What is the worst gun you ever owned ?

[max503]

My Smith and Wesson Model 34 was the worst gun I ever owned when I first got it. It was suppose to be an upgrade from my H&R Model 676. The H&R was my first handgun. I cut my teeth on it. I learned to shoot with it. It worked perfectly.

But I wanted something better and thought I deserved it. So I bought the 34.

D###ed thing wouldn't work double action. Empties stuck in the cylinders. The ejector rod stabbed the palm of my hand when I tried to smack them out. The cylinder was out of time. The gap between the cylinder and forcing cone was too tight and the cylinder dragged.
I had to send it back to S&W twice to get the timing right and the gap right. Even then, cases stuck in the cylinders.
Finally, I bought a reamer and opened up the cylinders. NOW it finally works as it should and I really like it. But it didn't use to and it was an ordeal to get it this way.
Sometimes I miss my old H&R.

 

[swagmeister]

A Browning Challenger II .22 pistol (the later American made in Utah I believe, not Belgium made). A jam o matic!! Would not shoot any type of .22 ammo reliably from day one out of the box brand new. Sent back to factory for repair twice and they still couldn't fix it. This was at least 35 to 40 years ago. Dumped it off pretty quick for something else.

 

[madmikeb]

The first one that comes to mind for me is a Sigma .380. Just plain didn't work. Runner up was a 4516 no dash. I had it for quite a few years and I don't think I ever got through a full mag without a malfunction. I can also add a Kimber Ultra CDP that wouldn't run either. I do have to give Kimber credit though, I sent it back to them and they put a whole new upper on it, which swapped from an external to an internal extractor at no charge. It still wouldn't run.

I have several other semis that run like a clock so I don't think it was me!

There may have been a couple others when I was a teenager, but that was a long time ago and and my recollection is not good!

 

[BillBond]

Ruger P85, it refused to fire more than 4 shots before jamming.
It was sent back to Ruger twice.

 

[357-RevolverGuy]

Charter Arms Bulldog. Locked up on me three times. Each time I sent it back to Charter on my own dime and it would lock up again on the next range visit.

 

[Hair Trigger]

Gosh, guys, I must be lucky. Of the guns I've owned and sold, plus the ones I still have, only two have ever given trouble and they're both fixed now. My SA EMP4 .40S&W had some major feeding issues, so I sent it back. SA tuned it up and sent it back, all on their dime, and it hasn't had a single feed issue since. My M48-4 was difficult to open, to the point I had to remove the side plate and disassemble the bolt. I found the bolt to be too tight in its groove, would not slide freely. I carefully stoned the back and sides where it contacted the groove and it's right as rain now. I can't think of anything else I own to be a PITA, but there was one pistol I sold several years ago that I never could get to like, after more than 25 years of ownership. It worked just fine, but had no personality whatsoever, about as much as a rubber-handled screwdriver. It was a G20.

 

[BE Mike]

When I was an ignorant young soldier I went to my first gun show. I got suckered into a chrome plated double barrel shotgun. The gun was so old, it had 2 1/2" chambers, a steel twist barrel, mismatched hammers and some hardware screws. I was attracted to it like a crow because it was shiny! It actually could fire. A friend reloaded some black powder loads for it. I was educated about it much later, but it turned out to be a good lesson. I then and there decided to learn about guns and I'm still learning. I finally sold it and all my other guns (at a huge loss) at a pawn shop to buy Christmas presents for my wife and child.

 

[BB57]

1) My 1895 Nagant revolver has the worst double action trigger pull I’ve ever experienced.

2) I also had a Springfield imported CZ made M6 survival rifle in .22 Hornet and .410. Then .22 Hornet barrel was not properly stress relieved and the point of impact would climb 3” with each successive round. It was literally a single shot as if you didn’t connect with the first shot, you were now guesstimating.

To be fair I had another one in .22 LR and .410 that shot acceptable 5/8” groups at 50 yards.

