Firearms you are embarrassed to admit owning

[walnutred]

Confession time. For me is is a RG 31 in 32 Long. RGs have a bad reputation which is probably well deserved. However as they have not been imported for decades most most of the information out there is 2nd or 3rd hand.

This is the second RG I've owned. The first was a RG 38 that Ivan the Butcher gave to me. He had found it in an apartment and the crane was bent to the point it would not operate. Probably from someone flipping their wrist to close the cylinder. I repaired the revolver and sold it to a coworker who needed a cheap house gun.

The RG 31 has little going for it from a design standpoint. It has a swing out cylinder but you have to remove the cylinder pin for it to swing out, then you use the pin to punch out the empties.

Other than the fact that this RG works and I like 32s I don't know why I still own this revolver. Well, it does lock up very nicely. The fixed sights are better than any factory prewar S&W front sight I've used. My wife and I went to the range today and this was one of the forearms that I took along. I was reminded that at 25' it will hold a 2.5" group, although it prints 2" low.

So it's ugly and slow to reload but makes an acceptable truck/camping gun. The cylinder is long enough for 32 H&R and sometimes I'm tempted to rechamber it just to see how long it will hold together.

So what firearms do YOU have that your embarrassed to admit to keeping around?

 

[CH4]

Can’t say that I own such a gun, even those I inherited are top shelf. It’s all about pride of ownership. That said, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.

Owning a Smith w/IL is like riding a moped, it’ll do the job but you don’t tell your other gun friends.

 

[The Norseman]

All Good

No embarrassment here.

The one’s I bought were well thought out,
and inherited one’s are all Top Shelf. No
luck involved here.

All are in a good home and treated as if they
were the last on Earth. None will see ownership
outside the family.

The Best to you and your Endeavors.

 

[Bald1]

I’ve had a couple Jennings .22 but I sold them. Then I aquired another that was a gunsmith special. The worst was a Star Firestar .40. Better boat anchor than gun. Traded it on an sp101

 

[TJm15.38]

Can't say that I am embarassed to own any of the stuff I have. However, the Soviet M1895 Nagant revolvers I have may be two of the worst handguns of either World War. Neverthess, it saw widespread use in both and was one of the few revolvers capable of being suppressed due to the nature of the gas seal action. It has the worst double action trigger pull ever experienced, the single action pull is only OK, and the 7.62x38r cartridge is one of the least effective of military revolvers. It is on par with .32 ACP energy levels at best. Anyway, I have two of these and they are great fun and quite a challenge to shoot well because of the crude military sights and the other things I've already mentioned.

 

[Heinz]

These four are not beauty queens and not Smith and Wesson. The Colt has several homemade parts and functions perfectly. It came out of Harlan County Ky in the late 1930s. Two Iver Johnson 32's, both from WW1 combat vets, and a 32 Armenius that my Dad carried after WW2 until I gave him a Colt Official Police and a holster. They all have good stories and pretty good bores. But they are in a back corner of the safe. And I only let good friends see them.

 

[JMD999]

I’ve had a couple Jennings .22 but I sold them. Then I aquired another that was a gunsmith special. The worst was a Star Firestar .40. Better boat anchor than gun. Traded it on an sp101

I also carried a jennings back 35+ years ago, in a homemade wallet holster with (5) cci stingers. if i loaded (6) it was unreliable. With 5 she always worked fine. It served me when young and poor and still sits in the back of a draw... My son can laugh with his friends when he shows them what Dad carried back in the day! I always liked the "firestars" but never fired one.
The other was a $35.00 Raven .25's- another cheap pot metal pistol, but it always worked, (never could say that about my Wather ppks)
We've come a long way!

 

[arjay]

When I was young and money was tight I couldn’t understand why a 22 should cost as much as a center fire,so I bought an Excam SAA 22 and couldn’t hit a barn with it.Then I knew .( I still have it as I’m to embarrassed to sell it!)

 

[Rudi]

Also had a Jennings .22. Don't miss it.

 

[erikpolcrack]

Somewhere out in my garage is a cardboard box with some non-functional Jennings, Davis, RG, and Weihroth guns. A couple of them could be put back in operation with a little bit of effort on my part, but....

 

[Krogen]

The gun I was embarrassed to own was a Sig P228. For whatever reason, still unknown to me, I had left it on the passenger seat of my car. A synaptic misfire (aka brain fart). It blended into the black upholstery and escaped my attention.

