What's the biggest piece of crap pistol you've ever owned?

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I think that there should be some distinction between POC and the worst gun you have ever owned. Does the worst gun you have ever owned automatically qualify as a POC? I have guns i like less than others, and that does not make them POC. At least in my mind, a POC is something that you regret having bought and would not sell to anyone but your worst enemy:rolleyes:
 
4 Different Kimbers

4 Different Kimbers:

1) Kimber, Custom Shop "Gold Combat" $1,995.00 (2 times back to Kimber)
2) Kimber, Custom Shop "Pro Raptor" $1,295.00??? (2 times back to Kimber)
3) Kimber, TLE/RL $995.00 (1 time back to kimber)
4) Kimber, Ultra Eclipse, $995.00 (2 times back to Kimber)

It's a shame. I recall the days of the Kimber series I. The only Kimber I have now is my Warrior. It seems to work fine, but then, it is a series I type 1911.

I know Kimber is capable of making an excellent product. They just need to decide to do so.

Doc2005
 
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Pistols.
H&K P2000.
Slide was cracked for the factory. Returned to dealer for refund, will not give the company another look.
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I'm throwing the flag on this one.

How does a mfg. defect constitute a POS and not worthy of looking at the company's products again? Sorry, but that doesn't count and you didn't even give HK a chance to make it right. If I recall correctly you go out of your way to slander HK.

I've never bought a bad pistol.

I guess I'm too diligent in my research and lucky in my selection that I've not gotten a bad one from an otherwise good company.

I recently came as close as I ever will to buying what appears to be a very notorious POS......Rohrbaugh.
 
An early Colt Delta Elite that started peening the frame within the 1st hundred shots
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Hmm, I had a similar experience with my DE. I thought I was imagining things or I had lost my mind, but realized there wasn't much of that to lose anyway. :D

Oh, well. No matter. It's gone now.
 
The TEC-22. OMG that looked so cool.... then I fired it - once . jammed and bang - jam -bang -jam... and repeat. We sold it after 2 days of owning it. I felt bad selling it to another...:(

I think it was a RUGER "viper". Like the TEC-22 Bang - jam etc...:fire:
 
Biggest piece of crap pistol...

Hands down it was an "Encom MP-45". 8" barrel and no stock so it loosely qualified as a pistol. It looked like and was made like the old M-3 Grease gun. The M-3 design was good ... for full auto. They crammed it into a semi-auto pistol and it NEVER fed and fired 2 rounds in a row in all of the time I had it. If you tickled the trigger as fast as you could it might fire 3-4 rounds...but even that wasn't reliable. Worthless...Useless...too light to even make a boat anchor. I swappped it to a a gunsmith who had tried to make it run without success, so he knew what he was getting. He thought he could make something out of it. Don't know if he did or not.:fire:
 
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The worst pistol I have ever shot was given to me by my wifes Grandparents. It was a NIB Jennings J-22. I have put maby 75+ rounds through it and got it to cycle once. They took it away from a Cousin that bought it to kill herself! :eek: Good thing she never tried.
 
Norton TP 70. Early 70's. A stainless 25 ACP. Looked great, exposed hammer, double action first shot, very thin, 6 plus 1 in the chamber. Only problem, it only fired the one in the chamber...well most of the time. Sometimes, it wouldn't fire even the one in the chamber. Store sent it back to the factory twice, still wouldn't work. Store took gun back and I bought a Detective Special.
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FEG RC .45. Worked fine until my cursed brother in law shot it. From that moment on the timing went to He*l and it never worked again.
 
Rohm .22; what a POS. Stamped outta pot metal, I think. Had it for a day or two & got rid of it. Lucky for me it didn't cost me but $10 for the MD transfer fee. Unlucky for me, I had to wait another 30 days to pick somethng else up. :cuss:
 
I think it was a RUGER "viper". Like the TEC-22 Bang - jam etc...
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Remington Viper.I bought one when I was 18 and didn't have the funds for the 10/22 and of course I thought the black polymer stock looked cooler.When spotlessly clean it wasn't that bad but it would start to foul up towards the end of a box and how much fun is that with a .22?

