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What are the worst guns you ever had ?? #7716309
11/13/22 08:33 AM
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This is an easier one for me. When I buy a gun, it generally never leaves...........unless I hate it. And, there have been those.............

Mossberg 835............felt like a 4x4 deckpost in the hands. Patterned like a turd. Loose and clunky piece of plastic junk.

Savage 99C in .308 Win.........4" groups at 100. Kicked like Festus' mule Ruth. Action worked as smooth as a set of tank tracks.

Remington 700 ADL synthetic in .270 Win........shot VERY well. Gritty action. Blind magazine was a pain in the hind end.


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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7716313
11/13/22 08:39 AM
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Remington ADL in 223 caliber. I was more accurate throwing rocks.


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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7716324
11/13/22 08:55 AM
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H and R relover technically my 12 year old but.. the barrel would twist back and forth just a small amount and its out of time and will send pieces of lead out of the sides of the cylinder gap.

I bought him a single 10 to replace it. It was a gift from his uncle so I have not threw it in the trash.

I had a wore out model 12 I loved untill it fired when closing the action. I was loading it using the driver seat of my truck as a shelf for the box of shells. When I pumped it the barrel was pointing into my floor board. I had a nice hole in that floor board. I sold it to a gun Smith cheap.

Had a kel tech 32. It wad great at the time for small and thin. Functioned great with fmj but hollow points would not feed reliably. Sold that. Probably should have just keep it and shot fmj. It's not like hp would get much penetration in a 32 acp anyway.

Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7716330
11/13/22 08:59 AM
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Rem . 742 Jam-0- matics


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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7716388
11/13/22 10:18 AM
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Heritage rough rider revolver


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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7716404
11/13/22 10:36 AM
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Sig P320 absolute garbage. it had every problem under the sun. Failure to Extract, Failure to feed, stove pipe. Sig couldn't even fix it.


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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7716427
11/13/22 11:05 AM
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Italian carcano.What a clunker


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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7716434
11/13/22 11:12 AM
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Browning A Bolt SS Stalker in 300 Win Mag. I would say it was the hardest kicking I have ever owned and just weren’t quite right from the start. Built on a Friday perhaps. I have the same model in 30/06 that has been a very good rifle, that 300 not so much.

Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7716451
11/13/22 11:26 AM
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Sig .22 might as well be a single shot jams every time with all ammo

Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7716492
11/13/22 12:09 PM
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Savage 17 hmr. Traded it for a husqvarna 30-06. Good deal for me.

Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7716497
11/13/22 12:13 PM
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Ruger american in 308 kicked really bad. Bolt felt like I was pushing a banana back into the skin.
The magazine held 5 would only cycle two. I replaced the mag with a brand new one and it did the exact same thing.

Edit- Also bought an old Mosin once, once I got all the cosmolin out found the bore was completely shot out
Shot it anways a bit and it wouldn't hit the ground pointing straight down lol

Last edited by RustyShacklefrd; 11/13/22 08:14 PM.
Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7716515
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Remington 870 (90's). Worst shotgun I ever owned in terms of quality, fit and finish.
Remington semi auto .308 not sure of model ..cheap plastic parts, very poor quality. Fell apart within 2 years of light use.


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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7716518
11/13/22 12:46 PM
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Rem 1187. The O rings constantly spit. Went back to an 870 Wingmaster.

Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7716527
11/13/22 12:52 PM
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I’ve got an RG .22 revolver short nose. I think it’s from 1960s or 1970s. Plastic simulated wood grain handle. Hold 6 rounds. Expect to reload several times on the trap line, even at only one carch. You can throw the gun and hit the target more accurately than trying to shoot the target with it. Even on the trap line at extremely close ranges expect lots of misses. I am not exaggerating. We call it the sprayer and it has been put away permanently in our safe until I can use it on a trade in. For self defense you would literally need to stick it into the abdomen of an attacker and even then I’m not convinced you would hit the attacker.
It’s worthless.
Jim

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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7716536
11/13/22 01:06 PM
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A knock-off of a Stevens 22 singleshot pistol.
The half-(This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) notch would not hold the hammer, the short little hammer had almost zero knurlling on it so it was slippery, and no hammer safety block. It unintentionally fired a couple of times while cocking it; sold it.


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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: RustyShacklefrd] #7716540
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Originally Posted by RustyShacklefrd
Ruger american in 308 kicked really bad. Bolt felt like I was pushing a banana back into the skin.
The magazine held 5 would only cycle two. I replaced the mag with a brand new one and it did the exact same thing.

Should’ve contacted Ruger. I have the exact gun and it’s performed flawlessly and mine doesn’t kick at all, even at rapid fire. Yeah hogs get the entire magazine, lol. My 8yr old shoots it at the range and never even mentions a kick at all.

Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: 330-Trapper] #7716561
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Originally Posted by 330-Trapper
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Same. Mine was in 243 Win. Tried sighting it in and eventually had to move target to within 25 yards to see where it was hitting. After a box of shells, target looked like it had been hit with a shotgun. Couldn't hit the side of a barn......from the inside.

Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7716563
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Remington 597 in 22 mag. Most frustrating gun I’ve owned, accurate as heck but jammed every time. Turned into basically a single shot.

Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7716570
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Mossberg 835 that thing kicked like a mule

Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: jabNE] #7716622
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Originally Posted by jabNE
I’ve got an RG .22 revolver short nose. I think it’s from 1960s or 1970s. Plastic simulated wood grain handle. Hold 6 rounds. Expect to reload several times on the trap line, even at only one carch. You can throw the gun and hit the target more accurately than trying to shoot the target with it. Even on the trap line at extremely close ranges expect lots of misses. I am not exaggerating. We call it the sprayer and it has been put away permanently in our safe until I can use it on a trade in. For self defense you would literally need to stick it into the abdomen of an attacker and even then I’m not convinced you would hit the attacker.
It’s worthless.
Jim

I had forgotten, but I had that same revolver; what a piece of junk. It was hard to hit a trapped bobcat in the head from two feet away. Sold it for $50 at a garage sale.


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