Firearms you are embarrassed to admit owning
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max503
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Davis 22 derringer. But I didn't buy it. It was given to me. I didn't know they could make a gun as inaccurate as that one is.
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Embarrassed? Inherited a Armi Galesi Brescia .25 acp. Had to make a new sear pin and tweak the mouth of the magazine to get it to go bang. Might make a bad guy change his mind--if he doesn't see it first. Regardless, I think it's a sexy little thing.
I'm so embarrassed that I bought a 2-inch Taurus 856, that I'm considering drilling a hole above the thumbpiece and inserting a fake plug.
Upside is it will hold 6 and rated to fire +P ammo. Not bad for a small frame revolver.
Upside is it will hold 6 and rated to fire +P ammo. Not bad for a small frame revolver.
How about firearms I find embarrassing that you own!!
garddogg56
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A RG 22lr that is accurate and the ol Highpoint 9 mm both reside in two of my gang boxes.
I'd be happy if i had one in my hammerless collection!
Probably off-topic. I don't see anything embarrassing about that.
I just remembered a gun that probably qualifies for being embarrassing to display. I was getting started in Cowboy Action Shooting and needed an appropriate shotgun. Since I wasn't exactly being overpaid I had to search hard for something I could afford. So one day I went to a gun show and somebody was selling a Stevens Model 311 double barrel 12 gauge with barrels that looked like trash. But the bores looked good and the stock looked good. The story as I remember it was that the gun was left out in the rain in an open boat. The original finish was destroyed so the former owner just cold blued the barrels. It looked like heck, but to me it was perfect, because I wouldn't ever have to worry about putting another scratch on the gun. So I bought it and still have it. And one year I went down to the Virginia State SASS Championship outside Roanoke and found a laser engraver. I proudly had the shotgun's stock engraved with my SASS alias and number "Punxsutawney Pete SASS #1286 Life" and an engraving of a groundhog. If my avatar looks familiar to you, I'm in my SASS costume.
AJ
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One of my Sgt.'s bought one of those way back when. Could not get it to run, our 1stSgt and myself were M1911 shade tree 'smiths ( we had built about 100 M1911's between us from parts). We tried everything we knew and no dice. Finally the Sgt. used 30 wt motor oil on it in desperation. And it ran!!! After several hundred rounds using 30 Wt., he was able to just use regular gun oil. As far as I know he probably still has it as it shot very well and he was proud of it.
AJ
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Guns that embarrassed me? Only one really and that was a RG 66 SAA .22LR. It shaved lead so bad nobody could stand near you when shooting it.
Not pretty? I have a Winchester Model of 1912 made in 1918. Finish is trashed (read rode very hard and probably put up wet). The LGS had it on GB and I thought it would make a good truck gun. Put an $87.00 bid on it (this was three years ago) and let it ride. At the end of the auction I got a "You Have Won" email, was very surprised. It had a Poly-Choke on it, and I hate those, just ugly just plain ugly!! Had the barrel cut down to 18 inches and use it as a back up house gun now. Not great on looks, but functions like new.
Not pretty? I have a Winchester Model of 1912 made in 1918. Finish is trashed (read rode very hard and probably put up wet). The LGS had it on GB and I thought it would make a good truck gun. Put an $87.00 bid on it (this was three years ago) and let it ride. At the end of the auction I got a "You Have Won" email, was very surprised. It had a Poly-Choke on it, and I hate those, just ugly just plain ugly!! Had the barrel cut down to 18 inches and use it as a back up house gun now. Not great on looks, but functions like new.
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These are two of the pistols I'm embarrased to say I own. Now, I got these for free from a friend who closed his pawnshop.
Top is a RG-23 in 22LR and the bottom is a Clerke's 1st in 32 S&W. I've shot the RG and it worked just fine. My pawnshop friend said they referred to RG as Real Garbage! Now the Clerke has to be the worst pistol ever made in the USA. I've never fires it and probably never will.
Top is a RG-23 in 22LR and the bottom is a Clerke's 1st in 32 S&W. I've shot the RG and it worked just fine. My pawnshop friend said they referred to RG as Real Garbage! Now the Clerke has to be the worst pistol ever made in the USA. I've never fires it and probably never will.
Grayfox
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Maybe you would be embarrassed, but I'm not. 
Had a RG .22LR revolver once. Shot it once. With luck, 4 of the 6 rounds might actually fire. It shot patterns instead of groups. At seven yards it did good to stay on paper with a 24"X24" target.
But it served the purpose I bought it for. Got it from a co-worker for $10, took it to a gun buyback and got $75 for it.
I've got a Nagant revolver. My best friend was an avid C&R collector and gave it to me for Christmas. It was a package deal. Gun, holster, cleaning rod, screwdriver and lanyard. All for $79.
For an extra $20, I got a spare .32acp cylinder for it.
Yep, trigger is absolutely awful, but its fun.
I also have a Raven .25acp. Guy said he cleaned it and now every time he tried to load it, it jammed. I gave him $20, took it home, turned the firing pin around like its supposed to go and and now it runs like a top. It may be a cheap piece of junk, but the darned thing is 100% reliable. Its never jammed or failed to fire.
