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What gun do you regret buying?

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#1 ·
There is a thread about what gun U would reach for first if ya needed it - so, what gun do U regret buying?

My first gun was a Glock 17 - it was jammomatic city. It never worked right. I knew that was unusual, so it didn'ts top me from buying other Glocks later - but, this gunw as horrible...
 
#131 ·
A trend is defenetely seen here in this thread. It corresponds quite closely with the products of both AMT and of Bersa. I can agree with both. Unfortunately Bersa bit me directly, however I was learning as a young chap, that if I were to acquire an FFL: I could see, handle (but not fire) a number of guns that before FFL time I was compelled to purchase the gun just to see what it was all about. We didn't have things like rental ranges, or ranges for that matter. All shooting was done out of town off the highway and up a cut in the canyon hills or another at the top of the local range at just about the point that you wouldn't want to go further in any form of transportation unless by foot. Both were extremely close to home and easy to get to. The one closed because some bikers (who came much, much later) said that they feared getting shot if they biked up to the shooting area and no one noticed. Here's an idea. Don't bike in front of the rifle range. Bullets tend to land there? The other was closed by Cal Trans or someone above pushing the buttons. All Cal Trans had to say was that they needed a place to store dirt. So they built up a six foot berm at the opening to the canyon shooting area. Some industrious types came shovel equipped and dug out an entry way to the area and it was even better than before since you could then drive completely out of sight to passing motorists and shoot away without anyone being the wiser. I think that Cal Trans then had to go out and actually buy dirt to bury the whole area with dirt just to prove a point that they held the last word. It was only then that I found out about "indoor ranges".

Then with FFL in hand, coworkers would order the latest and greatest and I'd get a chance to eyeball the new stuff out without costing me a single dime. It was then that I learned that AMT sold absolute trash. If their finishing was anything like their engineering, then the piece was trash and not worth having. Same for a lot of other makes that saved me so much money in me not having to buy to find out. Live and learn. Smithy.
 
#138 ·
Remington 700 .220 Swift. It had a 28" Hart barrel on it with a 1.25" O.D. It was a prairie dogs worst nightmare, but about as handy as a fence post.
GW
 
#144 ·
"Walther" (Umarex) P22. I bought it new at a discounted price. I still have it and use it, especially for introducing new shooters to an autoloader. Actually, it serves that purpose pretty well since it also introduces new shooters to malfunction drills. It can usually be counted on to malfunction at least once every other magazine.

If there were no other 22LR autoloader available at the same price I paid for the P22, I probably wouldn't regret buying it. But I could have bought the Ruger SR 22 for about the same price, and it is vastly superior in reliability.

I cannot believe the asking price for new P22s I have seen at LGSs and gun shows. For the same price or less you could buy a PPQ 22 online, a real Walther.
 
#146 ·
Davis Industries P32 (32 acp).. bought in 1990 for $65.. shot it 5 times on the 6 rnd is jammed.. cleaned it, put it back in the box and never shot it again.. forgot about it until about a month ago.. found it and sold it at a gunshow for $50...
That's funny I have a similar story. I bought a phoenix arms 22 in a hard case. shot it a few times, locked it up, lost the key. My kids were little then. They left the house now. Found the key. It has a tricky assembly. price was right and the case is really good. Not my favorite. still have it maybe I should sell it.
 
#147 ·
Although I don't regret buying them, but for all intents and purposes the North American "mini revolvers" in .22 long and .22 mag and the Bond Arms .410/.45 Long Colt 3 1/2 barrel Derringer are not my first choice for defensive purposes as they are single action and would be somewhat awkward to use in an emergency situation. But I do however love 'em the "mini's" are neat little guns more of a novelty than any thing else. And the Bond Arms, well, all one has to do is look down the double barrels and see two 3 inch PDX1 Defender.410 mag shotgun shells staring you in the face, and all hostilities may cease to exist without firing a shot, one intimidating little bastard, too bad they don't make this in 12 gauge!
Yes I have a North American for the cute factor. Also an American Derringer 45/410 that really requires a firm grip to fire it. Also not my first choice to carry.
 
#151 ·
I stick with quality so I've rarely regretted a gun purchase. But I did have two bad ones that were resolved.

I bought a new Henry Big Boy 44 Magnum lever rifle. It wouldn't feed more than a couple of rounds without jamming & the lever would stick in the open position. I shipped it to Henry & after they "repaired" it, it was WORSE than before. Not only would it still not feed, live rounds would become stuck halfway in the magazine tube. I sent it back to Henry with a letter & I later got a call from one of the owners who said he would ship me a replacement rifle. I thought that was good customer service but I didn't trust them after two disappointments. When the gun shop received the replacement rifle, they let me trade it for something else - a Glock Model 35.

I bought a Remington 597 22 auto. It would fire 4 or 5 rounds, then the rest of the ammo would be stuck halfway down the magazine. Then it started firing full auto-three rounds at a time. After I shipped it to Remington & they repaired it, it wouldn't feed. Remington agreed to refund the purchase price.
 
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