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And everyone wonders why nobody actually got shot on the A-Team show.

that would be a tie between the very early Vaquero with chamber throats varying but mostly about .007 bigger than the bore, which would not shoot better than about a foot at 25 yards, and that "group" was a foot and a half high and left. I warned the cowboy shooter who bought it but he didn't care....Vaqueros were apparently tight right then.

the other was a Colt 1911, nickeled up with some downmarket engraving and faux ivory grips with a Mexican eagle on them. bought if off a hippie biker hardass I worked with in Houston in 1973....who probably took it off a dead federale down in Mexico.

first magazine out at Carter's range, she went full auto on me. obviously some south of the border tuning had taken place. I was too snake bit to keep it after that.

Boito shotgun, biggest POS I ever saw!

Winchester 1400. It never malfunctioned with a variety of factory and handloads, and I could hit with it, but it just looked so darn cheap inside and out! I was working with a serious skeet shooter back then (70s) who inspired me to trade it for a new 1100; he had an 1100 with which he had shot about 15,000 registered targets with no breakdowns. Best gun trade I ever made.

the 1400 and 1200 were really cheesy....and such a come down from the model 12. they both just reeked of cheap.

Scheels had an ad for single shot ten gauge shotguns. $79. Friend and I couldn't wait to get them. Those damn things would sure kill geese but I had a headache by the 3rd shot and the thing would open the breach by itself after every round. I found another goose hunter who had to have it...that was a happy day for both of us. Friend traded his in for a ten gauge double. The extra weight tamed the recoil but the triggers verily smashed his fingers. I don't miss the old "gas pipe" a bit.

Savage Model 110 blued/synthetic 300 Win. Mag. Blind mag. Biggest POS that I have ever bought/owned.

A Rossi clone of a model 62 Winchester .22.
The magazine tube was mounted so crooked that you could see it sticking out from under the barrel on one side, and any shotgun would shoot better groups.

Second would be an older Mini 14 - shotgun shoots tighter groups.

Third was a Sears branded Winchester 1200 - chambered for 3" shells but never would feed one without jamming.

Myron

I have literally owned hundreds of firearms in my life, and the one that stands out as the all time most frustrating gun was a Savage Model 170 pump in 30-30. One shot if lucky, seldom could you get a second one off without something going haywire. That is one I truly did not miss. Russ

Winchester SS 338 WM, laminate stock, a thing of beauty, shot like crap and bolt froze after every shot. Polished and cleaned up the chamber - - bolt would open, but shot like crap, every shot was a flier.

One more, Winchester Trapper 357. Every other bullet would fall down below the chamber and rattle around in the bottom of the mag.....drove me nuts.

browning BLR, junk.

seriously??

Taurus PT 45, wouldnt fire to save its own ass, back to importer twice, still wouldnt fire reliably. Finally fed it to the milling machine and welded up the locking lug so the firing pin would actually hit the primer. Now it only sets off soft Federal primers, about half the time. The finest example of a real POS... I could go on for pages about this terd. Russian Roulette with this one would keep the game fair.

Worst disappointment was a Ruger #1 in 22-250 because it looks so nice, and shoots so sorrowfully. Worst gun that was still fun would be an AMT Stainless Hunter auto in 22 mag; Tupperware stock, trigger that feels like pulling a bent nail out of a 2x4, but it has a habit of doubling or tripling when you're shooting. Makes for easy 3 shot groups, and it's essentially a machine-gun for jack rabbits.

Forgot about my brief experience with a Kel-Tec P3AT. Jamming little bastard. You'd be better off with a squirt-gun if you were getting mugged. At least you might make the mugger blink for a second so you could run away screaming.

Ruger M77 Tang safety .270 bought new in the mid eighties. It was accurate, but would sometimes misfire on the first cold shot (Especialy when the weather was colder) & then fire fine until the next outing. Missed two bucks in the cold due to this POS. First one I just assumed I didn't chamber a round & just jacked another one in. Second time got me to looking at WTF, another CLICK, cousin shot that nice ten pointer after I skeered it to him.

Had a couple of gunsmiths look at it after I cleaned the hell out of the bolt & both said the bolt needed cleaning. One was just after the other gunsmith had cleaned it & it still would misfire. Tried multiple brands of ammo. Ruger sent me a new heavier firing pin spring, changed out the trigger to a Timney, still no joy.

Finally sold it to a guy who wouldn't believe the problem when I told him all about it. Wish I had it back, as it would be a good project to fight with having a little more seat time with various rifles.

I still think it had to be excessive headspace, but one of the smiths said it checked out, as did the firing pin protrusion. Wish I had it back as I hate that it beat me down, back then!!

Just a long, boring, sad story about one that got away!

Win 70 FWT 300 WSM. Thing would not chamber a round the last 1/8" without a ton of force. Went back to the factory 3 times, they never did get it right. Last time all they did was take a dremel tool to the feed ramp. Called when I saw it, they said it was fixed and they would not accept it anymore. It went down the road, fast. I havent considered a M-70 since.

Llama .380 micromax. Looked great. Jammed all the time, slide cracked. Junk.

Yep, mine is somewhere close to Rockport TX in the bottom of a salt water marsh which is just as far as it could be thrown.

Bad news is the next DU banquet I attended, I won another one. It's still in the box 14 years latter, and I haven't found anyone I dislike enough to sell it too.

I was going to ask the same question as okok. I have one and am very pleased with it. What's the problem?