What was your worst gun buying mistake, misery loves company.

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Who are those guys?

That's an easy one!

S&W Walther PPK/s.....

When I got rid of that one I felt like a weight, more like a paperweight, had been lifted off of my shoulders.

Mossy 500A that the buttstock bolt has stripped out the threads. A decade later it still collects dust.

ok tedog lets have it....what did you get?

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SWCA#2208
KK4EMO

Yeah, inquiring minds would like to know......

For me so far it has only been a S&W 4566TSW. Boy did I really want to like that gun, but I couldn't make it group worth a darn. So after a couple hundred rounds and 3 different grips later--I had to let her go.

Got an early Winchester 94/22 for Christmas one year. Several years later traded it for a MKV Webley 45acp (not a bad trade). BUT, traded the Webley for a Charter Arms AR-7 (NOT A GOOD TRADE!!!)

The first one.

One is too many, 100 is not enough.

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Still Running Against the Wind

1927 A1 Thompson semi auto carbine.

Now, when I used that for a trade-in on the 1928 AC, that was a waaaaay better deal.

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I always take precautions

Hands down: A Mossberg 12 ga pump.

Absolutely the worst gun I ever owned and I have owned some bad ones.

It is just ahead of a Norinco 1911 I bought in 1968. That gun rattled so badly that walking across a muddy field with it in an enclosed leather holster, it rattled.

My fur lined kitchen sink...at first, I thought, how cool...but soon found it's not very practical.

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Thirty characters. Exactly...

Oh really? We love ours and it's functioned flawlessly, no matter what we put through it.....

You must have gotten the arctic fox....I heard its quite resilient. Maybe I'll try again...No more faux fur for me....

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Thirty characters. Exactly...

All that rattling probably had you looking for snakes.

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John. SWCA #1586

Without a doubt it was a Seecamp. It NEVER made it through a full mag without some kind of problem and it shot 6-8" groups at 10 feet. The reason? They sold it with NO rifling. It was a smoothbore.

Bought a 1955 Chinese Type 53 from Omega that was described as "Fair". Evidently they use a different grading system. It's in the process of having a replacement barrel installed on it if I ever get around to finishing up the machining on the action wrench. No rifling present at all, the only points where the bore came close to acceptable size was an inch from the muzzle, and the same from the chamber, the rest of it was similar to a smoothbore musket and just as accurate.

Intra-Tec .38spl 2-shot Derringer

That thing would beat the palm half to death. Felt like someone smacked you in the palm with a hammer!

New at the game, a Model 36 on GB was advertised as "possibly unfired". Yes, it had not been fired, but only since it had been hard chromed. I naively thought that I might had found a mislabeled Model 60 instead, not knowing that the extractor star should not have been blue steel. I finally traded it to a guy who could not sell it either and it wound up back on GB again.

Off topic: Crotchless bermuda shorts. "Be a trendsetter!", they said. BAHHH!!!

On topic: An unfired American Arms (pre-American Derringer) .38 spl. knockoff of the ol' Remington double. Made in '73, bought w/ box, papers, and original receipt in '04.

That in and of itself wasn't the issue. In a fit of buyer's remorse later that day, I decided to recoup by selling a Savage 99C in .308.
DOGGONE, I miss that rifle. Sold that derringer about a month later when I figured out I had no use for it, just wanted one since I was a kid. DOH!!!!!!!

I'm still waiting for tedog to share his misery.

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1601 (ret)

A pair of pistols for my wife: Walther P22 and PK-380. Too many safety gadgets and the P22 was an inaccurate. We hated both and I sold them for quite a loss. Sig Mosquito, same story.

At least it cured any interest I had in polymer frame pistols for good.

Funny thing: the worst firearm I've ever owned, I made money on when sold. Colt Combat Commander 9MM in satin nickel. 10-12 inch groups at 10 yards were good for that boat anchor.

I bought one of the SS Taurus PT945's when they first hit Florida (mid '90's?). Just had to have it and nobody else was making it (had a 645 which weighed at least a pound more). What a ***. Traded it 10 yrs ago, even across, for a NIB 66-5 4"HB which I still have (unfired). Whew. Joe

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PS. I paid $500 for the Taurus. And the first 2 letters of this post are 2 of the 3 asterisks in my last post. Joe

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Wisdom chases me; I'm faster

The worst gun I ever bought was a Bauer .25acp. This was years 25 or so years ago and I must have taken stupid pills that day. What a piece of junk! When I fired the gun the magazine would simply fall out! The Bauer Factory could not fix it, and they soon went out of business anyway. The only good part about the purchase was that I was a very good customer at the store I bought it at, and they took it back as a trade in for a S&W H/E. Whew..... The H/E is a fine gun and I still have it.

Chief38

I got that same gun for Christmas 1970 used. It was actually a Mossberg sold as a "Revelation" which was sold by Western Auto Stores. I still have that rickety stick. I did shoot some turkeys, a goose and a couple of deer back in the day.. but it is a rattle trap.

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John 1:17
NRA Life Benefactor

FEG/Mauser P90DA. In the shop and if the 'smith can get it fixed it's getting sold.

It's a toss up! A Remington 3200 o/u trapgun. Wasn't bad on the shoulder but it was hell on my cheekbone.

A CZ bolt action .22 WMR. Best accuracy I can get is 8" at 100 yards. Still got it.

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Regards, Ron
USASA 1965/69

Bought 2 guns from a kid once. Stevens 20 Ga. Double with a Tentite stock. A Noble 22 pump that looked like someone had been using it for a canoe paddle. I gave the 20 to a friend of mine for a B.D. present & traded the Noble for a H&R 22 revolver. Traded the H&R for a Model 94 30-30 Carbine which I still have. Took my first buck in 1953 with it. This was in the good old days.

