The handgun you were most DISAPPOINTED in?

Handgun I was disappointed in

None really. There was handguns that had minor flaws but most were correctable. I try to save and buy firearms that are of quality so that I'm not disappointed.
 
Sig P230

In .380 caliber. The gun was a very high quality piece, but I just never warmed up to the size/caliber. I would never buy another .380 pistol. My .38 snubbie is the smallest gun I can enjoy shooting.
 
I had a lemon Springfield Loaded that I put a bunch of money into to fix the trigger and it never was any good. Trigger was over 6 lbs from the factory; never was right.

SW99...loose as a goose and with 3 different triggers it was not what you would call a fun gun to shoot.

Sig Mosquito...any type of failure to fire you can think of, this gun has done it.
 
Most dissapointed - Without comparison, my first 1911.

It was a BRAND NEW Kimber TLE II with the finish and extractor from hell.

The gun didn't run right at all when I brought it to IDPA. I was so proud of owning a 1911 and then the extractor jammed a spent case against the breechface and gave me a very expensive hammer. The gun could not be cleared by me or an RO.

After Kimber reluctantly fixed it - and after paying shipping up there mind you - the entire gun might as well have been made out of CorTen weathering steel. There was rust coming out of the finish and every machined edge was showing steel. The "black oxide" finish they put on it was toast. I didn't even carry the gun, it was just something that sat in my desk drawer.

After ANOTHER trip to the factory, they blued the gun.

Note: The gun was test fired each time and not cleaned. That upset me even more. I was glad to be rid of the thing.

PS - I will not become a Kimber Dealer unless my customers request it by popular demand.
 
The handgun you were most DISAPPOINTED in?
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I can't say I was ever DISAPPOINTED with a gun, but I did buy a gun I was less pleased with, it was my Alloy frame (They come in poly frame too) CZ 2075 Rami 9mm sub compact, almost like a Glock 26 9mm. It had (for a 9mm) much more recoil than I expected and I can't shoot it very well past 7 yards. Still a nice (looking too) gun.
 
I honestly have never owned a handgun that I thought was junk or that I didn't like. I did, however, think that my original High Standard Supermatic was better than the Mitchell I had. Fit and finish just wasn't there.
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I shot some ultra compact Glock .40S&W (someone's gun at the range). Is was shockingly accurate for the size of the gun, but really didn't like the trigger. Due to it weight the recoil was.. Just. Annoying.
 
My first Kimber, had to go back to Kimber 3 times.
Was never dependable to the point of gutting the gun
and made a Colt /Kimber out of it.
 
Beretta handguns are crap in my opinion. i have shot several and hated them all. several in this thread have confirmed this belief. however, i am no firearm expert so take it fwiw

to the guy who said Ruger Blackhawks suck - I once shot a water moccasin as it was swimming towards me while i was fishing the bank, with a blackhawk in .44 special. hit it right beneath its head, dead center and nearly split that thing in two. i picked it up out of the water and its head was hanging by a thread. it was about 4.5 feet long and the shot was about a 10 ft. shot.

the coolest thing i have ever done with a pistol. I was 18 at the time. that blackhawk has a special place in my heart.
 
Just a reminder, folks - if your msg has a bunch of ****, you said a bad word or tried to imply one.

That's a no-no. Too many gets you in trouble - and YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN!
 
Colt Defender

Loved the gun. Was beautiful, reliable and accurate. But bought into the hype on how tough the tennifer-like teflon finish was on the alloy frame. Was actually very fragile. A moth could fly by and a scratch would show up - and I treated that thing like a new-born kitten. Couldn't find any mink holsters.:p

Great gun, but was afraid to take it out of the house. Too pretty to shoot. Disappointing...
 
Taurus in general

I had a Taurus PT1911 that very frequently wouldn't go all the way into battery,and I had to nudge it by hand.Unacceptable.
A Taurus 22 magnum 4" revolver(943?) that had the worst trigger imaginable.
Couldn't be improved either.
I have an Automag II that misfeeds a lot and is very picky about ammo-to be fair the box is stamped "use Winchester-Western Super X"and that's about all it will shoot.
I knew the reputation going in and I wanted one anyway.I would NEVER rely on it for anything but murdering paper targets.Makes a great fireworks show and a LOUD bang.
 
I am kind of ashamed to admit I bought a Jennings J22. Nice satin finish, but had a had time finding the right ammo to fire a whole magazine without jamming. It is sold by the way.
 
A little Makarov I bought several years ago for around 120 bucks iirc. Brand new. After about two magazines I mistakenly hit the decocker as the slide was shutting (don't know how but it happened) and the gun jammed so tight I couldn't rack the slide. I took it to the store/gunsmith where I bought it and he couldn't get it to open either. He sent it to the importer, I think in Texas at the time, and they fixed it and sent it back. I sold it very cheap to the guy I bought it from. I figured if I could do something like that to jam a gun, I didn't need it.
 
Walther P22. I must have got the lemon. Jams, non-reliable, bad accuracy. Too bad. Size wise It was a sharp .22 to handle. Traded it for a ruger single-six, 4 5/8bbl. Love that old west feeling in a hand gun.
 
Worst, Colt Lightweight Commander. Feeding and ejections problems from the day I got it. It was never right even after two trips back to Colt:mad:.
Second, S&W M -59, no real problems but it was just cheesy, don't know why but never felt right to me:(.
 
GOV MOD.45 SATIN junk could not make it shoot spent 350.00 on it in repair it was still a lemon
TRADED FOR GOLD CUP 25YRS AGO ALLS GOOD IN THE HOOD:D
 
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