Guns etc you wish you NEVER bought

[garandman]

@PigButtons ... I just bought a stoopit Canik 9mm just cuz it was $450.

 

[tomswede]

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.

Done that in a 2002, great fun and a great car. Standing pedals made heal and toe easy.

 

[ben lurkin]

Taurus G2C. Was wanting a small CC pistol. That thing would swell the spent brass so badly that I worry it would have a case rupture. The trigger had two break points. How anyone could honestly shoot one is beyond me.

Mini 14. Put one box through it. Never shot anything so inaccurate, before or since. It sat in the back of the safe for years til a buddy just had to have it. I practically gave the thing away.

 

[DanK3Pos]

Kel-Tec PLR-16. I hate shooting this gun. It is loud and obnoxious. I don't like having it anywhere near my face, so I put a laser on it and shot it from the hip. It is ridiculous.

So many people listing the Mini-14. I've got a Mini-30 in the safe I've never fired that I inherited from my dad. It is from the 80's, so odds are against it being a sub 2" gun.

 

[hogpatrol]

Only one for me, a Benelli M2 slug gun in 20 gauge. Functions with one brand and type of ammo and occasionally jams on it.

 

[300_whisper]

So many people listing the Mini-14. I've got a Mini-30 in the safe I've never fired that I inherited from my dad. It is from the 80's, so odds are against it being a sub 2" gun.

Well, good news is if there ever is a “first to hit a barn door at 50 yards” competition you have a rifle in the safe that can do it.

 

[gunnermhr]

You're all a bunch of amateurs until you've owned J22 Jennings, . I'm almost embarrassed to say I purchased one.

 

[Clam]

Sako 85‘s. Two of them. they Shoot okay and look great, but the extraction and ejection is very flawed.

 

[Forum Boss]

Glock 34. Long Slide version of the 9mm Glock 17. I bought it to compete in IDPA. I thought the longer sight radius and more weight forward would be an advantage for fast target transitions. Unfortunately, trigger was inconsistent and vague. Plus I hated the ergonomics of the grip (the Glock backstrap doesn't fit any known human hand), and the gun always pointed left when I'd bring it up in "start with eyes closed" dry-fire practice drills. I switched to a SIG P226 and my scores and match standings improved immediately. In fairness, that Glock 34 was VERY accurate. In slow fire I could have near-touching bullet holes at 10 yards. But I was glad to get rid of it. The SIG P226 was equally accurate, pointed better, had a much better trigger (in SA mode) and held its value better. I also much prefer the SIG magazines.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

Dad was a part time insurance agent in a small town, back when agents earned sales points. Agents had a catalog to chose "prizes" from. He said he was getting the brother and I a new shotgun for helping mow and clean the church property, single 20 ga New England. That shotgun kicked like a mule for this 9 yo. After the first "practice session for pheasant season" I told Dad it wasn't worth the mowing and painting.

 

[abishai]

In my young and foolish days I purchased a tech 9
If you wanted accuracy or reliability, you had better practice throwing it

 

[Sniperhandle]

In my young and foolish days I purchased a tech 9
If you wanted accuracy or reliability, you had better practice throwing it

I was wondering when someone was going to mention these piles of garbage! People pay big money for these useless jam-o-matics on GB all of the time, They look cool and all but quite useless and do not feed reliably at all.

 

[KMart]

Dad was a part time insurance agent in a small town, back when agents earned sales points. Agents had a catalog to chose "prizes" from. He said he was getting the brother and I a new shotgun for helping mow and clean the church property, single 20 ga New England. That shotgun kicked like a mule for this 9 yo. After the first "practice session for pheasant season" I told Dad it wasn't worth the mowing and painting.

if it is any consolation, I had a recent occasion to shoot one of these. I also grew up shooting a 20 ga single shot, but this one kicked like a mule. I only shot it 2-3 times as a function check and that was a big plenty.

 

[snert]

Glock 34. Long Slide version of the 9mm Glock 17. I bought it to compete in IDPA. I thought the longer sight radius and more weight forward would be an advantage for fast target transitions. Unfortunately, trigger was inconsistent and vague. Plus I hated the ergonomics of the grip (the Glock backstrap doesn't fit any known human hand), and the gun always pointed left when I'd bring it up in "start with eyes closed" dry-fire practice drills. I switched to a SIG P226 and my scores and match standings improved immediately. In fairness, that Glock 34 was VERY accurate. In slow fire I could have near-touching bullet holes at 10 yards. But I was glad to get rid of it. The SIG P226 was equally accurate, pointed better, had a much better trigger (in SA mode) and held its value better. I also much prefer the SIG magazines.

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Hmmm
I HATE the 226 and am the only confirmed human who has a hand that sorta fits a Glock (I use a Handall to fill my palm) which only proves that the old Blondes, Brunettes, Redheads thing is what makes the world go 'round.

 

[Jtate]

1979 stainless steel mini 14, on a good day it would shoot minute of beachball at 100 yards.

 

[alFALfa]

Another guy here regretting buying a Mini-14 - I've heard it described as the best shotgun Ruger ever made.

RRA LAR-8 - I wanted a .308 AR and this one used FAL mags which I had plenty of. Developed FTF/FTE issues even with the FAL mag it came with and other new FAL mags. After finally getting them to fix it they'd only guarantee it would function with their proprietary pos mags. I see there's no mention of FAL mags on their site anymore.

 

[Spook]

Winchester 94 Black Shadow in 444. After installing XS sights and scope rail, I shot it 11 times before retiring it to the back of the safe. The recoil was beyond what I was comfortable with.

 

[Raythemanroe]

I had 2 NightForce "Competition" models. Both broke, resulting in 6+ inch groups at 300 yards. This was with 2 full blown F-Open rifles. These were NOT the 2013 models>>>they were 2015 models. I sent them back with the targets from the Competition scopes and my "back-up" NightForce 12-42BR model, which is and has been flawless. It did not matter to NightForce, they sent them back as "Nothing wrong with them"! I took them to a retailer who sold used scopes and he knew of the problems with the NightForce Competiton models. But as long as I had the paperwork stating nothing was wrong with the scopes, he bought them from me. Needless to say, I won't deal with NightForce anymore>>>>I now use Kahles scopes exclusively.. I am not looking for a "debate" here>>>>just giving you exactly what transpired..

No debate, I have heard this same thing many times. Although many have said that the scope funtioned properly after it's return from NF. I believe they just don't/didn't want to admit that the Comp had a problem. My understanding is that they were fixing them but not admitting a problem..


Ray

 

[shoot4fun]

Both regrets were Kimber.
I bought an early production 1911 that was an absolute joy to shoot. A few years later I bought the Eclipse model sight unseen. Turns out it was a II designation, the worst kind of 1911 garbage. It lasted about three months in my safe before hitting the road.
A couple years ago Kimber introduced the 84M Hunter. Although rather pedestrian looking, it had some attributes that got my attention. It was very lightweight and was available in 257 Roberts (a caliber I had a severe yen for). It never shot decent groups and it never fed nor ejected properly. A true disappointment for sure. It went away and my 257 Bob itch has been scratched by a beauty of a Ruger No. 1.

 

[group therapy]

My first benchrest rifle!!!!!!