Buying mistakes

[Lee D]

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.

 

[cass]

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.

 

[wbraswell]

(Sigh) That first N-frame.

 

[GatorFarmer]

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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.

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.

 

[LVSteve]

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.

 

[george minze]

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...

 

[Springfield Bob]

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.

 

[Kansas Jim]

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

 

[rilkil23]

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.