Your least favorite gun

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Taurus PT-945
It was reliable as can be and shot everything.
Problems:
I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn from inside the barn no matter what I did.
It was DA/SA and the trigger pull on the D/A resembled something Peterbuilt would admire.
Traded it out for a 1911 and I'm soo happy again.

AFS
 
I had a Intratec AB-10 that was so bad that it made Jennings look like decent guns. The absolute worst gun was an Intratec Tec-22 that was actually worse than the AB-10. I didn't think it was possible to make a worse gun than the AB-10 until I bought the Tec-22. Fool me once...

Then there are the host of bad guns that I had like the RAP-401, Kel-Tec P-32, Jennings J-22, and Taurus PT-22. All of these either broke parts under normal use, jammed too often or both.

Then there is the much larger list of guns that were reliable but I just didn't like for ergonomic or other reasons. Guns like the Makarov, S&W 59, Ruger P-89, CZ-70, CZ-40, FEG P9R, Walther PP, Star BKM, Ruger 22/45, SA 1911 Longslide, Benelli B-76 and the list goes on.
 
for me it was a lorcin 380. terrible piece of junk. there are tricks to make em better but not worth the time involved unless you have (cursed with) one already and like to tinker.

close second is a rg23 revolver in 22lr. again, raging piece of junk, but there are things to fine tune em. i once made it go 500 rounds without a misfire. quite a feat since i hear they usually cant go 6 rounds without a misfire when they are brand new. what i did was add washers to shim up the hammer spring so it hit the pin harder, then lathed out a new pin to take the added force. still tinkering with fixing the mauled chamber edges, i was thinking lathing a channel in it and adding a hard steel part to beef up the cylender face. if i get around to it.

only reason i bothered with it is cause i love to tinker. nothing makes me happier than buying a broken gun and fixing it. its satisfying.
 
Glock 17. Worked okay but never could shoot it well. The description of the trigger as "like breaking a green twig" fits. If all I had to do was to make a quick noise it would have been a winner.

I really enjoyed seeing that gun go. Traded it straight across for two minty 4" Security Sixes, one blue, one stainless.
 
S&W 22a Piece of junk jam-o-tron inaccurate upper reciever broke took 6months for the facory to fix still a jam-o-matic eaisly the worst and least favorite handgun I've ever owned. In fact the only other piece of machinery I've owned that was worse than the S&W was a VW dune buggy that had the screwy typeII engine. Did i mention it jammed a lot?
 
Smith and Wesson Sigma 40V

My worst pistol was the Smith & Wesson Sigma 40V, the two-town model that came out before the 40VE model with the accessory rails. When the pistol would fire, it shot so far to the left that it left streaks on the left wall at the range.

Functionally, it was so totally unreliable that I put in a locked box and kept it in my closet for seven years. I've been afraid to sell it anyone, for fear of being shot on sight for selling a lemon. That fear only applies to anyone not using the Sigma to shoot at me!
 
Browning HP

My worst purchase was a Browning High Power. Actually I was dumb enough to sell it and buy a second one.

Horrible trigger, so bad that sometimes I thought the safety was on. The last straw was when the front sight broke off while firing it! (No, it had not been abused or dropped.)

On the other hand, they are good looking guns (the second one I had was the "Tactical" and they feel nice in your hand. But for the price, they ought to do more than just look and feel good!

Eventually I got a FEG clone. Not a bad gun and the trigger is getting better. At least the FEG has a reasonable price. For what I paid for the Brownings, they should have been decent guns.

Another poor choice was a Heritage Arms .22 revolver. THAT was my wife's choice because she liked the looks of it. But it's a poor shooter but at least it was cheap. Now she shoots my Ruger .22.

Ken
 
Either
Glock 17 - bought it because it was a good deal from a friend, noticed instantly that the grip angle was much different than what I was used to & never really got used to it. Sold it for the $300 I gave for it.
Or
Taurus PT-22 - Bought it new and jam, jam, jam. When it did fire, it shot about 2 feet high and one foot left of POA (around 10-15 yards.) Traded it for an old "Revelation" 30-30 levergun.
 
Beretta 92 FS inox compact model.

I was so happy the day I bought it used for $425, and even happier the day I sold it for $450.

It was reliable and it fit my hand OK, But I could not hit well with it at all, and even thought it was a compact model it was huge. I could out shoot it with my G26 any day of the week. In fact I could shoot a better target with my G26 at 25 yards with a 1 hand hold than I could with the Beretta at 7 yards with a 2 hand hold.

What a piece of CA CA. No wonder I see all of the higher up officers in Iraq carrying a 1911. I feel sorry for any one issued a beretta in combat.
 
Wow, these kinds of threads are very enlightening. Questions:

TexasSIGman, what was wrong with the 1006?

Tango Sierra, is the BDA single or 2-stack? I take it that it is narrower than a Sig 9mm 2-stack then?

OhioPaints: Welcome, and your BHP with the crap trigger - how new/old was it - when was it made? (cuz I have a theory that Browning quality may be slipping in the recent past).

