Your least favorite revolver...

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I would have to say a S&W (or Uberti) Schofield.....just because I want one so bad all I can do is sit around and think about how bad I want one.....but for their price I can get things more worthy of that price (IMO).....still, I am sure I will break down and buy one.....

So yeah, they are my least favorite because they torment me with their seduction!
 
I had two least favorites; first one was a Charter Arms Undercover, purchased new in the mid '70's for $88. I couldn't get through a box of wadcutters without having the frame pins walk out one side of the gun, and then finding the cylinder retaining screw was also backing out of the frame. What was the point of having the strength of a steel frame and the weight savings of an alloy grip, if the two of them weren't going to stay together long enough for you to get through 50 rounds of practice ammo. The other disappointment was a Colt Agent, one of the ones they came out with in the mid '80's with this dull, matte finish on it. Colt claimed they did this to save costs on polishing and bluing; the only problem was they also cut costs by not properly fitting the cylinder to the frame. This tended to bring everything to a massive halt before you could even go once around with six shots. Both guns could have been good, inexpensive snubbies if they had a little better design and a little more care taken with their manufacture.
 
Taurus 605 that would unlock under recoil and you had to close the cylinder to shoot it again..... currently have a taurus 94 that came out of time from the factory and blows lead back in your face....... I'm not even going to mention the taurus auto that broke on me 10 yrs ago.......

I know it took me 3 times to learn
 
As big of a fan as I am of the S&W K frame I was unlucky enough to get a lemon. I had a 3" Model 65 that would not shoot minute of barn with anything I put through it. Had a local Smith look at it and he could not find anything wrong with it. Young and dumb at the time and never thought about sending it to S&W as I bought it second hand, LNIB for $100. This was the only bad handgun I have owned. Had a Taurus 85, Charter Arms Off Duty, Charter Arms Pathfinder and even a Davis .22 LR Derringer for the tackle box, never had a problem with any of them. Just goes to show ya. Bill
 
Our college gun-club has a .22 revolver. Its a S&W, but I'm blanking on the model number. I think its 61, but I may well be wrong.

Its a great gun, wonderful feel, good trigger, fun to shoot. Except it keyholes every shot. Its been back to the factory three times now, and it still keyholes. We had our first practice of the year about a month ago, so the club president says to me "Hey Andrew, mind seeing if the revolver is still keyholing?" So I did, not expecting much. I loaded it up, shot a full cylinder single action, loving every minute of it, because firing revolvers is just fun. When I emptied the gun and took a look through my scope to what the gun was doing, there was nothing there. I couldn't figure it out. After further inspection I found that it was shooting one target to the right. Not an inch, or a minute of anything, but a TARGET to the right, probably 14 inches at 50ft. There was a nice little 1.5" group in the black on that target. (all keyholed) Too bad it wasn't the one I was shooting at.
 
Bad gun's

How about anything Taurus. It took me 4 times to realize what a pos they really are. 3 revolvers and one auto later, never again will I make that mistake:banghead:
 
glad to see my first revolver, ruger vaquero 357, not come up on the list. I think it is pretty sweet but it is the only revolver I have fired.

I had considered getting a nagant 1895 just because they are weird and cheap but damn the ammo is expensive. I looked last week and it is a dollar a round. I did see some mixed reviews that you can shoot 38 special. Anybody do that?
 
I had considered getting a nagant 1895 just because they are weird and cheap but damn the ammo is expensive. I looked last week and it is a dollar a round. I did see some mixed reviews that you can shoot 38 special. Anybody do that?
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NO! Well, it wouldn't fit in the chamber anyway. I think you probably read they were shooting .32 Smith and Wesson long. I've read that, too. I don't think it'd be real accurate.

That nagant stuff is weird, bullet seats WAY down in the case and the mouth of the case seals the gas at the cylinder/barrel "gap" or interface or what ever you'd call it in a nagant. I reckon the .32 would fire, though. Danged sight cheaper and easier to reload I'd think. Brass probably swells in the chamber, though.
 
Least favorite was a Dan Wesson .357. Don't remember the model number. Sold it, no regrets.

Least favorite that I still have is a S&W 317 Kit Gun. It has a 3" barrel and adjustable sights. It's actually a very nice gun, that is quite accurate. I just don't "like" it very much, so it mostly stays in the safe. I'd be tempted to trade it for a 4" SP101 in .22LR if I could find one. It would be like trading a sports car that gets great mileage (light weight and 8-round cylinder) for a pickup truck (very heavy with 6-round cylinder) ... but I like pickup trucks.

Interesting to read others' dislikes. I like my SP101 just fine, and my daughter really likes my Taurus 941 (.22WMR), even though it has a heavy double action trigger. She shoots it single action mostly, and is quite happy with it. Had a Taurus M44 that I regret selling. It had a remarkably smooth trigger out of the box.
 