Had a RG .22LR revolver once. Shot it once. With luck, 4 of the 6 rounds might actually fire. It shot patterns instead of groups. At seven yards it did good to stay on paper with a 24"X24" target.
But it served the purpose I bought it for. Got it from a co-worker for $10, took it to a gun buyback and got $75 for it.
I've got a Nagant revolver. My best friend was an avid C&R collector and gave it to me for Christmas. It was a package deal. Gun, holster, cleaning rod, screwdriver and lanyard. All for $79.
For an extra $20, I got a spare .32acp cylinder for it.
Yep, trigger is absolutely awful, but its fun.
I also have a Raven .25acp. Guy said he cleaned it and now every time he tried to load it, it jammed. I gave him $20, took it home, turned the firing pin around like its supposed to go and and now it runs like a top. It may be a cheap piece of junk, but the darned thing is 100% reliable. Its never jammed or failed to fire.
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I'm told this gun should qualify, but I kind of like it regardless -
The Sardius 9 aka the "Hebrew Hammer". A LGS happened to be selling it through GB and I threw out a bid, figured I was visiting that weekend anyway so what the heck. No one else bid.
Weird little gun. Makes the VP70 pull seem target like and it the barrel is fixed. The breech block is separate from the slide and floats to unlock.
Always goes bang. Could be worse choices for CCW I guess.
The Sardius 9 aka the "Hebrew Hammer". A LGS happened to be selling it through GB and I threw out a bid, figured I was visiting that weekend anyway so what the heck. No one else bid.
Weird little gun. Makes the VP70 pull seem target like and it the barrel is fixed. The breech block is separate from the slide and floats to unlock.
Always goes bang. Could be worse choices for CCW I guess.
Embarrassed? No, can't say anything I have (or had) would embarrass me. I've owned about every variety of "saturday night special", the "ring of fire" guns and some real clunkers from all over. Back when we had the gunshop we sold many of them new and took in a lot of trades to be resold. Often took one home to play with it, surprised me sometimes when one of them worked very well........ May not have been durable but worked and shot to point of aim.........
Had some big name brand guns that didn't work as well out of the box as some of the cheapies which was kind of sad. Older now and semi-retired I still have a few oddballs and cheapies around but mostly older ones. H&R, Iver Johnson, a few older imports. The closest I can get to embarrassed is by the appearance of a few of them. I never hesitated to buy a gun with finish issues or even broken if the price was right. And while I will fix any mechanical issue I won't spend good money on refinishing one. Ugly doesn't affect the shooting but I'm not likely to haul them out to show off LOL! Took one out the other day, a Beretta 1915/19 32Auto that has severe pitting acne all over the slide and frame.......... Still shoots to point of aim and with perfect reliability.
Had some big name brand guns that didn't work as well out of the box as some of the cheapies which was kind of sad. Older now and semi-retired I still have a few oddballs and cheapies around but mostly older ones. H&R, Iver Johnson, a few older imports. The closest I can get to embarrassed is by the appearance of a few of them. I never hesitated to buy a gun with finish issues or even broken if the price was right. And while I will fix any mechanical issue I won't spend good money on refinishing one. Ugly doesn't affect the shooting but I'm not likely to haul them out to show off LOL! Took one out the other day, a Beretta 1915/19 32Auto that has severe pitting acne all over the slide and frame.......... Still shoots to point of aim and with perfect reliability.
Let it be known at this time I shall snicker in your general direction!
If needs be, I shall taunt you a second time!
RM Vivas
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Someone gave me a highpoint carbine once.
ugly and not particularly ergonomic but cheap to shoot, lots of fun, took abuse like a trailer park housewife and was priced right.
ugly and not particularly ergonomic but cheap to shoot, lots of fun, took abuse like a trailer park housewife and was priced right.
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I don't have any I'm embarrassed of, but I'm sure some think I should be.
#1 on that list...Taurus PT809. Ugly and let's say...unrefined. Don't really care for it but it was a warranty replacement for another Taurus that I did like that was part of the "settlement". I'd sell it but it's worth so little it's not worth the effort.
So I keep it. It's a good disposable 9mm. 18 round magazines. I've put 5,000 rounds through it trying to break it but I failed. It handles everything from 115gr practice fodder to lead bullet reloads to hollow points without a single bobble. Go figure.
I for one don't have a problem with Taurus. The only one I had that was a problem got fixed by the factory for free.
I think they make serviceable inexpensive firearms for the most part. But I'm not buying any more. I have three.
#1 on that list...Taurus PT809. Ugly and let's say...unrefined. Don't really care for it but it was a warranty replacement for another Taurus that I did like that was part of the "settlement". I'd sell it but it's worth so little it's not worth the effort.
So I keep it. It's a good disposable 9mm. 18 round magazines. I've put 5,000 rounds through it trying to break it but I failed. It handles everything from 115gr practice fodder to lead bullet reloads to hollow points without a single bobble. Go figure.
I for one don't have a problem with Taurus. The only one I had that was a problem got fixed by the factory for free.
I think they make serviceable inexpensive firearms for the most part. But I'm not buying any more. I have three.
I had a few and put a torch to them. There is actually a prescribed way to legally destroy a firearm. I wish I hadn't.
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