Your worst purchase (firearm) ever

[21tango]

My worst purchase so far was a s&w Governor. Dont get me wrong it was really well built but it was huge and only accurate with 45acp. I still am not sure why i bought it as its to big for carry and lacks real power for hunting. I guess it would be a decent home defense gun but i have better options in my arsenal. I traded it to another member for a 70 series colt 1911. Again not a bad gun just more of a novelty in my book

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[bionic knees]

6.5 jap, my first hunting rifle. I think that was where the term Jap crap came from.

 

[Xmark1]

Keltec .380

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Worst firearm purchase ever...?

Hmmm...
Maybe it was the Uberti 1873 Carbine I bought.
Beautiful Carbine...handled and shot very nicely too.
Chambered in .45Colt...which is a excellent reound.
However....it was never offered ( historically ) in the model 1873 Winchester.
Being a history nerd....this bothered me enough to have me sell the Carbine.

Or maybe it was the first muzzle loading rifle I bought...
The rifle was a CVA kit gun....I enjoyed building it...liked shooting it and now muzzle loaders are about all that I own and shoot.
It was kinda like a "gateway" gun.....
Andy

 

[nwwoodsman]

Remlin 336W. Bought it off the shelf from the Wally World about 7-8 years ago. Took it to the range…once. Wouldn't shoot minute of garbage can lid at 100 yards and the woods finish literally starting washing off from the light sprinkle of rain that day.

 

[P7M13]

HK P7M13 Nickel.
Absolutely loved that gun. Then had to sell it. They stopped production of it one month later. Cry me a river....

 

[VanceInWA]

Wasn't that bad as a functional rifle, in fact accuracy was fairly decent, but if there was one piece of flimsy plastic that I had trouble relating to it was the Winchester XPR in 30-06.

 

[CountryGent]

Honestly, it would be difficult to pick the worst. My collecting antics, particularly in recent years, have been all over the board. Some good, some super crapola.

 

[Dirty Cary]

A ruger lc9 did all that was available to make it better and it spit the firing pin out of it around 500 rounds.
Ruger fixed it and I traded it in when I got it back.

 

[fstdraw]

I bought a .22 semi-auto from Montgomery Wards (mom had to sign for it, 1972) when I was 15. Beautiful gun with nice wood, checkered grip and forearm, tube feed, really nice looking. One evening I was shooting at our farm and it fired out of battery. Hit me with brass and I traded it soon after. I just wish I knew who made it. Nicest looking .22 I have ever owned.

 

[Ferryman]

M1 carbine. I read all the stories, but it wasn't until I actually owned one until I realized what a piece of crap it was. So sorry to all the vets, especially in Korea, that had to carry that junk.

 

[Mikej]

I gotta' laugh at some of these.

That governor. I'm still new at this, but the Governor just looked like a gun that looked cool but had no real use. When I first started playing seriously with guns.

Honestly, it would be difficult to pick the worst. My collecting antics, particularly in recent years, have been all over the board. Some good, some super crapola.

And YOU. I got to know you here on the board as one who really went for the obscure stuff. But I always thought your buys were fascinating.

We've been pretty lucky with what we've collected over the last 12 years.
However, there was one. After I got my dad's collection of some real old stuff he'd picked up after he got out of the service, he had his step dad's S&W pre model 10 that grandpa had used in the LA area in law enforcement. THAT was my first gun, other than the 10/22 I had and shot little. Wifey need a gun now too. Me knowing nothing at the time. And the gal at Gun Broker on SE 82nd not steering us to a proper gun for the wife. We got her a Keltec PF 9 for her first gun. Shooting 30' at a cardboard box, on the ground, with a target taped to it, it hit about 6' in front of the box. We paid $70.00 to send it to Keltec. they fixed it. We sold it.

 

[s1xty7]

Llama 1911 clone. The tube for the slide release and safety springs/detents was made out of plastic and broke all the time. Got tired of fixing it and sold it off to the brother of a coworker being completely transparent about what a pile of garbage it was. I would never buy a gun made by Llama again. Ever. Even if it were given to me for free, I'd turn it down and curse the name of the person trying to give it to me.

 

[Jay Walk]

Newbie sold his mint Henry .22 Golden Boy Silver. Gorgeous firearm but I just did not enjoy shooting it, also I was extra paranoid to put a scratch in it.

My coworker loves it.

 

[Jason999]

Hard to choose between the Lorcin l380 or the 2nd model schmidt rubin. The lorcin failed to feed and the schmidt rubin would stove pipe.

 

[PORSCHE928S4]

I have two the infamous Tec -9 what a POS the sights fell off and had to have my dad weld them back on worst $99 bucks I ever spent was not accurate but never did jam . The second one is the S&W 22A never with any ammo could get three rounds off without it jamming I never hated a firearm but I definitely hated this abomination !

 

[RVTECH]

A Phoenix .22 pistol.

POS from day one - hard to swap barrels, poor sights and inaccurate.

When the frame finally cracked I sent it back, got sent a new one and promptly sold it.

 

[21tango]

Worst firearm purchase ever...?

Hmmm...
Maybe it was the Uberti 1873 Carbine I bought.
Beautiful Carbine...handled and shot very nicely too.
Chambered in .45Colt...which is a excellent reound.
However....it was never offered ( historically ) in the model 1873 Winchester.
Being a history nerd....this bothered me enough to have me sell the Carbine.

Or maybe it was the first muzzle loading rifle I bought...
The rifle was a CVA kit gun....I enjoyed building it...liked shooting it and now muzzle loaders are about all that I own and shoot.
It was kinda like a "gateway" gun.....
AndyUberti

Worst firearm purchase ever...?

Hmmm...
Maybe it was the Uberti 1873 Carbine I bought.
Beautiful Carbine...handled and shot very nicely too.
Chambered in .45Colt...which is a excellent reound.
However....it was never offered ( historically ) in the model 1873 Winchester.
Being a history nerd....this bothered me enough to have me sell the Carbine.

Or maybe it was the first muzzle loading rifle I bought...
The rifle was a CVA kit gun....I enjoyed building it...liked shooting it and now muzzle loaders are about all that I own and shoot.
It was kinda like a "gateway" gun.....
Andy

Im totally with you on historical correctness it would eat at me also.

 

[kmk1012]

50 Beowulf AR, been a project since day 1. Over two grand later it sadly sits in the back of the safe because it's safe from me, LOL. Last time I thought it was going to be fixed, only to be disappointed, it went flying across the range (unloaded of course). My buddy asked if I was going to take it home when we were leaving, I said, probably not.

 

[TTSX]

MP40 semi automatic pistol, just like the Germans used. Looked great, felt great, functioned great, ZERO parts support and a design that would not lend itself to longevity. When I took it apart, I was surprised at how poorly engineered it was. Too much sheet metal and plastic, like it was a Philippine made gun with a German label. One of VERY few guns I lost sleep over buying despite being about equal to a Glock in cost. I think it was the feeling of being "had" thinking I was buying something quality