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Posted: 9/24/2004 10:09:50 PM EDT

[#1]

Quoted:
I've had good luck so far. My former step-father was a fan of the Lorcin series, which eventually saved both our lives. When I was twelve he got drunk and decided he was going to kill me with his Lorcin .380. He racked the slide, pointed it at my face and pulled the trigger. Evidently a magazine problem prevented it from feeding. When I was fourteen he got drunk and beat up my mother. I decided I was going to shoot him with his Lorcin 9mm(he had been threatening my mother with it, and lost it in the struggle). I picked it up off the floor and attempted to chamber a round. When I released the slide the round became lodged between the feed ramp and the slide. In my state I was unable to clear it. It did make a decent club however, which I used to pistol-whip him until the police arrived. He survived, but had some pretty serious nerve damage in his face and a broken jaw.

Lorcins save lives.

Wow. That's some serious sharing you're doing there.

Posted: 9/24/2004 10:14:56 PM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:
Thank god no one has admitted to owning a Jennings yet...

HAHAHA.....Not one but two Jennings 22s, use to carry them both at the same time [ had a 50/50 chance one would fire] traded and got a S&W 36.

And a early Bushmaster rifle [Gwinn] jammed every 3rd round [double feed] I finally ripped the bolt handle through the upper reciever. Still have it in pieces in the spare parts box.

Posted: 9/24/2004 10:17:46 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
Quoted:
I've had good luck so far. My former step-father was a fan of the Lorcin series, which eventually saved both our lives. When I was twelve he got drunk and decided he was going to kill me with his Lorcin .380. He racked the slide, pointed it at my face and pulled the trigger. Evidently a magazine problem prevented it from feeding. When I was fourteen he got drunk and beat up my mother. I decided I was going to shoot him with his Lorcin 9mm(he had been threatening my mother with it, and lost it in the struggle). I picked it up off the floor and attempted to chamber a round. When I released the slide the round became lodged between the feed ramp and the slide. In my state I was unable to clear it. It did make a decent club however, which I used to pistol-whip him until the police arrived. He survived, but had some pretty serious nerve damage in his face and a broken jaw.

Lorcins save lives.

Wow. That's some serious sharing you're doing there.

It has come up before under different circumstances. The most recent event was about 9 years ago. I have had a good bit of time to think about it since it happened, and I don't take it very seriously any more. It used to really bother me. I feel that these stories do make a good point about low quality weapons.

Posted: 9/24/2004 10:21:51 PM EDT

[#4]

A Norinco M-14 . One of the few weapons that I didn't mind seeing go .

Posted: 9/24/2004 10:26:14 PM EDT

[#5]

Well when I was 16 I had a job making $2.00 an hour. I worked like crazy till I had enough money for a $250.00 Llama and a box of .45 acp.I was so proud that I had a ".45 automatic" and couldn't wait to go shoot it. When I did , the rear sight fell off after one magazine and it would jam every second (or so) round. Worked on it for months finally gave in and let my Dad take it and sell it for $50.00 . Biggest POS ever!

Posted: 9/24/2004 10:26:31 PM EDT

[#6]

Hesse AK-74. The ejector eroded and standard bakelites wouldn't fit unless they were trimmed. Also the headspace would change and the bolt wouldn't close on some rounds. I found it out the hardway when a fireworks show started about 3 inches from my face, and it wasn't the Fourth of July. I traded it for a Century R1A1 at the very next gunshow to an unsuspecting dealer. Second biggest pos is an SW-52 by everybody's good friend Todd. And the sad thing about it is that he wants even more money to "upgrade" them.

Posted: 9/24/2004 10:27:40 PM EDT

[#7]

Mini-14 Ranch rifle.

Posted: 9/24/2004 10:33:43 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
followed by a Mannlicher Carcano...

Funny. The one Lee Harvey Oswald boughtfrom Kliens Sporting Goods worked pretty good.

