The handgun you were most DISAPPOINTED in?

Bad guns

I think about every handgun produced in the last 100 years has been flamed.
Is anything worth owning?
 
Yeah, what Hpg said...Semper Paratus! (we don't get no respect!)

Walther P22. No excuse for that thing leaving a factory. Great in the hand, looks great, but unreliable...it's a gun, that's unacceptable. Period.
S&W 22S. Same thing. Even though I paid little for it...it's a gun, it should shoot.
XD40, couldn't love it, tried, it kept biting the finger that fed it. Just shot an XD45 and loved it, go figure.


Now...S&W 3913...pure love.
Beretta 90-two...same thing, shame about the lack of holsters and damned expensive mags.
S&W J-frame 637...love it, ultimately concealable, amazingly accurate at the range it was designed for.
Sorry, but I LOVE my Sig Trailside. Tackdriver. 1500 dollar accuracy for 400 bucks. Deal with it. Shoot Bullseye Pistol with it without a failure. It's a target gun, it shoots great targets. Sorry for the ones that don't do that.
Waiting to try a Walther PPS...can't find one. But I'm learning, won't buy one until I shoot one.

Jeff
 
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The Grendel p-10. Its frame broke right above the trigger on the right side. It then took itself apart and no matter how hard I tried, it wouldn't go back together. It now sits about a foot from the sidewalk out in the street. no one has yet taken it. Yup, its still there since November of last year when I dug it up at the place I go shoot where I left it on the ground in plain sight. :eek: It got covered by mud after a few rain showers. No one wanted it then either.
 
HK USP compact, P2000sk, and P2000. Heavy, poorly balanced, vague trigger pull, and that stupid magazine release LEVER!!!!!

Edit: and the holster selection is horrible.
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If all you are used to is Walther, and Hks the magazine release is fantastic. The Walther version is better, but the Hk one is pretty good, with my hand many guns I have to move my hand to use the magazine release, with Hk and Walthers I just use my middle finger.

The rest is pure opinion, I can say the same thing about Glocks.

Anyways the gun I am most disappointed with would be the Walther P22, it's a fine gun, but the ejection sucks (it sprays cases everywhere), and it's not as accurate as it could be. I still like the gun, just not a 5 star gun, probably 3.5-4 stars.
 
Kel-Tec P-32 and Beretta Tomcat

I bought these before the prices came down on the Seecamp .32. Both were purchased as cheaper substitutes for the Seecamp, neither fit the bill.
 
I bought a 10" Super Redhawk years ago on a whim. Could not get that gun to shoot, but I figured it was me. I finally traded it on a 7.5" model. THAT gun is a tack driver...
 
Tie for worst: Colt Mk IV Series 70 Jammamatic, and a Kahr P9 that should've been called a POS9.

The Colt went back for authorized service repeatedly, and remained a jammamatic - Colt's warranty NON-service is the reason I will never buy another Colt.

The Kahr - with numerous problems - was eventually replaced by the company; I call that an honest effort to make things right, but not appreciating the fact that I was an unwitting beta tester, I traded the brand new replacement for a G26, which actually works.
 
Heritage Arms Rough Rider. The only gun I don't regret selling (actually gave it away). Accurate as all get out, but the firing pins wouldn't last more than a few hundred rounds.
 
Springfield Armory

My Springfield Armory 1911. It's the only one of my guns guns that has ever given me trouble. I'm pretty sure I need to have the extractor replaced as it has been adjusted a few times but as is typical it will not hold the adjustment. I'll have a Wilson Combat extractor installed, there is still hope for it though.
 
Save the Llama for Yo Mama

Llama 1911 clone! Bought it for a song and it was not worth that!
Stovepiping SOB. I sold it to a guy who has had a lot of work done to it and says it works fine for him now.
 
kimber ultra II

small and pretty but had issues with stove pipe. i had range master shoot it and he found the same. i played with it for weeks. 500 rounds with feed work, my shooting stance, different magazines and i came to the conclusion that i will never buy a gun that has to be tweaked, again. I wouldn't buy a car that didn't turn over brand new, so that is why i'm against most 1911's in compact.
 
Taurus PT-22.

Shoulda seen it coming I guess but the gun just couldn't do anything. For its lack of consistency and reliability, it didn't even provide a size advantage against kel-tec 32's.
 