Walther P22 owners.... would you say that it is now well-known that a significant percentage of them are reported to be junk/jammomatics? Or just a small few vocal complainers who got the lemons?

anything taurus, para , kimber , rossi , similar POS...
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That seems overly broad of a statement to me, by any reasonable account.
 
savage 34c

mine was a savage 34 c it would not eject the shotgun shells and it missfired every other shot had to use brass shells and nothing else the .22 barrle was as bad couldnt hit a barn ened up selling it for a 50 dollar proffit after i broke the tigger gaurd
 
Mine was a Springfield MilSpec 1911. It would not stay on an IPSC target at 25 yds. A friend of mine bought one just like it at the same shop on the same day. His was equally bad but he had it remade into an excellent weapon with the attention of a good smith. Maybe the factory was having an off day.
 
The polymer Witness 9mm. The steel ones are fine, but the magazines for the polymer version were absolute garbage, and there were no mags available anywhere in the US at the time, so I got rid of it.
 
auto-ordnance 1911, would not feed anything, not even hardball. hammer and sear wore out with maybe 300 rounds through it. 300 rounds is a lot of shooting, when you have to clear a jam every other round.
 
Actually, a couple of guns.....

1. First generation Charter Arms Bulldog in .44 Special. Crudely made (part of the frame warped, and the chambers were unbelievably rough!), inaccurate, and not worth the money, even in the mid-70s.

2. Browning Hi-Power. Beautifully made, gorgeous bluing. BUT, horrible ergonomics on the safety, and absolutely would not feed anything other than FMJ.

FWIW,

emc
 
RonJon said:
..a Beretta .32 Cal. Tomcat.

It never could operate reliably (stovepipes, FFs and double ejects with every magazine load. This is an example of a semi-auto that was just to damm small to function reliably).

I could not feel safe enough to trust it in using it as a CCW, which was what I had purchased it for.

Also the grips fell apart twice - first ones replaced under warranty, second ones also immediately cracked.

Fortunately, it was under a 1 year warranty with the dealer, and it managed to crack its own frame within that time.

Beretta replaced the gun, and the dealer allowed me to use the wholesale value of the new gun Beretta sent to trade (+ the $ difference) for a Ruger Single Six 50 year commemorative (neat revolver!).

I consider myself lucky to have learned the lesson that cheaply - never again a pocket small semi-auto for CCW!

(I now carry a S&W 642 in a DeSantis Nemesis pocket holster and a Bianchi speed strip for reloading, if necessary - This setup is perfect!)

J-frame Revolvers Rule for CCW!
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They must have changed something. I have a 950 for a BUG, and just to see, I literally went through two magazines as fast as I could pull the trigger, WITH a totally mixed-up load of various brands and FMJ and JHP and loads, dropped the mag and slapped in the other. (And yes, there are +P .25 loads, now.) :eek:

Did that twice. Not a single jam. Need to use Beretta or MegGar mags, though, I'd heard that the Promags will turn any of the Beretta littleguys into a jam-a-matic.
 
I have two that fit this category. The first is sort of general.

ANY handgun that has more plastic (visible, not weight) than metal. This of course rules out Glocks and all their imitators.

Second, was a Firestorm Gov't model I had for a while. I had problems with that weapon even after I polished the feed ramp. The finish was coming off in some areas after my first shooting session with it, and I had to use loctite to keep the plunger tube from coming loose. Even after I polished the feed ramp, it wouldn't feed hollow points. And the hammer strike was too light for some ammo so that there would be failures to fire. Also, the Chip McCormick 8 round mags I got, would not trip the slide release to lock the slide open on the last shot.

Strangely enough, I recently bought a Firestorm Compact Duo-tone. It works a lot better. It still has trouble with HP ammo, but EVERYTHING else works just fine, and the Finish looks great. And the hammer hits harder. I can even feel a difference in this when I dry fire it.
 
had a Glock 23, sold it. Glock's don't jive with me. I was not happy with the pistol from the get go.

That being said, everything i have right now i love. Had some trouble with my IAI M1 Carbine at first, but now that it has been broken in, it runs good. It really is amazing what a little sandpaper, steel wool and grease can do....with a good cleaning. my SKS still needs a bit of "tuning" so to speak, but it ran good when i shot it...i absolutely hate the sites on my Winchester 94 (pre64) -- prolly get a Lyman peep site for it down the road, but I don't plan on shooting the rifle much anyways.

will be shooting my Beretta Stampede for the first time Thursday, looking forward to how that pans out, i am confident in this one...

best purchase so far, CZ75BD...this is what replaced the Glock. I have Never...NEVER loved a firearm as much as this one. Everything about it is cool! :)
 
I feel dirty for saying this, but I never got to like my Sig P239/.357. It fed fine, but recoil was a bear, and the slide/frame fit was atrocious. No feeding problems or malfunctions, and it was a great CCW gun, but I really had to concentrate to get anything resembling accuracy. Oddly, I'd previously had the same model in 9mm, and loved it.

The other would be the Kahr MK9. Others love this gun, but my first one was a lemon (slide cracked during break-in), and the service (or lack thereof) from Kahr was just a train-wreck, which really lowered my faith. Matters were finally settled with a replacement, which had a VERY loose barrel/slide fit and wasn't very accurate at all.

Ended up selling both and not looking back.
 
the only gun I regret getting was my muzzleloader, a CVA .50 bolt action, if I was thinking, and knew anything about muzzleloaders I would have spent the extra 40 bucks and gotten a break action gun. I shoots fine and cleaning is a breaze, but the action is such that its difficult to put the primers in, unless you use the little tool.
 
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