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I only had one really and admittedly it was a used gun. Charter Arms Pathfinder. Lil .22 snub - felt just great but - the internals were I suspect made by drunk Friday night slave labor!
Got any - had any?
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Well - if you ever had any!!
I only had one really and admittedly it was a used gun. Charter Arms Pathfinder. Lil .22 snub - felt just great but - the internals were I suspect made by drunk Friday night slave labor!
Got any - had any?
Chris - P95
NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member.
"To own a gun and assume that you are armed
is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!."
http://www.rkba-2a.com/ - a portal for 2A links, articles and some videos.
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Started out okay but eventually went south on me - P64
Mauser Broomhandle that grouped 14" high from 7 yards away!
"I surrounded 'em"- Alvin York
"They're ain't many troubles that a man can't fix with seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six"- Jeff Cooper
OMG - Rick, that has be something really wrong!!!! Sights surely must have been crazy! Wow!!Mauser Broomhandle that grouped 14" high from 7 yards away!
Chris - P95
NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member.
"To own a gun and assume that you are armed
is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!."
http://www.rkba-2a.com/ - a portal for 2A links, articles and some videos.
My sole lemon was a German-made Ortgies .32 ACP semi auto.
Granted, it probably passed through several hands before I purchased it so I'm sure it was reliable for prior owners, but not me. It was literally a single-shot pistol. No one was willing to fix it and I couldn't find spare parts.
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Yeah, I would have had to replace the front sight with a taller one...quite a bit taller....Originally Posted by P95Carry
OMG - Rick, that has be something really wrong!!!! Sights surely must have been crazy! Wow!!
"I surrounded 'em"- Alvin York
"They're ain't many troubles that a man can't fix with seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six"- Jeff Cooper
I have actually had two.
A Winchester M190 .22LR Semi-auto tube feed. After a couple of thousand rounds the bolt broke in half. (length wise) It appeared to be epoxied together.
The other was an Astra A-80 45ACP that functioned fine but shot 12" low at 7 yards. I sold it about a month after buying it.
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Currently, my Kahr/AO Thompson 1927A1. We'll see if they replace it or it turns into a $1000 target model. And I don't mean Olympic grade or for competition, but rather as a lead repository.
Driver carries less than $45 worth of remorse.
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Does my 1911sc that tore its self apart in 400 rounds count?
A Walther P38 that was only good as a paperweight ~ what an awful handgun. My most despised firearm.
One S&W Chiefs Special that was a factory fit dog. I inherited it & never would have actually bought it.
One Stainless Ruger Mini 14 that I bought & then sent out right away (unfired) to be customized & it was a total factory lemon when I got it back. Later on I bought another one (used) & it was great. I dumped that one too though right after I bought my first Galil.
One early Taurus that freaking fell apart on me & (with multiple critical stoppages) & caused me so much frustration that I can now not even consider buying any firearm that bears the Taurus name.
One heavy (expensive) big game rifle that suffered from inexplicable sporadic & dangerous accuracy problems that I gave away with a full explanation of its idiosyncrasies to a shooter that was willing to mess with it.
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Chome plated Jennings J 22. Made alot of lemonade with this gun though, bought for $60 and sold it for $40. Guaraneteed to jam atleast 1 time per magazine.
That sure was plenty QK - and pity re the P38 too - shame.
Chris - P95
NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member.
"To own a gun and assume that you are armed
is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!."
http://www.rkba-2a.com/ - a portal for 2A links, articles and some videos.
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Norinco Uzi copy. Jam-o-matic. Even slam fired on me a couple of times. Only bad Norinco I ever owned.
Blessed be the Lord my rock who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battle. Psalm 144:1
Si vis pacem, para bellum
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H&R .22 revolver, hammer spring is too weak to fire reliably in double action, though it shoots OK in SA. It belonged to my great uncle, who I admired, so I'm stuck with the POS. Not really worth fixing, so it's stuck in my safe. Came with a great looking cowboy holster and cartrige belt, too bad it was made for someone with a 20" waist :P
Hate to admit to this one, but my tirst pistol was a Raven .25, paid $25 for it. Put one box of rounds through it, clearing a jam at least once per mag, and sold it for $10.
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Seecamp .32 that literally fell apart.
Davis Stack Barrel derringer in 22 WMR. The cross bolt safety fell out the side.
ParaOrdnance P10 & S.A. "micro" 45 both were Jam-A-Matics and I couldn't get thru any mags without an FTF or FTE. Even borrowed mags!
I had a Taurus M85 that worked but shot a foot low at 15 FEET.
I think that's about all.
Former Army Infantry Captain; 25 yrs as an NRA Certified Instructor; Avid practitioner of the martial art: KLIK-PAO.
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