I don't have any that I would call my "worst," but the one I would call my least liked would be a French MAS 36. It has no safety and the sights suck. It's almost mint, having been dropped only once, but I only paid $100.00 for it to use as a door stop. I have no ammo for it, and I've never shot it. Maybe if I shot it I'd change my mind, but I doubt it.
The WORST gun in your personal collection?
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pillage
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My worst gun? A Parker Wyoming Arms 40sw I bought at a pawn shop back in 1992. The previous owner decided it needed a little throating action to feed hollow points and got overly happy with a Dremil.
Texron
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Taurus TCP 380. Could not get through a single magazine (I tried 4) without a jam. Sent it to Taurus twice for repair, but never got better.
Probably something called a Maverick, I think. A single stack, blowback 9mm heavy as a boat anchor pistol. I think it might be a predecessor to the Hi-Point, it kinda looks like one. Very primitive, but it goes bang every time. Haven't shot it in 10 years or so, embarrassed to be seen in public with it. A buddy was just getting started in the gun business and a group of us each ordered one from a blurred photo in a flier. It was cheap at $120, and cheap is what we got.
I would be embarrassed to give it away, let alone try to get some trade value for it. Just waiting for an anonymous gun buy back program to come up.
I would be embarrassed to give it away, let alone try to get some trade value for it. Just waiting for an anonymous gun buy back program to come up.
BHP FAN
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I have two, both 1880's pistolas. First off is a well worn S&W .38 S&W Safety Hammerless top break revolver. Next up is a ''British Bulldog'' five shot .38 S&W, probably actually built in Belgium. Both work [with black powder ammunition] but neither is very accurate. I keep them just because they are kinda ''steam punk''.
BlisteringSilence
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I can play at this game as well. I have a Colt 1908 vest pocket pistol. Mine dates to 1912.
The good: Colt's bluing.
The bad: Literally everything else. It has a truly horrific trigger, what it claims are sights are actually just there to deceive you, as the only reliability it contains when it comes to putting lead downrange is that it does, in fact, exit the muzzle in a downrange direction. At 10 feet, I can reliably hit a 4'x8' sheet of drywall with 5 of 6 rounds from the magazine. That is, of course, assuming that it actually fires all 6 of the rounds in the mag, which assumes that all 6 rounds feed, and the first 5 eject. None of the above happen with any reliability.
It was my grandfathers, and is infamous as the pistol that cost $10,000. In the 80's, grandpa took it to his study to clean it, and forgot that there was a round in the pipe. It, of course, went off, and went through the study wall into the master closet, where it managed to put a nice .25 hole through Grandma's formal dresses, which then had to be replaced with new. It's the stuff of family lore, and given that Grandpa carried it every day, I'll never be able to part with it.
The good: Colt's bluing.
The bad: Literally everything else. It has a truly horrific trigger, what it claims are sights are actually just there to deceive you, as the only reliability it contains when it comes to putting lead downrange is that it does, in fact, exit the muzzle in a downrange direction. At 10 feet, I can reliably hit a 4'x8' sheet of drywall with 5 of 6 rounds from the magazine. That is, of course, assuming that it actually fires all 6 of the rounds in the mag, which assumes that all 6 rounds feed, and the first 5 eject. None of the above happen with any reliability.
It was my grandfathers, and is infamous as the pistol that cost $10,000. In the 80's, grandpa took it to his study to clean it, and forgot that there was a round in the pipe. It, of course, went off, and went through the study wall into the master closet, where it managed to put a nice .25 hole through Grandma's formal dresses, which then had to be replaced with new. It's the stuff of family lore, and given that Grandpa carried it every day, I'll never be able to part with it.
Kimber Ultra CDP bought new. Up to then, it was the most expensive firearm I had ever purchased and still the most mechanically flawed. This one gun has gone back for service more times than all the other 37 guns I have owned in ~25 years (and I still own 31 of them).
BHP FAN
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post #81 beats mine all to heck! My wife and I got a good chuckle out of that....
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.44 Mag Tracker. Need two repairs out of the box to function and the action STILL locks up and the cylinder and hammer and trigger have to be manipulated simultaneously to work.
.44 Mag Tracker. Need two repairs out of the box to function and the action STILL locks up and the cylinder and hammer and trigger have to be manipulated simultaneously to work.
beatledog7
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"Remlin" leverguns made in 2009-10.
I have two, both of which needed a fair amount of action polishing to function well. They both have canted barrels, and one exhibits sub-par wood-to-metal fit.
Neither is unsalvageable, but factory new firearms should not need so much work.
I have two, both of which needed a fair amount of action polishing to function well. They both have canted barrels, and one exhibits sub-par wood-to-metal fit.
Neither is unsalvageable, but factory new firearms should not need so much work.
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I have one of those Ravens. I have one of those Mossbergs too. Or I did until I gave it to my daughter for HD. The Raven used to shoot like a dream actually. It was way more accurate than should have been expected. It would shoot maybe a 10" group at 50 yards. That's actually very good for one of those Ravens. The ones made in the original factory seemed to work the best. But once I finally found out how to take it apart for a good cleaning it won't hit dirt if you point it straight down. And it has "never" cycled worth a darn. I'm talking maybe 1 time out of a full mag does it cycle right and that wasn't always the case. It is a total POS but I keep it because it's first gun I bought myself. I bought it when I was a broke college kid and I could count on it firing once before I had to clear a jam. And I went to some strange places in the middle of nowhere in those days. The school is in hillbilly land and many of those folks don't like college kids. You get the idea. It kept me feeling safer for a while.
