What turned out to be the worst gun you've ever owned ???

[shooboy]

Hi all, Just curious about others experience with buying a gun you thought you'd love and having it turn out to be a loser ??? Mine was a Llama .22 that looked like a mini 1911. Somehow upon looking at it I stupidly failed to see it didn't have an extractor. The gun dealer insisted that I didn't need one, that I should just shake the gun if a round failed to extract ! He even loaded a spent casing in the gun and showed me how to open the slide and shake the gun until the casing fell out !!! Unreal. Got in a real nice shouting match with the idiot. Then he wouldn't take it back unless I got store credit, and of course he charged me a restocking fee ! I guess it's not the guns fault, but that turned out to be my biggest loser deal. The gun I couldn't hit the broadside of a barn with however was my H&K USP 40. I can't understand that one.....just didn't work for me. Anyway, would like to hear from you guys and your biggest disappointment in a firearm....Shoo

 

[gregintenn]

Ruger Mini14.

Heck, the A team had them. I now know why in all the episodes I watched, I never actually saw them hit anyone with a shot. I can shoot tighter patterns with a cylinder bore shotgun.

I want to like it. It's pretty, handles well, and looks like a teeny M14. It also feeds and fires without fail.

 

[SC_Mike]

Actually this little beauty. A Colt 1991 A1. It was a police confiscated weapon and sold to the LGS where, with my dumb luck bought it. I had it refinished, new springs, new grips and checked out and it would not run a full magazine of six rounds without jamming. Myself and two gunsmiths couldn't figure it out.

 

[shooboy]

Actually this little beauty. A Colt 1991 A1. It was a police confiscated weapon and sold to the LGS where, with my dumb luck bought it. I had it refinished, new springs, new grips and checked out and it would not run a full magazine of six rounds without jamming. Myself and two gunsmiths couldn't figure it out.

Did you ever try a different mag ? Shoo

 

[SC_Mike]

Did you ever try a different mag ? Shoo

Many, new and old... I wanted it to work because I loved the look and feel of it. Just not meant to be.

 

[shooboy]

That stinks, it is a nice looking piece...Shoo

 

[joeintexas]

Hate to say it but my worst was a s&w 12 gauge shotgun. That was one beautiful shotgun, but kicked like one of mule packers mules and I couldn't hit the broadside of a barn with it. All my hunting buddies tried it, none could hit anything and there were some of pretty good shooters among them. I think I traded it to a pawn shop for a cheap rototiller.

 

[kenv1950]

Jennings 22 auto , been in the safe for 31 years,can't even give it away

 

[walkin jack]

Jennings 22 auto , been in the safe for 31 years,can't even give it away

You and me both. That was a jam-o-matic grossly inaccurate, and nuisance to disassemble *** I ever had the misfortune to own. Made a better paperweight that pistol. I paid $49.95 at a gun show and wound up giving it to a friend just for plinking. I told him about it but he liked it and didn't mind having to clear jams and stove-pipes 2 or 3 time in every magazine full.

A close runner up would be Chiappa 22-45 .22 auto. It looked okay but had the worst sights ever (floating wedge rear sight that would not stay "adjusted". And jammed with what ever ammo or magazines or combination there of I used. I did manage to sell it for about 200 bux which was about half of what I paid for it.

 

[LawDawg72]

Sig Sauer Mosquito.....an absolute piece of ****. I get mad now just thinking about it.

 

[M3Stuart]

Tossup between a Taurus .22 revolver (from which the casings were impossible to extract) and a Rossi .38 revolver (which broke, locked up, or both, every time you took it out and shot it).

 

[kenv1950]

You and me both. That was a jam-o-matic grossly inaccurate, and nuisance to disassemble *** I ever had the misfortune to own. Made a better paperweight that pistol. I paid $49.95 at a gun show and wound up giving it to a friend just for plinking. I told him about it but he liked it and didn't mind having to clear jams and stove-pipes 2 or 3 time in every magazine full.

