Worst Gun You Ever Owned.

[Shung]

It was a Norinco 1911A1 ... but it wasnt really a bad gun... actually it was quite good for the price of it.. but still was MY worse...

 

[nwilliams]

Vulcan MP5 clone

Wish I had started using gun forums before I picked that thing up, or at least done a little research first. It was an impulse buy and the worst gun decision I every made. I'll never make that mistake again!

 

[R.W.Dale]

Smith and Wesson 22A, The &%^$ barrel assembly BROKE!

Pot metal and plastic

 

[Old School]

Never had a "bad" gun. But the gun that I liked the least.......Glock 23

 

[K3]

A Mosin M44 that did 6" at 25 yards on a good day. I tried all kinds of surplus ammo, handloads with .308 bullets, and handloads with .311 bullets. The bore slugged at .313, so I *thought* I was going to get some results. Those loads turned out to be the worst of the bunch. Bayonet extended or folded - didn't matter.

At least it was only a $79 rifle. It'll make a helluva club.

 

[Poor East Texan]

Lets see...

Three come to mind.

SS Mini 14 would chamber and eject rounds just peachy. Couldn't hit paper at 50yd. Disclaimer: I had a blued Mini back in the 80's that was a veritable tack driver.

Astra .357 revolver. DA worked fine, SA worked fine. Rounds fired and came out of the cylinder fine. But it would be doing GREAT to hit the inside of a barn from the inside!

Taurus MiniMax .380 (shrinky dink 1911 - impulse buy) would jam like crazy with RN rounds. After struggling through 20 rounds it went bye bye at the next gun show (I think I got the Astra for it but could be wrong)

Oh, the H&R 865 .22 Bolt Gun I bought recently wouldn't feed more than 1 round from the mag it came with and only does somewhat better with one from E-Gunparts. I like the heck out of the gun save for the screwy mags!

 

[Houston Tom]

An HK P70Z. 18 round clip DA only and the trigger pull was 19.1 pounds

Me too. It weighed a ton was better used as a hammer Traded it for a SIG 226

 

[koja48]

Remmie 700BDL heavy-barrel in 22-250 . . . never could get it to shoot a group & Lord knows I tried.

 

[fast eddie]

Rossi 462. Bought NIB last summer; 18 factory rounds and the cylinder binds up. UPS Next DAY Air $$$ to Braztech for repair. 2.5 months later get it back. 100 rounds and all is well! By round 112 cylinder is binding up again. What a P.O.S. I blame my weakness for shiny objects...

 

[longdayjake]

A Ruger 10/22. Neither one worked for two consecutive shots.

I bought a used 10/22 from a pawn shop 2 years ago for $125. It was in absolute perfect condition. I took it out to the range and could not get it to fire reliably. So, I took apart the trigger assembly and put it back together. I have since killed rockchucks and jackrabbits in the hundreds with it and no problems to report.

However, I do own a walther P22 that I can't even use as a boat anchor because it is too light. First it had issues with the safety falling when I would fire so I could only get about 2 rounds off before I would have to take it off safety. Sent it back. Now, when I load a new mag the first round will not go off unless I pull the full weight of the trigger and the firing pin spring lost its umph. Sent it back. Firing pin retracts now, but won't fire the first round unless I pull the full weight of the trigger. S&W never fixed it and now the warranty ran out. Sad thing is my cousin that I see once a year has one that has never had a single problem. I have shot more rounds out of his gun then I have out of my own. I hate it and am mad at S&W because they refuse to replace it with one that works. They just kept on sending it back to me in the same condition. That and it sucks to put back together after field stripping.

 

[garyhan]

An AR 7 by Charter Arms. Four to six jams per 7 shot clip. Groups were about two inches at 25 feet. Barrel looked like years of neglected black powder fouling after after it was fired a clip. Thank God it was stolen and my NRA insurance reimbursed me the full purchase price.

gary

 

[GlowinPontiac]

The least good I've owned was a S&W Sigma.

I own a sigma .40. Not the best gun in the world but it has never jammed or had any problems at all. only annoying thing is that the 2 mags S&W sent me as part of the promotion rattle like hell when filled to capacity. If you remove just 1 round the rattle stops.

 

[cracked butt]

Romanian M44 mosin nagant followed closely by Russian M38 Mosin nagant- I have shotguns that will throw tighter patterns at 50 yards

Remington 597 jammomatic- at least it was accurate despite the lawyer trigger.

 

[poet]

9mm Llama commander size 1911 made in Spain. Looked very nice shot just the opposite. I was shooting competative Bullseye and it was being sold for $125. I bought it on sight without trying it. It would not hold a group at 21 feet much less 25 or 50 yards.

 

[doc2rn]

Got to be the brand new Taurus that fell apart as I put the first mag of rounds through it.

Couldn't tell if I bought a gun or an Erector set. To top it off I lost one of the danged grip screws that they quit making.

 

[feedthehogs]

Remembering my grandad and dad telling me as a kid, you get what you pay for, I've never had a bad gun.

I never felt the urge to buy a Jennings or Raven or anything like that just to have a gun.

You buy crap, you get crap. There's a reoccuring theme on this thread with common names.

Any guns I had bought that had rough or heavy triggers were easily fixed by some wolf springs and some honeing.

Rifles that were not grouping to my satisfaction with factory ammo were easily fixed with developing handloads.

As an instructor I've found that most guns shoot horribly because of the shooter.

And that a good percentage of shooters have weak fingers and arms. Limp wrist is a big cause of semi-auto's not cycling properly.

Picked up many a great gun at cheap prices for that reason.

 

[bmitchell]

My AMT Hardballer was a junker when I got it; it's doing well now that I've worked it up a little and added some reliable parts. It still isn't too pretty though. My "junk" guns are all pretty reliable.
The only real bad one I've got is a Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk 1 that has a severely pitted chamber and takes more effort than my Mosin to cycle.

 

[Dain Bramage]

Romanian M44 mosin nagant followed closely by Russian M38 Mosin nagant- I have shotguns that will throw tighter patterns at 50 yards

Luck of the draw, I guess. My Romanian M44 looks like it's been thrown under the bus a few times, but it has a slick bolt and is an honest 3 moa rifle with iron sights. My M38 is a pretty looking re-arsenal, that shoots 2 moa with a scout scope. It's my brush gun for deer and elk.

 

[GreenFurniture]

AMT Gov't model.

 

[MMCSRET]

Never had a bad one, some were better than others. One thing I refuse to consider buying used is a semi-auto 22 built on an aluminum receiver. Too many of them were not cared for and the guide rails for the bolt are worn and let the bolt drop slightly.

 

[moe.ron]

Beretta Tomcat in .32. That was the most unreliable piece of junk I have ever held.

Does anybody know of a reliable mouse gun in this caliber??