blackcash88
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biddaddydan said:
Got something against the Vietnamese?
Name your biggest POS handguns.
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Got something against the Vietnamese?
HM2PAC
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My 1st Rock Island Armory .45ACP GI Model.
1. Soft steel that peened out at the slidestop notch and at the takedown notch.
2. FTF, FTE, FTRB, Fail to drop mags.
I could not get more than 2-3 rounds out the barrel without some kind of stoppage.
HOWEVER
To their credit, Armscor replaced the weapon at no charge to me. The replacement has been perfect and has even earned a few upgrades.
Would I recommend RIA to anyone? Nope, not a chance. I love my RIA that works, but there is no guarantee with the next one. Who's to say heat treatments will be done properly tomorrow or the next day?
1. Soft steel that peened out at the slidestop notch and at the takedown notch.
2. FTF, FTE, FTRB, Fail to drop mags.
I could not get more than 2-3 rounds out the barrel without some kind of stoppage.
HOWEVER
To their credit, Armscor replaced the weapon at no charge to me. The replacement has been perfect and has even earned a few upgrades.
Would I recommend RIA to anyone? Nope, not a chance. I love my RIA that works, but there is no guarantee with the next one. Who's to say heat treatments will be done properly tomorrow or the next day?
rugerman07
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Browning Challenger II .22/LR. Jam-o-matic Junk. I tried several different brands of ammo, nothing but jams!
ozarkman
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My submission for the POS list
As guns go, I've been real lucky. But as I remember it, back around 1985, my first center fire handgun that I purchased with my 21st birthday money was a Charter Arms undercover in 38 spl.
It was somewhere around 12 or 16 ounces and even with the little 38 specials in that light of a revolver, the damn thing kicked so violently that it skinned my knuckle after every shot.. At somepoint, the pawl jamed the whole thing up with the hammer locked to the rear on a live round, unable to fire, lower the hammer to safe or open the cylinder.. it was to say the least, a sphincter tightening moment. I did eventually get the hammer to lower and sent it back to Charter for repair.
It became part of a settlement to my ex-wife a few years later..
Almost like poetic justice
As guns go, I've been real lucky. But as I remember it, back around 1985, my first center fire handgun that I purchased with my 21st birthday money was a Charter Arms undercover in 38 spl.
It was somewhere around 12 or 16 ounces and even with the little 38 specials in that light of a revolver, the damn thing kicked so violently that it skinned my knuckle after every shot.. At somepoint, the pawl jamed the whole thing up with the hammer locked to the rear on a live round, unable to fire, lower the hammer to safe or open the cylinder.. it was to say the least, a sphincter tightening moment. I did eventually get the hammer to lower and sent it back to Charter for repair.
It became part of a settlement to my ex-wife a few years later..
Almost like poetic justice
Right now my only POS gun in inventory is a Bersa 644. Its a .22LR automatic with 10 shot mags. It's a fun plinker but that damn thing jams at least once per mag, can't go more than 20 or 30 rounds before needing a full breakdown and clean and has plenty of light striker hits resulting in FTF. Now, it's started slam firing when you rack the slide.
Serriously considering having it destroyed to avoid someone getting hurt.
Serriously considering having it destroyed to avoid someone getting hurt.
Sapper771
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I have a Rohm snubnose .38cal revolver. I dont really remember where i got it, but when i did , it looked like someone had painted it with black floor paint. I took some sand paper and sanded all the paint off of it and it looks a little better. It will fire 5 out of the six rounds, for some reason it has a bad cylinder. The barrel on it will move in and out in the receiver. It is known by all my friends as the "liquor store gun" because it looks like something you would use to toss a liquor store!
aomagrat
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Rossi 357 Magnum revolver. The first time I fired it, when I opened the cylinder to eject the brass, the cylinder fell off and rolled down range.
Claude Clay
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charter arms 38...it fired and impacted in the general area code. a coat pocket winter BUG that got upgraded to a 642. never looked back.
pony pocket lite. not a real problem as the colt factory is but a short bike ride from me: went back 3 times, was replaced--it went back twice and i got a full $ credit finally. VERY low serial #. same with the pocket 9....but after my second pick-up i asked for the chit.
Kel-Tek....well my 3rd p11 is 5 years old and was just refurbished (new bbl/spring/extractor & another gift mag--zero costs to me) and 500k rounds later seems the bestest ever--its even 3 inch/50 feet groping. p32-#013xx-replaced and doing fine. p3at-series 1-#014xx-......works fine(accidents happen).
