The handgun you were most DISAPPOINTED in?
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3StrikesNC
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Not one, not a single GUN I've bought. I have a few 19 century guns that I don't/can't shoot, so I'm dissapointed in those. 50+ guns, I love em all.
Now, I am pissed at optics. I bought a Redfield several years ago (before Blount bought them). Put it on my STW, crosshairs moved. Called Blount, they wanted to charge me to fix it. Now I think Simmons owns Redfield, scope is still on the shelf. I paid 4 or 500 bucks for the scope when I bought it.
Now, I am pissed at optics. I bought a Redfield several years ago (before Blount bought them). Put it on my STW, crosshairs moved. Called Blount, they wanted to charge me to fix it. Now I think Simmons owns Redfield, scope is still on the shelf. I paid 4 or 500 bucks for the scope when I bought it.
allenomics
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Keltec PF9. I throught the small 9mm would be the ideal carry pistol. Not expensive; perfect? Turns out I could not get use to its long/heavy trigger pull.
Dirty_Harry
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Uberti .22 LR single action. It literally shot sideways, and no it was not me.
Nail Shooter
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A Colt Combat Commander that I bought NIB during the late 1970's. The ONLY gun that I've ever gotten rid of. I have *numerous* guns.
It was an absolutely gorgeous piece. I loved the way it felt in the hand. The recoil was WICKED, the gun would both rise and twist. I'd have kept it but never knew when it was going to jam. I traded it toward a G19 Glock (my first of *numerous* Glocks). I'm still waiting for the first Glock jam--7yrs later. Come to think of it, NONE of my Glocks have ever jammed.
If it doesn't run 100% and it's not the ammo's fault, it's GONE.
Nail
It was an absolutely gorgeous piece. I loved the way it felt in the hand. The recoil was WICKED, the gun would both rise and twist. I'd have kept it but never knew when it was going to jam. I traded it toward a G19 Glock (my first of *numerous* Glocks). I'm still waiting for the first Glock jam--7yrs later. Come to think of it, NONE of my Glocks have ever jammed.
If it doesn't run 100% and it's not the ammo's fault, it's GONE.
Nail
I have had a number of guns that I was grossly disappointed with. As a lad, I could not wait to get my hands on a real german luger. About ten years later I got a deal on a shiny gorgeous luger. Boy, was I disapponted after about 50 rounds. The sights were tiny, the trigger was horrible, and its reliability was about the same as those miserable GI .45s we had in Viet Nam.
Another disappointment was a Colt Python. I saved and scrimped and prayed for years. Finally I found on at a decent price and ran to the range to try it out. After 50 rounds, I said, "self, what will this gun do that your Model 19 Smith wont"? Well the two main things that I discovered about the Python was that it scratched easier than the smith, and that parts and repairs cost a LOT more.
The latest and greatest disappointments were DAO autos from Beretta and Smith. Both companies make good handguns, but the DAOs aren't among them.
The Python above, was purchased in 1972. In 1971, I bought a brand new Government MKIV, Series 70 that was a transitional model on the first production run of MKIVs. The pin holes were so far off that I could not find a gunsmith to make it work right. I sent it back to Colt through my distributor. The reply was basically "we are so busy making so much money making M-16s, we don't need your business and really don't care of you are happy with your non-functioning 1911 or not." I stored the gun and sent it back around 1980, I got a more polite response saying that it was too late for Colt to take care of the problem. I finally sold the gun to a collector fully disclosing that it was basically a not-functioning gun.
In the ensuing years, I have talked hundreds of people out of buying a Colt product and still enjoy going by their shot show booth and telling them what dishonest crooks they are in terms that leaves no doubt.
Another disappointment was a Colt Python. I saved and scrimped and prayed for years. Finally I found on at a decent price and ran to the range to try it out. After 50 rounds, I said, "self, what will this gun do that your Model 19 Smith wont"? Well the two main things that I discovered about the Python was that it scratched easier than the smith, and that parts and repairs cost a LOT more.
The latest and greatest disappointments were DAO autos from Beretta and Smith. Both companies make good handguns, but the DAOs aren't among them.