A close runner up would be Chiappa 22-45 .22 auto. It looked okay but had the worst sights ever (floating wedge rear sight that would not stay "adjusted". And jammed with what ever ammo or magazines or combination there of I used. I did manage to sell it for about 200 bux which was about half of what I paid for it.

I beat ya, I paid $34.95 its still in the box with the tag on it

 

[orbruce]

I second kenv1950 on the Jennings 22 auto. The one I had fell apart after about the third shot, traded it for a 1930's S&W catalog.

B. Mower

 

[Smoke]

The first handgun I ever owned was a Smith & Wesson Model 915. I'm not sure what the deal was with this particular gun but I couldn't hit a horse in the butt with it while sitting in the saddle. No one else that ever tried to shoot it had any luck either. As a result I was very skeptical of third gen S&Ws for many years.

The worst luck I've ever had is with Llama hand guns I've owned 4 a .32ACP a .380 Micro Max, an unnamed 9MM and a .45ACP (all 1911 style) the .45 literally fell apart on me one day while I was firing it and the 9MM wouldn't accept factory magazines. I never had a problem with the .32 or the .380 but I will never purchase another Llama again

 

[walkin jack]

I beat ya, I paid $34.95 its still in the box with the tag on it

Ha! But the sad part is that neither one of us got our money's worth. I just got screwed a little worse than you that's all.

But I feel all better now because I have two of the best .22 autos out there: The Ruger Mark II w/6 1/2" bull barrel and the Sig Sauer 1911-22

I have put the Jennings and the Chiappa in the long ago and far away past and moved on. But I still shiver when I recall those two examples of wasted steel.

 

[shooboy]

Did the Phoenix .22 come from the previous Jennings .22 family tree ? I bought a Phoenix .22 about 3 years ago with the short barrel and the long target barrel with two mags for I think less than $100. I shot a few hundred rounds through it at one time and my buddy and I had a blast with it, fun little gun and we had zero failures. I pulled it out to use it after it sat for a year and the mags would no longer lock in place. Sent it in for service even though I wasn't the original owner, got it back in a few weeks working good as ever and they threw in two free mags too ! Great experience with an inexpensive gun. Anyone else have one ???

 

[finesse_r]

Had a couple of real stinkers......

The absolute worst was a new Colt Combat Commander 1911 in .45ACP an $1100 nightmare. I spent a year and $300 getting it right and I was so disgusted with it I sold it rather than keep it. It was pretty, but should never have left the factory with all the defects it had.

I won't buy anything with the Colt name on it ever again.

The second worst was an RG-10 in .22 a 19 dollar Saturday night Special that worked OK for a decade or so before going bad. I use it as a paper weight today and hope if anyone breaks in that they will steal it. LOL At the time I was a private making 91 dollars a month so 19 dollars was about all I could afford. I saw a guy advertise one of these for $999 as a joke back when the gun buying frenzy was going on. It was his way of protesting the high prices on that site. LOL

The third worst was a Browning BDA .380, 14 shot double stack that was a jam-o-matic.

The other guns I have owned have all been pretty much what they were supposed to be and many were better than I expected. I have had fantastic luck buying used guns, but not as much with new ones.

 

[shooboy]

Ha! But the sad part is that neither one of us got our money's worth. I just got screwed a little worse than you that's all.

But I feel all better now because I have two of the best .22 autos out there: The Ruger Mark II w/6 1/2" bull barrel and the Sig Sauer 1911-22

I have put the Jennings and the Chiappa in the long ago and far away past and moved on. But I still shiver when I recall those two examples of wasted steel.

I think wasted steel might be stretching it, weren't they pot metal ???

 

[Hubcap91]

SIG Sauer 1911-22. Finish is terrible and the gun is not accurate whatsoever. I love Sigs so I thought it must be great. I found out later they are made by GSG.

 

[RJJ 1971]

Lorcin 9mm = piece o' ****
Taurus 22 (flip up barrel) = piece o' ****
Wow my twenties were a waste of money.