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Guns you own but don't like.
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Zaydok Allen
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I sell guns I don't like, no matter how they shoot. If I don't like it, I won't shoot it. If I don't shoot it, I don't need it in my home. I'd also rather put that money into another gun I do like, or in the stock market.
Conelrad
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More like guns I like but don't own with me...
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OldNorthState
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I've got one, as well as other makes that are 2.5 to 4 times the price and which I use routinely, but I really do like the CPX2's feel in the hand and in shooting. Carries nicely, too, though it's not a "pocket gun" (which I've never been a fan of). Compact sizing but with a robust feel, and I have fairly large hands, combined with an actually nicely finished exterior. Mine's a keeper.
mmb617
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I bought a Ruger Security 9 a while back and from the first time I shot it I didn't like it. Hated the trigger, thought the grip was too slippery and compared to my similar sized M&P compact it had way too much muzzle flip. I changed out the trigger, added a grip sleeve and a solid recoil rod to try and address those problems and it is better, but I still don't like it. I've never sold a gun and won't sell this one but I also doubt I'll be shooting it anytime soon.
I saw this thread a few days ago and thought, well thats silly, if i have a gun I don't like, I get rid of it and get something I do like. But then it dawned on me as I was going through my regular routine getting home from work, putting my EDC in the safe...yeah I don't like what I carry everyday. Not that its bad, its a Taurus TCP, I've certainly carried better pistols, I own better pistols, but this thing works and fits. I don't hate it, but I don't like it in the Marie Kondo sense...."when I hold it in my hands... it does not bring me a sense of joy
Elkins45
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S&W 340PD says hi.
I feel the same way about my Glock 20. I appreciate the utility of it because 15 rounds of 10mm is nothing to sneeze at, but it’s too big for my hands and I hate the ergonomics. If S&W ever makes the M&P in 10mm my Glock would be on the market shortly after.
DazedandConfuzed
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My Ruger Super Blackhawk is my least favorite to shoot. For some reason I can't seem to grip it correctly. It tends to rotate in my hand, ramming the trigger guard into my middle finger. It is a gift from my father, so it'll never be sold by me, but it does tend to reside in the safe more than others.
ApacheCoTodd
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Why I've sold every BlackHawk came my way. I just can't get them to feel *right* and shoot right for me.
Love what the guns are, can't stand shooting or even holding them.
Todd.
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I had one of those, (chicom 9mmTokarev style), believe it was a model 213 or something like that, only had it long enough to find a buyer after I fired it once.
I'm not a fan of my Mosin Nagant 91/38s or the SVT-40, just can pull the trigger on selling.
I'm not a fan of my Mosin Nagant 91/38s or the SVT-40, just can pull the trigger on selling.
ApacheCoTodd
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I had a whole thread started over my ChiCom 213 regarding the guns we "hate to love".
Drives me a little nuts that I enjoy that ChiCom, hypocritical nod to capitalism as much as I do.
Todd.
Indian and Paki ammunition is awesome. It's miraculous. How in the world did they get regular dirt to burn like that?
Pulled apart some of each countries ammunition and found random impurities floating around in the cases. Like what looked like dirt to hair(?) to an ant (some sort of little bug).
Daveboone
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I am slow buying a new firearm, so very seldom have one I dont like...but...I had a Mossberg 500 which was junk. Not worth scrap. Hated it so much I wanted to spray salt water on it and slowly watch it rot away. I had a Ruger 77 in 300 Win.mag that I bought for bear hunting, all my friends assuring me that anything less would get me in trouble. My first bear hunt, last even. last light I shot a smallish bear with it hitting it perfectly behind the shoulder...the poor damn thing still ran forty yeards, and left a six inch chunk of two ribs on the ground where it was shot. I almost blew the thing in half. I had never been so horrified. Never shot the gun again, sold it for who knows what. Nothing wroing with the Ruger, it is a great gun, but I wanted nothing to do with the 300 win mag. I followed that bear up with four more all shot with clean kill 45-70s. I had a number of firearms that simply didnt suit the purpose I bought them for, or didnt measure up to my expectations, but I sold them to replace them with something that would. Most of those I would like back again actually.
my Ruger Redhawk in 44 magnum. Doubly disappointing because my two Bisley Blackhawks are my favorite handguns, so I really felt like I'd made a mistake when the Redhawk left me somewhat cold.