Posted: 9/25/2004 12:19:39 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
She has shot Ravens before, and they don't jam for her, I don't know why, but htey don't. I just can't bring myself to give money for one though.

I had a Raven in my safe for over 25 years. Took it out and put a box of ammo through it every couple of years and it always performed 100% and was fairly accurate for that small of a gun.

I got rid of it during a safe clean-out to make room for other weapons.

Posted: 9/25/2004 12:22:10 AM EDT

[#10]

A Lorcin .380

Its embarassing to even admit it that I owned it. At least I didn't pay for it. A gun dealer friend gave it to me (some friend).

Posted: 9/25/2004 12:26:26 AM EDT

[#11]

Mine was a Springfield Armory loaded 1911A1. I bought so I wouldn't have to dump a bunch of money into customizing a 1911....boy, WAS THAT A STUPID MOVE!!!!

Posted: 9/25/2004 12:32:23 AM EDT

[#12]

North American Arms .32. Something different broke every time I shot it.

Posted: 9/25/2004 1:05:00 AM EDT

[#13]

That piece of crap, take down, floating, semi-auto .22. Don't remember the name and haven't taken it out of it's hole for probably 15 years.

Posted: 9/25/2004 1:05:15 AM EDT

[#14]

Walther P22

Bought it brand new when the first came out. I was soo excited. I cleaned and lubed it before I took it to the range. I tried 4 different types of ammo and could not get through 1 10rd mag without 1-3 failures to feed or fire. Sold it at the next gun show, while people were still lining up for them. Now I hear about the slides wearing out after extensive use. I never had that problem with a Ruger MKI/II or 10/22.

Now there's a Walther G22.

It's FUGLY! It looks like a HiPoint on crack.

Posted: 9/25/2004 2:05:45 AM EDT

[#15]

Nylon 77. My winter gun. Bullets only stay in my mags when the temp. is below 40 degrees.

Posted: 9/25/2004 2:16:21 AM EDT

[#16]

AMT Backup. Without a doubt.

Posted: 9/25/2004 2:58:02 AM EDT

[#17]

Remington Model 522 Viper .22lr
Trigger was so bad that my finger was actually sore after shooting up a brick of ammo.

Posted: 9/25/2004 2:58:42 AM EDT

[#18]

C.I.A. Cetme and a Jennings J-22.

Posted: 9/25/2004 3:25:12 AM EDT

[#19]

AMT 22 Magnum. Half the time the cartridges would split and could not be extracted.

Posted: 9/25/2004 3:37:00 AM EDT

[#20]

Remington Viper .22LR
We bought 3 of them, and after about 300 rounds through each of them, they would never fire again. Also, the front sites kept falling off and would never fully tighten with the set screws. Good thing Walmart took them back the next day, for store credit. We then returned the credited itemd and got our cash back.

to add - looks like Viper gets a -4 so far...

Posted: 9/25/2004 4:19:48 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Tec-9 for me...couldn't shoot straight to save my life with that gun!!! The biggest/only POS I have ever had. On the plus side it did have an evil high capacity clip

Tec-22 Scorpion!

A true jam-o-matic! Bought it for $100 from a guy who had just got married and his new wife wouldn't let him keep any of his guns because "they were trying to have kids" and the c_nt didn't want guns in the house with children.

I tried to shoot it a few times and then sold it on AuctionArms for $350 because it was an evil pre-ban with threaded barrel, heat shroud, etc and I still kept the 10/22 30 rd mag that had come with it when I bought it!

Posted: 9/25/2004 4:24:00 AM EDT

[#22]

Bought a Century G3 that wouldn't fire AT ALL. So I returned it the next day for a FAL copy.

