your list of "All-Time Worst Guns" part 2 - keep it going!

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Big Al

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All right fellas, they locked the first thread so go on and fire away on this one! You've kept me chuckling so far.



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"Oh yeah? Well I talk LOOOUDLY! And I carry a BIIIGGER stick! And I'll use it, too." -Yoesemite Sam
 
Norinco copy of 9mm Tokarev. Slide lock would engage after every 3 or 4 rounds. Promptly sold it and bought a Ruger P89.

In rifles, a MAADI AKM copy, complete with "MAADI syndrome," which is twisted front sights.
 
The worst gun I've ever owned was a Nazi era Polish Radom P-35 9mm. I looked like some body widdled (sp?) it out of a block of wood! The proof markings were stamped so hard they put dents in the slide and frame. And trigger...good grief! It was a 20# single action-only deal.

I took this thing to the range after I inherited it and it just about ruined me!
 
Oh man! Why remind me of this. Years ago (when I believed all gunwriters) Guns & Ammo had a writeup about an Italian 9mm called something like the AT-84? I promptly bought one and, on it's best day, it *might* fire -and eject - two rounds in a row.

A trip back to the importer's gunsmith informed me 'You must be holding it wrong.'

Yeah, right. I finally got the dealer who I bought it from to take it back in trade at a good price for something-or-other that actually worked.

I mean this piece was such a dog it barked at the moon.

grumble...mutter....
 
Worst guns...

Technologically...

The Japanese Type 94 pistol. Oh what a nightmare this thing was, from its horribly shaped grips to the sear release running on the OUTSIDE of the slide (could be fired by simply grabbing the slide wrong).

The steel was so soft that it would batter itself to death, even with the wimpy round it fired.

Luckily, it never made it into general circulation.

Worst high price guns? Just about anything by AMT. For the price they charge these guns should be great. I've yet to find one that is 100% reliable, and I've used a LOT of them.

Worst gun to clean (also a separate thread)?
Tie between the Desert Eagle, the AMT Backup, and the S&W 2000 series .22s.

Worst lineup? Remember the old Grendles? Horrible, horrible guns.

Interestingly, in opposition to someone's post here, my Polish Radom is a dream. Yeah, it's rough & crude looking. But it feeds and functions 100%, even hollowpoints, it is accurate as stink, and the trigger isn't all that bad.
 
oweno

Sorry about your experience with the AT-84. I've got one and it's always worked beautifully as long as you don't feed it Blazers. The ejector on mine hates aluminum cases. Outside of that, it's accurate, reliable, and easy to shoot.
 
I would have to say the Browning High Power. Although it was the first of the "wondernines" it is also the least mechanically reliable and with few redeaming features to boot.

-It has no decocking mechanism
-Triger pull is not the best
-Out of box reliability is not %100
-Magazine Safety, what's the point?
-Usually requires signifigant gunsmithing to get into carry-ready condition.
-Too many parts, difficult take-down procedure, results in being harder to clean.
 
Hmmm... tough question. There have been so many! The worst handgun that comes immediately to mind was a Stoeger "Luger" .22 pistol. I never found out how accurate it was because I could never get it to fire enough rounds in a row to make a group! My first Sigma needed some serious help, also. Can't say that I have ever had a bad revolver though. That's either saying something very profound, or else I have just been very lucky. It may be because I have never bought any revolvers other than Smith, Ruger or Colt. No Astras. No Tauruses (Tauri?). DEFINITELY no Charter Arms! I watched a guy shoot a CA Bulldog to destruction once; not a pretty sight...

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Mossyrock
Curmudgeon In Training
 
An RG-14 .22lr revolver. An amazing piece of junk. Misfired about half the rounds loaded into it. Even with the hammer cocked it couldn't be relied on to hit a man-sized target at seven yards. A cheap, wobbly plastic handle.

The thing would have been just barely worth taking if it had been free, but it would have been close. As it was, I actually paid for it.
 
My personal worst was an EAA Witness .45 in stainless. FTF at no predictable interval, front sight kept coming loose and threw brass straight back at my eyes.

Sent it back to EAA, it wasn't improved at all when it came back. Thank goodness I convinced the store to let me exchange it towards an HK USP .45. To add insult to injury I ruined a pair of prescription glasses from the hot brass melting its way into the plastic lenses.

I hear they are better now but I won't go down the EAA road again.

TT

[This message has been edited by tankertom (edited April 21, 2000).]
 
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