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Terry · 04-12-2008, 11:14 PM

What was the worst POS gun you have ever owned?

Mine was a new S&W 12 Ga pump shotgun i bought in 1972. You could not hit the barn wall with #4 bird shot. From inside of the barn. At 25 yards you could not get more then three pellets on a queen size bed sheet.

nothingness · 04-12-2008, 11:20 PM

Star Modelo Super 9mm Largo.
It had a broken shell extractor. Got it changed out, broke again.
I traded it for a 4x12 guitar amp cabinet.

3 years later I seen the pistol in a pawn shop. I was 99% sure it was my old gun, asked to look at it, racked the slide and sure enough..broken extractor

rogerxd45 · 04-12-2008, 11:41 PM

cobra 380 it was one of the "Saturday night special" it was chrome and VERY hard to cock and the trigger was really heavy. and if that wasnt enough it failed to feed at least once per mag.
also the pistol itself weighed a TON for its size

ArmyGuy45 · 04-12-2008, 11:49 PM

smith and wesson sw99

mullarz · 04-12-2008, 11:54 PM

Lorcin 9mm I bought in college. had to add a spring from a ballpoint pen to get the striker to hit a primer hard enough to make it go bang. It is currently sitting at the bottom of a lake in Southern Illinois. Funny, $82.00 out the door and it didn't work.....who knew.

flashdragoon · 04-13-2008, 12:45 AM

hmmm I havent ever had a really bad firearm, but if I was to classify this as "Firearm with the most drawbacks" I would say my Desert Eagle .50AE just for the cost of ammo, 20.00 would buy ONE mag with a few to spare back when the ammo was slightly less expensive

GunnBugg · 04-13-2008, 01:07 AM

S&W Sigma .40. Gave it to my bro-in-law. Love him. Hated the trigger.

sar2828 · 04-13-2008, 02:09 AM

I had a sigma to and i hated it, traded it towards my sig.

trik396 · 04-13-2008, 02:49 AM

Charter Arms 38special I bought for $75 used from a friend... Put a few hundred rounds thru it and it just locked up. I ended up turning it in at a Chicago (no questions asked) gun turn it for a $100 gift certificate...

scooterj · 04-13-2008, 04:07 AM

It's a toss up. AMT Hardballer, named correctly, wouldn't shoot anything but factory fmj.
S&W Sigma .380, it hurt more on the back end than it would have on the other.

04-12-2008, 11:14 PM	#1
Terry XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NorthPole, Alaska Posts: 569	Worst gun u ever owned What was the worst POS gun you have ever owned? Mine was a new S&W 12 Ga pump shotgun i bought in 1972. You could not hit the barn wall with #4 bird shot. From inside of the barn. At 25 yards you could not get more then three pellets on a queen size bed sheet. __________________ Be safe and always watch your back trail

04-12-2008, 11:20 PM	#2
nothingness XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Ft.Worth, Tx / Depression Ranch Posts: 828	Star Modelo Super 9mm Largo. It had a broken shell extractor. Got it changed out, broke again. I traded it for a 4x12 guitar amp cabinet. 3 years later I seen the pistol in a pawn shop. I was 99% sure it was my old gun, asked to look at it, racked the slide and sure enough..broken extractor __________________ T n f g H When the Government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the Government, there is tyranny. - Thomas Jefferson

04-12-2008, 11:54 PM	#5
mullarz XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 194	Lorcin 9mm I bought in college. had to add a spring from a ballpoint pen to get the striker to hit a primer hard enough to make it go bang. It is currently sitting at the bottom of a lake in Southern Illinois. Funny, $82.00 out the door and it didn't work.....who knew. __________________ "You cannot invade the mainland United States, there would be a rifle behind every blade of grass." Admiral Yamamoto "And a pistol on every hip and a 12ga in every truck" Me

04-13-2008, 12:45 AM	#6
flashdragoon XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Albuquerque NM Posts: 124	hmmm I havent ever had a really bad firearm, but if I was to classify this as "Firearm with the most drawbacks" I would say my Desert Eagle .50AE just for the cost of ammo, 20.00 would buy ONE mag with a few to spare back when the ammo was slightly less expensive __________________ Xd-45 Tactical - 350rds 0 failures (trigger smoothed at 300ish)

04-13-2008, 01:07 AM	#7
GunnBugg XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: El Paso del Norte Posts: 161	S&W Sigma .40. Gave it to my bro-in-law. Love him. Hated the trigger. __________________ GunnBugg I own everything that Rebecca Peters hates.

04-12-2008, 11:41 PM	#3
rogerxd45 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: boise ID (its boy-see, not boy-z) Posts: 3,592	cobra 380 it was one of the "Saturday night special" it was chrome and VERY hard to cock and the trigger was really heavy. and if that wasnt enough it failed to feed at least once per mag. also the pistol itself weighed a TON for its size

04-12-2008, 11:49 PM	#4
ArmyGuy45 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Mesa,AZ / Ft Carson, CO Posts: 3,414	smith and wesson sw99 __________________ US Army 2005 - Present XD45 Compact - My Carry Suresights Springer Precision Trigger Kit/Bar ( needs install ) NRA Life Member Myspace If they take my guns, ill carry a sword!

04-13-2008, 02:09 AM	#8
sar2828 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 190	I had a sigma to and i hated it, traded it towards my sig. __________________ Bushmaster AR-15 5.56 Romanian PSL 7.62x54R Springfield XD .45 ACP Service Model Taurus Graucho .45 LC SIG 229 40 S&W Llama Max-1 .45 ACP laserAim .45 ACP Ruger Standard .22 Rimfire Ruger MK III 22/45 .22 Rimfire S&W DA 22 revolver Savage Break Open 30-30 Browning A-Bolt 30-06 Savage Stevens Pump 12 GA New England Break Open 20 GA Stoeger Semi-Auto 12 GA

04-13-2008, 02:49 AM	#9
trik396 XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: currently elsewhere Posts: 1,554	Charter Arms 38special I bought for $75 used from a friend... Put a few hundred rounds thru it and it just locked up. I ended up turning it in at a Chicago (no questions asked) gun turn it for a $100 gift certificate... __________________ ‘‘When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a radical amount of individual freedom to Americans ...... And so a lot of people say there's too much personal freedom. When personal freedom's being abused, you have to move to limit it.’’ — Bill Clinton, 3-22-94

04-13-2008, 04:07 AM	#10
scooterj XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: LaPlace, LA Posts: 136	It's a toss up. AMT Hardballer, named correctly, wouldn't shoot anything but factory fmj. S&W Sigma .380, it hurt more on the back end than it would have on the other.

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