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

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Walther 5" Target model P-22.

Rarely ever got through a full mag without some kind of malfunction.
The "compensator" front sight assembly twisted and worked its way off the barrel no matter how tight the set screw was.
There are five more in the family and they don't get much use anymore because of the same reliability issues.
 
Long ago when I was stupid, rash and uninformed I bought from a dealer a Bryco (then called Jennings) 9mm.

I took it to the range and shot the snot out of it. Put nearly 1500 rounds through it without a hiccup of any sort. It was also fairly accurate too. Then the stupid, rash and uninformed part of me took over and I listened to all the guys at the range telling me I bought crap. I sold the gun for the same amount that I paid for it at a gun show and bought a NIB Kel-Tec P11 from a dealer there.

THAT gun turned out to be the worst gun I'd ever purchase. FTF almost every other round with anything but FMJ, poor accuracy, crappy trigger, horrendous recoil etc. I sent it in to Kel Tec with those complaints and they polished up the feed ramp and slide rails. The gun continued to have problems with the gun but kept it anyway for a year afterwards. The final straw was both the extractor AND ejector breaking AFTER a failure to fire on basic Winchester White box FMJ.

I took it to my LGS and they told me it wasn't worth the effort to fix it. When I asked how much it was worth they said if it was in working condition they'd give me maybe $50 for it. In the condition it was in then I'd have to pay them to take it. When asked what to do with it they suggested destroying the gun. That was the only gun I ever handed over to my local law enforcement agency to destroy.
 
Maybe I'm too particular, but I've never had a "bad" handgun. Even the Rohm .44 mag I had was deadly accurate and never let me down.
 
I've tried, and continue to try!
Heritage Rough Rider, Walther P22, Taurus Judge PD Poly, Hi-Point C9, Taurus PT22 Poly. All turned out to be great shooters. Accurate, reliable, and fun to shoot.
Maybe I should try Kimber, Sig, or S&W next on my quest for a POS handgun not worth filling out the paperwork for!:D
 
Clerke .22 LR revolver for 35$. Crap, total crap. I'm waiting for a gun buy back program in Maine, so I can get rid of it for a pair of sneakers...:D
 
I'd have to say my Bond Arms derringer. Sort of fun to shoot but the trigger was a horrible 20 lb pull and after playing with it couldn't really find a use for it. It wasn't really a POC, just useless to me. Traded it for an old S&W .357.
 
I guess I've been very lucky. There hasn't been a single firearm in 30 years that I could say I regreted buying.
If you want to talk selling though....:(
 
taurus 24/7 pro compact
the taurus pt-917c was a close runner up
the s&w sigma would have taken the cake, but i bought it from an individual and didn't fill out the form.
 
I love the looks of them, but...I got two of the new Colt Combat Elites that had terrible slide to frame fit and weren't all that accurate either. I bought the second one thinking the first was a fluke. It wasn't...the second was worse than the first. They sure looked good though.:D
 
Two Star Firestar 9mm's, both of which would jam and double-feed with any ammo, including brand-name FMJ's, even after being "repaired" by a gunsmith.
 
Taurus TCP .380
FAilure to eject every other round till I filed down the ejector.
Still fails every 50 rounds or so now, don't trust it.
 
Taurus Raging Bull 454 - - at the time I knew nothing about revolvers. (Just semi autos when it came to handguns.) Terrible timing, terrible trigger pull, would randomly misfire on different cylinders. I took it to a noted revolver smith in the area and he said there was nothing he could do for it.

A few years later I picked up another Raging Bull with a shorter 5" barrel and its been a good gun. I also bought a 41 Mag Titanium Tracker and that has also been a good gun. Those are all of the Taurus guns I have owned. Now I'd rather just get a S&W or Ruger. Less time & headaches involved.
 
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