Worst Revolver You Ever Bought ?

[Old Dog]

I cannot say that I've ever bought a bad revolver. The cheapest new revolver I ever picked up, a Taurus Model 85 CH in 1991, has been superb. The beater police trade-in Model 10s I've had over the years have all been great. But, the only revolvers I've ever used have been two Taurus and a multitude of S&Ws, so I either have good taste or am just plain lucky.

"Worst" revolver I ever had was my first S&W with The Lock -- a 637 that had the peculiar clear-coat peel off the aluminum frame, looked hideous ... traded it off shortly after.

 

[madFive]

I've only ever owned one revolver, and I love that gun. But since I've only owned one, I guess it is also the worst.

A S&W 681: .357-mag, 6-rd, 5" bl, low-profile fixed sights.

I got it for $300 in 2005, a police turn-in. It did actually have some minor timing issues when I first got it - was easy for LGS to fix. Been 100% ever since.

 

[PistolPete45]

I only had one problem A Taurus 44 Special.. but I have to say I might be the blame .. I kind of went off road in a muddy curve on a motorcycle .. came to about two hours later . Long story short when the Trooper gave me my gun back the timing was screwed . For those that have not figured it out .. either I landed on it somehow or the trooper screwed it up on porpoise when he had to give it back ...

 

[orionengnr]

The problem is it says "Rossi" on the side. Had it said "S&W" and had the exact same problem, very few people people would've beat it with a sledge hammer.

No, the problem was that it would cost more to fix it than it was worth.
If it was an S&W, I could have sent it back to the factory knowing that it would be fixed correctly, and very possibly free of charge.
And today it would be worth 4 or 5X what I paid for it in 1984.
The Rossi would be worth about the same today as it was back then.

 

[PistolPete45]

Forget the sights look down the side and use the cylinder to aim .. I hit a lot of things farther away then anyone thinks possible.. practice practice and you can hit with it .. no target gun for sure but a great comin out of nowhere surprise.

 

[Deaf Smith]

I guess worst for me was a Charter Arms Police Bulldog in .38 Spl. The aluminum shroud for the barrel would fly off. Crummy trigger, crummy sights, and weak lockup to boot. Other than that it was a good gun.

Deaf

 

[GaryP]

Worst Revolver I owned

We'll for me it was a Wesson Arms 738P. I purchased it back in 1993 NIB and from day one I had issues with the Hand spring. This was a well built revolver that was a good shooter as long as I shot it in single action mode, but if I tried shooting it in DA mode rapidly the hand spring would flex resulting in the cylinder not turning. When I finally decided to get it fixed Wesson Arms had went out of business (1995) and parts were not available from Dan Wesson for this model. My point is there are poorly engineered revolvers out there but I still prefer a good revolver over an auto. This was the only revolver I ever had an issue with right out of the box. I did find a good Gunsmith who found a stronger spring to put in it and all was good, but I never trusted the 738P after that. The 738P was rated for +P and was built like a Tank - what were the engineers thinking in this situation. :banghead:

 

[PO2Hammer]

NAA Black Widow in .22 WMR.
Had a barrel/cylinder gap that you could slip a dime through.
The blast was ferocious.

 

[Geezer Glide]

I've owned some good Taurus handguns before so I'm not bashing Taurus. I will bash one particular Model 94 .22 that I had. After about 75 rounds, the timing was way off. It was so far off that the firing pin just hit the very edge of the rim on the cartridge and luckily it didn't fire.

 

[Esoxchaser]

Never had anything but S&W's, Colts and Rugers. All were excellent. I have seen a lot of crap in my day, but the only piece of crap I ever bought myself wasn't a wheel gun, it was a Kimber Solo.