My 2 wosrt were first a p345 bought at a pawn shop.The pistol went back to Ruger twice before finally fixing the feeding problems,Ruger said the magazine disconnect was messed up the first time from dry firing without a magazine in the pistol and the second time they replaced the extractor. and it looked unfired when I purchased.And the second was an HK 4 imported by H&R with 22 conv and nice wooden box with gold plating and tools.My local GS had this for 350 and I really wanted that model Hk for 20 years and when I finally got to shoot it it stovepiped everytime,when i took it apart the reversible firing pin was broken and there was some sort of plastic buffer wedged between barrel and top of slide,thank the maker for Numerich as they had a firing pin.And it seemed to work ok after that.I sold both pistols and thats the 2 I had problems with .
Worst autos you have ever owned
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My worst was my very first. I turned 21 in the military and celebrated by buying my first pistol. Being on a tight budget of $600 a month, I bought a Jennings 380. I was so excited, took it to the range and had many FTE's. Got it back to the dorms and field stripped it to clean. Obviously Break Free didn't like the plastic safety, and it completely disintegrated. Luckily the gun store took it back, and I bought a Colt 1991A1, which I still have today and it is now considered my first pistol.
RufusG
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I've had a bunch and can't recall a really bad one, though I had a Cz50 .32 ACP with about a 25# DA pull and bitchy recoil that I guess I would nominate if I had to come up with one. I also blew up a 1911 once but I think that was ammo, and I rebuilt the gun and still have it.
StatesRightist
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CZ-75, Taurus 709, S&W Sigma---common denominator, plastic with lousy triggers.
august1410
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SCCY CPX-1. There is not enough bandwidth on this forum for me to describe how lousy this pistol was.
The CZ-75 is an all steel pistol.
PaddytheMick
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A Taurus model 66.
Learned my lesson, no more low quality firearms for me.
I have never been displeased with any of my S&W's.
Learned my lesson, no more low quality firearms for me.
I have never been displeased with any of my S&W's.
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Bernadelli .40....couldn't get more than a string of 5 shots through it.
It was brand new when I bought it.
It was brand new when I bought it.
motocop
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AMT Hardballer 1911 5". This was back in the 70s. I know I could get it to work properly now. But then I had no clue. Many FTF problems.
And it is an awesome pistol at least the communist Czeck one was.
My most unsatisfactory auto was a Glock 17. I won't repeat the whole tale here, see: http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-wesson-semi-auto-pistols/218580-love-story.html
Tinygnat219
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I've had bad luck with Taurus autos. Their price point is amazing, but there's a reason for that.
The two worst guns I have ever owned were a Ruger P89DC and a 3rd Gen Glock 22. The first was so bad that Ruger bought it back from, the second (when I retired it permanently) was on frame number two, slide number 2, barrel number 2, striker number 3 and extractor number 3. What survived is now a dedicated Glock/TacSol .22LR. The rest of it went into the garbage.
Kimber. Three of them. All overpriced, overhyped, rusting single shot junk. Malfunctioned with every combination of mags and ammunition I tried. Never again. And yes I'm aware of the handful of folks who love theirs and claim it never malfunctions, good for them!
Para Ordnance LDA 45. Sweetest trigger I ever squeezed on a poorly/cheaply made, overpriced ***. I wish Colt had done this concept, I'd be carrying one today. Amazing trigger. Too bad the pistol came apart due to its cheap construction. Regards 18DAI
Para Ordnance LDA 45. Sweetest trigger I ever squeezed on a poorly/cheaply made, overpriced ***. I wish Colt had done this concept, I'd be carrying one today. Amazing trigger. Too bad the pistol came apart due to its cheap construction. Regards 18DAI
gjamison
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walther P99 in 40s&w, pure junk!!!!!!!!!
Rawhyde
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Colt Gold Cup National Match. Bought it new in 1985. Tried every combination of powder and bullet I could think of and never got a whole magazine full onto a paper plate at 25 yards. I worked like a slave on an assembly line for the money to buy that gun and it was nothing but a major disappointment. I sold it a couple of years later. I got into college and needed stuff for school more than I needed a .45 that wasn't as accurate as a wrist rocket.
My worst auto was probably my first one, a '69 Chevy Malibu that I bought from my older brother. By the time I sold it it was only ten years old with only about 80,000 miles on it, but it had one cylinder that continually fouled the plug, the seat fabric was completely deteriorated by sunlight, the driver's side window crank was stripped, radio didn't work, cracked vinyl dash, rusting paint, broken speedometer cable, totally corroded radiator and heater core, would wear out a set of tires out in 10,000 miles, and any number of other things.
Thank goodness they don't make 'em like they used to.
Gun-wise, an AMT .380 DAO Backup. Heavy with a trigger pull that'd choke a horse, and unreliable to boot. Got rid of it in a trade for a nifty Coonan Model B .357 Magnum auto.
Thank goodness they don't make 'em like they used to.
Gun-wise, an AMT .380 DAO Backup. Heavy with a trigger pull that'd choke a horse, and unreliable to boot. Got rid of it in a trade for a nifty Coonan Model B .357 Magnum auto.
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OFT II
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Like MotoCop, my worst was an AMT Hardballer jamomatic. Piece of junk. It was accurate when it did feed though.
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