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S&W Sigma, first gen.

No joy at all pulling that trigger...but can't really complain, as it was given to me.

Its still in the safe somewhere.

Browing A-bolt 338 win mag

Rem Viper 22RF

What a piece of Crp

Remington 700 .243 It was coffee-cup accurate at best, despite re-crowning and pillar bedding.

Browning Model 12 20ga.(Japan).Bought new in the late 80's.Replaced every part you could think of,including the recoil spring under the forarm and would forever jam!! I'll stick to my pre-64 Winchester 12's.

Ruger #1a, in 243. You would be lucky to get 5" groups at 100, and it kicked hard for a 243.

I was never a fan because I thought they were overpriced, inaccurate by design, and impractical, but I got it as a gift.

Wby Vanguard 7 mag syn stnlss...topped with a good burris sig select...just could not get that sprayer to stay zeroed.

My worst gun was an SKS. I paid about $100 in 1990 and it was way overpriced for what I got. 100 yard groups were about 10-15" off a bench rest.

Yep, the Remington 522 Viper deserves an honorable mention.

Mine shoots well, it just jams more than it should and is not exactly easy to put back together after it's been torn down for a good cleaning.

Forgot about my Mossberg model 500 in 20 gauge. Piece of schit jams everytime you try and jack in a round, and I could never hit dick with it.

Colt's 3rd Generation SAA. Hammer broke before I ever fired it (on 3rd dry fire - LAME). Chambers were out of spec, wouldn't chamber most factory ammunition (only Winchester would fit). Then shot horribly to the left. That was the final straw, I sold it to a Peacemaker specialist gunsmith who was happy to deal with the issues. And back in the days I just didn't have the patience to deal with it.

My twp worst were both Rugers. I traded a wonderful Marlin 45-70. Cannot remember the model number but it was the one without the pistol grip stock. It shot where you aimed it. Anyway I traded it for a brand new Mini-14. I had a brand new single shot 12 gauge with an improved cylinder choke the patterned better than the Mini-14.

I got a big bonus at work one time and stopped by the old Larry's Sporting Goods in Oregon City on the way home and brought home a Ruger 77 SS with the boat paddle stock in 223. Out of the box you could bounce it up and down by it's trigger without firing it. It literally was at least a twenty pound trigger pull. after a lot of work and trying a bunch of different loads I got it to where I could get five rounds on a piece of notebook paper off the bench... most of the time.

If I ever buy another Ruger rifle it will be a #1V.

H&R .22 magnum autoloader rifle. Wouldn't feed three in a row, and couldn't shoot into less than 2" at 50 yards. I did win a bet with it... rather, my buddy lost a bet with it, claiming he could shoot 1" groups at 50. Bwaaahaaahaaa!!!!!

That has also been my experience with them.

Browning A-bolt Medalion in .270, couldn't get a group on a 10x10 paper at 100 yards, and kicked like a Mule. Sure did look nice though. It wen't down the road for a great trade deal for a .223 CZ 527 Varmint Kevlar, probably the most accurate rifle I've ever shot. Not upset about that trade off at all.

BTT

Is this the worst designed firearm or the worst individual firearm owned?

For the worst design I'd nominated the French Chauchaut Machine Gun of WW1. Ordered by the US Army over the Lewis Gun because of the Army Chief of Ordinance Gen Crozier.

Read up on that debacle and you'd hug Eugene Stoner. Designer of the M-16 series

Wincheter mdl 70 fwt .243 10 inch groups at 100yds it went down the road. Mossberg chuckster 22 mag with 40lb trigger.

Winchester 1200, 12 gauge pump. This gun was total junk!

I did not have the heart to sell it or even give it away.

I tore it down jacked it up real bad, which was fun and put it in the trash..

I have owned rtree 223s in my life, the Mini-14, the Model 77 and a 14" TC Contender barrel. Not a one of then was as accurate and a blind an throwing rocks.

Worst single firearm I have owned was an early 1990's Browning BDM, a duel action 9mm pistol.

Piece of junk from the get-go. I traded it for a Glock 19 and have never regretted it.