I have never had a handgun horribly dissapoint me based on my expectations,exceed them certainly but I keep things in perspective.I keep the expectations lower if the gun is a known poor design or has been abused.I don't get irate that the Grendel .380 I was given is more bang bang click click click click bang click click bang as it was free and honestly,it's not a very well made gun.I don't get mad at my 1911's for not being as reliable as my Glocks and SIG's as they are what they are .I don't really trust my brand new Para whereas my 16 year old G19 has been 100%- not to say the Para is horrible,just that the Glock is better.I also am smart enough to know that a single gun isn't representative of the maker or indeed all of the same design: they are afterall machines built by humans.It does seem juvenile to make a remark that a certain design that's universally known as good is "junk :barf:" due to having a single failure to feed on a well abused range gun.
 
Helwan

After retiring from the service I wanted to get a 9MM because of the abudance of ammo and relatively low costs. I went to a gun show and looked at alot of various products but ended up walking out with a Helwan (Made in Egypt) 9 MM.

That gun did nothing but jam and jam and jam. I had the range official look it over and he immediately told me to trade it in. I called the dealer that sold me the gun at the show and upgraded to a ruger. Never had an issue again.

Now, many years later and alot of $'s more, I shoot the 1911 type in 9MM, 40SW and 45 ACP. I'm sold on Kimber, Nighthawk, and Springfield. For the money it's well worth it to me.
 
Worst POC handgun.

I agree that one either loves Glocks or hates them. They're just not for everyone. The people I have known who were better prepared to carry Glocks safely were the same people who once carried a 1911 cocked and locked.
 
I agree that one either loves Glocks or hates them. They're just not for everyone. The people I have known who were better prepared to carry Glocks safely were the same people who once carried a 1911 cocked and locked.
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I have three 1911's and carry them cocked and locked, I have for years now. I just don't like the Glocks anymore.:D
 
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I take your point. I have some firearms with which I had disconcerting experiences and don't like also. The Glocks I trust are ones that only I have ever been inside. After working my 2 over I "trust" them a little more. A friend who is a K-9 handler for the state of Georgia has carried a Glock 22 for many years and refuses to carry his with a round in the chamber.
 
Biggest POC pistol

The biggest piece of monkey spit I ever owned was Davis .380 taken as a partial trade even if it was only owned briefly, it would never go through even one magazine without one problem or another to include jamming or the extractor failing.
Runners up would include a Charter Arms 38 undercover which had been abused it had poor timing and reminded me of a bic lighter.
An FIE derringer (sp) comes to mind as does a certain Auto Ordnance Pit Bull that loved to split its thin barrel bushing now and then.
Biggest jammomatic would be Jennings 22 pocket pistol which beat throwing rocks but not by much.
I have had many firearms break to include Colts Glocks Smith & Wessons Springfield Armory 1911A1's everything from front sights flying off to cylinders not locking up to broken firing pins and extractors anything can eventually break but generally you get what you pay for and its better to buy top quality and look for someplace better to cut corners than a tool that you may one day be required to defend yourself or a loved one with.
 
I forget the name of the company that made it, but it was a copy of a Kel-Tec P11. Made in Nevada, if I recall. Every malfunction a bottom feeder can have, this one had, at least once per magazine.

Second would be a Beretta 92. This thing didn't group, it patterned like a shotgun. Actually, worse than your average shottie, given the range. At fifteen feet, I couldn't even keep 15 rounds on a paper plate. I think the best I ever saw was seven on the plate. Wasn't just me, either, anyone who shot the thing had similar results. If we're talking metal framed wondernines, give me a CZ any day.

~~~Mat
 
The people I have known who were better prepared to carry Glocks safely were the same people who once carried a 1911 cocked and locked.
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Are you suggesting that somebody would willingly switch from a 1911 to a Glock?!?! :what: :eek:





Please don't hurt me, Glock fanatics. :neener:
 
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