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

[MilitaryArms]

Kel-Tec P3AT: Jam-o-matic, cheap, the poorly designed ejector that liked to disappear while cleaning... oh so frustrating. I bought it against my better judgment because it was the only game in town back then. I've since moved on to greener .380 pastures.

Kimber 1911's: I've owned two, and both were unreliable. Upon breaking them down and inspecting their innards... I was appalled with the poor quality of the parts and fitting. After dealing with Kimbers customer service department and their inability to make their own handguns run properly, I realized it was time to once again move on to greener pastures.

HK P30: This was a fluke, I'm sure... but I bought a P30 last year and couldn't wait to shoot it. I was considering using it for a summer carry (breaking away from the 1911 for a while). It couldn't make it through a magazine of any brand of factory ammo without at least one FTF per magazine. The dealer took it back and gave me credit to another purchase. But this really soured me on the newer HK pistols. I've since decided that I'm sticking with 1911's for carry... no need to rock the boat.

 

[Hoosier Gun Coat]

Jennings 380.... a real POS.

 

[Disposable Heart]

Keltec P11, terrible trigger and sights kept backing out on me on one particular one.

 

[pudly]

Ruger Mk3 22/45- It is actually very serviceable now, but it took way too much time/work to get it there. List of problems:

• Bad bolt from the factory. I didn't know why at first, but could never get through an entire magazine without at least one FTE/FTF. It turned out that the very nice looking hole at the bottom of the bolt wasn't supposed to be there! Sent a picture to Ruger and they did replace it promptly.
• Notoriously horrible dis/reassembly procedure. Tilt it forward and check hammer position for step 1, tilt back for step 2, level for step 3, yada, yada. Inserting the mainspring assembly literally took hours the first time. It has worn in over time and is much easier to work with now, but the time when you are least experienced is when it is also the hardest to work through.
• Too many internal safeties added to the Mk3 series. Ended up removing the magazine safety.

I still have that gun. Shoots fine now, but I can't bring myself to mention it when anyone asks for .22 recommendations.

 

[Que]

Hi-Point C-9mm was my nightmare. I named it FTF since that all it did. Also, the thing felt like a brick. My buddy loves them, but my experience wasn't pleasant, at all.

 

[mlang2000]

Para-Ordnance P10...I don't know if I ever got a full magazine to fire through that thing without a jam!

 

[derrickgoins]

I had an EAA Windicator 38/357 and that thing was pretty painful to shoot. It's also relatively heavy for a 2" revolver. May be a dream gun for someone else but I put about 300 painful rounds through it and traded it away.

 

[bcsd372]

Walther PPK/S. Looked cool but the slide would bite me. I sold it and got a Sig P230.

 

[alfahornet]

Full-size Uzi pistol... yes it looks cool with the short barrel but not practical can't even easily SBR it. So just get a Uzi Carbine instead

 

[OneBadV8]

Remmy 597.

I just couldn't get it to group for anything. Not even with match ammo.

 

[dhnorris]

rg 14 I paid $30.00 and got ripped off

 

[chachi73]

jennings 22

 

[sporty_live]

S&W .40 Sigma. We all know about those.

Put a box of 50 through it and never shot it again.

 

[Joe Williams]

Glock 23. Mine jammed every 50 rounds or so, and I've since heard of others with issues, including police departments. That was years ago, one of the early ones. I've since learned about other issues, like the unsupported chamber, the overly loose chamber, and the recommendations against cast bullets, that have caused me to dislike it even more. I don't think it's near the gun the 19 is.

I don't think my S&W 1076 ever got through a mag without jamming. Illogically, though, I'd buy another today if I had the spare money in hopes it would actually work. I loved this gun, when it worked.

 

[cornfused]

Mine was a Tec 9, it was a jamming piece of !

 

[MadBomber]

Tec-22. Cool idea for a gun and it even used 10/22 mags. On the very first trigger pull I got a three-round burst. Then it jammed. Then it went full-auto. Then it jammed. After much ammo experimentation and trying various mags, it finally and fatally failed to fire.

 

[EMC0853]

Taurus PT22 with the nifty flip up barrel. I managed to break the firing pin. They did repair it as expected and it worked fine right up to the point I traded it. I blame my self - I knew it was questionable but bought it anyway. Lesson learned.

 

[garagegunmaker]

Some chinese made 12ga shotgun that was a rip off of an 870. Weird thing was that it didn't have a ejection port on the side. The empties came out the bottom, or at least they were supposted to. Jammed after every shot.

 

[MilitaryArms]

Some chinese made 12ga shotgun that was a rip off of an 870. Weird thing was that it didn't have a ejection port on the side. The empties came out the bottom, or at least they were supposted to. Jammed after every shot.

It sounds like an Ithica Model 37 copy.

 

[whiskeytangofoxtrot]

Romanian PSL. I knew it wasn't all that accurate, but after a few months, I realized that it is a turd. The scope never held zero, barrel heats up in no time. Only pros going for it was cheap ammo. I bought cases of the fabled 7N1 ammo that supposedly shot decent in it...I was wrong about that too. I bought it to plink with, and have fun. All it did was stress me out trying to keep it on zero after every range trip One of my buddies bought the same thing and sent it packing because of the same reasons. So either we got the turds of the batch or it just wasn't for me