of it once.
dickwholliday
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The worst was an Ingram closed bolt MAC 10....the factory had it more than i did.....finally had a buddy sell it at the gunshow.......
the most recent pain in the *** is an American Derringer in 38 spec.....sent it back once because it only would shoot the top barrel occasionally.....now it is doing it again.......two of my buddies got them at the same time and both have sold them and got Bond Derringers.......
Almost forgot about my Charter Arms 2000 308 rifle.....what a POS company and gun....sent it back before i even shot it.....they must have agreed because they sent it back just like it was.......
DICK
the most recent pain in the *** is an American Derringer in 38 spec.....sent it back once because it only would shoot the top barrel occasionally.....now it is doing it again.......two of my buddies got them at the same time and both have sold them and got Bond Derringers.......
Almost forgot about my Charter Arms 2000 308 rifle.....what a POS company and gun....sent it back before i even shot it.....they must have agreed because they sent it back just like it was.......
DICK
Hawk
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AMT hardballer.
Taught me the meaning of terms I had previously only read about: "stovepipe", "nosedive" etc. Immune to the effects of Wilson mags - still couldn't shoot 3 in a row without an "event".
Taught me the meaning of terms I had previously only read about: "stovepipe", "nosedive" etc. Immune to the effects of Wilson mags - still couldn't shoot 3 in a row without an "event".
D_Burchfield
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Llama 9mm POS. The slide would hang up every 4 or 5 rounds(cheap, weak spring). Had that replaced by my gunsmith who warned me that I had a POS. Only gun I owned at the time so I hung on to it. 4 or 5 rounds later the ejector came apart so I threw it into a pond on our hunting property. Haven't had a problem with it since .
.SoDFW Jason
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Talon 9mm. Started falling apart during the first magazine fired!!
dongun
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I've always thought guns were like sex. Even the worst was pretty good.
Recently acquired a Wards license mosssberg .22 semiauto rifle.
It was made in the 50's and never fired. I cleaned it up and saw that the
triggerguard and the cap that held the bolt spring were made out of plastic.
*Alarm bells*
I took it out to the range ad set up at 25 yards. I don't think I made it 2 rounds without jamming.
Fiddled with the feed lips on the mag till I could get three shots in a row.
I was aiming carefully at the same spot each shot. When I looked at the target with binoculars The rifle had made a 3.5 foot 25 yard group.
Promptly traded it for a Wather P38 holster with spare mag, some shoot N see and a hand clay thrower.
It was made in the 50's and never fired. I cleaned it up and saw that the
triggerguard and the cap that held the bolt spring were made out of plastic.
*Alarm bells*
I took it out to the range ad set up at 25 yards. I don't think I made it 2 rounds without jamming.
Fiddled with the feed lips on the mag till I could get three shots in a row.
I was aiming carefully at the same spot each shot. When I looked at the target with binoculars The rifle had made a 3.5 foot 25 yard group.
Promptly traded it for a Wather P38 holster with spare mag, some shoot N see and a hand clay thrower.
Spieler
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AMT Backup .45 DAO. Couldn't get through an entire 5 rd. mag without a stoppage of some sort. Tried to give it a chance by breaking it in, using different mags, ammo, etc. but it didn't matter....the gun just would not function reliably. Took it to a gun show and a dealer snapped it up from me in a heartbeat, warts and all.
Mike Irwin
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AMT Backup. Hands down.
With one exception, every ATM product I ever worked with was uniformly a piece of overpriced
(word that rhymes with twit...)
With one exception, every ATM product I ever worked with was uniformly a piece of overpriced
(word that rhymes with twit...)gunsmith
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Two so far
davis derringer .32acp with a 100lb trigger pull and not accurate after one inch.
an Arcus 94 high power copy,while accurate the safety didn't work
and I ended up shooting my radio
davis derringer .32acp with a 100lb trigger pull and not accurate after one inch.
an Arcus 94 high power copy,while accurate the safety didn't work
and I ended up shooting my radio
Jack19
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Kimber Compact Aluminum. Wouldn't slidelock, wouldn't eject reliably, and it was only marginally accurate, even from a bench. And, customer service from Kimber was more difficult than getting blood from a turnip. 
Dave Markowitz
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Saiga Sporter converted by Hesse to AK-103 configuration. It worked flawlessly for the first 150 rounds or so, then started to not want to fire. I.e., I'll pull the trigger and the hammer will not drop. :banghead:
I'm pretty sure the cause is whatever US compliance parts Hesse used inside, so I plan to yank them and install a G2 fire control group from Tapco.
I'm pretty sure the cause is whatever US compliance parts Hesse used inside, so I plan to yank them and install a G2 fire control group from Tapco.
