The handgun you were most DISAPPOINTED in?

Ruger P-85 - early model was recalled, never was able to shoot well with it. Plus it was ugly.

HK P7M8 refurb - after hearing the long-time hype on websites and in magazines I got one and it proceeded to eat the skin on the back of my hand. It was a good shooter though, with a knife-simple manual of arms.

Glock 22 - was never able to hit well with it and hated 40S&W because of it. I tried a friends Browning Hi-Power in 40S&W, while gaining new respect for the round I lost more for the Glock 22. I should note that one of my favorites is the Glock 21 and my favorite handgun round is 45 ACP.

S&W Model 36 - Chief Special not so special to me. I feel better armed with a good knife or a bat. Not the fault of the revolver, rather my inability to hit with it.
 
I purshased a Taurus 94 (22lr-9shot) after around 400 rounds the cylinder would not rotate so it went back to the factory and after another 200 something rounds I cleaned the barrel and found a line that would not come off so I took it to the gun show and ask one of gunsmith that was there and he replied that it was a crack inside the barrel....That was the last time I held that gun, sold it to a ffl guy at the show that day......
 
Glock 22 - hated the trigger "safety" - too blocky for my taste and - no wood or blueing to admire. It just wasn't for me. It shot fine, but so do my other guns.
 
Kel-Tec PF9

Mine broke the day I got it brand new..would spit out its mags under recoil (verified not related to my shooting grip style) :(

Sold it for 50% of what I paid for it.
 
Interesting experiences

I think it's interesting that just about any gun has been someone's least favorite...

Personally, my least favorite was the first ever plastic gun. Not a Glock, but the HK VP-70Z. This was an 18-shot DAO 9mm. I purchased it in the early 80's for about $275 new. It was a cool-looking gun, and was reliable and accurate, but the trigger pull was extremely hard. After a few clips, I'd find the gun shaking when trying to pull the trigger, and was tempted to use both index fingers to fire it.

It wasn't a total loss for me, though, because a friend of me wanted it badly a few years later as a collector and hadn't been able to locate one. He offered to trade about $1,500 in camera equipment for it. Deal!

Other than this, I've had generally good experiences with most of my handguns.

My Beretta Tomcat was unreliable at first, and I was ready to toss it in the river out of frustration. After about 300 rounds, though, it was broken in and I've never had another problem with it. A Beretta Model 84 (.380) was great.

I've had a number of Taurus handguns (all revolvers), and have never had a single problem. I've been very satisfied with them. Trigger job on the Raging Bull made a huge difference.

Glock 36... Problems for a while. It's got an odd-shaped feedramp, and has problems feeding ammo that is wide and square at the tip. After polishing the ramp, this problem has mostly gone away. If I stick with Federal ammo, there is never a problem.

Dan Wesson .44Mag... Awesome revolver! I've got to get another one someday. I sold the one I had when money was tight.

Ruger... Great luck with Security Six, Redhawk, and Blackhawk.

Colt... Great luck with 1911s and Trooper MkIII .357.

Walther PP (.32) was a good little gun. Only problem I ever had was a broken safety.

Gary
 
I was disappointed with my long-departed XD-40 Tactical. Nothing really wrong with it, but I never really grew to love it. The trigger was annoying for me after a couple of mags. It was VERY accurate, but seemed too tall, and much too large for a .40 that only held 12rds. Again, nothing wrong with the XD, it just wasn't my cup of tea. I traded it for a Glock 17 which I LOVE.

I had been waiting anxiously to return to the U.S. and buy an XD, and I guess I was expecting too much. It is a great gun, but just didn't mesh with my style as well as the Glock 17 did.
 
kel tec

bought a keltec p-32, biggest or smallest POS i think was ever made, one shot and jammed, reutrned tO FACTORY at my expense ,returned, one more round and jammed again, could not get it to return to battery, again they ask me to send it back, at my expense so now i have a 200.00+ paper weight
 
Stainless steel Ruger Super Blackhawk. Less than 100 rounds of factory loads and the nipple that held the ejector rod housing came off. Sent it back to Ruger and they fixed it. Lasted 150 rounds and fell off again. I peened the sucker in and it lasted 400 rounds and came off again but it also broke the screw off that held the housing to the nipple and the nipple was never found. After that duct tape. Didn't look too sporty but never came off again.
 
