Worst handgun you've ever shot :(

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Worst was the Sigma in .40 for me. I did not like the gun one bit, and shooting it was even worse. After that it would have to be my co-workers Llama. The thing grouped 5'' at 5 yards (yes 5 yards lol), but when you buy a beat up $90 handgun you kind of get what you pay for.
 
Llama .22 - the one that looked like a mini-mini 1911. Now, it fed and shot reliably, but ejected into my face, along with what felt like burning powder...kind of hard to concentrate with that stuff hitting your eyeballs... (yes, I had glasses on - just sayin') the Llama .380 I had was almost as bad...
 
Colt Peacekeeper 357

Years ago probably in the 80's, I bought a 4" Colt 357 mag. revolver that was a poorly finished lookalike of a Python. It was horrible, as it spit lead all over the place from the B/C gap and back into your face. The cylinder wobbled every way and accuracy was terrible. I unloaded it as fast as I could . Don't ever think a major manufacturer can't put out a loser once in a while.
 
Worst gun would be Hi-Point c9. For some reason it totally ate up that piece of skin between my thumb & fore finger. Took weeks to heal up.

Worst first impression would be my 40S&W Sigma. When I first pulled the trigger I though it would never fire. When it did shoot I knew instantly that it didn't hit the target because I saw the dirt fly up way short & left of the target. The 12 lbs trigger pull was awfully heavy & gritty feeling. I sent it back to the manufacturer to clean up. Then it took me a few months to figure the thing out. Now I can get tight groups with it because I had to illiminate the flaws in my technique. I like shooting it now & it made me a better shooter in the long run. The thing is 100% reliable also.
 
Easy my friend let me shoot his Glock .40....i could not hit the side of a barn with it.
Glocks are waaayyyy to light for me for easy control
 
Bad!

I'm gonna hear about this for sure!

I had model 29 5 inch smith that was the worst lemon I have ever seen in my life! The timing was off, it would bind the cylinder and this was after the third trip back to smith and wesson!!!

I've owned several before and since and never got another bad one but this one was dangerous. I traded it in at a gunshop under the condition that they would fix it before re-selling and they did.

I have the same problem with Glocks that the guy above has, too light a ergonomics are wrong for anything over the.357 sig, but I did like that little devil. Even the 40 was uncomfortable to me and I love my 3.5 inch Citadel .45
 
For me.. the Llama .380, had one actually fly apart!!!!
The Clerk 1st, pick a caliber...
RG's... all real POS's
Raven Arms...any and all of them,
Jennings 22's,
Kahr's not many are put together that well, I just think it is a crappy design..

I have had a Browning Hi-Power give me fits, learned to hate the gun, but we finally fixed the problem... tight slide, and weak extractor spring with a burr on the underside of the extractor as well as a worn or short ejector.. dang that gun gave me fits....

I'm really surprised to see several people mention the Walther PPK's Granted the DA Triggers on the Smith version are not all that great.. but overall they are pretty good guns.. a lot of gun designers have borrowed features from them, the Beretta 92,s & 96's all have safety features borrowed from the 1930's Walther design... I have several, and yup, the German made ones are of better overall fit and finish..

I am not surprised to see, the 1911 listed by some as a "Jamomatic" however experience tells me that MOST (not all) function problems with 45's and new shooters are more bad technique and habits than the gun it's self.. I am really surprised to see Kimber 45's mentioned as problematic.. they factory fit and finish on them is generally very good.. Most ALL stovepipe type jams are shooter issues riding the recoil, any semi auto.. I and my business partner own about 6 or 7 Kimbers between us... never a problem with any of them..

Generally 45 1911 function issues that are not shooter related are fixed pretty easily with either spring swaps, or a little fitting.. many times it is magazine issues, especially with aftermarket mags..
 
Heritage 22 revolver. Guy from church came out to my range to shoot it and was trying to get it to work. He handed it to me to try. Everything about it looked dangerous. Loose screws, no cylinder lock up, and just overall low quality. To be nice to him I took it into my shop and went over it to make sure all the parts were there and tightened the screws. I went out and pulled the junky trigger once.

Also, my Kimbers have been totally reliable and are some of my favorite guns. And... a High Power trigger job is easy for the home gunsmith wannabe.
 
And... a High Power trigger job is easy for the home gunsmith wannabe.
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If another (lesser quality)brand of gun had the same trigger it wouldn't be so readily accepted. Such information for fixing the crappy trigger was not readily available to the general public in 1974.
 
You sir, are crazy.
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I traded that turkey for a Dan Wesson Model D-11 in .357 magnum,a brand new Snap-on tool chest,a police officer's swivel holster(black leather),100 rounds of sp ammo and $127 in cash. Yeah,I'm crazy.
 
Worst gun I owned was a Walther PPK/s. FTF's all the time. Tried every kind of 380 that is made. Never chambered 3 in a row. I bought it new and put about 500 rounds through it. It never got any better. I finaly traded it in.....on a Sig 238...WOW what a nice piece
 
Raven .25.... Ish, it was a giant chunk of garbage. It had no redeeming qualities at all.

Another gun that I would consider a close second would be a Walther P-22 that I owned for a short time. It never went bang more than three times in a row.
 
Beretta 92FS. Far too massive for its caliber. It was accurate enough, but not enough for me, and for a 9mm, I found it just plain unpleasant to shoot. The pistol was a rental, but it had just been cleaned before use. I just did not like it at all.
 
Oldnoob, The procedures for a BHP trigger job were not known in 1974 and there were not reduced power hammer/main springs available then.
 
Any micro or subcompact. If I have to alter grip or feel like I'm holding it with only two fingers, it's not for me.

.45/410 derriger for the same reason.

Glock is one of those guns I hate to shoot because I do so rarely. I dislike the grip angle, but if I owned one, then I'd probably get used to it. Since I do not own one, glock is on the list.

Beretta 92FS. Far too massive for its caliber.
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I actually really like the Beretta 92 series. Because I can get a full grip on the weapon, it fills my hand, I don't feel like i'm scrambling for purchase like the smaller frame guns. I always feel like i'll drop a subcompact with each shot.
 
Please send all your unwanted bad guns to the address below, and I will dispose of them properly for you. Especially those old Browning HPs and Kimber "jamomatics". Heck, I'll even take those POS Sigmas and Glocks off your hands if it helps you out. Ship to:

Kimber_Kenny
1911 Lover's Lane
Somewhere, Idaho 45223
 
The Webley-Fosberry "Automatic Revolver"

The "worst gun" I ever shot was a Webley-Fosberry Automatic Revolver that belonged to a collector friend of mine.

While it looks like a funky Webley revolver, the top half of the gun that includes the cylinder, the top of the frame and the barrel slide in grooves in the bottom part of the frame.

So, when the gun fires, the top half of the gun recoils backward which feels something like a regular auto pistol recoil EXCEPT you have a much larger MASS OF METAL MOVING BACKWARDS THEN SNAPPING FORWARD AGAIN.

At the same time, the CYLINDER REVOLVES to bring another chamber into line.

So, it is the recoil cycle of the Webley-Fosberry that makes it bad because you are dealing with a large moving mass of the top half of the revolver AND and the same time the wrist twisting because of the TORQUE of the chamber rotating.

Guess I could get used to it, but to this day I remember the experience. Yuk!
 
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