3) I have a Charter Arms made AR-7 that is inaccurate, unreliable, and generally poorly made.

 

[robertrwalsh]

Mitchell Luger. Looked cool. Never did run right.

 

[dtune]

I had a Rossi .44 special, 5 shot I think, about 25 years ago. Bought it brand new from LGS. It wasn't timed right and shaved lead on the very first shots. I went cheap and got cheap. Found a sympathetic regional manager who allowed me to return it to store. Bought a S&W .357 to replace it. Never looked back.

 

[biku324]

Must have had a real lemon. I owned one and liked it and several friends have had them and liked them. What was the problem?

Feeding, accuracy, trigger, locking mechanism stiffness, and sight adjustment. All else was fine.

 

[sheepdawg]

A Kahr CW40. Would have been a superb carry piece but turned out to be a bad jammomatic. I've run up on a nice Kahr P45 cheap but just can't get the taste of the first one out to buy it. An Interarms PPK'S comes in second but I traded it for a clean S&W 15-3 snubby so that one worked out like a champ.

 

[Buick]

Grendel P-12. This was a little .380 polymer frame pistol built by the forerunner to the Kel-tec company. It did not have a removeable magazine! Was loaded through the opened ejection port! The takedown pin would self-takedown during firing, allowing the slide to fall off. If I am ever subjected to an armed robbery, I can only hope the perpetrator is toting a Grendel P-12.

 

[mk70ss]

Taurus revolver in .380 that was given to me. 25 lb trigger and looked to be put together by a blind man

 

[Rammer Jammer]

Kel Tec PF9. Worst jammomatic *** I've ever encountered.

I'll bad mouth Kel Tec every chance I get.

 

[deputydon]

About 45-50 years ago I purchased an AMT Backup in .45 acp. I bought a box of ammo and headed to the range. After 2 magazines and moving closer to the target I finally got one on the target at 5 yards. I was also bleeding on my right hand. Fortunately I was only bleeding on one hand as I could only get one hand on the beast. That was the only range trip for it. After all these years it is the worst pistol I ever owned. Don't remember if I sold or traded it but it was gone by the next weekend. Now I only purchase or trade for quality fire arms.

-don

 

[1Shelby4guns]

My worst gun would be an IMP 22 short revolver that was my grandfathers glovebox gun . One day when I was home on military leave in 1985 it broke in 1/2 while we were shooting it . My grandfather got upset . lol , About a year later he passed away . I got to come home again to visit with my grandmother and she said to go get the gun outta the car , low and behold in the glovebox I found another IMP 22 short that he replaced the broken 1 with . I still have both with box and receipt .

 

[CajunBass]

I was surprised by my "worst." It was a Uberti, S/A 22 LR. Beautiful gun. I think it was a 10-12 shot? Something like that. I never shot it. It locked up just working the action when I got it home (NOT dry firing, just working the action). Took it back to the shop, they sent it back. When it came back, the same thing happened checking it out at the shop this time. Sent it back for a second time, and the same thing happened upon return. At that point I was given a store credit for the full price. I forget what I got instead, but it wasn't a Uberti. I know they make good guns, but I'm not a BIG S/A fan under the best of circumstances.

 

[white cloud]

S&W Model 34 from the 70s. Rear sight wouldn't adjust, horrible blueing, serious problems with cartridge case backing out and locking up the gun, very poor accuracy. Got rid of it in a hurry.

New shooters, what is your take away message from this thread? Answer: Don't trade good shooting guns ever.

 

[Yaworski]

An Excam .32 semi-auto. My brother gave it to me because he owed me some money. I had the gun for less than a day as I traded it in on a Dan Wesson 15-2.

The Excam was known to go off by itself. Seriously, if it was left cocked, there a distinct possibility that it would go bang. That happened to my brother a couple times so he wanted shut of it.

The second worst gun that I ever owned was a Glock 17.