Three Taurus revolvers. ...
admittedly I'm a slow learner.

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PTR-91.
Nicely made, accurate, but ate brass--I reload .308, but every shot was like throwing the brass in the toilet and flushing.
Installed an ejection buffer, jammed like crazy and still mangled half the brass.
Too bad as I really liked it, couldn't afford to shoot it much.

A Jenning .32 auto,had it for years and didn't really shoot that many rounds through it,maybe a box at the most.Now it's broke, a spring broke and I cant get the magazine all the way in it now.

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22 automag, fun to shoot, needs constant cleaning, still havit,
brand new Ruger p89, pull trigger FTE, sent back to factory and never saw again, traded mid repair at lgs for a Colt enhanced Govt.
38 derringer, bought for novelty but would not bet my life on it

Universal M-1 Carbine. Genuine 100% junk.
That was many moons ago and I have learned my lesson.

I purchased a Massachusetts State Police commemorative because when I was younger I had friends that went the state cop route. I went the teacher route. The 386 was too pretty to shoot, and did not have a lot of collertor interest.

A few years back I bought the FN 57 Pistol. thought it was the end it all gun. In reality the 40 grain at 1900 fps was probably just a little more than a 22 magnum. I reloaded for it, it was a little pain in the #$$. I kept it a while cause my son thought he wanted it until he fell in love with my 686-3 2 1/2" . I did sell it a year ago for a profit. So all in all it worked out pretty good. That 57 was an itch I just had to scratch.

Taurus PT145 Millennium Pro.
Haven't shot it much. I can't hit the broad side of a barn with it. Never had it to mis-feed or not fire. I just don't care for it. Now, with the recall, I can't get rid of it.

My worst a Springfield 1911. Great gun no complaints. After a 2 years of adding to the weapon to trick it out like I wanted. Competition leather, souped up mags and several 1000 rounds. Then classes and several ISPCA matches I sold everything and went back to my S&W revolvers.

Stick with is best for you. Me a model 19 4 inch

EAA Witness poly compact. Bought it from a friend to help him out and it never ran right. Rarely had a magazine empty without some sort of malfunction. EAA could have cared less when I called.

Sold it for a small loss at Cabelas. They have a 30 day warranty on used pistols. Yes I feel bad for the guy that bought it after me but Cabelas would take it back.

Springfield Compact Range Officer. Just didn't like the thing.....

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Almost my experience exactly....but mine was a Ruger stainless steel Redhawk in .44 magnum with a 7½-inch barrel. No doubt about it...the thing was built like a brick shipyard! A great gun...that is if you need something to tear out telephone poles!

I shot it a few times and realized it just wasn't the gun for me. My oldest son, on the other hand, loved it and gave me the same amount that I paid for it. Heck! I would've given it to him! He still loves it. In fact, his wife even shoots the thing. To paraphrase Rudyard Kipling, "[She's] a better man than I am, Gunga Din."

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I've regretted more than a few I've sold, but only regret buying was a FEG GGK .45. It was a good shooter, but disassembly was a nightmare. No matter what I did I couldn't get that darn take down pin out without sacrificing my first born. I came close to replacing it with a bolt, and finally ended up selling it for a song.

Here's mine!
It is an Iver Johnson 7 shot 22lr. Shoots Only low velocity 22lr rounds. Originally nickel plate...now no plating left. That's not the problem. It locks up tight and timing is spot on. However...the trigger pull seems like about 100 lbs! Somehow..I've got to get this trigger action loosened up! And...I am not quite ready to resort to giving it to my gunsmith for the job! So...guess I don't really want to get rid of it..just make it useable. Maybe not really a mistake...just a cautionary tale. LOL! I love the old S&W break tops as well as these old Iver Johnsons!
Just something about breaking open the action and automatically ejecting spent rounds. Kind of want a Taylors & Company 3 1/2 inch Schoefield someday!
Cheers,
Unkei

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DocB and I must have traveled in the same circle. The blued steel Combat Commander I owned was a disaster. No one could make it work and, since I purchased it used, Colt wanted to charge me a handsome sum for a new slide. I suspect the original slide had improperly cut locking lugs or something? I was thrilled to be rid of that mess.

The last Ruger I owned was a decent gun - a convertible model in SS that could fire either 45 Colt or 45 ACP. As soon as it was mine, it no longer had any appeal. Don't know why I bought it? My fault, not the gun's.

As to S&Ws I regret, there is only one. I bought it as a project gun and it was one "bridge too far". I am done with project guns and it would be hard to sell it in its present condition so it will live out its days as a paperweight.

Some "honorable mentions" in the minor regret department:
-An older Mini 30. Not even a minute of pie plate gun.
-A couple of too-expensive shotguns. I won't mention the brand. Perfectly nice guns, a pleasure to own and use, but just too much money. Not worth it, to me. Just not worth 5-10 times more than a Browning Citori target gun that does the same job and that I can shoot just as well.

