List the guns you have owned that did not live up to their reps.

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Jennings J22 for me.
Gun worked fine for shooting barn pidgeons but then again I single loaded it and used CCI shotshells.

It never did make it through an entire magazine without jamming.

Then again this gun did live up to its reputation because the reputation on these POS guns has always been negative.
 
S&W 5906

I bought a new S&W approx. 10 yrs, ago for duty carry. Couldn't group shots at 15 yards with it. 2 firearm instructors couldn't hit anything with it either. Contacted S&W and they had me to return it. They said they replaced the barrell and fitted the slide to the frame but it wasn't much better. Sold it! Got a Glock 19, which was OK, sold it , purchased a Glock 22, then issued a Glock 23. Glocks were OK but didn't fit my hand very well. Preparing to sell the Glock 22. Purchased a SA Loaded Champion about two weeks ago.......fantastic!!!! It was love at first shot.
 
Dang, I have had some of these same guns and haven't had near the problems with them. I have to wonder if I am doing something right or if others are doing something wrong. I guess manufacturers' quality control could be part of it, but I still have the question.
 
(1.) Marvel Tactical .22 conversion for the 1911A1...frequent jams with all ammo brands I've tried. Supposed to use HV ammo, but jams are still frequent, regardless of cleaning and lubrication. :banghead:

(On the other hand, my CZ .22 conversion for the CZ-75B is so great that I've never converted back! Fine for combat practice. Just bought another CZ... :D )

(2.) Ruger Mk II stainless steel .22 target...frequent stovepipe jams, regardless of frequently/thoroughly cleaning and lubrication. I know this is apparently rare, but I seem to have a lemon. :cuss:

I'm surprised to see the Makarov on your list...my Russian and Romanian guns have been completely reliable and surprised me with their 25-yd accuracy from rest. :scrutiny:
 
Ruger P97. Put 1200 rounds through it in approx 18 months, keeping records all the way. On average it would just pop a round out the top of the magazine and either create a malfunction or throw the round clear of the gun every 32 rounds--whatever the ammo or mag and in spite of numerous attempts to fix it and one trip to the factory.

It is being replaced by the mfr. but I am through with P-anythings. Its replacement will be for sale, cheap, when it arrives.

The last item of equipment I hated that much was a 1973 Rambler squad car. That POS never, ever ran right and the day it was finally towed off I celebrated.

We have quite a few Ruger .22 autos in the family; but otherwise all my semiautos are JMB creations.
 
I owned :
Colt Delta Elite
Kimber TLE II
Browning Hi-Power
Glock 26
Kel-Tec .380
Norinco Govt. 1911
Ruger Mk II
Bersa .380

Bushmaster m-4gery
SAR-1
Ruger 10/22

I currently do NOT own :
Glock 26 (Wasn't Impressed at all. Too thick for pocket carry. Too much smaller than the 19 to justify it over the 19, for IWB/OWB. Uncomfortable IWB. And it jammed twice. My 1911's have never done that, and I bought them USED)
Bersa .380 (Wasn't a bad gun really, just figured if I'm going to be carrying a .380, it might as well be something I can stuff in a pocket.)
 
My savage pump 16ga. Shells get stuck between the tube and lift ramp about 1/2 the time, and it shoots like 4 foot high and a couple to the left at about 30-40 yards. For trap, i'd have better chances throwing rocks.
Slightly off topic as i've never heard any hype about this gun at all. Which is appropriate.
 
Taurus 617 titanium 357, 7 round snubbie.
Magnum Research Mountain Eagle plastic .22 target pistol.
 
I have had 3 SIG's, if you count my Trailside as a SIG.
The Trailside is a joy: perhaps 10,000 rds through it; 100% reliability and accuracy as advertised <1/4"@25yds.
P220: pretty accurate, but not 100% reliable.
P226: I have shot P226's that were very accurate, mine was not, but 100% reliable.
I still have the Trailside.
 
Commercial Maks:

Overcut chamber, crappy sights from an Izmash/Baikal gun were no where near as nice as an East German surplus gun.

The BHP is vastly improved by removing the magazine disconnector.
 
CZ-75 Compact.

That handgun broke my heart. I was so excited to finally get a CZ and it ended up being the worst handgun I ever bought.

It jammed every to every other round. FTF, FTE, FTRTB, you name it. On top of that, the beavertail cut into my hand and drew blood.....a lot. I had to stop shooting so I could stop the bleeding.

I never took it back to the range again and traded it in. I took a beating on it but I did not care, it had to go.

Having said all that, I know CZ's are really good pistols (a friend has one too and it runs very well). That is why I wanted one so bad. I know I got a lemon but have no desire to try again.
 
Bersa .380. It was reliable, but after I got a Glock and a Springfield GI, I realized how inaccurate it was (first handgun, I thought it was just me). Just a lemon I guess, as some people have excellent results with them.
 
32 caliber Kel-Tec. A real jammomatic. Yuch. I traded it and paid the difference for a 30 year old Smith and Wesson Model 49 (38 special). Now that was money well spent.
 
Springfield mil-spec compact 1911. Was very ammo sensitive and not particularly accurate. Given that it was meant to be my carry pistol, that didn't work for me, so I sold it.

Smith and Wesson Sigma. Perhaps the new Sigmas are good guns, but the one that I shot (didn't own it, though) was craptacular.
 
Bersa .380

Trigger mechanism broke after about 1200 rounds. Haven't bothered to get it fixed. Whats the point? If it broke once, something on it can break again.

Figure I'll leave it in plain view in my apt in case of a break-in and hope the burglar steals it. Boy is he in for a surprise :D
 
Kimber 1911's.

Owned 3 in my life, all three developed or came with problems.

I'll never buy another product with their name on it.
 
Way overhyped, that M1A.
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Sounds to me like you got one of the later M1A models with a bunch of out of spec cast aftermarket parts. On the bright side, the price you paid isn't that bad and you could easily recoup your money. Dump it and move on.

Buy yourself a good receiver, (SA, Armscorp, LRB) and have a rifle built by a competent smith with GI parts instead of cast junk. I have 3 older M1As with all the major parts being GI and they are fine.
 
I apparently own the only G26 that is inaccurate. This was hyped big time as an accurate pistol. I have fired a G27 that was far more accurate. The G26 is my least accurate Glock. When I tried it with a G19 barrel of known accuracy it gave heavy recoil and low accuracy.
 
Sig Trailside

Poor use of plastic, overpriced problematic magazines, miscellaneous trigger problems. finish wore down quickly, accuracy nothing special.

Not a terrible gun, just over-rated and over priced.
 
Walther TPH in .22lr I could not get thru one magazine of ammo without failure to fires. Light firing pin strikes. A cute gun, but very unreliable.
 
SIG P220 in 45 acp...awful trigger & poor experience w/ customer service :barf: True lemon from day one! :cuss: :banghead:
 
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