Name your biggest POS handguns.

[albanian]

This should be fun. Name the guns that you have had that were total junk. Maybe they were made poorly, were inaccurate, unreliable, or broke. What were they? I expect to see a lot of Jennings, Bryco, Raven, and guns like that but what about guns that were supposed to be good but weren't?

Here is my list in no particular order:

1. Jennings, J-22 (jammed and went full auto once in a while )

2. Intratec Tec-9, AB-10 (both unreliable and inaccurate, what a combo!)

3. Kel-Tec P-32 (jammed and broke, paid real gun money for this Jennings quality product)

4. Taurus PT-22 (seemed to be made well but jammed on every mag even after two trips to the factory at my cost)

5. RAP 401 (never a jam but it broke and I couldn't get parts!)

6. Iver Johnson .32 S&W model 1900 (I didn't expect much for $20 but this gun was probably junk even when new).

 

[MJRW]

1) Smith & Wesson Sigma .380. Hands down the most worthless piece of junk ever to enter into my home. This includes commies & liberals. That's right, commies.

2) Magnum Research Compact Baby Eagle in .40. Probably would have been great if I could have gotten it to function, but it refused to do so for me. Worked just fine for others, but I got failures too often. Bad mojo I guess.

 

[Standing Wolf]

Ruger Mark II .22 caliber pistol. I'll never buy another Ruger anything.

 

[Peter M. Eick]

1) Walther PPK/S. It ate ejectors like candy.

2) Ruger MK 1 Bull Barrel. Not very accurate, not very reliable and not very interested, but it was sure easy to clean....

 

[Spieler]

AMT DAO Backup in .45 ACP - never could get through one full five round mag without a stoppage of some sort.

 

[BryanP]

Rexxio single shot .45LC/.410 break-action. Don't remember model. I bought it off a friend because he needed cash and was too proud to just take it as a gift. I played around with it for a bit and sold it. It's the only gun I've ever sold.

 

[Plinkerton]

Pheonix Arms HP22. Wow. What a piece of crap.

The first time I shot it, after about 20 rounds, the hammer SNAPPED OFF. I sent it back, and got a new one.

I shot 30 more rounds through it, the hammer snapped off AGAIN.

Now it's sitting in a box, waiting to be shipped back to get fixed, but I haven't sent it back yet, because I really don't think it will be worth the shipping...

 

[Ky Larry]

Taurus PT-92. Jam-O-Matic junk. Plus the rear sights fell off it. I don't currently own any Tauri but I might in the future. They seem to be fairly well made and many people seem to like them.

 

[Sisco]

Clerke 1st .22 revolver. Gave $5 for it 25 years ago, still feel like I got ripped off. Still have it though, made a bookend out of it.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Colt Official Police. It's broken and I'm too lazy to fit a new bolt.

 

[Mylhouse]

Witness full size ported .40S&W
ASAI One Pro .45
Bulgarian Makarov

 

[jeff-10]

I would imagine people here may have had some suprising pieces of junk. Conisdering there is always a lemon that can come off the line.

Browning Hi-Power 40 S&W: I still haven't giving up on it but it will barely feed a magazine without jamming. Have had problems since i bought it new years ago I figure I'll take it to a reputable smith one day and have it made reliable.

 

[JackDRipper]

Magnum Research Compact Baby Eagle in .45
Para-Odnance P13

Hey albanian, want to sell that Rap 401 parts?
JR

 

[Bainx]

Baby Browning. Nice looking but, it simply will not function. The casing can not be extracted/ejected because the next round in the mag is physically occupying the same space. I have looked, pondered, fiddled and wondered what can be done with this gun. Right now, it is a single shot.

 

[Radagast]

Para Ordnance P16-40. Bought second hand. Would not function. Sold it to the gubbermint for twice what it owed me during the latest gun confiscation.

Beretta Tomcat Inox. Accurate, but broke firing pin after less than 200 rounds. Tomcat's don't like dryfire, even if an empty case is used.

I had a H&R model 1900 in .38 S&W. it had bored through chambers, one of which was cracked after a previous owner had fired a .38 special through it.
It was my first handgun when I didn't know any better and I don't regret buying it to this day, although it is long gone now.