I think those new model IJs had coil mainsprings. If you take off the grips, you can see. Be careful; those grips are brittle. Perhaps a couple of coils off the mainspring wouldn't hurt. Parts are plentiful it you take off too much. However, first I'd squirt some gun cleaning stuff in the mechanism, perhaps it's just dried oil and gunk that's mking it hard to work the mechanism.

As you value your sanity, don't take off the trigger guard; a lot of stuff comes off with it, and is very hard to replace.

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Hi Cyrano,
Thanks for the info! Yeah..think I'll try some good gun cleaning spray first. However, have you ever heard of using carberator cleaner for that purpose? If so...any opinions? As to the spring..it is a coil spring but if it comes to that...I think a trip to my gunsmith may be in order! I'm all thumbs, but then I still don't text well! LOL!
Cheers,
Unkei (Bigfoot)

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After the military, my "First and Worst" was a Bersa Thunder 380. Lots of people love them and recommended it, but it was problem-prone from the start. It couldn't make it through a magazine without a hang up.

I traded it for a worn, but cared for pre-model 10, and the rest is history.

You have to clean it out, and replace the old buffer.

Every time I buy one, there's a pound of crud built up

on the internals. Google has directions for a field strip.

Brownells has buffers for @9$, IIRC.

I was on a bit of a milsurp kick when I first started collecting

guns. Got a few which are none too accurate. Just don't have

time for them any more. Bought a rifle with a really nice Black

Maple stock once. I was afraid I would mar the finish, so I

couldn't enjoy it. Sold it, and got the same model with a

dinged up stock. Use it all the time, never been happier.

Micro Desert Eagle, trigger pin popped out second time out

Zastava 9mm, mag starting dropping from gun while shooting

Ruger 38 LCR, didn't like the recoil

Sig p228, stopped locking open on last round. I really wanted to like this gun...

I'm probably forgetting something.

Guns I bought I like that I wasn't sure of when purchasing:

Rock Island 38 with 4 inch barrel M200

M&P bodyguard in 380

CZ 70 which I just received...

RI 1911 GI, sold it but really liked it

Hi-Point 9mm carbine...

H&R model 923, I believe if you drop it on a loaded chamber it will shoot, cool cheap little 22 though..

my first M&P FS 9, I will never sell this one....

ruger lcr 22 for my wife, she loves it and is very good with it...

well that's it for now...

I actually don't remember regretting any gun I ever bought, but I regret selling a lot of ones I sold.

EAA witness-P in .40. Only good for a day at the range and a broken recoil spring
Judge 4". Starts out fun but quickly starts hurting in .410 HD slugs

Kahr P45. JUNK. Never worked right. Replaced springs twice, mags, tried every ammo in the free market, and Kahr told me it was probably me...

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Walter P99 that was finicky to say the least. Got rid of it and vowed never to buy another one.

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I had Gary Reeder build a single action in 500 S&W. The fit and finish were poor when I first took delivery. The shear volume of the amount of engraved skulls and the Grim Reaper along with his name and S&W Magnum cut into the side of the frame was cartoonish. I sent it back to him, explaining my S&W 500 from the S&W Performance shop showed better fit and finish than his gun at 1/2 the price. I've been trying to sell it for a year. Maybe two or three people asked to look at it in the gun shop where I have it on sale for consignment. Nobody wants it...including me. But, I'll probably have it for the rest of my life because I'm not going to give it away.

Keltec pocket auto. I think it was a .32
Used Savage 99 with hidden defect.
S&W commemorative revolver.
Commercial M1 carbine---a real clunker.

--Jennings .22...for $50 in early 80's, at the Fort Bliss Rifle/Pistol Club. Couldn't get thru a magazine without a malfunction. Complained about it to a barracks mate, who offered to buy it.

He said he wanted his fiance to have a gun when he deployed overseas and players came knocking at her door--and he didn't care if it fired or not. Sold, same day, at $5 discount.

--Diamondback DB9: really wanted this one to work--the no-name underdog manufacturer, coming up with a revolutionary design! Alas, it wouldn't empty a mag without multiple feed failures. After realizing the dustcover area of FRP frame was binding on slide and correcting that, the pistol began to (intermittently) feed entire magazines without malfunction--then the MIM trigger broke. Took six months to come back from DB (no parts are sold for user replacement). Replaced for CCW by a Kel Tec P-11, and traded in towards a new SD9VE--both better pieces of kit for their respective roles.

I had a Taurus model 66 .357 . It had a major timing problem, always hit off center. The gun went back to Taurus 3 time and always came back with the same problem, I took the loss and bought a 6" GP100 .357 and never looked back.