The handgun you were most DISAPPOINTED in?

xd9 sub compact-it seem to shoot low on target,sold it but miss it for some reason and was thinking of geting another to see if it was just that gun.but not willing to take the chance.will stick with my sigs.
 
Springfield V10 ultra compact. I really didnt care for the thick grip. That should have stopped me from getting it. But with both stock mags and willson combat mags it would FTF or FTE at least once a mag, no joke. And this is after a proper cleaning/lube job. Sold it quick
 
another Beretta Tomcat (x2)

another vote for the worst of the worst: the Beretta Tomcat.

I bought a brand new one with a black matte finish. After only 250 rds or so it developed a crack in the frame. I sent it back, and they replaced it with their Inox (stainless steel) version.

But the Inox is a jam-o-matic. The first one wasn't reliable either, but the new Inox one they sent as a replacement jams on average once per magazine. Luckily, the Inox version is thicker and heavier than the black one. So when it jams I can throw it at the BG and have a good chance of knocking him senseless with the POS ... :p
 
Where are the old dogs and pistol smiths?
About 70% of my guns are used or 2nd hand and many are models that are listed on this thread.Almost all had minor problems for the original owner.
Most frequent problems:
1)stovepipes-dry magazines or a handshake with the former owner will usually explain the problem.1911's are often as sensitive to magazines as many guns are to ammo type.If you don't agree to apply a bank vault grip to a semi-auto (especially polymer guns),find a nice revolver and learn to love it.
2)Hybrids-With formats that are steel or stainless to alloy,polymer,stainless mixed,GUN OIL is NOT your best friend!! You might run synthetic lube in your $20-70,000 car or truck with synth.lubes all through the system,but not even blink at pouring gun oil all over your handgun.Most of the miracle lubes out there are silicone/teflon based,and have been reliable since they helped un-jam the early AR-16's,and the new string molecule theories have only made them better.
3)legends vs. myth-A lot of the reputation of SW,Colt and others were made in a time when the guns were literally handemade.When the bulk of the firearms industry relies on CNC machining to mass produce guns and probably does very little in the way handfit,massive numbers of gun owners STILL fail to believe that you need to run a few hundred rounds through a gun before you judge it or trust your life to it.Most of the manufacturers are in business to make money and I wager most work pretty hard to correct first release,past problems and what WAS a few years ago may not be what IS now.You did'nt buy a custom gun,so why would it transform by magic in your gun safe?(examples-original XD platfom was a top heavy accuracy dog and many say that hase'nt changed,Ruger SR9s were a first release nightmare,now many swear by them etc..etc..)
4) Some guns need TLC to be happy,so do some gun owners.Most blowback autos don't like hollowpoints until the lower third of the chamber edge is smoothed out;trigger pulls on many guns are very often no more than cleaning up after the manufacturer,the RIGHT lube,springs and a good run in.
(my KT-P11 was a dog before the fluff & buff and lube,ammo selection,now I bet my life on it every time I carry it;I'm NEVER worried unless operator error causes a failure.)
5)A lemon is a lemon;get over it and move on,,trust but verify,try before you buy;do'nt buy the hype;buyer beware;if you can't shoot it don't shoot it;don't let macho intrude on common sense;never be afraid to ask if you don't know.
6)What I don't know would fill volumes,but I can learn,as long as you hit me with the right stick to get my attention.
 
I really do hate to admit this.. because my Glock 17 i the one and only pistol I own at the moment and it is also the biggest disappointment (that's of all the guns I have owned and fired). Not because it is the worst of them all.. because it isn't. But because I expected something great (thanks tot he internet and magazine articles) and got something average-good.

Points like crap, fits in my hand like a 45 fits in a 9mm, jams just as much as anything, and is ugly.
 
Two come to mind. Kel-Tec P11. I reeeealy wanted to like it. Carried it for a while, eventually traded it. Wanted to like it so bad bought another one, and sold that one, too. It was a great gun for the money, but I like "shooters," and the P11 seemed more like a "last resort."

