The handgun you were most DISAPPOINTED in?

bad handgun

My worst handgun? A Ruger...any and all Rugers I have ever owned or sold need work. Most get one or more trips back to Ruger. Ill take my Python any day.
 
Taurus 617T

Titanium .357 snubbie, 7 round cyl........ Great to carry, but ammo sensitive. Poor quality cyl. Unreliable, kept locking up, also had one hole that would never eject and had to be forced/dug out.
 
POS Hi-Point .45 AKA jamomatic. Could not get through ONE clip without a misfeed. Gave it to my brother who lives in Alabama who uses it for shark killer when he catches one, as once the round chambered it would always fire. It was if you needed two rounds you worried.
 
disappointing handgun

A Savage .22 single shot made to look like a single action six shooter. I think the model number was 101....not too sure. The front sight was not top center, and the cocking mechanism gave up the ghost in about 2 boxes of .22 LR. That was at least 40 years ago. I still have it laying around somewhere. (Betcha several folks thought I'd say Taurus.)

twb

I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.
- - - Groucho Marx
 
Russian Makarov in .380, lucky to get thru a magazine without at least one jam. Very dissappointing considering all the good things I hear regarding them. Not to mention it was $125 NIB.
 
A Cheyenne Arms .22...more dangerous behind the barrel than in front of it. I don't have the conscience to sell it to anyone, and don't have the guts to shoot it.
 
Kahr.

I've owned one and so have many of my friends and family. We got them because they were a great size for CCW.

However, not one Kahr I have ever seen or shot has been reliable.
 
Greatest Disappointment Gun:

I bought a Beretta Jaguar .22 in the mid-60s. POS.

I couldn't even hit the paper target at 25 feet. Thinking it was moi, I had the best shooter on my team try it. He was equally "lucky" with the piece.

I asked him what to do next. He gave me the best advice ever: "Trade it in!"

I did.

Fast-forward 40 years to a brandy new Pro BP Ten II by Kimber. Shoots well. It just doesn't know how to feed and extract too well. One trip to Yonkers failed to make it 100 percent.

"Just break it in with 800 rounds" the Kimber tech tells me.

"Will you be sending 16 boxes of .45 ACP to my house FREE this week?"

"Er, No, we don't do that."

Happy trade-in! My one and only Kimber is no more!
 
Biggest disappointment(s): Beautiful, minty Browning Hi-Power made in 1966, deep blue finish, ring hammer; only mistake I made was trying to shoot it. Trigger pull was off the scale at an estimated 14 lbs.; thumb safety required a plastic mallet to put it on or take it off; and couldn't hit the side of a barn the size of Rhode Island. The other one was a Colt Officers Model in stainless; this one won the prize for having been polished and assembled by a blindfolded person, (I would hesitate to confer the title of "worker" on them), in a very dark room. Grind and polish edges were wavy; cuts in the frame and slide were likewise poorly done; and the slide wouldn't even come close to going into battery, out of the box. I know, I should have checked things out more thoroughly, but I'm thinking, "Browning...Colt...they got to be good, right?". You live, and hopefully, you learn.
 
Taurus PT 99AF

Beretta 92 F throw off with adjustable sight. Total POS. Hated how it felt in my hand. Lot's of misfires. Straight up hated it.
 
Walther PPKS. I really wanted to like that gun....the whole James Bond deal and all...., but the slide bit the web of my hand nearly every time I shot the darned thing. It finally turned into trade goods in a deal for a 642 Airweight snubby.
 
PSP, I agree, my Sig Mosquito was a piece of CRAP. No more Sigs for me. And the other turd was my Mini-14 which would constantly jam and was about as accurate as good fart, despite OEM mags and any kind of ammo you could buy AND several trips back to Ruger.
 
One thing is evident in these posts: Even good manufacturers of good guns can sometimes turn out a boat anchor. I have not come near to owning all the guns mentioned here but have owned some of them. The only real "bad" guns that I have owned were the "cheap in the first place" pieces that made me wonder why I ever bought it. Of the guns I now own the only one I really don't care for is a S&W model 457 compact .45 ACP. Just does not feel right and I can't get a decent group out of it. My current favorite? Kimber Ultra Raptor II. Haven't experienced a flaw yet after many rounds of factory and reload ammo.
 
Dodge Dakota.
Wait. Wrong forum.
My first handgun - Hi-Point 9mm. Crap-o! You get what you pay for.
Also: I traded a Beretta 8040 Cougar. It felt and looked great, but accuracy was disappointing. I'm not sure if I got a "4:45 on a Friday afternoon special" or not (this can happen in ANY manufacturing, guys). In general, they seem to put out some quality stuff. This one just didn't do it for me...
 
Colt Python 6" stainless.

Nothing wrong with it, but years of reading rave reviews led to unrealistic expectations on my part. They're nice - they're just not that nice. If it was 500.00 less I'd be happy. As it is, I feel like the guy that paid 400.00 for a beanie baby just because he got caught up in the frenzy.
 
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