When headed out for lunch, a buddy getting in the car noticed it and said "what's this?" I was embarrassed to own that gun because of my negligence and stupidity, not because the gun was embarrassing. I did learn a lesson that day.

 

[Rpg]

I’ve got a Winchester M12 16 ga with a cutts compensator. Ugly as sin.

But an old M12 16ga built on the 20ga action is a great field gun. Most of these came out of the factory with a full choke, 30” barrel. Adding the Cutts gives you a more useful gun for field use.

all that being said, it’s embarrassingly ugly.

The only time I’ll hunt with a gun that embarrasses the dog.

 

[Fishinfool]

I've bought some cheap guns over the years, but all served a purpose, and worked as they should, or they went down the road. If there is a "gun" that makes me sweat, it's anything from Taurus. Bad luck with all 4 I have owned, as well as one I recommended to a close friend. You would think I would learn. Now I know a lot of guys like the Taurus brand, but I can only judge by my personal experience.

Come to think of it, I have a Hy Point 9mm carbine I bought back about the time they first came out. To this day it won't feed a full magazine despite my best efforts. A cheap gun that wouldn't be so bad shooting with its Sig / CZ / Beretta counterparts if it was reliable, but it aint. So it sits in the safe, hardly worth selling for what its worth.

Larry

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Even with giving the RG 38 to Walnut Red, I still have two RG's. One is a RG 10 in 22 LR with a 3.5" barrel. It out shoots my S&W34-2 with most cheap ammo. The other is a RG 22 in 22 Short. I have found not one good thing about it!

I also have a small stockpile of Davis Derringers in 22 Mag and 32 ACP. they were $29 in the mid 90's. When I found ammo they liked they shoot as well as any other Derringer. I load 82gr lead bullets for the two 32s. Using ACP brass and 32 S&W (short) data they are great in SASS "Belly Gun" matches. The Paperwork says to use Winchester STHP ammo. Both hold a fist size group at 25" (two shots from each barrel)! The 22 Mag only likes Federal product # 757 and groups 4 in 3.5" at 50 feet.

I'm sure I have a few others.

Ivan

 

[minconrevo]

Dummy was to own an AMT Hardballer, traded for shortly after they hit the market. Big dummy was to pay to have a good pistolsmith install S&W K sights to replace the lousy factory ones. K installs on 1911's was popular some 45 or so years back. Now the really BIG dummy was to trade into the thing with a nice Colt Gold Cup.

Don't laugh.

If you happen into a 3-digit AMT Hardballer with S&W K sights, beware. The thing probably still doesn't run.

 

[Echo40]

Not embarrassed per se, but at least self-conscious because certain folks have a low opinion of it...

Taurus Judge Magnum .410 Bore/.45 Long Colt.

I bought it because I thought it was cool/impressive, but was surprised to learn that my sentiments weren't shared. A lot of folks seem downright offended by this firearm and cannot resist the urge to denigrate it at every available opportunity, at least within certain communities. So for the first few years that I owned it I was sort of shy about it.

Fortunately, I no longer feel that way. I like it, I think that a Revolver that can shoot shotgun shells is awesome, and that it has a lot more utility than a typical .45 Colt Revolver too.

 

[Golddollar]

Can't say that I am embarassed to own any of the stuff I have. Nevertheless, the Soviet M1895 Nagant may be one of the worst handguns of either World War. Neverthess, it saw widespread use in both and was one of the few revolvers capable of being suppressed due to the nature of the gas seal action. It has the worst double action trigger pull ever experienced, the single action pull is only OK, and the 7.62x38r cartridge is one of the least effective of military revolvers. It is on par with .32 ACP energy levels at best. Anyway, I have two of these and they are great fun and quite a challenge to shoot well because of the crude military sights and the other things I've already mentioned.

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I have one of these too, made in the Tula Arsenal in 1940. It's special to me because it was captured by the Finns while fighting the Soviets. From studying Finnish history I have great admiration for the Finns.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Had a Blackhawk in 30 Carbine.
Seemed like a good idea at the time!

 

[pantannojack]

I never had my own but saw a "Deuce Magnum" reportedly a pawn shop in DT Phoenix between 2nd st and 2nd ave was selling a pot metal revolver in 22 short for 2$. I heard some LEO's were carrying them for BUG's. I recently saw one on an auction site.

 

[mrcvs]

Shhh…

Don’t tell anyone, but I might own several revolvers from a manufacturer in Hartford, Connecticut. A 4 letter word beginning with the letter C.