Mistakes - Guns you wish you had not bought ...

[JaPes]

Sig Mosquito - Mine was a jam-o-matic. Horrid trigger & sights.

1st production release of the Glock Gen4 9mm. This taught me to not be an early adopter.

Taurus Judge - Mine wasn't good.

Ruger KP95 - I had sold off the first one I owned. I got nostalgic. I bought a stainless one. All it did was remind me why I got rid of the first one.

Umarex "Colt" M4 Ops .22lr - horrid piece of trash.

 

[1911Teacher]

Taurus 82
Smith Air Weight
LCP
Bodyguard
Kel-tec p11

 

[gen3guy]

Ever try a RG revolver, any caliber? ��

My first handgun was a 4" RG .38 in the late '70s. I think they were cast from pig iron. Very unreliable, very unsafe, and very inaccurate. A liability lawyer's dream come true. It is impossible to say anything good about RG.

I like to think that I'm much wiser than that now.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

I am proud of my collection and it is only the good ones that I did not buy that I regret like the new S&W 1911s for $775 a few years back, and the shooter Model 686 for $550 and others that I have repressed. I still have every gun that I bought.

 

[1911Teacher]

At the risk of thread drift - has anyone bought a Smith & Wesson REVOLVER you regretted?

Yes. An air wt .357. It was brutal to shoot. I did not care to shoot it with .38 spl either as I bought it as a new shooter and did not care for the double action trigger. I recently bought a Jerry M. PC929. Hated the moon clip experience. Sold it and lost about $150. Not too bad for a learning experience.

 

[ockgator]

Diamondback DB9.... Love the size but can't trust it. Last time at range most consecutive shots I got without stovepiping or FTE was 6, Once.

Still working on it, May make something out of it yet

EDC is my shield 40 with the 6 cap mag, 7 mag is in pocket

edit: Forgot my FIL gave me a top break 38 revolver of some unknown vintage or make.... I swear I can aim point blank at something and it'll hit 10 yards to the left. Cylinder lines up to the left and you can see where bullet hits barrel

 

[1911 45]

Bond Arms snake slayer.

 

[BTHG]

Sigma series 40 cal. Traded it towards a S&W 1006 and much happier.

 

[Arik]

Vepr 12 for me. Traded it pretty quick. I like my 870 so much better.

I actually prefer the Vepr but since I'm not a big shotgun guy a $200 870 suits me just fine

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[Mike SC Hunter]

taurus pt101(40 cal.) and a taurus 63(winchester copy)......Both junk......Both gone......Never again.

 

[Cyrano]

Triple Lock, originally in .455, bored out and cylinder shaved for 45 ACP and half moon clips. The extractor was so thin, it bent when extracting rounds. Sold it.

 

[nutsforsmiths]

Bought a S&W Sigma SW 380 brand new when they came out in the mid-90s. The fit and finish didn't seem all that great and I couldn't hit much with it either. I am also not a big fan of square shaped pistols. Disassembly was also kind of a pain.

Sold it off and never regretted it.

 

[6string]

Ruger MK II 22lr pistol. It was inaccurate and kind of boring.

Got a S&W 41 (made 1958) with 7&3/8" barrel, muzzle brake, weights.... Sold the Ruger!

 

[GyMac]

A Series 80 Gold Cup. It was no better than a standard Colt. Traded it for a used S&W 14 and a 10. Still have those.

 

[Donn]

Mentioned this one before. S&W Bodyguard 38spl, the new one. Timing issues after about 20 rds, all Spl, no +p. Sent it back to S&W, trouble returned after 5rds. Couldn't get rid of that piece of dreck fast enough.

 

[Cardboard_killer]

Ruger MkIII 22/45--crappy trigger, sharp edges cut my finger disassembling it, plastic lower. Brand new gun, my first, sold it and bought a m41. Talk about an upgrade!

Ruger 10/22--magazine fell out often while firing.

stevens visible loader--neat guns but they never work.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Loved the feel of a Model 39........ but the 2nd gen 469 felt like a 2x4 in my hand ....it only lasted long enough to be....... saved by the 3rd Gen 6906/56xx's and 3913 w/ Hogue grips!!!!!

 

[bmcgilvray]

Outside of a new Virginian Dragoon I purchased many years ago that proved to be a turkey, I've dodged making gun purchases that I regretted. Outside of very, very few purchases, I've diligently stuck to buying only guns designed or actually produced prior to World War II.

This has made for much happiness and contentment in my gun and shooting sports hobby.

 

[DocB]

Colt Combat Commander I bought back in the 1980's. What a piece of garbage. Kept it two weeks and sold it at a loss. Actually the Colt Diamondback in 22 was junk too, but I sold it decades later at a huge profit.

Also, every Ruger handgun I've ever owned, and I've owned most of them at one time or another.

 

[JohnRippert]

The first gun I ever bought, even used my own money, was a Winchester 190 .22 semi-auto. It turned out to be, I thought at the time, a huge mistake. It had jamming problems left and right. I sold it as quick as I could and bought one of the old Stevens clip fed .22 bolt actions. I absolutely loved that Stevens. Just recently I was digging up info on the Winchester 190 and found a Youtube vid of someone explaining how the majority of issues on the 190 were from a loose barrel nut. Just wish I had someone to let me know that 40 years ago.