Least favorite gun

[Andy54Hawken]

See Ian of Forgotten Weapons -

He says it all.

Maybe that pistol ought to be shelved under "Best to be Forgotten Weapons"...
Andy

 

[The Heretic]

Grendel P10

Grendel was the company that preceded KelTec and IMO KelTec has not progressed very far from when they were Grendel

 

[nammac]

Jennings J-22. Have had 2, neither was reliable at all.

Almost there with you, but in all honesty, I think the latter Jimenez Arms JA series of zink (pot metal) pistols would have to be rated the worse... No redeeming qualities except for price...

 

[Koda]

double action autos

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

Well could be worse...

wtf

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

Almost there with you, but in all honesty, I think the latter Jimenez Arms JA series of zink (pot metal) pistols would have to be rated the worse... No redeeming qualities except for price...

i second that. i wouldnt buy one anyway at that price. waste of money IMO

 

[Alexx1401]

I like shooting and I'll shoot any gun that I get a chance to.
That said I really don't care for the various models of modern "in-line" muzzle loaders.
Andy

Those inline came out after I stopped playing with the BP guns. Have never been able to try one so curious why you don't like them? Just idle curiosity since I know you are big on smoke poles.

 

[RVTECH]

Glock 36 - terrible grip, inaccurate, hard to control and wouldn't feed everything.

 

[Connor Murphy]

Don't laff, here in yUK there was, for a short while, a Ruger Super Redhawk that actually DID have a barrel that long, until an element of common sense prevailed, and they got shortened to a 'mere' 12", like mine here..........

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You might laff, but hereabouts you are looking at a revolver valued in excess of $2800................

tac

Bet the crowd goes wild when you pull that one out of your pants. The Ruger I mean

 

[Alexx1401]

The worst that comes to mind was an AMT .380 Backup from the early 80's. Ended up with it from some kind of sale trade. Neat looking little pistol . It had a trigger that often made people think the safety was on. I thought something was wrong with it but after seeing a couple more of them at a shop they were all like that. I tried to like the pistol as it did work well. That damn trigger pull was just impossible to get used too.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Those inline came out after I stopped playing with the BP guns. Have never been able to try one so curious why you don't like them? Just idle curiosity since I know you are big on smoke poles.

I find them to be just a way to skirt the law and rules regarding Muzzle loaders and Muzzle loading hunting.
Many use a 209 primer* , enclosed ignition* , BP substitute powders or pellets , modern copper jacketed bullets* etc .. they are "muzzle loaders" in name only.

I also feel that they give one a false sense of improvement over the traditional muzzle loader.
None of the supposed advantages of new powders , ignition , projectiles etc ... do anything "better" than real black powder and round ball.

Not that I think if you want to hunt or shoot a muzzle loader that you gotta be all "Daniel Boone" and use a custom flintlock and dress in buckskins...
Many folks hunt and shoot with T/C Hawken a Lyman Great Plains etc ... all while wearing "normal" clothes.
No issue there ... the guns ( T/C's and the like ) are in the spirit of the muzzle loaders for which the muzzle loading / primitive season were originally intended for.

Note to all :
I do not say the above to be insulting to those who like and use a modern in line rifle.
The above is just my thoughts based on my experience ...
* Yes I do know that not all inline rifles are this way.
Andy

 

[bbbass]

300 Weatherby original that I bought from a horse trader and he included some of his handloads. The first one I fired got stuck in the chamber and blew out the primer a bit. Looked at the bolt face and it had a big hole in it... and that is how I learned never to shoot other peoples reloads, and never to buy a gun from a bigmouth.

 

[Alexx1401]

I find them to be just a way to skirt the law and rules regarding Muzzle loaders and Muzzle loading hunting.
Many use a 209 primer* , enclosed ignition* , BP substitute powders or pellets , modern copper jacketed bullets* etc .. they are "muzzle loaders" in name only.

I also feel that they give one a false sense of improvement over the traditional muzzle loader.
None of the supposed advantages of new powders , ignition , projectiles etc ... do anything "better" than real black powder and round ball.

Not that I think if you want to hunt or shoot a muzzle loader that you gotta be all "Daniel Boone" and use a custom flintlock and dress in buckskins...
Many folks hunt and shoot with T/C Hawken a Lyman Great Plains etc ... all while wearing "normal" clothes.
No issue there ... the guns ( T/C's and the like ) are in the spirit of the muzzle loaders for which the muzzle loading / primitive season were originally intended for.

Note to all :
I do not say the above to be insulting to those who like and use a modern in line rifle.
The above is just my thoughts based on my experience ...
* Yes I do know that not all inline rifles are this way.
Andy

Ok I was guessing that's what you would say. Since you seem to really like the old guns and the modern copies of the old guns. From what I have seen in the magazines some of the "modern" front loaders did seem like they were just trying to take advantage of the laws allowing seasons just for them.

 

[dmack]

One time I bought a 6" TC contender hot shot barrel, which was a light weight octagonal barrel used for shotshell loads. I shot 10 rounds of full power .44 mag rounds and my wrist was shaking so much I had to stop for the day. That was about 28 years ago and I still have the other 40 rounds of .44 sitting unused in my reloading room.

 

[Certaindeaf]

I had a couple of H&R .22 revolvers that spit lead like Rosie Odonnel spits hate.
You'd think you were safe in the sidelines and then pow! right in the kisser.. every time.
very dangerous

 

[66PonyCar]

My brother-in-law inherited a Smith & Wesson Chief's Special semi-auto in 9mm from his dad. We took it out to the range one day. It had the longest trigger pull I've ever experienced. I pulled the trigger a couple of times and it didn't fire. I figured out you had to pull that trigger until it hit the back of the trigger guard before it would go off.

 

[Ruger Rich]

Any D/A only plastic semi-auto pistol with a strong trigger pull.

 

[teflon6string]

ODI Viking 1911 (nickel finish with Seecamp DA conversion). At the time I owned it, if Sonny Crocket was always cussing and clearing stovepipes, I'd have looked just like him.

 

[MrMillspecer]

Any firearm that someone tells me I must have, so I can be like them.

Any light triggered pistol with no safety that thinks they reinvented the wheel.

I can carry my 1911s hot and the safety off. I just entered the future.

 

[P7M13]

I don't know if this really counts, but an Army issued M16A1... the rear take-down pin was so loose that it'd randomly slide out in its own (I didn't know sheite about the "finer points" of AR construction @ that time), and one time I went to fire it one handed from a Jeep (M151A2) while riding in the passenger seat and the bubblegumming thing made like a "break-action shotgun" on me....point annnnnd flop. NOT cool!

We laughed out arses off when we got back, but DAM talk about the pucker-factor going to 11!!

That would be the top of my list....

I guess ... if your idea of dating also involves chloroform , duct tape , zip ties and rope...
Andy

2nd date. For the third, you might add cat o' nine tails ....