What turned out to be the worst gun you've ever owned ???

[nutsforsmiths]

S&W Sigma 380. Fit and finish left a lot to be desired. Disassembly was a pain in the rear. Had a problem with stove pipes when I first got it. Sent it back and S&W fixed that problem, then had feeding issues with different brands of ammo. Sent it back again and S&W fixed that as well. Then I sold it.

That is the only S&W I have ever sold.

 

[andyo5]

Kahr CW45. Ruger P97. Olympic Arms remake of the Whitney Wolverine. Custom "Green River" Hawken (beautiful "nonfunctional" rifle.)

+1 for the Kahr CW45. I was impressed by the small size and light weight, but it was very finicky as to overall length and would jam on rounds that were below a certain length...1.260" I think it was. The jam would lock up the slide and required disassembly. Also, the slide stop would regularly work itself loose.

 

[i1afli]

Ruger LC9, can't sell it, trade it and my kids don't want it either !

+1
Mine pierced primers and plugged the striker hole with copper so it would rarely fire, and when it did I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn.

 

[i1afli]

A couple of years ago I bought a 1950's-vintage Baby Browning in which the firing pin would hang-up on the top round in the mag...you'd pull the trigger and just hear a soft click, then when you released the mag it would fire. Fixed it and it performs flawlessly now.

 

[WPWarhawk]

Worked all summer as a kid (40+ years ago) to buy a real deer rifle. Myself and 2 cousins all bought Winchester model 100s in 308. Mine was absolute junk, after two trips back to the factory my uncle made the shop take it back and I got a shotgun instead. My 2 cousins still have theirs, and they have always been good guns.

Diamondback DB380, first first round fired locked up the gun, couldn't get it open for love nor money. It went back with a fired case in the chamber locked up tight. I never shot it when it came back.

Taurus used to make a copy of the Sig 220, stupidly I bought one. Complete garbage.

Colt 22 single action. The cylinder split, the 22 LR cylinder!

There have been others, but these few stand out in my memory.

 

[policerevolvercollector]

No question about it....The worst pistol was the Walther (S&W) P22. I never got a full mag through it without FTF/FTE issues. I tried every type of ammo I could find.Total garbage!!

Worst rifle: Winchester 190 .22lr. Mine was basically a single shot. It wouldn't feed anything.....

Ironically, I bought a Jennings .22 auto from a friend who needed money once for $20. The little gun would shoot respectable groups out to 25 yards and I could not make it jam.

 

[BillBond]

Ruger P85
It was purchased new by me and would jam at least 5 times per 15 round magazine even though it was sent back to Ruger twice.
The second time they charged me a handling fee since they thought there was nothing was wrong with it.
I sold it at a big loss to a guy that was willing to mess with it.

 

[eveled]

I don't understand why you guys don't like your Jennings J-22 Jam-O-Matics ! They are pretty guns. I think someone had a conversion kit for them to turn them into cigarette lighters, but they didn't work good for that either.... Shoo

I got my Jennings for a trade 25 9mm cartridges. Funny thing, it has never jammed.

 

[Stevie]

S&W Sigma 40 S or V or E or whatever the model letter was. Bought new and started out promising enough...but after maybe 300 rounds or so the trigger got worse and worse until the pistol would not fire!

S&W 'fixed' it for free of course...but subsequent shooting of the repaired Sigma left me feeling like the trigger was starting to fail again. I traded it off for something else while it was working

 

[Marshwheeling]

Walther P-38, one of the alloy-framed postwar ones. Let's be clear. I don't dislike it one bit; it is a very cool gun. It works perfectly, and is fun to shoot. I just can't hit anything with it.

It has gotten better over the years. I can sometimes get six rounds into a decent group, but there are invariably a couple of flyers.

Of course there is a school of thought that says it is nothing to do with the gun...

 

[shooboy]

I've had fun sitting here having my Sunday morning coffee and rereading some of these responses, so I thought it would be fun to hear more horror stories. I guess my newest crappy gun was from a brand I absolutely love, CZ. I've had several and all worked flawlessly, that is until I bought a Rami model in 40 S&W caliber. I bought the 40 because I absolutely loved the Rami 9mm. It was a total jamomatic. I polished the feed ramp, sent it to CZ for service and they polished the ramp and other stuff, but it jammed on everything I fed it. Just never got it to run. Maybe a good thing because I've grown to not like anything in 40 S&W. My first was an H&K USP 40 and I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with that darn gun. Had to be the gun, couldn't have been me !!! Lol. �� So, what was your nightmare gun ??? Shoo

 

[swagmeister]

A Browning Challenger II .22 pistol bought brand new in the box in the mid 1970's. Not the earlier Belgium made pistols, but made in Utah if I recall correctly. From the very start, it would not get through a single magazine without some type of jam. Tried several different magazines and different ammo but no luck. Sent back to Browning twice by the local dealer I bought it from. Came back the first time with no changes in its performance or lack thereof. After its return the second time, there were still no changes in the problems. For whatever reason, they could not fix it. The dealer who I bought it from graciously gave me my money back and took it back in. Soon after that, I bought a 4" Model 66 S&W from him at a very good price at the time (they were extremely hard to find during that time period).

