What's your least favorite firearm you own?
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Similar; I have a Citadel 1911 clone that's just short of worthless for function. "IF" you can get a round to properly chamber from the magazine, the following round won't. I've tried Wilson Combat and Kimber mags, polished the feed ramp, extractor tension.. Nope. The best I can get is by just shooting standard 230 gr. ball ammo; even then it's questionable. It trips up on everything else. I gave up on it. Thought about selling it, but I wouldn't feel right passing that fail onto somebody else.
I have a little .25 ACP called a Libia. It is an inexact copy of a Browning 1906 vest pocket pistol, made in Spain in between WW I and the Spanish Civil War. It was inherited, and I keep it as a memento or it would be gone. I shoot it very infrequently, but I reminded myself why a couple of weeks ago. It seldom gets through a 6 round mag without a stoppage. The best way to hit the side of a barn with it is to be inside, and even then you might need to bench rest it. And stripping it and reassembling is a pain. Overall, it would have to be on about a three-foot-tall shelf to be a pain in the neck.
jackstrawIII
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I sell all the guns I don't like.
But there's one I haven't gotten a chance to sell yet: Ruger Mark IV 22/45 Target. Songs could be written about how bad the trigger is. And about how picky it is with ammo. And about how often I get FTF malfunctions.
Just no.
But there's one I haven't gotten a chance to sell yet: Ruger Mark IV 22/45 Target. Songs could be written about how bad the trigger is. And about how picky it is with ammo. And about how often I get FTF malfunctions.
Just no.
FrankenMauser
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I get rid of the things that I don't like.
So, I'm having to really think about this.
Ah... Easy way out: A 1916 Spanish Mauser with something massively wrong with the locking lugs in the receiver. I attempted to remove the barrel to investigate (and save the barrel if the receiver was junk). No luck.
I had a gunsmith try to pull the barrel. No luck.
I had another gunsmith use his over-kill hydraulic barrel vise to try to pull the barrel. No luck.
I said, 'screw it, get the torch', and we hit that stubborn SOB with heat, a pipe wrench, and cheater bars on both the pipe wrench and action wrench. No luck.
"ALRIGHT THEN, you can't be stuck if you're liquid!"
I went in for the kill, but the gunsmith decided that splattering molten Spanish steel was probably not the best idea in his shop ... and shut me down.
Stupid rifle. I should bury it in the garden and put it out of my misery.
So, I'm having to really think about this.
Ah... Easy way out: A 1916 Spanish Mauser with something massively wrong with the locking lugs in the receiver. I attempted to remove the barrel to investigate (and save the barrel if the receiver was junk). No luck.
I had a gunsmith try to pull the barrel. No luck.
I had another gunsmith use his over-kill hydraulic barrel vise to try to pull the barrel. No luck.
I said, 'screw it, get the torch', and we hit that stubborn SOB with heat, a pipe wrench, and cheater bars on both the pipe wrench and action wrench. No luck.
"ALRIGHT THEN, you can't be stuck if you're liquid!"
I went in for the kill, but the gunsmith decided that splattering molten Spanish steel was probably not the best idea in his shop ... and shut me down.Stupid rifle. I should bury it in the garden and put it out of my misery.
photographix
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My uncle gave me a Hi-Point C9. I had to shoot it...well, because.
The slide on the fraking thing bit me because I had too high a grip on it. Still have the scars to show for it, too.
And the mag always needs some tweaking to feed properly. I gave up after 3 range trips. Maybe one day I'll try to get it running again.
The slide on the fraking thing bit me because I had too high a grip on it. Still have the scars to show for it, too.
And the mag always needs some tweaking to feed properly. I gave up after 3 range trips. Maybe one day I'll try to get it running again.
Mee too..but one persons' dislike' is another's 'like'...of the 3 I got rid of because there were a PITA to shoot, for ME..S&W 642 and Ruger LCP and Ruger LC-9..they work but anything I own, i'm gonna shoot and they gotta be FTS...
I have some guns that I never shoot, but keep for sentimental reasons. I also have others that I really enjoy shooting, but time and money often see them languishing in the safe. If I had to pick a "least favorite" it would be the Glock G20. I purchased it because I wanted a 10mm and have really only shot it a few times. I keep it because selling it would not bring much money and if I did sell it I wouldn't have a 10mm.
A late 1970s vintage Charter Target Bulldog. It is a lousy execution of a good idea and totally turned me off from sleeved barrels. It also has lousy target sights that I had to shim the sides to keep them from wobbling. It’s a house gun because it goes bang every time and that’s it’s only redeeming value besides being a .44.
Sure Shot Mc Gee
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All of em. Because I don't have enough spare time to the point of being totally satisfied.
Crankylove
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Don’t really have any I don’t like.
If I had to pick one as least favorite though, it probably be the Rohm RG30 I bought for a dollar.
It shoots well, for what it is, and is easy for the wife and kids to shoot. Is comfy in the hand, and after fixing a sticky firing pin, it’s been 100% reliable for the couple hundred rounds I’ve put through it.
But, there really is no attachment to it. Not a big investment in time or money. I have other handguns that do everything it can do and do it better. If I had to choose one to let go, it could go without batting an eye, whereas any of the others would take a little (or considerable) persuasion.
If I had to pick one as least favorite though, it probably be the Rohm RG30 I bought for a dollar.
It shoots well, for what it is, and is easy for the wife and kids to shoot. Is comfy in the hand, and after fixing a sticky firing pin, it’s been 100% reliable for the couple hundred rounds I’ve put through it.
But, there really is no attachment to it. Not a big investment in time or money. I have other handguns that do everything it can do and do it better. If I had to choose one to let go, it could go without batting an eye, whereas any of the others would take a little (or considerable) persuasion.
My least favorite gun is the one I'm carrying at any given moment.
I like them all. As others have said, I don't keep things I don't like or want. But the one I happen to be carrying is, at that time, a pain. Pokes me, weighs me down, takes up space, causes safety concerns, on and on.
It's worth all that hassle, for sure. But that's my least favorite at that moment.
I like them all. As others have said, I don't keep things I don't like or want. But the one I happen to be carrying is, at that time, a pain. Pokes me, weighs me down, takes up space, causes safety concerns, on and on.
It's worth all that hassle, for sure. But that's my least favorite at that moment.