Whats the biggest hunk of junk you ever filled out a 4473 for?

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Used Ruger 22/45 4 inch tapered barrel in like new condition bought last year.

Would'nt feed rain dropping in the open action reliably much less 22 rounds.

But my most wonderful memory is of the gremlin hotel I once bought ( about ten years ago) which was a matte nickel plated High Standard snubby revolver 22.

I so hated this skipping action piece of dog ka spatt that multiple times I just wanted to go get my saws-all and just chop it into very tiny little High Standard pieces.

I finally let it go for a steal at a gun store to someone to use as parts with full warning it was a total piece of horse ka plopper.
 
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Bond derringer ... it wasn't junk, of course, it was beautifully made, but after I shot it a few times, I was hard-pressed to figure out what it was good for ... only two rounds, hard to hold, hard to cock, takes forever to reload and then you still only have two rounds ... nice conversation piece at the range, great paperweight ... long gone ...

as for Hi-Point ... have a 9mm carbine which works like a charm, no problems, accurate, fun to shoot ... once the word got out, all the deer that used to dine on the golf course behind my house moved to other holes ... and I don't even hunt ...
 
AMT Backup .380...... Three trips to the gunsmith and twice to the factory could not make this thing go BOOM.....click click click....BOOM....click...BOOM....click click. (you get the idea)
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LOL! I ran into that problem in the 80s when I was still working. Our shop ordered 6 from AMT, out of which exactly one would fire.

I went crazy looking for a solution (stronger hammer spring, lighter firing pin return spring, slight enlargement of the clearance slot on the fp, etc., etc.), but finally had an epiphany one day.

The problem was that the hammers had been cast slightly oversize, and, when the trigger was pullled, the front of the hammer was dragging against the sear, slowing it down enough so that the pistols wouldn't fire. Some slight dressing of the oversized front portion of the hammer and, voila!, they all fired reliably after that.
 
Kahr CW45. My plan was to run 200rds through the gun one day, I couldn't get through a 6rd magazine without having 6 FTF, always took 2 primer strikes. I tried Federal, winchester white box, speer gold dots, blazer and some remington golden sabers. Nothing. Heck I even ran some cheap Wolf through it and believe it or not it actually shot that a little better than the other stuff.

Called Kahr and I was told that I needed to get the required 250rds break in put through it and it should start to work itself out. I couldnt get 100rds through the gun how was I suppose to get up to the 250???
 
worst gun

I inherited a taurus .357. When I picked it up it rattled so much the cats came running thinking it was feeding time. [I like dogs better ]
 
A NEW S&W M&P 9mm that went back to S&W 3 times and still wasn't right. The gun wouldn't fire more than 1 to 2 rounds before jamming due to a chamber that looked like it was made with a rat tail file. Sent it back they polished the chamber and the gun still had issues, sent it back and they replaced I believe the extractor. The gun was now able to fire a full magazine, only to discover it wouldn't hold under about 6 inch's from a bench at 25 yards.

Now I take a real good look at the barrel and discover the rifling ( the original barrel ) looks like the chamber did, TOOL marks galore! Why didn't the S&W tech see or figure that out considering the tool marks in the chamber. Back AGAIN, finally get the gun back with a new barrel and it now will hold an average of 3 inch's at 25 yards after trying various factory ammo and reloads. I could never get the gun to be consistent so it went out the door. Sadly that was the third NIB S&W I bought that had to be sent back for repair out of the box. I love my third generation S&W semi's but lately I have been very disappointed with QC and warranty repair.
 
GSG-5

I ran fine right out of the box.......for about 2000 rounds. Then the ejector plate loosened up. Sent it back for the recall fix.
Then it ran nicely....for another 2000 rounds when I started having light primer strikes. Tried several remedies, none worked.

I understand that many folks have GSGs that work fine with no issues, I wasn't so lucky.:(
 
Kel-Tec P11. Not saying it's a bad gun but I bought it and sold it about 2 weeks later. Just could not stand the trigger pull on it
 
Rossi Wizard single shot rifle.
bought it because u could buy more barrles across the counter in many different calbers.
transfer bar broke in the 1st hundred rounds..off to Rossi for a month.
..no matter what scope I used,or who shot it,accuarcy sucked..still does.

along the way I acquired 3 brands of factory ammo to try out,it will not fire factory ammo ! :( lights off my reloads one hundred percent. Primer strikes are way high up on the primer,so...off to Rossi for another month ! :(

took it out last week with factory fodder,some improvment but very little,still misfires on factory rounds.

don't want to send it back to NOT GET repaired agin,can't sell it in the shape its' in,so now what..?? FENCE POST ?? GRRRRRRRRRRRR

NEVER AGAIN ROSSI
 
worst gun

winchester model 39A single shot. Every time I shot it, the action would come unlatched. I think it's still around here someplace, but I haven't seen it in years. Probably out in the barn
 
I've had pretty good luck overall with handguns. Probably the worst handgun I have ever purchased was a Colt Govt Model 380 and it was just a jamamatic. I sold it off cheap hoping that the next owner could fix the problem or send it back to Colt. At the time, it never occurred to me to send it back to Colt.

However, the Glock M22 ranks right up there as it shoots a couple feet low at 15 yds. Functions great. I was just pretty dissappointed with it. I will eventually take it down to Atlanta to have Glock look it over to see why it shoots so low. I have taken it apart and can't see any issues. I have been saying that for 5 years now however. :) Guess you could say it is not a priority in my life. The pistol has been replaced with a M23 which is a sometimes carry gun for me. It shoots like most Glocks.
 
Kimber Pro Carry series 1. Complete garbage, but at least I got a Blackhawk Serpa holster for my good 1911 out of it
 
Llama Mini Max .45 takes the #1 slot. For a single stack I couldnt get through a complete magazine without a minimum of 3 malfunctions. Tried different mags and it was still a pos. Followed closely by 2 Taurus Millenium Pro .45's (PT-145 and PT-745) and a Kahr CW40 that I bought new, went to the range the next day, tilted the gun over to clear the chamber and the bullet and extractor fell out in my hand. Cure me from ever buying any of the above again.
 
Anyone that said "Bryco" clearly doesn't understand what goes into a quality firearm. A lot of people come down hard on the fact they are made with pot metal. Pot Metal is very durable and the guns are more than reliable.

I know, I have an entire collection of Bryco's. I won't go near such junk as a Taurus or Ruger.
 
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Anyone that said "Bryco" clearly doesn't understand what goes into a quality firearm. A lot of people come down hard on the fact they are made with pot metal. Pot Metal is very durable and the guns are more than reliable.

I know, I have an entire collection of Bryco's. I won't go near such junk as a Taurus or Ruger.
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With the exception of the word "Taurus", this post is the most wrong thing in the history of wrong.

In my opinion, of course. YMMV...
 
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