Black Snowman
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I've never had a troublesome gun but I've been around quite a few. The closest thing I've had is my DPMS scope mount for my FAL wanna-be interfering with it's bolt-carrier. But that wasn't the guns fault entirely. Just that the scope mount was made for a different upper receiver and wasn't clearanced correctly for mine.
I've seen old gummed-up shotguns, bent springs, cylinders that wouldn't rotate, rifles with seers that wouldn't catch, bores so badly corroded that minute of pie plate at 50 yards was nearly impossible to achieve.
I've seen old gummed-up shotguns, bent springs, cylinders that wouldn't rotate, rifles with seers that wouldn't catch, bores so badly corroded that minute of pie plate at 50 yards was nearly impossible to achieve.
Harry Paget Flashman
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Talk about poetic justice. I went on emergency leave in 1974 to visit my ailing Dad and left an attache case full of reloaded .38 Spcl and .45-70 in the back seat of my car. It got stolen while I was gone. While it isn't a safe practice, I loaded the .38 brass up to .357 specs and the .45-70 I loaded with 50 grains of IMR 3031 and 500gr lead bullets. It was a super hot load I'd worked up for my H&R 'Shikari' rifle which had a breech like a cannon. It shot like I imagine a .458 mag would. I always fantasized about the thief unknowing turning his firearm into a hand-held pipe bomb. It is also the reason I don't shoot someone else's reloads.
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Tom Servo
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Already got one, but in .22. Mind you, I didn't buy it. It belonged to my boss, a DC transplant. He had gotten it from "a guy my friend knew" and kept it for home protection.
I was going shooting with a few friends, and I offered to take it along and test it. First problem: the sights. I had to ignore the front sight because it was so misaligned (and of course, not adjustable). Even then, I couldn't get it to hit an 8x11" piece of paper at 10 feet.
Of course, it might have been easier if I could've gotten it to fire more than once consecutively. As a matter of fact, I had to rotate through the cylinder several times just to fire all 5 chambered rounds. I actually gathered a crowd of onlookers while doing my little "click-click-click-BANG-click-click" drill.
Did I mention this was for home defense?
I gave my boss twenty bucks for it, lest he ever be tempted to try and use it for self-defense. So, technically, I do own it now, though I couldn't sell it to anyone with a clear conscience. Hopefully, one of those "gun buybacks" will come around soon.
Cascade Hunter
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A Ruger No 1 in .220 Swift. That thing wouldn't hold a group inside 2 inches at 100 yards.
Squire Bingham .22 auto rifle from Service Merchandise in the early 80's. The pot metal firing pin broke before it even finished the first box of ammo. Took it back and, despite their no-returns policy, exchanged for another figuring it was a fluke. Nope. 2nd did the samething. Took it back again and paid the extra $50 for Ruger 10/22.
Another was a Glock 21, supposedly a factory rebuild police trade in. I couldn't hit that gun with the broad side of a barn but never jammed. By the time I got rid of it I was able to get $150 each for the 6 13+2rnd mags though
A Daisy PowerLine pump that kept shooting out the little magnetic rod on the end of the bolt that held the BB in place. Went through 3 exchanges (Target when they were still Airway) before getting a Crossman 760 instead which I still have sitting by the door (25 years later).
Another was a Glock 21, supposedly a factory rebuild police trade in. I couldn't hit that gun with the broad side of a barn but never jammed. By the time I got rid of it I was able to get $150 each for the 6 13+2rnd mags though
A Daisy PowerLine pump that kept shooting out the little magnetic rod on the end of the bolt that held the BB in place. Went through 3 exchanges (Target when they were still Airway) before getting a Crossman 760 instead which I still have sitting by the door (25 years later).
Bear Gulch
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STar PD in .45
Sylvilagus Aquaticus
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My brother had an RG 38 that fired exactly 3 rounds before locking up. The cylinder was so poorly timed that he was spattered with lead and burning powder on his shooting hand, but didn't really notice until later because he was wearing work gloves to get a better grip on the thing. Within 10 minutes it was tossed deep into the woods in the Sabine riverbottom bogs.
I picked up a Spanish Mauser that was rechambered to .308 or more likely 7.62 CETME. I put it in a firing fixture and fired 3 rounds with a lanyard from behind good cover. It took a cheater pipe to manipulate the bolt after each round was touched off. Seems to me like I used it for trading material and I gave the trader a warning about the little problem.
Regards,
Rabbit.
I picked up a Spanish Mauser that was rechambered to .308 or more likely 7.62 CETME. I put it in a firing fixture and fired 3 rounds with a lanyard from behind good cover. It took a cheater pipe to manipulate the bolt after each round was touched off. Seems to me like I used it for trading material and I gave the trader a warning about the little problem.
Regards,
Rabbit.
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