BTW my Mossberg bolt action shotgun has always been a fine shotgun. Yeah it works weird for a shotgun but it does work.
SC Shooter
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Without a doubt, the worst gun in my safe is a Winchester Model 697. It is a variant of the Model 67 and came with a mounted scope, and no iron sites. It came out in 1937 and was so unpopular it was discountinued by 1941.
22-rimfire
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WWII stopped production on many firearms. One could say that Winchester was ahead of its time providing a factory 22LR with no iron sights since many today are produced that way.
A Winchester Model 37 single shot.Only because granddad did a hack job when cutting down the stock for my mother.I added a recoil pad and covered the rust specked barrel and stock with camo tape.It has a 12 guage 30 inch full choke barrel.I have carried it on a few turkey hunts but no shot.
It's actually 1 7/8". It's a very good .22 snubbie, maybe the best .22 snubbie ever made - but it's still a .22 snubbie.
My collection consists of guns that fulfill specific needs or wants. This one just ended up there when it was orphaned. If it wasn't such a quality firearm, it would have been placed for adoption.
v8stang289
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My "worst" is a Savage Mark II. It's a newer non-accutrigger box-store package gun with a no name scope and a sporter barrel with no irons. I picked it up cheap from a friend a few months ago. I wouldn't even have bought it had I handled it in person first, but from the blurry text pic it looked like an accu-trigger model with iron sights. I had to work so I got my wife to pick it up. Oh well. It's not really a bad rifle. The action is smooth and it's in good shape, but the trigger is gritty and heavy with a ton of creep. The trigger is just like an out of place glob of metal that you have to reach for. I have an older pre-accutrigger Mark II that I love. But this new one is completely different, and terrible. I lightly polished the trigger and did the shim trick, but it's still bad. I'm now trying to find it a new home, as I have to use for guns I don't enjoy.
Jcinnb
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Vanilla Mosin Nagant, cost about 60 or so from AIM some years ago. Never shot it. Like the 44 and the Fin 39 so much better. Don't want to sell it either, but the MN has NOTHING going for it, except price, and now that is about gone, too.
Mossberg 5500 MKII Definately the worst but I love it. It will reliably fire one shot before I have to completely tear it apart. I shot too heavy shells out of the non magnum barrel for too long that it is worn out. The vented rib is held on by duct tape and I have replaced all the guts.
But it was my first gun and it fit me perfectly and I just couldn't miss with it. I'm hoping that I can find a barrel for a decent price to get it going again.
But it was my first gun and it fit me perfectly and I just couldn't miss with it. I'm hoping that I can find a barrel for a decent price to get it going again.
That would have to be my Steyr m1895. It was an impulse buy (it only cost about $100).
Problems-
1. The ammo (8x56mmR) is expensive, hard to find, and difficult to reload.
2. The rifle is tiny and has a massive kick. It is even worse than a Mosin Nagant.
3. The rifle requires en-bloc clips in order to hold more than one round in the magazine and they are pain to find.
4. It uses a straight pull action and it gets stuck very easily.
5. Disassembly and reassembly of the bolt is easily the worst experience I have had trying to reassemble a firearm. It is far worse than a Ruger MkII.
Will I get rid of it? No. It is an oddity and it has historical value. I take it out a couple of times a year to shoot it. My shoulder hates me for it but there you go.
Problems-
1. The ammo (8x56mmR) is expensive, hard to find, and difficult to reload.
2. The rifle is tiny and has a massive kick. It is even worse than a Mosin Nagant.
3. The rifle requires en-bloc clips in order to hold more than one round in the magazine and they are pain to find.
4. It uses a straight pull action and it gets stuck very easily.
5. Disassembly and reassembly of the bolt is easily the worst experience I have had trying to reassemble a firearm. It is far worse than a Ruger MkII.
Will I get rid of it? No. It is an oddity and it has historical value. I take it out a couple of times a year to shoot it. My shoulder hates me for it but there you go.
rswartsell
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French MAS Modele of 1892 St. Etiennes 8 mm Lebel revolver. True underpowered, inaccurate, mechanically clumsy piece of kludge. I give it a break, model of 1892 for chrissake. My 1892 Smith &Wesson Safety Hammerless .38 S&W runs rings around it. And the Smith is a pocket gun as compared to an old French service revolver.
Smithkowitz
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I suppose it's a Sig Sauer P232 or Sig Sauer P290; ya know, why do they need to have Re-Strike capability in the first place? Because they have problems firing all the time, first time; that's why. I really want to like the P232, as it is an extremely comfortable gun, to shoot, to carry and to hold; but it has never proven in 3+ years to be reliable enough to carry. I've replaced it with something better, but I was hoping to gift it to my daughter one day, but not if it won't shoot reliably. Anyone know how to solve this issue? It's been like this since new. I could send it in for repair, but Sig cust. service hasn't given me that happy feeling I've found at Smith & Wesson or Ruger.
my 1899 Winchester 1897. It was my grandpas gun and my dad had it for years then gave it to me. Its a good looking gun but not the smoothest working gun after 100+ years. Its a PITA to shoot as it doesn't like to eject empty shell casings... I usually have to pull them out with my fingers. I can tolerate that but the accuracy is horrible, I cant hit anything with it even if it were to save my life! I just leave it in the gun cabinet to look at. If I want to shoot a 12ga I get my Mossberg 500 and it hits whatever I point it at and works so smooth. I don't know why the ol Winchester cant hit the broad side of a barn.
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