What was you worst ever 22 rifle purchase. Mine was a Remington 522 Viper that I bought back in the early nineties. Did anyone try one of these disasters?
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Worst .22 Rifle Ever
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Mine was a no name bolt action I bought many moons ago when I was a teenager.
It had a broken firing pin and I never knew when the darn thing was going to go off, and because I never knew when it would go off, I never jerked the trigger which actually made me a better shooter.
I still hated that gun though as it cost me a lot of squirrels when it wouldn't fire.
I couldn't wait to get one that would actually fire every time I pulled the trigger.
It had a broken firing pin and I never knew when the darn thing was going to go off, and because I never knew when it would go off, I never jerked the trigger which actually made me a better shooter.
I still hated that gun though as it cost me a lot of squirrels when it wouldn't fire.
I couldn't wait to get one that would actually fire every time I pulled the trigger.
Hawes Western Sixshooter. Aluminum frame, cylinder, and barrel with steel inserts. The front sight fell out. So I cut a nickel in half, cut it to length, and peened the barrel dovetail with a small drift punch. Doubled the value, I think.
Daisy Model 8, they were made for Walmart from leftover Iver Johnson parts. I bought it to coon hunt with and it was garbage. I left it in the bed of my truck hoping someone would steal it, the next day there was another one beside it. I reckon someone else did not want theirs either.
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Same here. I was a kid too young to have a drivers license. The 190 was junk.
Walt Krafft
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Ruger 1022. Ended up spending 4 times the purchase price for "upgrades " and it still jams half the time.
snert
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Browning BL 22. Pretty. Svelte. comely.
Wouldn't hit a basketball floating in a barrel two times in a row.
Sold it for a lot less than my dad paid for it, and neither of us missed it. (And this started my pattern of buying high, selling low which is why I seldom sell a gun now)
Wouldn't hit a basketball floating in a barrel two times in a row.
Sold it for a lot less than my dad paid for it, and neither of us missed it. (And this started my pattern of buying high, selling low which is why I seldom sell a gun now)
It's possible the magazines weren't wound correctly. Back when we had the range we used to use them as rental guns for our plinking range because they worked so well.
Lakefield bolt action repeater, Rem nylon 66 autoloader, bothe were a POS for me, one wouldn't feed, other jammed every 5 rds or so and was a PITA to clear they both came to a bad end, on purpose, and went into the garbage, I could not find it within myself to sell them to someone else. Had a BL22 til I tried to single load it one day with cold hands, and lost a shot at a grouse, sold it ASAP after that, wasn't impressed with loading a tube mag either.
A Marlin 7000 autoloader. I learned lots about gunsmithing on that awful thing.
Countless gopher trips ended without me firing a shot because something else on it broke.
I still have it. I'm stupid or something
Countless gopher trips ended without me firing a shot because something else on it broke.
I still have it. I'm stupid or something
Remington 547
That‘s disappointing to hear.
doclu60
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Wow, at that price point and knowing of a couple of these rifles, I am surprised to see one on this list. Care to expand your commentary? Just curious, not wanting to incite an argument.
Scott
Worst trigger ever!
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