Kahr P40. When it shot, it was great. The problem was that it rarely made it through two mags in a row without a failure. It had so many different unrelated problems that I could never trust it. Went through around 500 rounds of ammo and two trips to the smith trying to get it running right. Feed failures, eject failures, Would try to fire, releasing the striker when the slide was stuck out of battery enough that the primer was unmarked, slide lock would engage randomly, one mag fell out about every third round, and finally the other mag became a one-round when the slide lock tab started to come out. I'm glad the gun shop I went to was decent about returning it.
 
thats easy for me. walther ppk/s, i had 2 of them and both were unreliable, no way i would trust my life on one of those things.

all of the other firearms ive owned have performed flawlessly.
 
For those of you who bought a jennings, raven, RG, hi point ect. What did you expect? Everyone told you it was a POS but you bought it anyways.

Gun didn't feel good but shot fine. Again this is your fault, you should have pick it up, felt it.

It worked everytime but shot lousy, that sucks but atleast it worked. Handguns were made for killing. Target, hunting, sport comes sencond. Atleast it could still do that.

Guns that didn't work and didn't shoot straight or were unsafe are the worst.

All manufactures can and do produce lemons but the high dollar name brand who consistanty do this deserve to be named and boycotted. So mine are...

My worst NIB 1990 stainless COLT Gold Cup. Saved a year for it. Had a large nick in. I ordered it dirrect from dealer to save $150. Thats what I get. It didn't feed hollow points or semi wadcuttter but was suppose to. It was designed for target wadcutters. Crappy trigger and no more accurate than standard model SA at the time. I tried several brands of ammo. Oh at 150 rounds the rear sight fell off. I sold it bought cheaper 1991A1 that came out later. Jam a matics not very accurate either. BTW I could shoot very well back then. I could keep every shot on a playing card at 25 yards with a 6" python and shot my friends 4506 nearly as well.

No luck with (2 of each)latter model kimber .45s or SA 45s that came with that loaded package bull. THe old ones were great.
 
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rohrbaugh

for the money paid and expectation level the rohrbaugh was a major
disappointment. the thing should be a 380...and think they may realize that now with the new model.
 
Taurus .22 mag revolver ... eight rounds, seemed like a good idea at the time ... it shot fine, but jammed so quickly from rimfire powder deposits that it had to be cleaned after every 20-30 rounds. Finally gave up and traded it on a S&W 22a ... lots more fun and stays clean enough to run 100-200 rounds through it at the range without cleaning.

Second place goes to a Ruger .22 semi, which was simply so much trouble to reassemble after cleaning that it got traded too.
 
AMT Automag 22WMR
AMT Backup 380

Brand new these were junk that never reliably functioned no matter what they were fed, with polishing and several attempts to repair/tune they were sold...... I wanted to like them too.....
 
Ruger KP345. Ruger has a reputation of being virtually indestructable and always 100% reliable.

Mine had nothing but trouble. Failures to feed and to eject were common. Some range trips I couldn't get through a mag without a bobble. It would often fail to completely go into battery. The gun completely jamming up, partly cycled, and taking quite a bit of force to force it into batter wasn't uncommon either (about once a range trip). Eventually I got it working just well enought that I didn't feel bad selling it and I sold it to a local dealer. That thing was horrible.
 
Mine has to be my Cobra .38 Derringer. The trigger pull is about 1,000 pounds and I couldn't hit something with it if it was standing in front of me. My wife bought it for me for my birthday a couple of years ago at my request. Sent it back to the company and they supposedly worked on the trigger and now the trigger pull is only about 983 pounds. :)
 
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