Guns you’ve owned, that you’d never buy again (and why?)

[DanO]

-CZ70 .32 auto - fired full auto strings on occassion. ATF said I couldn't register it.
-ORIGINAL AMT Backup .380 single action - DId not trust the safeties enough to carry 1 in tube.
-AMT backup .45 double action - barrel lug broke, and when I called it in, they said "yeah, we've been having that problem". I had purchased it direct to my agency as an undercover gun and thought that MAYBE they should have let me know there was a problem. Never another AMT.
- Grendel .380 - worst trigger in the world. Bought it from another cop in 1990, sold it a week later.
- PPK - Mine was a beautiful stainless Interarms which functioned flawlwessly. Bought from another cop who needed $$. A classic whose time has passed due to muzzle flip, weight and controls. I moved over to a COLT Mustang Pocketlite and never looked back.

 

[ViperJock]

Ruger Mark III.

Need a mechanical engineering degree to disassemble and assemble, picky with ammo.

^^^ This. I still own it. I still shoot it. I still curse myself for shooting it everytime I go to clean it (I still own it, cause my wife loves it--she never has to clean it) Is there a similarly priced .22 pistol that holds a group like a ruger? Have a sig mosquito but its no where close.

 

[rcflyer]

Taurus Model 941 22lr Revolver. My trigger finger is still sore 1 year later from the DA pull.
Taurus PT140. Never shot decent groups no matter what I did or who shot it. And the mag would fall out when ever it felt like it.
KelTec P11. Jammed constantly.

 

[dfcrane]

Sig P230 would bite my hand everytime I shot it. I tried to watch my grip, but would still end up bleeding somehow.

 

[barrelmaker_2002]

^^^ This. I still own it. I still shoot it. I still curse myself for shooting it everytime I go to clean it (I still own it, cause my wife loves it--she never has to clean it) Is there a similarly priced .22 pistol that holds a group like a ruger? Have a sig mosquito but its no where close.

Browning Buckmark, S&W 22A and the Beretta Neos come to mind.

Or get one of these: Speed Strip Kit

I met the guy that owns this company at SHOT in 2009. Totally awesome guy and he showed me how one of these works. I do not have a Ruger Mark series pistol, but if I did, it would have one of these kits on it.

 

[Kbouma]

S&W Sigma. I am stilll trying to get rid of it.

 

[dondavis3]

Funny thing about the S&W Sigma.

We had 3 of them in our family and we didn't care for their triggers either.

I took them to a gun show and walked around with a little sign and sold all three of them to different guys.

We lost a little money on each one, but not much.

 

[fire259]

Kel-Tec P3AT: great to conceal but too small for my hands. Had problem with FTF and FTE. I carried in my front pocket and occasionally the magazine would just pop out.

 

[Leo]

H&K Red Lion Semi Automatic 12 gauge. Cost way more than a new 1187 Remington. Wouldn't feed shells new in the box. Remingtons (STS, Nitro, Game loads, Trap loads), Winchesters (AA lights, AA full load, hunting loads) , Sent back to H&K, waited a long time, got it back it worked exactly 5 times. Sent it back, waited a long time, never worked even one time after it came back. I never got compensated for all the shipping. The dealer felt bad and took it in trade for a new 1187 Remington. The Remington never misfeed. If I bought the Remington 1187 first, I would have saved enough money to buy a new 870 to hunt with also.

 

[Typicalclinger]

S&W Sigma 9mm. Bought it in 1995. It shot well and never had a problem except it ejected brass directly back at my face. Nothing like hot brass sitting on your safety glasses while holding a loaded gun. Always had to wash my forehead off after every session. Don't know if newer generation sigmas do that.

 

[ChalupaCabras]

Only gun i've ever had that actually BROKE was a taurus 941 revolver.

That's why I will buy almost anything... but not Taurus.

 

[AllenM]

Glock 21. To big of a grip for me

 

[jasonsromer]

TAURUS PT145 MILLENIUM PRO, after 1000 rounds I just couldnt get the feel for it , I think it was just a little to compact for me, also haad a problem accidently droping the mag during firing due to the extended mag release. Traded up for a S&W MP9. Ive been in love ever since.

 

[MrBogok]

1. Hi-Point C 9mm
2. S&W .40
I was young, dumb and had a little bit of cash to flash. NEVER again!

 

[Chrolle]

Taurus PT140, will never buy again. Trigger pull... yuk.. nuff said.
Not a fan of the S&W MP guns at all, will never buy again.
Owned several Keltec guns, and I will never purchase any firearm from Keltec again.

 

[MeatyBacchus]

XD .40 - was not reliable.

 

[Glockapoppadopolis]

Pheonix Arms .22LR. Bought it as a little backup piece, but it constantly got casings jammed in the chamber, plus it had two safeties; slide and mag. Hunk of junk, but I made money selling it so it wasn't all bad.

 

[gblank]

Taurus PT-111 pro. I hated the trigger slop and take up before it was right at the firing point. Seemed almost an inch long before it got to the firing point.

My PT-145 trigger pull is just like that. Don't like it.

 

[shortyforty]

Taurus judge great novelty not very practical and it was out of time in less than 1000 rounds

 

[blitzen25cat]

I got a Stallard 9mm back in the 90s. I believe High Point took them over but I am not bashing High Point since I don't own one. That Stallard was the worst gun that I ever owned. It took a bench vise and 3 hands to field strip and clean. The best thing I can say about it is when my canoe overturned and the only thing I lost was that pos