What Is Or Was Your Least Favorite Handgun And Why?

[Ala Dan]

Greeting's All-

Thought I would throw a different kind'a spin on all
THR members; and see what your thoughts are on
this subject?

Of all the handguns I've owned, I guess my least
favorite that to be that 8 shot .22LR caliber Arminus
revolver that I purchased NIB from the old K-Mart
store. It set me back $42.50 + sales tax; and heck
it wasn't even worth that!

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

 

[Boats]

The complete line of Sig-Sauer centerfire pistols. One hundred percent unmitigated garbage.












































Just jerking your chain. Out of ones I have owned the one I liked least was a HK USPc .45, the most stupid impulse purchase I have ever had the honor of overpaying for. However, I have foresworn going into this internet sore spot again as there are many highly defensive HK shooters out there. Cheers.

 

[Darrin]

My Dad's Llama .22lr. Looks like a "mini-me" version of a 1911.


P O S !

 

[Peter M. Eick]

US made stainless Walther PPK/S.

Mine went through ejectors almost as fast as cartraiges, even after a trip to S&W for repairs. GLADLY traded for a P22.

 

[Thirties]

Least favorite handgun:

Ruger MkII

 

[HeavyHaul]

Putting on flame retardant suit.
My least favorite handgun was a Glock 23. It didn't fit my hand, and didn't point right. And it was made of PLASTIC, not STEEL.
Traded it for my Browning HP.

Bill

 

[Nick96]

How could it be a .22? Any .22 that will launch a bullet more the 10 feet is worth $50.

Now those "wonder guns" that don't do any better and cost $500+ - now that's a rip off.

 

[Kamicosmos]

I haven't owned one, but have shot a few owned by friends:

Any S&W auto. They don't seem to fit me well, and I think they are truly ugly guns. If one was given to me, I would promptly trade it in!

Least favorite that I own? That's a tough one, cause I only buy guns I like and have handled and preferably shot examples of. I guess for the sake of the thread, my Automag II is my least favorite, and that's just cause it's picky about ammo. It has some charm to it though, it's not on any sort of 'get-rid-of' list.

 

[Jeff]

The Ramline .22 pistol. Utter piece of plastic garbage.

 

[10-Ring]

Least favorite? I guess my least favorite was the P220. I bought it based on reputation alone. Bonafide LEMON from day one.

 

[Zeke Menuar]

Ruger P-95. Shot out the barrel in one year. Ruger customer service was non existant. No more Rugers for me. Went to 1911's and never looked back.

ZM

 

[Spieler]

AMT DAO in .45CP. Couldn't get through one (5 rd) mag without a stoppage of one sort or another. Tried to give it a decent 'break in' but eventually got frustrated with it and traded it in to a local dealer.


-Pat

 

[P12]

S&W SW9M compact 9mm.

Straight blow back. Hurt like hell to shoot. Nice trigger. Couldn't load it without it jambing when I first bought it. Would jam at least once per mag. Had to use a loader to load the mag. Spring was so strong you'd break your thumb. Shot pretty accurately. I managed to fix most of the feed problems, but a tactical reload or for that manner any reload that would require a short time span, was well... you'd prob'ly be dead first.

Traded it for a Llama 380 and a Taraus 85.

 

[Ian11]

H&K USP/C 9mm

Lemons from highly reputable companies like H&K are complete flukes. Unfortunately for me I got the fluke. Jammed every magazine full and chucked shells into my head painfully. Store that sold it to me almost refused to believe me and tried to dissuade me from sending it back to H&K. Told me about "limp wristing" using different loads and all that. I did use different loads and previously I shot more than 1000 rounds through my Glock 27 and more than 3000 through my P229 9mm with not a single problem. Limp wristing problem?! Yeah, right. When I got it back with the work order (new extractor and some adjustments) they didn't say a word. The problem was lessened but not enough for me to trust it as a defense gun. Too bad since it really fit my hand well and it looked like a high quality firearm. It cured me of my belief that handguns made and proofed in Germany were somehow "superior" in some way. Sorry Ala Dan

I'd buy another H&K USP but probably in .40 or .45 But since I prefer SIGs anyways combined with my bad experience it might be a long time before I buy another one.


I'm still stinging from it.

 

[bpisler]

P-95,real slick front and back straps with no checkering.Why ruger made it like that makes no sense to me.

 

[cool45auto]

Of the ones I own now I guess it would be my Kel Tec P32. It's not a bad pistol but if I needed to get rid of one it would be the first to go.

 

[amprecon]

3" S&W 2214, couldn't hit the broadside of the proverbial barn at 10 feet, I didn't care for the magazine safety either. It appeared well made, but not very accurate.

 

[firestar]

Kel-Tec P-32

I think I paid the most for the least when I got this gun. $291 and it you would think it would at least fire bullets, if nothing else. It wouldn't even do that, it did everything else but that. It was a nice shooter that recoiled less than my Walther PP in .32 and was very accurate but the darn thing just wouldn't work and kept breaking.:banghead: I need it to work first and be refined, accurate, fun to shoot, controlable second.

 

[tac17]

My least favorite handgun would have to the Taurus PT-140 that I was talked into buying one day.

The reasons that I didn't like it were numerous but I will just hit the high spots. The trigger felt like it had a pull of 20 or so pounds. It felt really bad in the hand, and was tricky, for me at least, to control during recoil. Oh yeah, how could I forget, the safety lever broke off the pistol the first time I ever shot it. I didn't have a very good experience with all the way around.

 

[Andrew Wyatt]

least favorite would have to be my dad's cz-40. it's entirely too fat.

 

[EJ]

Ref S&W 2214

I've had several 2214s and 2213s

They all shot great and were very accurate--

Unfortunate you had such bad luck---

 

[Dorrin79]

my least favorite of those I have bought would have to be my Kel-Tec P-11.

Not that there is anything wrong with it - it's very reliable.

But I can't shoot it worth a damn, and the combination of extremely long & heavy trigger pull and high perceived recoil makes it my least favorite gun. 50 rounds in quick succession causes major hand-and-wrist cramping.

close 2nd would have to be my mom's Beretta Jetfire in .25 ACP. Way too small for my hands, and horribly inaccurate (although that may have been more my fault than the gun's)

 

[mtnbkr]

Taurus 94 22lr revolver. I could not shoot it accurately at all. Others could, but I couldn't. On top of that, it was too sensitive to crud buildup from anything but expensive match 22lr ammo. After less than a box of lesser stuff, I would have to clean it in order to turn the cylinder when shooting DA. I could go two boxes while shooting SA, but it got tough towards the end. I sent it back and it was improved somewhat, but not enough to keep. I ended up selling it, the holster, and all the 22lr ammo I had to a friend for slightly less than the cost of the gun (I got a good deal on it myself). I really wanted to like it...

Chris

 

[DW]

My least favorite would be my wife's Kel-Tec P32. She bought it NIB to replace her Tomcat since it was lighter and thinner. We could never finish a full mag before something would jam or malfunction. It was sent back to Kel-Tec to be "fixed" and then it was promptly traded for a Glock 26. My wife went back to her Tomcat and I got another Glock for my collection!

DW

 

[rappa]

My very first handgun, Colt Diamondback .38. After learning how to shoot on my dad's Ruger MKII and P85, I could never get the hang of a revolver. It never felt good in my hands and the trigger was too heavy.