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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: waggler] #7717018
11/13/22 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by waggler
Originally Posted by Buck (Zandra)
Italian carcano.What a clunker

But Lee Harvey Oswald killed JFK with one while Kennedy was barreling down the road; head shot too. Yea, right.


I had one of those Italian war rifles brought here by one of my uncles when World War 2 ended. Shot my first deer with it.

Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7717044
11/13/22 10:14 PM
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Hatfield Single shot 12 gauge. Unbelievable recoil and even worse trigger pull. Trigger pull like I’ve never seen. I reduced the trigger pull enough to make it manageable, and it wouldn’t fire magnum primers.


The only, and I mean only thing I liked about it was the way that it folded nearly in half. That’s it. I wouldn’t even give the one I have as a gift.

Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7717048
11/13/22 10:21 PM
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Bought one of the early AMT backups and couldn’t even pull the trigger on it with one finger, when I took it to the gunsmith he measured the trigger pull at 57 pounds



�Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.�
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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7717056
11/13/22 10:34 PM
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Ruger 77 Lefty when they 1st came out in early 90's if I remember right. It would shoot 5" groups at a 100 yards.

Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7717065
11/13/22 10:45 PM
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Browning A-500 shot it to piece’s in 10 years waterfowl hunting. Browning stood behind it.

Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: danny clifton] #7717069
11/13/22 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by danny clifton
Heritage rough rider revolver


X2 and a model 60 marlin - junk.

Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: nightlife] #7717079
11/13/22 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by nightlife
Bought one of the early AMT backups and couldn’t even pull the trigger on it with one finger, when I took it to the gunsmith he measured the trigger pull at 57 pounds


At least 57 pounds!


I have nothing clever to put here.





Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7717110
11/14/22 12:23 AM
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788, 22-250. Shot good, clunky, noisy, mag kept falling out, threw up like a 2X4. Glad it is gone.


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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7717118
11/14/22 12:37 AM
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Mossberg bolt action shotgun.

Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7717123
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Mossberg 835... kicked harder than any other gun I've ever had.

Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7717124
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I love these threads !!! Savage 340 in 222 ,accurate but clunky. A rifle with no soul . A BLR that would freeze up in bad weather ,trigger pull was awful ,awkward to cycle .


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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: 160user] #7717157
11/14/22 05:47 AM
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Originally Posted by 160user
Originally Posted by nightlife
Bought one of the early AMT backups and couldn’t even pull the trigger on it with one finger, when I took it to the gunsmith he measured the trigger pull at 57 pounds


At least 57 pounds!


I was so POed at what a pos it was I gave it to him, Yes he still has it and brings it out to show folks what a safe gun is, I read that they intentionally made them with a extra heavy trigger pull for safety reason as they had no safety so the trigger pull ran around 25/30 pounds, i guess mine was just a little extra safe



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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7717166
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Mossberg bolt action .410 that I bought from a friend for $35. I could never hit anything with it. Sold it to someone else.

About 2 weeks later another identical Mossberg bolt action .410. I was riding my bike and saw a pipe sticking out of a trash can. Stopped to investigate and found the gun. I used it for a season hunting squirrels and it shot ok. Still didn’t like it so sold it.

A Savage bolt action slug gun. It had a cheap looking plastic stock with a magazine well. I thought it was the ugliest gun ever made. I hunted with it for one day and shot a nice buck, then sold it. Too ugly for me.


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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7717189
11/14/22 06:56 AM
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A pretty liittle 12 guage M1000 I think it was S&W


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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: bfflobo] #7717190
11/14/22 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by bfflobo
788, 22-250. Shot good, clunky, noisy, mag kept falling out, threw up like a 2X4. Glad it is gone.

Wish I had it !


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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7717266
11/14/22 09:21 AM
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Weatherby Mark XXII - most beautiful one-shot-automatic I ever owned.


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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Posco] #7717272
11/14/22 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Posco
Mossberg bolt action shotgun.

used to have one as my truck gun , I didn't think it was that bad , usable at least one round at a time
had the C-lect choke system , it was a tight full I will give it that , carved a stripe in the grass getting rid of a few 13 stripers but they definitely were not getting up


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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7717313
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Benelli Super Black Eagle 3...biggest POS ever manufactured

Mine shot 18" high, would not cycle waterfowl shells even after a couple hundred rounds being put through it, had light primer strikes causing fail to fire, etc etc

Had to replace the spring with a Wolf spring that fixed the primer and cycling issues on waterfowl loads. Only issue was that after replacing the spring with the stronger alternative it would no longer cycle standard dove/target lead shot loads

If I spend near 2k on a shotgun it better be flawless

Sold it, bought a beretta and never looked back


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Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7717321
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Browning gold evolve 12 ga.

A true single shot semi auto. Gunsmith after gunsmith with no fix.

Jam o matic would never cycle more than twice. Sometimes once, sometimes not at all, with any and all types of shell.

Re: What are the worst guns you ever had ?? [Re: Strut10] #7717332
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Not really mine but...I bought a Sears Ted Williams M-200 12 Guage pump for my brother in-law when he first started hunting- it would eject the shell and half of the gun parts along with it. I'm not sure how, but we found the parts and I reassembled everything with serviceable locktite on the set screws and it happened a couple more times after that until he got rid of it.

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