Guns etc you wish you NEVER bought

[Oso]

Radical Firearms AR15
Walther P22 (identical to Sig Mosquito)
Kahr 9mm

 

[Daddymac]

This. Never met a bad dog.

 

[redrockranger]

Ruger 10/22 about 1975. It did go BYE/ BYE

 

[epc308]

None. Small change.
Bigger things to regret, like cars & women.

I only regret selling 2 cars, a 1967 SS Nova, and a 1974 BMW 2002. The first was an all around good muscle car from daily driver to open road, and I won my share in a straight line too. The Beemer you could drive wide open and use every single horsepower regularly. Drive it like a sprint car on gravel roads, tail hung out, steering wheel at opposite lock, big stupid grin plastered on my face. With its totally neutral handling, I could do donuts on frost. Oddly enough, both were great snow cars.
I still have my first bride.

 

[snert]

Dog... NO! Not even a bad one. End of story.

You never met Buster. Got him to stud my little beagle. Buster slept outside his house. Buster chit in his house. Buster ate his chit. When my little beagle Snert (yup, truth there) was hot n ready, I introduced them. Buster tried for 45 mins and never figured it out. I put out his food. He dumped her like a load of rocks and went to eat. then chit in his house. Buster was NOT a good dog. I paid a guy to take him and his house.

Every now and then my wife will say to me "well listen here Buster..." I'm not sure how to take that.

 

[KMart]

M-16/AR 15

I didn't like the first one issued me in 1969 and it has gone down hill from there. The feel, fit and function all suck. I own an AR now but it hasn't been to the range in years. I should unload it at the pawn shop for something they have on the shelf.
Looks like that gives me something to do next week, Pawn Surfing.

From my eyes, there is nothing socially redeeming about an AR.

 

[Dgd6mm]

The first one....simply because of the snowball effect.

 

[boltfluter]

Not mine personally, but two friends have Nightforce NSX that were sent in for warranty work. Both came back the same as they went in. No more Nightforce for the three of us!!

Paul

 

[SEM]

The first one....simply because of the snowball effect.

my snowball has way to many things to even begin to list

 

[KenOath]

Kahles 10-60x … junk not to my liking……. Specially for the overinflated price and hype.

 

[Downeast]

Basic AR rifle. What a waste of money. 5.56 caliber which I despise, not very accurate and quite ugly. Stuffed in the back of the safe where it will most likely remain for eternity.

 

[perazziguy]

A Remington 90-T I bought in 97. It made several trips to Kolar for various ailments. I know many have shot 90-T's for years and many, many targets without fail. I should have bit the bullet and found the TMX I was looking for. Jonathan Taylor

 

[M-61]

Sorry I bought a S&W model 66. Not sure what I was thinking. Never shot it well at all.
Still have it and still hate it.
Had a Jack Russell terrier that taught me the true definition of fearless. Loved the dog but a real handful.
They took my M-14 from me and gave me an M-16 which I disliked. Decades passed and for an unknown reason bought a Stag M-16. Disliked and sold it within a few months.
And I had a 1963 Avanti R2. Paxton blower. No AC. That went to help buy my first house.
I may have another M-14 in my future. I did like it and shot it well. (so long ago)
My fear is nostalgia. Nostalgia is the inability of the human mind to recall the bad things.

 

[Rsadams]

Only one I guess , a Springfield armory 1911.... It was a jamOmatic.... Sent everywhere except Springfield because I couldn't get anybody to help over years.... Because of it I will never own another Springfield product....

 

[tominboise]

Nostalgia is the inability of the human mind to recall the bad things.

Great line right here.

 

[snert]

Sorry I bought a S&W model 66. Not sure what I was thinking. Never shot it well at all.
Still have it and still hate it.
Had a Jack Russell terrier that taught me the true definition of fearless. Loved the dog but a real handful.
They took my M-14 from me and gave me an M-16 which I disliked. Decades passed and for an unknown reason bought a Stag M-16. Disliked and sold it within a few months.
And I had a 1963 Avanti R2. Paxton blower. No AC. That went to help buy my first house.
I may have another M-14 n my future. I did like it and shot it well. (so long ago)
My fear is nostalgia. Nostalgia is the inability of the human mind to recall the bad things.

Ah, those 4 inch model 66....terrible gun. So bad a gun I would only give you $100 for it so I can have something to give to my brother in law...I don't like him either.

 

[m1jeff]

Springfield Mil-Spec 1911. The feed ramp looked like contour farming. Ball ammo was the only type that didn’t fail to feed.

 

[Bill Score]

Rem 700 Long Range in 300 Win Mag I bought back in 2017. Probably the last gun I’ll order online. Terrible trigger, zero primary extraction, action screws broke within the first 50 rounds fired (both had internal voids). The rifle shot minute of beachball with factory stuff and handloads. The factory barrel was lawyer proof, couldn’t get close to the lands. Replaced the trigger with a timney, the barrel with a bartlein, LRI did a tig and timing job, and a local gunsmith trued up the action and chambered it for 215 Bergers. She is now a tack driver…… if I could find some more of those 215 Hybrids.

 

[AckleymanII]

Ithaca 37 Light weight 12 ga, Shot gun would kick your teeth out with duck loads!

 

[PigButtons]

The FIRST one.

#addicted

This took me a few seconds to figure out. I resemble that too, but not really. I can walk away any time I want, but I'd cry every step. Over the years I've certainly enjoyed most of the guns I've owned and there were times that this hobby kept me sane by giving me something to think about instead of my situation.

As for guns I wish I'd never bought, there have been few and they were usually cheap auction guns that I knew were a risk and they just were disassembled and put into parts bins in hope they can salvage some other old gun.

One I wish I could have walked away from was a dedicated AR-15 in 22LR that I totally love but by the time I got it just the way I wanted it, the silly thing cost almost $1K. Totally lost perspective on that one. But I think I'm not alone in that kind of Black Hole project run amuk.