Ken

 

[ruger357]

Raven .25. The insides looked like swiss cheese when I took it apart.

 

[HankB]

Colt Mk IV Series 70 Government Model. Look in the dictionary under the word "Jammamatic" and you ought to see a picture of this gun. It went back to Colt's for warranty (non)service repeatedly, and remained a jammamatic . . . my experience with Colt's warranty (non)service soured me on Colt's forever.

Kahr P9. This should have been called a POS9, as it had numerous problems - premature slide lock, failure of the slide to go into battery, failure of the striker to engage when the trigger was pulled, walkout of the trigger pin - a terrible pistol. However, Kahr tried repeatedly to fix it, paid return postage, and ultimately gave up and replaced it. Good customer service, but since I don't like being an unwitting beta-tester, and being of the "once burned, twice shy" mindset, I immediately traded the (unfired)replacement pistol for a Glock 26. The Glock isn't as neat a package as the POS9 was, but it actually WORKS!

 

[Crownvicman]

EAA Bounty Hunter .22 Single Action. Ugly and won't hit the broad side of a barn.

 

[Black Snowman]

I guess I'm careful. I've never gotten a lemon. I've only ever traded off 2 handguns. An HK USP 40C, great gun, just didn't fill any need I had and I wanted an M17S. The other was a CZ 40B. The straight grip just didn't work for me so I bought a CZ 75B to replace it.

I almost wish I could say my Taurus 669 was a POS as it was my cheapest pistol I have had @ $250 (about the same price as the CZ 40B but I consider the CZ more expensive due to buying extra magazines for it). I bought it from a friend who needed the money and wasn't very interested in shooting. The person who owned it before him had trigger work done on it. The single action trigger is supurb and it's just silly accurate.

 

[geojap]

Never owned a bad pistol fortunately. I've owned two awful rifles though, both made by Century.

 

[YodaVader]

I expect to see a lot of Jennings, Bryco, Raven, and guns like that but what about guns that were supposed to be good but weren't?

Ok , how about a S&W 617 22lr revolver - cylnder binding and poor accuracy. Sent back to Smith , cylinder binding fixed - marginal accuracy still present- traded it off and never looked back. This was the only rimfire Smith revolver I have ever owned. All the centerfire Smith revolvers I have now or owned in the past were all superb revolvers.

Ruger Super Redhawk Again the dreaded cylinder binding , a barrel which was not uniform in its bore diameter. Of course the accuracy was dismal. Did not even bother to send it back - took it back to the gun shop and and eventually ended up with a Smith 44. This was my second Super Redhawk - my first one which I bought shortly after the introduction of the SR was a great revolver. I know , I know - should have never sold my original SR!

 

[Das Pferd]

Star BM - besides everyone saying how reliable this gun is, mine isnt. It will FTE on every mag at least once.

S&W 681 - locks up when firing .357 magnums or a lot of .38 special +P's. I know I can send it in to S&W and they will fix this problem.

Unfortunately these are my only two handguns and I dont trust them. This has put me off from handguns for a little while.

I can only trust my other gun now, a Winchester 1200 set up for HD. It has never failed me.

 

[armoredman]

Century CETME - wouldn't feed after 10 rounds, put up a 7" group at 50 yards, POS!
UZI Model B - jammatic from H*ll.
Astra A100 - nothing really wrong with it, but I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn from the inside with it.
RG 22 revolver - 'nuff said.
Tec 22 - wouldn't work right with supplied magazines, but worked OK with the Ruger 10 round rotary mag.

 

[Werewolf]

2X Ruger Vaquero .45 LC one with 5.5" barrel one with 4 7/8" barrel.

Suckers leaded up like crazy because the cylinder throats were undersized (before I had 'em reamed). Accuracy totally bit the big weenie because of the aforementioned cylinder throat sizes. Ruger wouldn't fix 'em. I will never own another Ruger - ever and will at every opportunity voice my less than stellar opinion of that crummy company.

 

[krept]

Para P13. Every kind of jam possible (it was very creative) and all types of ball ammo. Probably averaged one or two malfunctions every magazine. Rear sight flew off within 200 rounds or so. Finished chipped right away. Fit my hand like a log, felt like it weighed 10 lbs.