For those not keeping score....

this is the list of models....doubles have been taken out....

*AMT Backup….
*Beretta Tomcat…Beretta Bobcat…Beretta Cougar…Beretta 92…Beretta 92FS…Beretta 9000s…Beretta 96… Beretta Jaguar… Beretta 950…Beretta Neos .22…
*Bersa Thunder…Bersa Mini-Thunder…
*Browning BMD..Browning Hi-Power…
*Charter Arms Bulldog .44…Charter Arms Undercover…
*Cheyenne Arms .22…
*Colt Govt 1911… Colt 1991A…Colt 1911 Combat Elite…Colt Combat Commander…Colt Series 70 MK IV… Colt Python…Colt Detective…Colt Government Stainless…
*CZ75b…CZ97B…CZ P-01…
*Detonics Mini .45…
*Desert Eagle .50AE…
*EAA Witness…
*FA 83…
*FEG PA63…
*FN BHP…
*Glock 19… …Glock 20… Glock 21… Glock 23…Glock 26…Glock 27…Glock 36…
*Grendel P-10 pistol…
*Heritage Arms Rough Rider…
*Hi Point .380…Hi Point .45… High Point, 9mm
*HK usp .45…HK usp compact…P2000sk…P2000…USP40…
*Jennings 22…
*KAHR MK9…Kahr PM40…Kahr K9…Kahr P9…
*KelTec 9…KelTec P11…KelTec P3AT…KelTec P-32
*Kimber Pro BP Ten II… Kimber Grand Raptor…Kimber Ultra II…
*Llama 1911…
*Mac 11…
*Mauser HSC .380…
*NAA Mini….NAA Guardian…
*Para P13…Para Ordnance P-12
*Raven .25 auto
*Rock Island Armory 1911
*Ruger 4" GP-100…Ruger 9mm auto… Ruger Mini 14…Ruger SP101…Ruger Blackhawks…Ruger P91… Ruger P85…Ruger Redhawk .44mag…Ruger P95…Ruger P90…Ruger MKIII Hunter…Ruger Super Redhawk…
*Savage .22…
*SKYY CPX-1…
*Sig Mosquito… Sig 226…Sig 229…Sig P245…Sig Trailside…Sig P232…Sig 230…
*S&W J frame .22s Smith & Wesson 520…S&W 617…S&Ws…S&W63…S&W360PD… Sigmas… S&W model 59…S&W940…S&W 2214…S&W 3953…S&W457…S&W60…S&W 610…S&W 651…
*Springfield Armory xd 45…XD 9MM…Springfield 1911 GI…
*Sterling 302 .22…
*Taurus PT140…Taurus .22mag…Taurus .44…Taurus M85…Taurus PT22…PT1911…Taurus 4410… Taurus 617T…Taurus PT145…Taurus Tracker…
*Walther PPK/S…Walther P99…Walther P22…
*Wilson Combat 1911…


What's left???
 
add most 1911 to my lisT

sorry, please don't flame me, :( but my kimber was over 1k cost and i'd expect something that expensive to work. and then all the excuses people give with there 1911 until it's "broken in" well i have a problem with that. i've not owned many guns that needed a break in period and if they did, not as long or as fickle as some 1911 where.
 
HK USP in .40

Even after 3 trips back to the factory it still has a 1-2% FTF regardless of ammo used.:mad:

The factory keeps telling me that I am limpwristing it. I suppose that could be but I do not have any trouble with my Glocks, Berratta, Kimbers, Paras, Sig, Rugers, S+W 640 in .357, S+W 442. etc....

NukemJim
 
Proud to say I've never been disappointed by a gun purchase because I do crazy amounts of research beforehand. I have nothing but seller's remorse for the guns I no longer own.

Past ownership:

A cheap Wal-Mart 12-guage singe-shot (NAA or somebody. Gave it to a friend)
CZ-83 in .380
Kel-Tec p11
CZ-52

Current ownership:

CZ P-01
Kel-Tec sub2000
Bersa Thunder .380
Mossberg 500 Cruiser (with Knoxx copstock)
Saiga .308
Taurus 651B

All have been great guns, hope the future is as forgiving.
 
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