Worst Rifle Ever?

[cleardiddion]

Remington 522r Viper hands down.
Worst gun I ever owned.

 

[H&Hhunter]

Another vote for the Remington model 710. The worst piece of junk to ever be regurgitated onto the American gun market.

 

[rondog]

Dude;
What's with all the white stains on your bedspread!?

Not my photos, found 'em on the net. My bedspread is covered with Beagle hair.

Garcia Bronco, thanks natman! I'm going to have to make a name tag to tie onto the p.o.s. so I can remember what it is. My brother gave it to me, he has a .410 just like it that kicks like a mule.

 

[readr1]

My vote goes for the....


Wait for it...


Wait for it......


The Asperly Aimless!

 

[winchester '97]

finally found a good write up on the mondragon: http://www.cruffler.com/historic-february01.html

also the Gewehr 41: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gewehr_41
it actually uses a ring piston that surrounds the barrel and runs on muzzle blast. now imagine it with WW2 ere corrosive 8mm.......

 

[Zerodefect]

Vulcan
Hesse

 

[Rollerbob]

The worst gun I've had personal experience with would be the Remington 770. The bolt jiggles, even when in battery. The barrel is a complete POS too. I'd take a beat up, spray painted, rusty bore'd Mosin Nagant over a brand new 770 any day.

 

[chevyforlife21]

the red ryder was a terrible gun i cant make it kill a buck.

 

[coosbaycreep]

The biggest piece of crap rifle I've ever owned was a feather At-22 carbine. It did look cool though.

 

[gunsandreligion]

And they are welcome to disagree all they want. It is my opinion and does not have to matter to anyone other than myself

I was implying that they were shot with one.

 

[garyhan]

AR 7 by Charter Arms. three or four jams every 7 shot clip. Two inch groups at 25 feet. Bore so rough you could never get it clean.

gary

 

[Quoheleth]

I'm going to need some help putting a name with this, but there was a rifle mentioned in the February AMERICAN RIFLEMAN that was literally a death-trap. It was a semi-automatic rotary bolt (IIRC) that did not lock up sufficiently every time resulting in a bolt flying rearward into the eye cavity of the shooter.

I looked but I gave that issue to one of my shut-ins at church and can't recall the name off the top of my head.

The rifle mentioned in AR even had a tag on it identifying it as unsafe, having actually driven the bolt into the eye/face of the shooter.

Anyone help me ID this thing?

Q

 

[fireman 9731]

The Arisaka rifles were down-right turds. Taller than the men shooting them, a gangly monopod, rattly dust cover, and sights designed to shoot airplanes... Japanese innovation at its best. But then again, Japan viewed its soldiers as its weapons, not its guns.

The Mossberg plinkster is pot-metal junk.

I don't have much love for the mini-14 either.

I'm not impressed by ARs... and probably wont ever own one either.

 

[thisguy1157]

Quoheleth, I remember seeing what your talking about, though I did page through the Feb issue & couldnt find it. But I think that it was that particular specimen of rifle, not all of them

 

[WardenWolf]

The Arisaka rifles were down-right turds. Taller than the men shooting them, a gangly monopod, rattly dust cover, and sights designed to shoot airplanes... Japanese innovation at its best. But then again, Japan viewed its soldiers as its weapons, not its guns.

Umm, excuse me? I own an Arisaka 99 rifle, and I would certainly NOT call it a turd. My grandfather picked it up on Okinawa. To this day, it remains a very solid, very accurate shooter. Some of its accessories, like the dust cover, may have not been the best, but soldiers could and often did remove them. The rifles themselves, though, were rock solid and equal to any other bolt action rifle fielded in World War II. Don't compare the "last ditch" rifles with the true Arisakas. Before you call a rifle a turd, perhaps you should have some idea of what you're talking about.

Stevens Model 73 is a piece of trash. It's a single shot, bolt-action .22LR. Worst hammer and spring design I think I've ever seen. The way the barrel attaches to the receiver is a hideous joke. The only thing that keeps it from rotating freely is a single screw through the stock, and then only if it's tight. By its design, you'd THINK the barrel could easily be removed entirely, but nope, not unless you have a vise. Crappy extractor. I put a LOT of work into cleaning one up, and have yet to shoot it to see if my efforts in removing tons of lead fouling in the action made it even usable. Worst. rifle. EVER. Only real reason I put any effort into it is to see how quiet it is with .22 Shorts. If it's as quiet as I've read, I may have a new option for killing rattlesnakes.

 

[chevyforlife21]

springfield 944 shotguns if it counts. most of them have cracked recievers

 

[ROGER4314]

There can only be one worst. The Italian Carcano is absolutely the worst POS ever made. Along with that crude, short barrel rifle came its rounded tip, elongated bullet. According to legend, Lee Oswald made rapid fire shots at moving targets, downhill in extreme stress with that rifle and ammo. Nonsense!

Flash

 

[stubbicatt]

Howabout that nylon 22 semi auto that Remington made a few years back?

 

[Slamfire]

You can look at Vol 2 of the Bolt Action by Stuart Otteson.

He examines a number of low production bolt rifles that were failures. These are typically things built by someone with a "good" idea, but the designer/owner did not have enough cash to throughly test his concept.So it failed.

Most of us will never see a Newton rifle, a Schultz and Larsen M54J, a Ranger Arms, and Omega III. These were all low production and died a quick death.

Truly the worst rifle made in quantity was the interrupted thread Ross. The Canadians built 400,000 of the things. Not only was it possible to assemble the bolt incorrectly, the bolt stop impact deformed the locking lugs. The first defect would blow the bolt through the user's head, the second would jam the rifle.

 

[Art Eatman]

Quoholeth, maybe the Ross? I think it's already been mentioned.

FWIW, the Arisaka is one of the strongest bolt-action rifles ever made. They've survived having wrong cartridges with bullets larger than the bore shot through them, without failure.

 

[rangerruck]

the new remmy 770's, look pretty bad, though they can hold a 3 shot group.
Allthough I hear the new savage low end line will give them a run for their money for badness...

 

[Wheeler44]

The Mossberg plinkster is pot-metal junk.

That runs like a Singer sewing machine...and my own has suffered much abuse as an Appleseed loaner...It's helped quite a few folks find their inner Rifleman.

 

[oz_lowrider]

worst rifle ever

My vote would have to be the carcano also. Did hear it was good as reinforce in concrete though. Went pig shooting with a bloke who had one, after one shot and the flames and smoke had gone, everything else was gone as well. Shocking rifle.

 

[Mp7]

whatever the french army carried in WW2

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/French_Army

 

[sterling180]

The Canadian Ross rifles& The French Lebels,I've heard aren't very popular or reliable.The Lebel,I've yet to test.Only heard this by word of mouth,by older shooters.