COP 357...needed help from gov of MN to pull the trigger and after the smoke cleared the bullet hole appeared somewhere between me & the target.
though given todays weird value--wish id kept it. it was an excellent paperweight.
therapy has been useful as i know there are other nightmares, i just can't remember them
pony pocket lite. not a real problem as the colt factory is but a short bike ride from me: went back 3 times, was replaced--it went back twice and i got a full $ credit finally. VERY low serial #. same with the pocket 9....but after my second pick-up i asked for the chit.
Kel-Tek....well my 3rd p11 is 5 years old and was just refurbished (new bbl/spring/extractor & another gift mag--zero costs to me) and 500k rounds later seems the bestest ever--its even 3 inch/50 feet groping. p32-#013xx-replaced and doing fine. p3at-series 1-#014xx-
......works fine(accidents happen). COP 357...needed help from gov of MN to pull the trigger and after the smoke cleared the bullet hole appeared somewhere between me & the target.
though given todays weird value--wish id kept it. it was an excellent paperweight.therapy has been useful as i know there are other nightmares, i just can't remember them
There's any irony to this, when everyone tells me my Springfield Armory SAR-8 on an Aluminum receiver is inferior to the Century CETME's. My SAR-8 shoots 1.5" groups with Federal 150's, and Springfield actually FIXED my headspace when I sent it to them, and not by grinding off the back of the bolt.
on the original topic, my biggest P'sOS were:
1. an Argentinian sporterized Mauser that wouldn't hit a 12" pie plate at 50 yards
2. Accu-Tek 380 that was more of a danger to the web of my hand than the target; couldn't hit any ring on a full-size B-27 at 5 yards
3. Mini-14 that shot 8" low at 25 yards and wouldn't print at 50 (must've been the "volley fire" model)
Have you tried sending it in? My warranty experience with SA was pretty positive, positive enough that I'd consider buying yours, if you haven't monkey'd with it in a manner that will put it out of warranty.
ImARugerFan
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High Standard Field King. Had it for 2 years, still functions as a single shot. Jams constantly with any ammo. Apparently I'll have to pay a gunsmith to manually adjust the magazine because I can't get it to work.
Levan9X19
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so do I
Phoenix Arms HP22 if you could get more than two rounds off without fiddeling with it you should go buy a lottery ticket. Walther P22 cracked slide and the barrel would loosen itself (even with thread locker). I removed every usable part from either one and smashed the rest with a sledge hammer. It only took one hit in both cases.
bugmania
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My friend gave me a Jennings/Bryco 38 because it didn't work. Turns out it has a broken firing pin. My buddy has milled me a new one so the next time we head out to the range I'll give it a try and hope the thing doesn't blow up in my hand. This thing looks like a POS, feels like a POS, and soon enough we'll find out how big a POS it really is.
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Do you mean .380 ACP? I had a Davis .380 back in the day and it ran pretty well. Davis is the same as Jennings, Bryco, Lorcin, Jimenez Arms, etc... All "ring of fire" companies that kept changing their name to avoid scrutiny and legal issues.
Auburn1992
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Wow alot of Baby Eagles, so far mines been great.. I've only put 600 rounds through it though
Omaney
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I didn't think so at the time of purchase, but the Kahr MK9 I bought was a problem from day one. I could never get that thing to shoot a full magazine without a failure to go into battery. I hated that pistol. I hope they're better now. It was a nice piece except for that!
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Strange...the all steel MK series are usually very reliable. The polymer PM models seem to get most of the blame. That said, I have a PM9 and it's been a great pistol. No problems.
Ynot
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POS magnet?
When I was a poor young man I spent my hard earned money on the following.
Rossi 971 .357, the firing pin hole was offset so the firing pin would not hit the primer with enough force. Sent to Interarms they repaired, it worked well for years after that but traded it in recently for a S&W
Grendel P12- jammed on a regular basis, sold to an engineer, maybe he could figure it out.
Star 9mm Firestar- jam o matic still have it unfortunately.
Kel Tec P3AT- jam o matic as well, will send back to Kel Tec soon, I have read that the repairs made by Kel Tec do resolve the problems.
When I was a poor young man I spent my hard earned money on the following.
Rossi 971 .357, the firing pin hole was offset so the firing pin would not hit the primer with enough force. Sent to Interarms they repaired, it worked well for years after that but traded it in recently for a S&W
Grendel P12- jammed on a regular basis, sold to an engineer, maybe he could figure it out.
Star 9mm Firestar- jam o matic still have it unfortunately.
Kel Tec P3AT- jam o matic as well, will send back to Kel Tec soon, I have read that the repairs made by Kel Tec do resolve the problems.
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