The Python above, was purchased in 1972. In 1971, I bought a brand new Government MKIV, Series 70 that was a transitional model on the first production run of MKIVs. The pin holes were so far off that I could not find a gunsmith to make it work right. I sent it back to Colt through my distributor. The reply was basically "we are so busy making so much money making M-16s, we don't need your business and really don't care of you are happy with your non-functioning 1911 or not." I stored the gun and sent it back around 1980, I got a more polite response saying that it was too late for Colt to take care of the problem. I finally sold the gun to a collector fully disclosing that it was basically a not-functioning gun.
In the ensuing years, I have talked hundreds of people out of buying a Colt product and still enjoy going by their shot show booth and telling them what dishonest crooks they are in terms that leaves no doubt.
Stevie-Ray
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AMT Govt. model 1911A1. Never ran properly. Nicely accurate with neat features, but totally unreliable with any ammo. Sent it back to AMT and it came back to me...........a touch better, that's all. It's one of only 2 guns that I have sold.
underwritingtech
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Kimber Ultra Raptor II. I lusted after this gun and paid top dollar for it. It has never fed properly and all Kimber keeps saying is that needs more rounds to break it in. I am in the 400 round stage and this thing FTF at least once for any given mag. I paid $1000 for the gun and add the breaking in ammo and this is one expensive mistake.
Funny, I own a Kimber Custom target that I have owned for the past seven years and that gun is a champ that has always functioned properly and has been very accurate out of the box.
Funny, I own a Kimber Custom target that I have owned for the past seven years and that gun is a champ that has always functioned properly and has been very accurate out of the box.
pythagorean
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The handgun? Not the company of a certain handguns?
I have two stories to tell. Or one. Make it one.
The most memorable handgun fiasco for me involves a NUMBER of handguns of a certain type and make that I could not give up on until I finally decided to give up. It took a lot of the same handguns to convince me but convince me they did never to buy another one again.
The Ruger Mark I, II, and III in .22.
Failure to function, failure to fire, failure to keep any confidence in.
I have two stories to tell. Or one. Make it one.
The most memorable handgun fiasco for me involves a NUMBER of handguns of a certain type and make that I could not give up on until I finally decided to give up. It took a lot of the same handguns to convince me but convince me they did never to buy another one again.
The Ruger Mark I, II, and III in .22.
Failure to function, failure to fire, failure to keep any confidence in.
Beretta 92F
Beretta 92F
Horrible grip ergonomics. Absolutely terrible trigger. "Safety" is unreachable and easy to flip accidentally while handling or while holstered
Have handled dozens, and shot at least 8 of them, usually to qualify. Carried them numerous times, against my will. Have never and will never buy that over-hyped and over-priced gun.
Beretta 92F
Horrible grip ergonomics. Absolutely terrible trigger. "Safety" is unreachable and easy to flip accidentally while handling or while holstered
Have handled dozens, and shot at least 8 of them, usually to qualify. Carried them numerous times, against my will. Have never and will never buy that over-hyped and over-priced gun.
Browning (Utah) BDM 9mm, due to the #?!*#?! backarswards safety--from usual Browning/1911 practice. Otherwise a fine piece in all other ways that I recall--a real shame. It's now been years, but otherwise would probably even fit in today's environment. Best ergos of any d-stack hi-cap 9 (or anything) before or since, especially since I have smallish hands. Better/slimmer than an HP, if that was possible. Didn't think it was 'til I A-B'd them...and the BDM had +2 capacity over the HP. IIRC, they'd integrated super slim panels right into the gripframe casting such that there was--as perception--near zero thickness. But that safety was a near deal killer, and even with "getting used to" still an irritant. I don't even think 'cause of the safety but maybe Morgan, Utah manufacture vs Belgium or even Portugese assembly, got very little airplay and hence sales. It was otherwise a real sleeper, to the extent the market went entirely to sleep on it...or maybe Browning would've rectified its transgression.
flatovercrest
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Glock 19. Felt top heavy and unbalanced to me. I couldn't shoot it at all.
Ruger GP100 revolver..it would jam on me at the range. Yes, revolver would jam..
1911, coundn't stand the rear grip safety...
Those are long gone from my collection..
Ruger GP100 revolver..it would jam on me at the range. Yes, revolver would jam..
