What Gun Do You Regret Buying?

[Shooter6br]

Now that I remeber SIG 250c in 45 ACp. Hated DOA. Traded it in on a Kimber Target II s/s Took a big beating on the Sig

[x101airborne]

Hmmm..... Lets see.

1. Remington 742 woodsmaster
2. Remington 597 22 semi auto. Blew up on the VERY FIRST round.
3. Bushmaster M-17 bullpup.
4. Brit Enfield 303. It was worn out and I should have known better.
5. Ruger blackhawk 44 mag 3" custom with slick grips. Full house loads cut my hand every time.
6. Taurus Tracker 44 mag. Wore it out 4 times in a year and a half. Then blew out my left ear the first time I fired it without protection.
7. Ruger #1 in 257 roberts. That gun never hit anything. Two inch groups at 100 with any ammo.
8. Weatherby vanguard in 300 weatherby mag. Talk about expensive to shoot!!!

[mtgrs737]

A Llama 44 mag that got out of the factory without the barrel being screwed in all the way to the shoulder, so it had a hair line gap between the frame and barrel.

[jh45gun]

Henry pump .22- special ordered from a dealer and .22 purchased new. Was bound up internally so that hammer fall was weak. Would not go off about 25% of the time. Sights were misaligned to the point where it could not be regulated to hit point of aim. Front sight was plastic. The only nice thing about it was the quality of the walnut stock. Traded it off at a big loss.

If you had sent the gun back to Henry and they would have paid for shipping both ways they would have either fixed your rifle or replaced it. Do you complain about the plastic on your other guns.? Besides that asking Henry they would have given you a free iron sight upgrade since they make metal ones now.

[Trebor Snave]

Have to admit I've had a few. First was a French-made 25 acp that I got from an ex-girlfriends mother - didn't care for it so I sold it to a buddy for what I had into it ($25). He took a sledgehammer to it after the sear broke and it went full auto on him. That was the only real ***; I've gotten rid of a S&W 625 that had been turned into an IDPA racegun when I realized I wasn't going to shoot IDPA with it and a Ruger NM Blackhawk 45 Colt when I realized I like shorter barrels better than the 7.5" tube that it carried. They both went to good homes.

[freedomlives]

Glock 17-- I was 16, turned libertarian, convinced I needed to be able to defend myself and others, but not really thinking things through. Only after getting it did I realize that deeply concealed carry and a Glock 17 don't go well together. The next year I got a Kel-Tec P3AT and pocket holster, which served quite well. Once I was older and got a licence I did open-carry the Glock a bit, and I never had any reliability problems with it, etc.

On the other hand, shortly after my 21st birthday I ended up with one of those greatly maligned Rohm .22LR revolvers, because for $25 how could I resist. That one I don't regret at all. As long as I use sub-sonic, CB, or "super-Kolibri" it works great for taking out tin-cans.

[1bluehorse]

I honestly cannot remember ever buying a gun that I regretted purchasing. However I don't do a lot of "whim" buying either. I did buy a Ruger mini-14 once and after a while (couple years) realized I had absoulutely no use for it, nice gun, just didn't have a use for it. Like the rest of you though, I've gotten rid of a few that I sincerely regretted afterwards.

[Mk42gunner]

Taurus Millenium PT111, at least I think that was the model. It was striker fired and no amount of stoning would improve the trigger pull. I am not kidding that every MK 5 Very pistol I ever had custody of had a better trigger.

There were a few feeding problems; not many because I think I only had it three or four weeks.

The only good thing I can say about it is that when I found my 6 1/2" Ruger SSM and needed a few more dollars, there was no doubt about which gun was getting sold.

Robert

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Browning Buckmark.

I've had two of them, they feel so nice on your hand.
but both of them were Jam-o-matics.
I tried all different brands of ammo and all the little tricks.

It's funny, our rim-fire pistol league is sponsored by a local gunshop,
they are a browning dealer. Half the guys shoot the buckmark,
the other half "use to" shoot the buckmark.

I lost my butt on trades on both of those buckmarks.
Never again !
Jon

[GL49]

S&W 6906. Can't say I regret buying it, just wish it was different. It's accurate, never jams, throws the brass into nice neat little piles, feeds anything I try to put into it, the grips are comfortable, but dang-it, there's just something about the balance and weight of the gun in my hand that just doesn't feel right. If I could get an after-market stainless STEEL frame for the doggone thing, the aluminum frame would quickly make it to the recycle bin.