This may seem like blasphemy to my '642 Club' friends, but I suppose the 642 is my least favorite. Don't get me wrong - I even tried our range's five target per stage/four stage 'steel plate challenge' one day with it - and never missed - with my mild 125gr plate poppers. It is accurate, easy, and 'fun', ignoring that uncomfortable dimunitive grip, to shoot - but it wasn't intended to be a plinker. It is a 'Doomsday' gun - intended to protect my bacon - and not be shot much, hopefully, ever. I hate having so much money tied up in 'protection' - and may just have to buy another one for my wife soon. That is money I could have spent on a 'shooter'! Still, if my britches are on, it's likely in the pocket.

The 1895 Nagant is a 'fun' piece. Sure, a 20+ lb DA trigger pull doesn't yield awe-inspiring accuracy - and the available 7.62x38r ammo is quite mild - they can be a lot of fun. I make my ammo by sizing modified .32-20 brass with an M1 Carbine carbide sizer - then seating and crimping with a similar .32-20 die. I use a 100gr LDEWC .312/.313 Meister bullet and enough powder to yield ~760 fps - still much milder than it's original combat loads - but the reloadable brass (It doesn't bridge the b/c gap.) falls out. If you insist on employing .32 S&WL/H&RM ammo, expect split cases - the chambers are tapered! Still, I have a lot more fun with my Nagants than my 642 - and knowing five of them with holsters, lanyards, cleaning rods, etc, cost less than my 642 doesn't help the 642's cause either!

Stainz
 
i too have been burned by charter arms bulldog .44spl poor quality, twice.
 
My least favorite would have to be anything made by Smith & Wesson. I have had 3 M27's, 2 66's and a 65 and none would shoot better than 15 inches at 50 feet. But they did have nice triggers.
 
My least favorite revolver? Just like my least favorite autoloader...Taurus of course. The sad part is, I wasn't bright enough figure it out until the THIRD time around. It's like again starting to date a girl you broke-up with before... then you remember all the reasons WHY you quit dating her the first time!
 
My least favorite would have to be anything made by Smith & Wesson. I have had 3 M27's, 2 66's and a 65 and none would shoot better than 15 inches at 50 feet. But they did have nice triggers.
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There's no sense in putting up with that kind of outrageous lack of performance. Just send the offending revolvers to me and I will kindly dispose of them in a proper manner.
 
S&W Model 19.

Don't get me wrong; it's a classic sixgun. But the used one I bought had simply been shot to pieces -- heavy endshake and lateral cylinder play. I was too new to revolverdom, then, to recognize the warning signs. :(

The revolver was beautiful, fit my hand, and had a great, slick action when it wasn't binding up in mid-trigger pull. Not accurate either.

I recouped about 2/3 of what I'd paid when I sold it, with disclosure, to a gunsmith who wanted the parts.

S&W K-frames giving up under magnum shooting -- yes, it happens.
 
I second Stainz's statement. My most carried revolver...and my least favorite revolver is the S&W 642. Although it just slides into the front pocket and is the "Doomsday", last resort, save your bacon defense weapon...I must state that it is the most inaccurate of all my weapons. My Ruger is a far superior weapon, but then, it does not conceal so readily...guess that is the trade off...eh?
 
RG Industries .22lr. My dad bought it dirt cheap in the 80's for a cheapo .22 plinker revolver, and when he died, it became mine.The finish looks like srpay paint.The sights are crap, the cases extract very hard, and about 30% of the rounds need a second or 3rd attempt to get them to fire.But, it was free, its cheap to shoot, the wife doesnt like ANY recoil or loud noise, and finds all my other guns too heavy also, so its all she'll shoot (so far, I havent gotten her to try any of the .22 rifles yet), and at least it gets her out shooting with me,so....Beides, if I tried to sell it, I'd probly get like $10-$20 for it, so why bother?.
 
My least favorite: Taurus 94

No offense to those that own good Taurus 94s and enjoy them, of course. But my 94 was a lead spitting, cylinder binding, piece of crap with a rear sight that wouldn't hold its adjustment. The rough, heavy trigger didn't help.

The fact that nice used S&W K-22s can be found for not much more $$$ than a NIB 94 was the last nail in that Taurus' coffin.
 
Heritage Rough Rider 22. I hated that thing with a passion. Wouldn't group if you welded the thing in place. Wouldn't group no matter what kind of ammo you fed it. If you held the thing with the muzzle pointing in the air all the cartridges slid to the rear. Ah yes, may that POS rest in peace deep in the pack basket of the trapper who bought it. Good riddance.
 
Least favorite revolver - S&W Model 29 4", bought new in about 1983. My first 44 and I went to pouring hot magnums thru it, and it ate me up. The barrel would lead up from just loading hot lead loads, you didn't even have to fire them, just put them in the cylinder. The grips were designed by the Red Cross to get blood. The front sight tore two shirts.
I was a relative newcomer to DA centerfire revolvers period. Some years later I learned what a HUGE difference grips can make, and all the other little things that all make a difference. I got rid of that and got a Ruger SBH. As long as I taped an old sock to my finger, the SBH was OK.
 
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