I swapped the stock panels for a hardwood Hogue grip and stoned the action. Both helped my disposition toward the pistol. There's nothing wrong with how it shoots either, just little things I don't like as much as my Bisley Blackhawks. I was still planning on replacing it with a Bisley Super Blackhawk, a new one sold on auction this morning for a fair price, but then the AK-V I wanted became available on Thursday and I felt like it could be now or never on that one, so I bought it without hesitation or regret.
Now I am going to try to do the adult thing and learn to love the Redhawk I have instead of chasing yet another gun. My safe is full except for the empty spot I am saving for a Ruger made Marlin 1894 in 41 magnum. I could have just gone ahead and bought the Super Blackhawk after purchasing the AK-V, but that's kind of been the story of my life and instead I am going to try to do better and take my AK-V purchase as a sign that I need to try harder with the Redhawk I have.
I swapped the stock panels for a hardwood Hogue grip and stoned the action. Both helped my disposition toward the pistol. There's nothing wrong with how it shoots either, just little things I don't like as much as my Bisley Blackhawks. I was still planning on replacing it with a Bisley Super Blackhawk, a new one sold on auction this morning for a fair price, but then the AK-V I wanted became available on Thursday and I felt like it could be now or never on that one, so I bought it without hesitation or regret.
Now I am going to try to do the adult thing and learn to love the Redhawk I have instead of chasing yet another gun. My safe is full except for the empty spot I am saving for a Ruger made Marlin 1894 in 41 magnum. I could have just gone ahead and bought the Super Blackhawk after purchasing the AK-V, but that's kind of been the story of my life and instead I am going to try to do better and take my AK-V purchase as a sign that I need to try harder with the Redhawk I have.
A set of Hogue grips may change your opinion of the gun. I have big hands and the same problem. New set of grips and a whole lot more comfortable shooting.
JR24
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I get it. I had and really liked my Redhawk and GP100 until I got my first Vaquero. Now I just don't like magnums in DA when I can have the same caliber in the much more fun to shoot SAA style.
Still shoot them well, just not very fun anymore. So the GP100 and Redhawk went down the road and I'm eying a Blackhawk .45 LC/ACP conversion as my next wheel gun.
WestKentucky
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So worthless and impossible to hit with. It’s also got a zinc barrel...
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Winchester m70 classic stainless in .300 win mag. Its a sweet, accurate rifle, well set up with a nice Leopold on it. I bought it for elk.
Its so unpleasant to shoot though, i only fired 8-9 rounds before I said enough and bought a .375 h&h instead. The .375 is nowhere near as nasty to shoot as that .300 winmag
Its so unpleasant to shoot though, i only fired 8-9 rounds before I said enough and bought a .375 h&h instead. The .375 is nowhere near as nasty to shoot as that .300 winmag
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Glock 17. Can't stand plastic guns with crappy triggers.
Batty67
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A few over the last decade. I got out of 40 S&W and that meant selling my first-ever gun, a Beretta 96, which I shot well but...it was a honking big pistol with non-night sights. I held on to it for a while out of nostalgia. Bought and sold a Sig 229 in 40S&W that I got after I sold the Beretta 96. Always shot super-low for me, which is a common problem, and I did not want to radically change my grip or the sights. And I got laid off so I sold it for the money. Briefly had a Ruger 40 PC carbine. Built like a tank, heavy as heck, and in 40 S&W. I did not hate any of these guns.
I got a Marlin Camp 45. Sweet-shooting, nice trigger, and handy. But as a straight blow-back, it was BY FAR the filthiest gun I ever shot. And since I'm pretty OCD about firearm cleanliness, I sold it because I avoided shooting it since the clean-up took 2+ hours. I'm not as OCD about cleaning my firearms anymore, but I still clean them after I shoot them...everytime.
I got a Marlin Camp 45. Sweet-shooting, nice trigger, and handy. But as a straight blow-back, it was BY FAR the filthiest gun I ever shot. And since I'm pretty OCD about firearm cleanliness, I sold it because I avoided shooting it since the clean-up took 2+ hours. I'm not as OCD about cleaning my firearms anymore, but I still clean them after I shoot them...everytime.
loneviking
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Last month I traded off a Colt Night Defender lightweight. That gun had really bad muzzle flip and threw brass so hard it busted my safety glasses on the first range trip.
Traded it straight across for a S&W Mod 28-2, and this is one gun I won’t ever sell. If a gun isn’t fun to shoot I won’t keep it around.
Traded it straight across for a S&W Mod 28-2, and this is one gun I won’t ever sell. If a gun isn’t fun to shoot I won’t keep it around.
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