Whats your worst handgun make ever?

worst handgun experience?

  • Makarov

    Votes: 13 2.2%

  • Beretta

    Votes: 16 2.7%

  • Sig

    Votes: 11 1.8%

  • Glock

    Votes: 45 7.5%

  • SW

    Votes: 34 5.7%

  • Colt

    Votes: 19 3.2%

  • Springfield

    Votes: 16 2.7%

  • Kimber

    Votes: 30 5.0%

  • Khar

    Votes: 21 3.5%

  • Walther

    Votes: 17 2.8%

  • HK

    Votes: 8 1.3%

  • Mauser/Luger

    Votes: 4 0.7%

  • Lama/Star or Astra

    Votes: 66 11.0%

  • Bersa

    Votes: 17 2.8%

  • Styer

    Votes: 5 0.8%

  • Norinco

    Votes: 21 3.5%

  • Para Ord.

    Votes: 17 2.8%

  • Ruger

    Votes: 22 3.7%

  • Taurus

    Votes: 106 17.7%

  • Other. Please state in your heading.

    Votes: 168 28.0%
  • Total voters
    600
  • Poll closed .
worst pos gun

voted taurus my pt1911 was a great disappointment a really tight feed jam at the range when brand new then later after "broken in" after about 20 rds. into a range session the thumb safety would engage on its own. with confidence in this highly anticipated acquisition shattered it was traded in on a sa xd45
 
Lorcin and Para

Lorcin .380 - I never was able to get it to fire. Sold it to a friend for a bargain. It was a helluva deal. :)

Para P12. Tried every recommendation under the sun (and a gun smith) to get it to feed properly. FTF once or twice a magazine, across 4 different magazines. Sold it to a cop who sold it to another cop; they both said they could make 'er run! Beautiful gun, with a great feel, it just wasn't worth betting my life on anymore.

I use wheel guns with speed loaders now. Big caliber. Less is more.

I prefer Rugers for strength and Smiths for performance. I do have a Taurus M66 that goes bang everytime I pull the trigger...so no complaints about Taurus from me.
 
Jennings

What can I say that hasn't been said already. Jennings sucks. I'm just glad the guns I had were given to me and I didn't buy them. I had a Jennings 380 and a 22. Both jammed after almost every round.
 
LLame, Llousy Llama

Inherited a Llama .45. A disgrace to the whole 1911 nation. They managed to take one the most inspired auto pistol designs in history and turn in into a one shot hammer of doubtful function.
 
PM9

A Kahr PM9. I ran over 600 rounds in it and Kahr STILL claimed it wasn't functioning because it wasn't broken in yet.
Traded it away for a small Colt. :)
 
Beretta 96 in 40. Not one, but several guns malfunctioned. I was qualifing years back, and several of us had stovepipes with the issued 96's. It was about 15 below with the wind chill, we were on an outside range in coastal Maine in December. Federal FMJ ammo. The range master blamed the gun oil, said it was jelling up the Beretta's, slowing the cycle and slide down and stovepiping the gun.

Not wanting to disagree (as I wanted my certification), I did think it was odd that my Colt 1991A1 and Colt clones that I had owned in the past, have never "jelled up" or stovepiped on even colder days in Maine. And I use plain old sewing machine oil to lube them.
 
Llama

I had a Llama .22 revolver back in the 80's. Could not get through a cylinder with out FTF....if you kept pulling the trigger eventually all six rounds would fire.
 
I'm very lucky I guess.

I've never had a gun or handgun that I hated because it would'nt work right.

Even the lead spraying RG I owned would have given a bad guy a bad day if I needed it too.

And the little 22 long rifle H&R revolver that would'nt hit the air around a paper target at seven yards would have well made a good close up get the 'heck' off of me gun.

It fired everytime.

Oops-I forgot the little Beretta mini 22 lr I had with the tip up barrel.

Fired first time and then well,gee,was that fun!guessing when the gun would feed properly.

I get a garbage Beretta-what are the odds on that.

And all of my Taurus's have been great guns.
 
Charter 2000 Mag Pug

In single action, the trigger felt almost like it was 2 stage. It was not a creep, it moved then stopped then released. It shaved 2 of the 1st 5 rounds
that I fired through it and it shot about 6 inches low at 10 yards.
 
Davis

Ended up being one of those "What were you thinking?" deals.

I've always been a huge fan of westerns. First handgun was a Single-Six, first centerfire a Blackhawk, had Winchester lever actions, pocket watch, boots, hat, etc. So with all that around, I of course HAD to have a derringer. Looked at American Derringer; WAY too expensive for a toy. Found a Davis D38 at a gunshow for only $69.95! OK, so it's not real finely finished and such, but it's just a toy to go plinking with, right?

I figure it was priced about $60.00 too high for what I got. Recoil wasn't near as bad as expected, but it shot 12(!) inches high at about 20 feet and the trigger was so stiff it made your finger ache after about 6 shots. I let my brother and a couple friends shoot it, and no one else would put more than 2 rounds through it.

Sold it to my boss, as he already had one, and his lady friend wanted one just like it. :eek: Can't believe either of them had ever shot his...
 
worst

Kel-Tec P 11. Was unreliable out of the box. The sad part is that the loyal customers expect this. I expect a weapon to work after the first cleaning and a short brak in. 100 rounds with 50 problems is unacceptable. I sold that gun at a loss, bought a Bersa and never regretted it.
 
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