What firearm to do regret purchasing?

[Rclark]

None. I did sell a SRH .44 that I wasn't using. But I didn't regret buying it.

 

[moparclan]

Auto Ordnance, Kahr m1 carbine. Total jam-o-matic no matter the ammo or magazines. Don't think it would even make a good boat anchor.
My Underwoods and Iver Johnson will run circles around it even with crappy ammo.

 

[Swampbilly_2]

A Llama 380 semi-automatic pistol.
I could fully clean it...it shot great for a few rounds...soon as it got a little dirty, then jamming.
Paid $200 initially...Pawned it later for $100.
First and last Llama....cheap made guns.

 

[Ruger Accumulator]

Remington 700 30.06.

I was bidding in a live online auction, on a Mauser 30.06 that someone else apparently wanted. Each time a bid was placed, it extended the auction by a minute. I was also bidding on a couple of other guns, so I was jumping back and forth between items. We were up around $500, and when I glanced at the 30.06 listing, I saw that I wasn't the high bidder so I quickly placed another bid. Only then did I realize it wasn't the Mauser I wanted, but a run of the mill Remington 700 with a synthetic stock, and a cheap scope. Probably a Walmart gun. It had been listed many items down, but everything between it and the Mauser had sold, so the listings were next to each other.

Of course, while I placed multiple bids on every other gun I wanted, I won this one on the first try! I jokingly tell people that it's the rifle I bought by accident! Lol!

Then again, can a man ever have too many 30.06's?!?!

 

[larry8]

A Taurus PT22. Neat little gun with a tip-up barrel but it had a 30-pound trigger pull. It was accurate for that type of pistol and wasn't picky about ammo but that trigger pull took all the fun out of it. Hoping one day there will be a gun buyback somewhere close so I could get something out of it.

PUT A LIGHTER SPRING IN IT

 

[kshaw]

Ruger Mark III but I did replace it with the Mark IV. It is a royal pain to disassemble for cleaning and last time I put it back together just created malfunctions.

 

[Joe Chartreuse]

Auto Ordnance, Kahr m1 carbine. Total jam-o-matic no matter the ammo or magazines. Don't think it would even make a good boat anchor.
My Underwoods and Iver Johnson will run circles around it even with crappy ammo.View attachment 59026

You may be the only person here besides me with an Iver Johnson. What year / model?

 

[Hankus]

Tec9. What a POS. Wouldn't feed, and then had it "blow up" in my hand. Probably one of the rounds that didn't feed got compressed a bit…sent it off, sold it once I got it back.

Also- I had high hopes for my PTR91. But it was not a HK, just a heavy, clunky rifle with a lot of sharp corners that drew blood every time I used it. Had to send it off pretty early on for failures to fire. Sold it when I got it back.

This sounds weird, but I bought a Henry Big Boy silver in .357 that I regret. Beautiful gun- octagon barrel, polished receiver, nice wood. But it was the dang heaviest gun you can imagine. While most love them, I hated it. It's going to be a raffle prize at the local firehouse fundraiser this spring. I'll probably buy a Henry steel side gate or maybe a Marlin to replace it.

Randy- take a look at the Rossi 92. Once I broke mine in it has been a great shooter. It's chambered in .454 Casull but handles .45 Colt too. Mine is the stainless model with the 20" barrel.

 

[moparclan]

You may be the only person here besides me with an Iver Johnson. What year / model?

Around 83. Replaced the barrel with a military one, previous owner shot lead ammo and plugged up the gas piston block port. Was just a single shot then, Iver Johnson silver soldered the piston block assembly on. The new barrel piston block is swaged on. functions perfectly now.

Had a WWII Iver Johnson commemorative in a case the was awesone looking but to nice to shoot. Made a good profit a few years ago during the panic buying era.

 

[Ride1949]

I had one of Iver Johnson's Enforcer M1 Carbine pistols back in the late 70's. Not much for accuracy, but a real conversation starter.

EDIT: There are a couple of them on the Rock Island Auction site. Wish I'd hung on to mine now.
$$ $$

Four Semi-Automatic Sporting Pistols

Four Semi-Automatic Sporting Pistols -A) German Sport Guns Model GSG5 Pistol with BoxBox is numbered to the gun. Includes one extra magazine, cleaning tools and papers.

www.rockislandauction.com

 

[Randyzzz]

Randy- take a look at the Rossi 92. Once I broke mine in it has been a great shooter. It's chambered in .454 Casull but handles .45 Colt too. Mine is the stainless model with the 20" barrel.

I actually have a Henry Steel Side Gate Carbine in .45 LC. But I have been considering the stainless Rossi for a .357. Unless the Marlin prices keep dropping.


My .45 Henry-

 

[vito]

Ruger Mark III but I did replace it with the Mark IV. It is a royal pain to disassemble for cleaning and last time I put it back together just created malfunctions.

The main reason I bought my Mark IV is for the ease in disassembly and re-assembly. Its my only 22LR pistol and gets a fair amount of use at the range without me spending a fortune in ammunition, and takes me no time at all for easy cleaning. I wish my other Ruger pistols were even close to that easy.

 

[BloodyThumb]

There have been a couple over the years, but probably the WORST was a KelTec KSG. It would be followed pretty closely by a Dan Wesson 1911 back in the 90's before they went to CZ. I don't remember the model at the moment but even 2 trips back to DW could not make it run.

 

[91B40]

Remington 742 .30-06 All Weather. Looked OK, lousy accuracy.
M1 from CMP in .308. Nice rifle, but just too heavy and too antique for my purposes. One of those "seemed like a good idea at the time" purchases.
There are plenty I should not have sold, though.

 

[TRanger]

I'll play along. It was a Ruger Flat Top Bisley .44 Special. I thought I would love the gun and spent a year shooting it before I had to admit I just didn't like it . Accuracy wasn't great either. I sold it, bought an original flat top .44 Magnum and have never looked back.

 

[Sgt. Buzzard]

Had a very early Charter Arms AR-7. Mine would shoot dependably but group like a volley ball. Goodbye. Had a Walther PPK in .380, very cool in a Bond sort of way. I have one of those hand shapes that the Walther would slice and dice. Never shot it without bleeding. That went too.

 

[mjh]

Couldn't trade away my 357 LCR fast enough. Don't get me wrong. I like shooting 357 in a steel gun. Have SP's--GP's--even an older Taurus M66--shoot 158grn loads all day long with those choices. One trip to the range with the LCR and I was like NOPE--this has got go---so it did. If I wanted a revolver to shoot 38's I would have just bought such a revolver--but I expect to be able to use 357 in any revolver I own that can use the round.

 

[mr_joe]

Hi one more on the walther p22 very ammo sensitive.
The only other one was a Baby Eagle (45) . Very nice accurate gun. Only reason it sits in safe most of time is I just don't find it fits my hand very well.

 

[farley]

Hi one more on the walther p22 very ammo sensitive.
The only other one was a Baby Eagle (45) . Very nice accurate gun. Only reason it sits in safe most of time is I just don't find it fits my hand very well.

I had a Baby Eagle 45. Very accurate gun, but was never reliable. Jammed constantly.

 

[Yaworski]

Desert Eagle in .44. Just too big.

Colt HBar. I bought it to get involved in high power rifle but that never happened.