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the thread about the Rem 770 got me to thinking, what is the gun that you regretted buying the most.



For me it was a cold january day and i thought a yugo sks would be fun as a truck gun, so i dished out $59.00 and bought one. I didn't know how fun a gun that only fires in battery could be. This was after i cleaned every thing turned out the fireing pin was bent and held forward in the bolt. it was exciting.

Rossi 22/20 ga. single shot. The 20 ga. kicked so bad that nobody would shoot it twice and the 22 was very inaccurate. It was supposed to be a learning gun for my grandkids, and quickly went down the road.

A Puma lever action in 454 Casull....The edges of the lever were so sharp it was very painful to shoot...

A Marlin .44 mag Cowboy Action rifle with a 24 inch barrel. Never very accurate and it shot all the screws lose after a few rounds.

Now that Winchester Model 92's can be had with 24 inch barrels that's probably the better way to go.

I bought a new weatherby patrician, buddy bought a new weatherby centurion and we went hunting; first shot his hammer broke, after my first shot, the patrician ejected all three on one pump.

A Winchester M1200 12ga was the worst-est I can recall. Was buying it was a replacement shotgun for the family arsenal, but it was soooo bad, I was shocked! The two bars that connect the (pump) forearm were NOT stiff in how they connected to and worked the bolt (never seen that design on a Winchester shottie before), plus is was terribly dirty disassembling that piece.

Sold it at the next gun show with only a $10 loss.

I don't know that I have ever owned a "bad" gun, but several have dissappointed me. A couple of Sako's and Model Sevens that wouldn't shoot and a Marlin 45-70 with the barrel screwed into the receiver crooked come to mind.

Bought a cheap Rough Rider 22 single action
Bought it used no gun smiths would touch it
I called the factory the only service them I think it was 3 years old or less

That was enought I advertised it as a wanna be gun smith project for 50.00 bucks
I no longer complain about the price of a single six
Hank

NEF turkey deer combo 10 gauge. Back when we first started hunting shotgun zone in Michigan sabots slugs either didnt exist or were not readily available. Anyway, we went with the bigger hole theory and bought these single shot 10 ga slug guns. Holy balls those killed on the shoulder. They had the narrowest stock I think I have ever shot. All that aside, it would have been tolerable if there was any accuracy, but after having a canteiver installed and mounting a scope, 60 yard groups were 2' at best!Effective kill range was literally about 20 yards. I would rather use a bow.

Marlin .22 bold action. It was the type that loads the bullets in a tube and that sucker jammed all the time. Missed many a rabbit due to a jam.

Browning A-bolt 25WSSM.

Winchester 1400.

A M94 Winchester 30-30 in either 65 or 66 after they stopped making the good ones in 64 like Winchester did with the M70.

The quality control guy must have been either absent or drunk.

Could not get the iron sights on target. The rear sight driven all the way to the left and front sight all the way to the right still left the group @ four inches high right. Couldn't hit a sheat of newspaper at 100 when I started to patern it.

After a magazine's worth of cartridges run through it something slipped or broke or something. Would not drop the cartridge lifter low enough to accept a cartridge from the magazine. Became a single shot and had hells own trouble getting the mag emptined.

The hood on the front sight was also a little squished.

This was a rifle bought new through a dealer.

Sent it back to Winchester. They sent a replacment. It was some better. At least it worked.

Rossi single shot!......pure CRAP!

S&W modle 916 pump shotgun

Not a quality thing, but my worst gun was a Remington Nylon 66. I shoot left handed and that sucker would spray hot powder residue on my face with every shot. Within a half box of shells I had a wicked flinch.

Sold it fast as I could and bought a Ruger 10/22 that had a heavy enough bolt that the powder burn was over before the empty cycled out.

Me too! Total POS. Mine had a habit of letting a shell slip out of the magazine tube because of the stupid little �dimple� shell stop. When this happened with chambered round it really locked up the works.

At least I learned a lesson and prefer the Mossberg/Ithaca 37 design lacking the �flipper� on the bottom.

+1

Never owned one, but helped a couple of guys who had them. Junk.

For me would have to be a Charter Arms Bulldog 44 Spl..Don't know if any of you guys have owned one but holy schit it was very inaccurate right out of the box and shaved lead!! Had it only a couple months back in '75 and hope it's residing in a landfill somewhere!

Winchester Model 70 Super Shadow in 223 WSSM. Pure junk.