 

[Gene L]

Some horror stories here. The 2 I owned that disappointed me were a 700 Remington in .223. It was horrible by 1900 standards, but it wouldn't group for me. I gave it away. Second would be a Ruger No 1, that I spent some money on, and it still wouldn't satisfy me. While I bedded the 700 and it still wouldn't shoot, there's not much you can do to the No 1...fore end work. Tried that too, no joy.

I've been pretty lucky, I guess, or not as demanding as some people. Mini 14s? My Sheriff's Office where I worked bought them as patrol rifles back in 1999 or so. The rifle had the reputation for being inaccurate and I didn't expect much, but they were patrol rifles, not sniper rifles. We trained on them at 75 yards, all we could get at our range, and they surprised me. Even new rifle shooters had no problems hitting all rounds in the sweet spot on a sillhoutte at that range. Which is good enough for a patrol rifle and new shooters.

When my agency switched to ARs, the sheriff offered to sell them (the Minis) to deputies at the price we paid for them back than and I bought one for $300. It ain't no varmint rifle, for sure.

 

[AJ]

About 40 years ago I bought a single action .22 from a guy for $25. It was a RG 66 made in Germany. Whenever you shot it no one could stand beside you as it spit lead shavings out the side. It also had a curious habit of if you loaded one round in the cylinder and spun it and cocked it the round came up under the hammer. Gave it to a friend who knew it's aliments.

 

[CheyenneBodie]

AMT "Hardballer" 1911 .45 auto. One of the first stainless steel 1911s and hyped up by the gun rags-- nothing but a Jam-O-Matic. A real good gun to practice malfunction immediate action drills.

 

[GypsmJim]

A Mossberg semi-auto .22 rifle. It functioned fine but the groups looked like it was a shotgun.

I was always proud to own Mossberg shotguns exclusively because their catalog always had a USA flag on the cover. This .22, however, was not USA made.

I sent it back and it was returned in short order, with the explanation that they changed the extractor. No improvement. I explained that it was accuracy, not function, and sent it back.

Three more times back insisting that they replace the barrel. The last time they said they did, but they did NOT. Obviously, they failed to recognize my little self made ID mark....LOL.

One of the return letters had the name of their repair dept manager so I gave her a personal call. Her English was so bad that I'm sure she didn't have a clue about what I was saying.

Traded it on a new 15-22 (a tack driver btw) and was happy to get rid of it. I DID tell the dealer why I was selling it, and he adjusted the trade-in value accordingly.

 

[AJ]

AMT "Hardballer" 1911 .45 auto. One of the first stainless steel 1911s and hyped up by the gun rags-- nothing but a Jam-O-Matic. A real good gun to practice malfunction immediate action drills.

A Sgt. that worked for me bought one of those in the late 1980's. He had a heck of a time getting it to run. He tried everything we could think of from polishing to lubes. Finally I was kidding him and told him to try 30 wt. motor oil. Well, he did and the darn thing worked like a champ.

 

[CajunBass]

A year or so ago, I bought a Uberti S/A 22. I forget what specific model now, but it was brand new, in the box. Took it home and just picking it up and working the action, it would lock up. Take the cylinder out, and it would start working again, but lock up after three or four action cycles. Back to the dealer. They sent it back to the factory. About two weeks later it's back. I take it out of the box and thumb back the hammer a couple of times, and it locks up again. Back to the factory. Rinse and repeat. The third time it comes back and locks up again, I said to heck with it. Just give me a store credit and I bought something else.

Never even loaded a round of ammo, much less tried to fire it.

 

[Pisgah]

My worst is a 3-way tie: Sterling .380, Hi Point 9mm, and believe it or not a Colt Gold Cup 1911 that despite numerous trips back to the factory never was able to fire more than 3 rounds without a jam. The Colt was the purtiest, and also the best boat anchor...

 

[Drm50]

Charter Arms Police Bulldog 4". Trash, the only new CA revolver I ever bought new. I've taken a few on trades but after checking for function they go down the road. Far as I'm concerned CA is second rate firearms.