1911, coundn't stand the rear grip safety...
Those are long gone from my collection..
Sig Sauer .22 mosquito....regardless of the ammo used (including cci) it would not feed,eject and jammed....biggest POS ever bought.I even sent it back to be fixed and was told it was modified so it voided warranty....The gun was never modified.I even spoke to the LEO division and ended in a dead end.
I was going to be used as a BUG....
I was happy when my local gun shop gave me a full refund....
Never again will a SIG product darken my life.they treated me like crap.
I was going to be used as a BUG....
I was happy when my local gun shop gave me a full refund....
Never again will a SIG product darken my life.they treated me like crap.
Not a complete gun,
but a T/C .300 Whisper Contender barrel. T/C made them in a 1 in 10 twist instead of the J.D. Jones specified 1 in 8 twist. The 1 in 10 won't stabilized a heavy bullet at subsonic velocity. Which is the main reason the round was developed. At supersonic velocity, a light bullet in the Whisper works fine. But then so does the .30 Carbine.
but a T/C .300 Whisper Contender barrel. T/C made them in a 1 in 10 twist instead of the J.D. Jones specified 1 in 8 twist. The 1 in 10 won't stabilized a heavy bullet at subsonic velocity. Which is the main reason the round was developed. At supersonic velocity, a light bullet in the Whisper works fine. But then so does the .30 Carbine.
DanWesson357
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Although it is a regular carry gun for me, my most disappointing handgun would be my Colt Double Eagle. Big surprise, huh?
Mostly it's the design. I think it could have had less of a "chinsy" decocker. The grips were pretty much "custom" for that gun and good luck finding replacements (or good luck getting CTG to make laser grips for them). The grips even hold internal pieces together, virtually assuring you won't be able to put standard 1911 grips on it. The trigger guard is unnecessarily large and ugly. The strip of plastic in the rear of the gun (where grip "meets" grip) isn't solid, and tends to shift very very slightly in and out (hard to describe). Though it's never popped out, nor does it look like it will over time. Just not something I want to see in a gun.
This is mostly due to age of design, but the gun won't fire heavy weight +P rounds or feed HP round reliably.
There's too much trigger play in both single and double action mode. I hope there's a way to correct this.
However, the gun fires FMJ's flawlessly. I keep Powerballs in it.
So yeah, you can tell I was quite a novice when I bought that thing. I wasn't looking for a collector's gun, I was looking for a high quality, versatile 1911. Next time I'll go with one designed in the current decade.
Mostly it's the design. I think it could have had less of a "chinsy" decocker. The grips were pretty much "custom" for that gun and good luck finding replacements (or good luck getting CTG to make laser grips for them). The grips even hold internal pieces together, virtually assuring you won't be able to put standard 1911 grips on it. The trigger guard is unnecessarily large and ugly. The strip of plastic in the rear of the gun (where grip "meets" grip) isn't solid, and tends to shift very very slightly in and out (hard to describe). Though it's never popped out, nor does it look like it will over time. Just not something I want to see in a gun.
This is mostly due to age of design, but the gun won't fire heavy weight +P rounds or feed HP round reliably.
There's too much trigger play in both single and double action mode. I hope there's a way to correct this.
However, the gun fires FMJ's flawlessly. I keep Powerballs in it.
So yeah, you can tell I was quite a novice when I bought that thing. I wasn't looking for a collector's gun, I was looking for a high quality, versatile 1911. Next time I'll go with one designed in the current decade.
coolbreezy
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Para ordnance gi expert, worst gun I held ever held, blew up in my hand like a grenade. Second is glock 22, couldn't shoot the side of a barn if it was 10 ft away.
Beretta Tomcat and HK VP70Z
The Tomcat jammed continually for the first couple hundred rounds. It's fine now, but I was very disappointed with it at first.
The VP70Z was the first of the polymer pistols, and I got it in the early 80's. The trigger was so stiff, that it was very hard to shoot.
The Tomcat jammed continually for the first couple hundred rounds. It's fine now, but I was very disappointed with it at first.
The VP70Z was the first of the polymer pistols, and I got it in the early 80's. The trigger was so stiff, that it was very hard to shoot.