Am I the only one that will admit to owning one of these.
Ok, I got 2 or 3 of them, but don't tell anyone.
Firearms you are embarrassed to admit owning
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Ok, I got 2 or 3 of them, but don't tell anyone.
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I had a 22 revolver that I bought new in 1981. I paid $36.00 for it in a restaurant that had an FFL. I called it a "click-boom." There was an equal likelihood that it would misfire (click) as it would fire. I actually destroyed it to avoid some kind of disaster.
Not everyone can afford a quality firearm right off. Some of them are actually like security blankets for some folks who live alone. They fill a niche for some folks for a short period of time. My first handgun was a Star .25 auto. I paid $25.00 and that was a lot of money for me in 1967. It was actually a quality made weapon that was reliable (I test fired it), so I wasn't really embarrassed to own it. It gave my wife peace of mind as a young military wife when I was not around.This is a bizarre, yet compelling thread.
Most of the guns mentioned here are such obvious pieces of junk.
What possible motivation could any sensible person have to want to buy them to begin with?
It’s one thing to do a little research (or just plain logical thinking!) and make a disappointing purchase.
Is it just a morbid curiosity to discover just how bad “bad” can be?
A friend of mine owns a pawn shop. He is one of the most insightful people I’ve known regarding the subject of human nature and impulsive/compulsive behavior, particularly as it pertains to throwing away money.
He makes a lot of profit selling many of the guns specifically mentioned here. Over and over again, it’s what a lot of people want to buy (and ultimately want to sell!)
And, quite often it’s the same individuals making the same dumb mistakes!
The resale values rarely exceed 10-20% of the purchase price.
Colt Python Target 38 Special
It was a good deal (victim of a divorce) at a gun shop I passed as I was leaving town. I could not hit a 25 yard pistol center (11" square) at 60 feet. The barrel was screwed on crooked, left shoulder of barrel touched the frame, right shoulder was off frame 1 full thread (visible in the gap). Sent back to Colt and was told it was per spec.
Sent the gun to a Colt Service Center for inspection / repair. They installed the barrel correctly, fit a 357 magnum cylinder to the frame, no labor charge, paid only for new cylinder. Traded to local gun shop for store credit on a different firearm.
I know, Colt Pythons are the golden egg of revolvers. Mine was the only useless Python ever made by Colt. Creative spelling or a moderator will get dinged for what I really called that revolver.
It was a good deal (victim of a divorce) at a gun shop I passed as I was leaving town. I could not hit a 25 yard pistol center (11" square) at 60 feet. The barrel was screwed on crooked, left shoulder of barrel touched the frame, right shoulder was off frame 1 full thread (visible in the gap). Sent back to Colt and was told it was per spec.
Sent the gun to a Colt Service Center for inspection / repair. They installed the barrel correctly, fit a 357 magnum cylinder to the frame, no labor charge, paid only for new cylinder. Traded to local gun shop for store credit on a different firearm.
I know, Colt Pythons are the golden egg of revolvers. Mine was the only useless Python ever made by Colt. Creative spelling or a moderator will get dinged for what I really called that revolver.
Two good reasons for buying cheap guns. My aunt bought a .22 Rossi. I cleaned it for her one time and shot it. It snapped about half the time. She never shot it and it protected her for about 50 years. Larry
AJ
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That goes back to what is a"Saturday Night Special". To a individual that can afford to spent $1K+ on a handgun a $200 piece is a piece of junk. But to someone making minimum wage that $200 gun is a fair chunk of change out of their budget. Have been on both ends of this spectrum.
CS45Fan, that’s where you messed up! Keltec uses their customers for product testing :rolleyes. You buy a Keltec, shoot it until you have a problem, send it back to them to be fixed, and THEN, it runs perfect forever!
That’s been my experience anyway.
Larry
Huh, you think I'm gonna tell you guys?
AJ
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CS45Fan, that’s where you messed up! Keltec uses their customers for product testing :rolleyes. You buy a Keltec, shoot it until you have a problem, send it back to them to be fixed, and THEN, it runs perfect forever!
That’s been my experience anyway.
Larry
Around here, we would just run up to Kel-Tec and walk in and tell them the problem. Sit down, have a cup of coffee and in a bit they bring out your gun fixed. They were good folks to deal with. Not sure if it still works that way.
One I'm more embarrassed about than the 45 I posted about. An Iver Johnson semi-auto shotgun. Not expensive. I bought it online three years ago, thinking it was a normal gun (I won't mention the online seller - the pic looked like a normal semi-auto). What I recieved was a black rifle-looking magazine fed ugly travesty. The seller said no returns.
Today was a gun buy back in my neighborhood. I took it to the turn-in, and was first in line. The second guy came to me and asked what I had. I said new, unfired, and he looked at it and bought it for more than the gift card I would have received. Strange, like a gun show parking lot deal. But it's gone, and I have more money than I expected.
Today was a gun buy back in my neighborhood. I took it to the turn-in, and was first in line. The second guy came to me and asked what I had. I said new, unfired, and he looked at it and bought it for more than the gift card I would have received. Strange, like a gun show parking lot deal. But it's gone, and I have more money than I expected.
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When I was 16YO I had a Mossberg 285 bolt action 12 gauge shotgun that had been already been "professionally" cut down to 20 inches...I remember shooting it and it was ridiculously fun with 00 buck in a rock quarry. It would shoot the wad as far as the shot. I sold it for $40 later and realized a few years ago that I missed it somehow.
SO, I recently found a nice condition full choke one in a pawn shop for $160. I took a pipe cutter and restored it to its proper 20 inch form and now it sits beside my bed and my 870 went in the safe.
I did install a quality $15 amazon fiber optic sight on the end for good visibility though.
SO, I recently found a nice condition full choke one in a pawn shop for $160. I took a pipe cutter and restored it to its proper 20 inch form and now it sits beside my bed and my 870 went in the safe.
I did install a quality $15 amazon fiber optic sight on the end for good visibility though.
French MAB model G semi-auto 22LR
Not a bad looking gun - BUT it shoots a foot low and a foot left at 7yards.
Definitely embarrassing.
Not a bad looking gun - BUT it shoots a foot low and a foot left at 7yards.
Definitely embarrassing.
AJ
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Sort of like the French Army...........
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That... looks dangerous to the user.
Here's one - looks like it was made in a HS metal shop on a Friday afternoon - a Cobray Arms .410/.45 Colt.
Found that with .45 Colt it's accuracy is sufficient to hit a pond - if you're close enough.
Hey! One of those is my camper gun.
Am I the only one that will admit to owning one of these.
I have 4 of them (Glocks that is, not that specific model)…they aren’t for everyone but I’m a pretty shameless Glock fan.
Glock 17's and 19's are the modern equivalent of the S&W Model 10...Reasonably inexpensive, always go bang and easy to train on.
I will never be without a Glock variant, just like I'll never be without a S&W M&P/model 10 variant.
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