Firearms you are embarrassed to admit owning

[OutAtTheEdge]

Rossi RBM22. I bought this rifle after I discovered about 600 rounds of .22 WMR ammo stashed in my shop. I had forgotten I had it, and no guns on hand so chambered. I also had a brand new Vortex rimfire scope lying around, so on a whim I bought the Rossi. After my discount, it was only $165. At 50 yards off a bench, the best this gun will shoot is about 3 inches. Can you say "barn gun"?

 

[Bill Bates]

Am I the only one that will admit to owning one of these.

 

[Marshwheeling]

Not that I am embarrassed by it, but it is butt-ugly. My ČZ52, first gun I owned. The fiercely snappy 7.62x25 round is fun to shoot.
On second thought, I am now embarrassed because the photo posted upside-down.

 

[sigp220.45]

I hate to say it, but its a Smith and Wesson.

I got this 12 gauge 916A for $75 a couple of months ago. How bad could it be, I thought?

It worked in the store, but gave up the ghost once it got home. It must have had only two trigger pulls left in it. Its not worth a trip to the gunsmith, but my neighbor wants to have a try at fixing it. We’ll see how that goes.

The only bright side is when I went in to get it after the three-day wait they had just put out a Ruger Speed Six snub in .38 Special. That one works just fine.

The only picture I have of the 916 is one from the store.

 

[murphydog]

Am I the only one that will admit to owning one of these.

I doubt it, there are probably plenty of cigar smokers here.

 

[AlHunt]

There are no embarrassing guns. I could see quirky, inexpensive guns being a collecting niche all it's own. Maybe with it''s own collectors society, where they all wear paper bags over their heads ...

Probably the least expensive thing I have is a PK380 with a sort of useless laser. But there's nothing wrong with it. In fact, maybe I'll make a holster for it and carry it.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I hate to say it, but its a Smith and Wesson.

I got this 12 gauge 916A for $75 a couple of months ago. How bad could it be, I thought?
It worked in the store, but gave up the ghost once it got home.

The only picture I have of the 916 is one from the store.

I had the S&W 916's ugly stepsister an Eastfield 916. It came with no magazine tube or spring. I made one out of an aluminum shower rod, and pinned a wooden plug in the end. It was the same length as the barrel and held 11 +1 rounds. Rustoliumed it flat black. Worked fine, balanced terrible! Then a guy just had to have it! I paid $10, had $5-6 in the tube and spring, Got $75 in the 80's

Ivan

 

[Dave_n]

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.

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I have one of the later "target versions" and it always brings cries of "what the H*** is that?" when I bring it to the range. However, single action and quite accurate up to 10 metres. The double-action was nominally for soldiers so that they could not squander ammo, with the single-action for officers. Dave_n

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Re-Pete - was down at Roswell, NM.
Got into Jack Rabbit hunting with borrowed guns.
The gun owners tired of this and yelled Buy a Gun!
So I bought a cheapie pot metal 22 Revolver.
Didn’t take me long to dislike it!
Took it back to Pawn Shop - Gun Store, took a hit,
Traded for a Ruger Single Six.

 

[Terry G]

I could write a book. RG .22 broke the hammer spring on the 20 th round. I got it fixed and then managed to drop it off my motorcycle at 60 MPH, for the best. Yes, a Nagant, too. DA Trigger pull is horrendous. You can reload a Colt SAA faster, too. Polish P 64, another Trigger pull disaster. The DA was so heavy and the SA so light you could easily double the gun without meaning to. Jennings .22, forget it. Ruger 9 MM American. Gun would throw two shot's out of a magazine completely out of a group. Tried everything and had others shoot it, Same thing. I could go on. Lately a Taurus TH 45. Four times back to Taurus, finally sent me a new gun. It failed to extract after less than 200 rounds. Taurus has it again.

 

[PALADIN85020]

Ugly and dangerous negative example!



I admit to owning this WWII Japanese Type 94 pistol. Not only ungainly, non-ergonomic and incredibly ugly, it also will inadvertently fire by pressing the exposed sear. It's my favorite example of what a combat pistol should not be!

John

 

[ISCS Yoda]

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.

I like that and since I do not have any RG, Davis, or similar handguns, not even any Kel-Tecs, none of my guns embarrass me.

 

[fiasconva]

This thread has all kinds of interesting possibilities. It should be a good one. Thanks for starting it, walnutred.

 

[Checkman]

I own a Taurus Model 82 stainless steel revolver (38 Special). Won it at an auction for a reasonable winning bid. An impulse buy. Wasn't sure about it, but it turns out that it's a very solid and reliable "no-frills" duty style revolver. Not ashamed at all.

 

[Checkman]

I admit to owning this WWII Japanese Type 94 pistol. Not only ungainly, non-ergonomic and incredibly ugly, it also will inadvertently fire by pressing the exposed sear. It's my favorite example of what a combat pistol should not be!

John

Yes ugly and dangerous but also a great curiosity piece. I wouldn't mind having one in my safe.

 

[CS45Fan]

Disclaimer: No offense to any Keltec owners!

Many years ago, when I was on a budget, I purchased a new keltec p32 for pocket carry. Less then 50 rounds later - a dead trigger! So I sent it in for repair and traded it. Thinking I was a little hasty I wanted to give Keltec another chance so sometime after the p32 I purchased a P11 and that broke too (don't remember exactly what broke)! So I had that fixed and traded it. I guess I didn't learn the first time - shame on me. I will never buy another Keltec product.

 

[beagleye]

I hate to say it, but its a Smith and Wesson.

I got this 12 gauge 916A for $75 a couple of months ago. How bad could it be, I thought?

It worked in the store, but gave up the ghost once it got home. It must have had only two trigger pulls left in it. Its not worth a trip to the gunsmith, but my neighbor wants to have a try at fixing it. We’ll see how that goes.

The only bright side is when I went in to get it after the three-day wait they had just put out a Ruger Speed Six snub in .38 Special. That one works just fine.

The only picture I have of the 916 is one from the store.

That's sounds like it was worth it for the RUGER SPEED SIX SNUB IN 38! That is one of the coolest 38s. You can shoot heavy duty 38 loads in a speed six. Mine is the 4" version. It's one of the last guns I would ever part with.

 

[murphydog]

Disclaimer: No offense to any Keltec owners!

Many years ago, when I was on a budget, I purchased a new keltec p32 for pocket carry. Less then 50 rounds later - a dead trigger! So I sent it in for repair and traded it. Thinking I was a little hasty I wanted to give Keltec another chance so sometime after the p32 I purchased a P11 and that broke too (don't remember exactly what broke)! So I had that fixed and traded it. I guess I didn't learn the first time - shame on me. I will never buy another Keltec product.

None taken. I have a few and they have been good for me, not embarrassed to have them.

 

[johngalt]

Overheard some snide comments once when I was shooting my 686. The comments stopped when they saw my target.

 

[docjonson]

AMT Hardballer

Forty years ago I bout a RG 26 .25ACP…less than $50 new. The best I can say is it went bang every time.

The current embarrassment is an AMT .45 Longslide. Rough…poor casting and machining.

I tried to shoot a Hardballer in a club competition back a lot of years ago. I wanted to tighten up the barrel bushing and the only thing available was a blue bushing. It improved the accuracy but would seize up if not well lubricated. Wanted a long slide but never found one.