[Cannoneer]

Is there one handgun or rifle that you just say to yourself 'why did I waste my money on this?' The manufacturers put on pretty good ads about their guns to intice you to buy but is there any one that you wish you had never bought?
Steve

A pair of American Frontier Firearms 1860 Colt Conversions. Worst mistake I ever made.

[gandydancer]

I had two 1 a savage model 99 F Feather weight in 308 every time I shot it it would bloody my teeth on the right side of my face sold it off. told him all about it he said I was a wimp. that fall he sold it off. # 2 was a custom 44 mag mfg by texas longhorn arms called the keith # 5 in the 80's cost was $1025.00 first two shots went off just fine & cylinder jamed up. back wall had a high spot it was not cut square. sent it back. shipping $25.00 3 weeks later got it back. took it to the range the 1st shot the rear sight blew off shooting factory 44 specials the builder said my loads where to hot. I told him the pin holding the rear sight in was missing he said BS send it back. shipping $25.00 3 weeks later got it back at the range 25 yards 6 shots not bad its a single action went to remove brass. ejecter.houseing spring hold down screw all gone. call mfg. told I am a ***** send it back another $25.00 ask for a refund including my shipping fees. he said OK as long as I kept my mouth shut. 2 weeks later I got a check for $1000.00 he said the other $100.00 was for his time and effort. I knew he was a sick man so I wrote it off. he passed a few months later. and this is the first time I have said any thing about it. GD

[DragoonDrake]

Marlin 39A in 22LR that will only shoot shorts. I bought it before I was really casting and reloading so I would have more time on the lever guns. I only keep it so I can shoot in 22LR SASS matches. I have done a ton to that gun to try to get it to shoot. I am sorely tempted to sell it and try another one.

After that would be an Encore rifle with a 22-250 and 270 barrel. I traded a nice crossbow for it and have not shot it in the two years I have had it. When I sell it I don't know, but I will unless I can find a use for those two calibers.

[snowwolfe]

Ruger .45 semi. P85 or P89 possibly. Owned it for about 3 years and tried various ammo and two trips back to the factory. Never could get it to shoot an entire magazine without jamming. Replaced it with a S&W M&P and am very happy.

Tried being cheap and stupid (they seem to go together) and bought a couple of Rossi's back in the 70's. All I can say is this company should not be allowed to build hand guns.

[odis]

TC Contender Super 14 in 222 Rem, just a clumsy carbine. Wish I had bought the .221 Fireball with a 10 in. barrel.

[Dave C.]

Ruger 77/22hornet. The good loads shot about an eight inch group at 100 yds.

[wtfooptimax200]

Can you ever really regret having another gun? Seriously though, I once traded a Remington 1100 with 2 barrels to buy a Winchester 1300 with a fully rifled slug barrel. I miss that 1100 so much, if I didn't buy the Winchester, I'd still have my 1100. Although, I shot my first deer with the Winchester, maybe it wasn't such a bad buy after all

[jimb16]

I had an early S&W .22 semi-auto pistol (can't remember the model) that I could never find ammo that would shoot well in. Tried at least 25 different ones and no joy. Dumped that on in a hurry. I also had a Dan Wesson 3 barrel set in .357 that I could newer get to shoot well. And lastly, I had a Colt Trooper MkIII that I could get to shoot accurately with only one load. With any other load, it shot like a scattergun! Since I have a number of .38s/.357s that didn't particularly like that load, but shot everything else well, I got rid of it. No point in having to have special loads for one gun and something else for all the others.

[wolters4]

A Hi-point 40SW carbine. Thought it would be fun pinking but that thing was so inaccurate I couldn't keep an a 8 plate at 40 yards. Even tried a red dot without much improvement.

[Swede44mag]

Stainless Mitchell High-Standard "Victor"...without a doubt!! For years, I'd shot HS .22s for bullseye and when my "best" HS Military Citation developed a crack in the frame (it had already been rebuilt, once, by J. Clark, Sr), I decided to treat myself to a new HS Victor. What a piece of junk!! It took a trip back to the factory, replacement of all springs, and installation of a new carbon-steel extractor, just to get it to function reliably through a complete match and then it still wouldn't shoot any better than 2" 25-yard groups from Ransom Rest.

Sold it online, bought a new Clark/Ruger .22/45, and never looked back.

Bill

I bought a Victor High Standard at a Gun Show after years and many NEW factory clips I couldn't get it to shoot more than 2 shots without jambing. Sold it havent missed that ***.

I also bought a Dan Wesson 8" blue 22 that looked like someone had run a tap in the cylinder. It would spit lead real bad sold it at a Gun Show.

Bought a S&W 10 shot 22 with a 8 3/8" barrel would group about 25" at 25 Yards sold it at the Gun Show.