Other was a SA 1911-A1. Nothing at all wrong with the gun. But after all the hype about how great the 1911 platform is, it just didn't float my boat. It was accurate and reliable, but I found I liked shooting a Glock 23 better. Again, good gun ... it just didn't do it for me. Don't think I'll buy another 1911.
 
Sig C3 Revolution

Only gun I've ever sold.

Second place, KelTec P11... lousy trigger, uncomfortable to shoot. But I've kept it because it is small, shoots 9mm and can hold hi-cap mags.
 
Ohh that Patriot 45 was such a cool compact lightweight thing that was gonna let me set down that 40 oz pistol finally! Until I shot it. No 45 should kick that much. 185gr's is max. No wonder I like big guns
 
BY viewing this thread Ive realized that EVERY manufacturer has problems with their guns. BAD APPLES GO OUT FROM THE BEST COMPANIES. I love the 1911 my favorite handgun but alot of people complaining. Only one Browing HI POWER complaint and I love that gun.
 
Hk - No malfs but it was no better than my other polymers and cost almost twice as much

Colt 1911 - After all the hype it really didn't have a chance to living up to it. It functioned but my other pistols were just as accurate/reliable or better.

The only hndgun that I have owned that is partial to malfs is a nickel plated pimp gun that we found in my G-pa's house after he passed. The thing was a jam-o-matic Lorcin .25

Beentown
 
Besides a Lorcin L-9 that I bought in a moment of insanity.....

It would be a tie between a Glock 17 and a Glock 19. Both ate anything I feed them, but hitting what I was pointing at was another story.
 
Sig P250c 9mm

Bought into the hype about interchangability and custom fitting. Don't get me wrong, it's a great gun, has been super reliable, has an awesome trigger and feels great in my hand. I just can't get over the dissappointmet of it costing $350 to change calibers. I rather have a whole other gun for that price.
 
FN Herstal HP-DA

I purchased a Belgian-made 9mm FN Herstal HP-DA a few years ago, when CDNN was closing them out for a song and a dance. The bluing on the slide was okay, but the frame looked like it was finished with some kind of spray-on epoxy paint.

The gun was reliable-I don't recall it ever jamming. But it couldn't do better than a 6" group at 25 yards benched. I tried a variety of my handloads and commercial ammo, with the same results.

I finally sold the gun at a substantial loss to a colleague who had shot it previously and didn't seem to mind the substandard groupings.
 
I'm going to have to go with the Smith & Wesson Sigma 9mm. I know it is a cheaper line and probably isn't supposed to live up to their other guns, but I was still VERY disappointed. The particular one I shot was one that my grandfather had just bought. We were at his home range and he couldn't hit ANYTHING with it! He'd always been a heck of a shooter. I can remember him taking the head off a turtle at about 60 yards with a .22 pistol, so I was surprised that he couldn't even hit a target at about 15-20 yards. I was convinced that he had to be jerking or something so I loaded it up to give it a try. The first thing I noticed is that the thing had what felt like a 100 pound trigger pull on it. I knew that couldn't help accuracy at all, but as I fired it, I realized that I was hitting a consistent spot. It was just consistently bad. So we moved a little closer to the target to see if we could get one on paper at least and see how off it was. After putting two mags through it, we saw that it was shooting nearly a foot low at 10 yards. There is no reason for gun to be that inaccurate. Especially one with fixed sights. I guess you get what you pay for, but I expected a lot more out of something with the S&W name on it.
 
S&W 4046

I just got a police trade in 4046. It is in fantastic shape, runs flawlessly. What a clunker!! Full size Gen 3 S&W autos just don't work for me! I knew better, oh well!

Look for it in the classifieds! LOL!
 
It's been mentioned a few times already by some other folks in this thread. Worst gun (and biggest disappointment) for me was an AMT 1911, specifically their Hardballer model. Complete crap and to make matters worse, I traded away a perfectly good Ruger P90 to help pay for it.
 
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