I purchased a HS trophy 22LR 7" fluted bbl. for 700.00 from a gun shop about 2 hour drive from my home. Thought I inspected it quite well, but when I took it to the range the next day, it ftf, on several types of ammo. Upon closer examination, I could see it had an indentation at one oclock as it had been dry fired but most of the gouge was inside of the chamber. But the gs owner was a square shooter and took it back for a full refund and all I was out was the shipping cost back to him. A friend with an ffl save me money on the shipping. This was one mistake, another was paying 800.00 for a 25-5, but in 10-20 yrs., this may not be considered a mistake. These are some of mine, the one I sold or traded, now thats another story.

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Who are those guys?

I got the 1911 bug last year (continues into this year ) and bought the the new Ruger and Remington 1911's about a month apart. Later I picked up a Kimber and Colt and they made me realize that all 1911's are not equal

I'm thinking of selling the first two now.

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Lou

My first rifle purchase was a disaster as I bought a custom 7.62x54 Russian mauser that was engraved and had a beautiful stock to find out later that the barrel was shot because of from the use with corrosive powder and there would be two round holes in the target and then an oblong one indicating that the bullet had tumbled in flight.

Sounds like my 1st center fire rifle.Beautiful piece of wood with an fn mauser action.Luckily for me it was free.Eventually had it rebarreled and it became a moa gun.I still have that one,though I probably haven't shot it in 15-20 years.

AMT Hardballer. Oh, and there was that Colt 2000.

AMT Hardballer, back to factory three times and still dident work. A S&W 59, same story and a Berretta BM-59 with a severe wandering zero problem. Shoulda kept the BM-59, boy did they ever go up in price!

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Stay safe people!

Years ago I traded a somewhat finish worn 28-2 for a fairly nice 30-06 Remington 742 Woodmaster. Not a bad trade value wise at the time but it was one I regretted almost immediately after the deal was done. I also didn't know that Remington autos didn't sell very well in my part of the country. I must have lugged it to a 1/2 dozen gun shows before I was able to unload it.

i still have my christmas 1972 revelation from western auto it's more or less my snake gun these days but i have had good luck with it thru the years

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KK4EMO

hey lou...i just picked up a new colt govt.rail model 1911...beautiful 45...my brother has been interested in the new ruger and remington 1911's can you tell me more?

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KK4EMO

I hate to admit it but, it was a S&W 686 4" off of GB. It was highly polished only to find out it was more of a rebuilt wreck. Timing was off due to wear, gap at forcing cone was way out of line, would spit lead all over when shot. Took it to a gun show and traded even up for a M&P40 LEO NIB.

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Mike in SouthCentral Kentucky

A "LNIB" 4-inch 66-4 on GB that the seller said that he had shot just one time (to qualify with) and then put away. When I saw it at my FFL, it was a mess! Scratched up frame, buggered screws, push-off, you name it. I'm sure that I would have burst into tears had I seen what was under the sideplate. I won a bet with my FFL, who said that the seller wouldn't take it back. I was very happy to be only out the shipping.

I traded a Springfield Armory stainless mil-spec for a Kahr .45 last year in a moment of madness. Traded off the Kahr for a Glock and lost my rear on the deal but I love the Glock 19.

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Steve

Bushmaster carbon fiber pistol. absolute piece of unreliable ****.
why i wanted an AR pistol still escapes me. i did get a nice 1895 SS guide gun on a straight trade,
so at least something good came out of my momentary lapse of reason.

Ruger M77 International in .308. Beautiful gun - also inaccurate; or, Springfield Armory Micro Compact in 45, inaccurate and too heavy. Glad they're both gone, even at a big loss.

(Sigh) That first N-frame.

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Wayne
Torn & Frayed

The Norinco 1911s were only sold commercially in the United States from circa 1990ish to 1994. The earliest any guns came in from China was about 1986 when there was a new trade agreement signed allowing their import, until such import was largely banned in 1994.

Having one in 1968 must have been interesting.

The worst was a badly sportered Arisaka Type 38 I bought by accident at an online estate auction. Somebody was yacking at me while I was bidding and I failed to notice I had put a bid on the wrong lot. If I can ever find a stock I shall restore it as all the missing metal is available and cheap and the barrel and action are actually in good shape.

The worst I bought when I meant to was an Enfield No.4 Mk1 from another online estate auction. I got it cheap, but when it arrived it had the dreaded ZF mark on the butt meaning there was something amiss with the action. Sure enough it had headspace best measured with a thick book and a safety lug on the bolt was broken off. What broke my heart was the fact it had a mint barrel. The wood now houses another Enfield that I bought cheap but had been sportered. One day I shall get that nice barrel off and get my FFL to condemn the action.

How about letting a ASP get away at below 500. back in the 70's....Neat design but the double action took superman to fire....the first shot, and getting uused to the guttersnipe sight was not for me..I originally bought it for a judge, who didn't like it....Who Knew What They would be worth now........RIP Paris, it must have been a good design as Smith just about copied it as the 3913....They got it right...

I bought my wife an auto ordinance 1911 for $300.00 at a gun show. The worst gun we ever bought. It wouldn't eject the spent shells. She called it a clunker and didn't trust it. We got rid of it and not by throwing it in the river as she offen joked about.

Llama 9mm
best 5 shot group about 12 inches at 5 yards. Thats if you could get 5 shots off with out stoppages

The airsoft rifle that I swore wouldn't hurt if my 11 year old shot me with it. I was wrong and I had the welt/bruise for quite a while. Good thing it broke after about 400 rounds, worst $120.00 I ever spent. I bought him a Ruger 10/22 for his birthday and he is very proud to have his own rifle to take to the range with his dad. Don't underestimate the pain from one of those plastic bb shooting little f*****s, they hurt.