Posted: 9/25/2004 4:26:08 AM EDT

[#23]

Kimber stainless custom classic

Posted: 9/25/2004 4:27:00 AM EDT

[#24]

Hesse AR15...even though it was brand new, the chamber was so out of spec that a gunsmith declared the chamber irreperable. I would have had to put a new barrel on a new gun. When I called ole Mr. Hesse, he was a dick and wouldn't help me. Fuck him and his company. I should have listened to the advice from this board, but alas, I had to see for myself. I now own a Colt.

Posted: 9/25/2004 4:34:28 AM EDT

[#25]

Walther PPK/s slide locks back after 3 or 4 rounds and I have to pull the mainspring to release the slide... I have replaced springs, I don't want to play with the sear/hammer tolerances.. I guess I am just stuck with it for now.

FMO

Posted: 9/25/2004 6:10:45 AM EDT

[#26]

S&W 686. If I did not clean the cylinder after every time I shot a cylinder full the brass would stick so bad in the cambers that I had to use a cleaning rod to remove them. This only happened with 357's, 38's worked fine.

Posted: 9/25/2004 6:14:38 AM EDT

[#27]

(over 10 yrs ago) My Springfield SAR48 (FAL clone) was a total POS .... That thing would place its first shot a good 12" higher than the rest at 100yds.

Posted: 9/25/2004 6:20:46 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
A Norinco M-14 . One of the few weapons that I didn't mind seeing go .

Strange, I like mine more than the real Springfield M1A I also have.

I bought a Springfield 1911 with big extraction issues, but Springfield returned it fixed, and not it is a great shooter. I am going to take it out shooting today.

Posted: 9/25/2004 6:21:22 AM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Cetme made by Century...Extra large POS!

+1

and this shitty AR-15. Never had problems with guns until now.

unless you count the SKS with the "tac-trigger". I put the gun down and the thing fired off a whole clip. I hit the deck.

A whole clip???????? Last time I checked, an SKS was magazine fed.

Posted: 9/25/2004 6:22:09 AM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
Charter Arms AR-7 .22 cal. rifle.

I don't think it ever shot a full mag without a jam and the shot spread was about 5 inches at 25 yards.

Same experience with an AR7 Industries AR-7.

Posted: 9/25/2004 6:23:45 AM EDT

[#31]

I've never owned a POS weapon.
Why would I do that to myself?

Posted: 9/25/2004 6:28:16 AM EDT

[#32]

S&W 6906 I was issued by the department. Bad part was I couldn't just sell it. Malfunctions and small parts breaking every time we went to the range. I had no confidence in it and I considered my S&W 642 backup as my primary weapon.

Posted: 9/25/2004 6:30:21 AM EDT

[#33]

Charles Daley Pump action 12ga Home Defense Shotgun

+1

Posted: 9/25/2004 6:36:01 AM EDT

[#34]

Universal M1 carbine.

Posted: 9/25/2004 6:38:54 AM EDT

[#35]

Mini-14 Ranch

I fixed it all up with some cool accessories then went to sight the scope in.

It was MOE (Minute Of Elephant) at 100 yds.

I tried several different handloads with the same results.

The mags never worked worth a shit either. It was an act of congress to get the mags to lock in.

I sold it a week later for what I had in it plus $40.

Posted: 9/25/2004 6:41:04 AM EDT

[#36]

Raven .25. Super POS

Posted: 9/25/2004 6:45:15 AM EDT

[#37]

Browning A-bolt series 1 in 25.06,

Posted: 9/25/2004 6:51:07 AM EDT

[#38]

I have a Jennings J-22 and my only complaint is mag will only cycle with a max 5 rounds in it. I had one years ago when i bounced in a redneck bar and really liked it in my pocket.
Gets dirty quick, but asa long as you know what to expect.
That being said, my regular CCW is a Glock 26. The Jennings is purely back up in my wifes truck because she dosen't always remember to grad her Sig. The Sig is another story....

Posted: 9/25/2004 6:51:30 AM EDT

[#39]

Cost wise? Either my Colt Match Target HBAR or the first handgun I ever bought, a Colt special edition "Combat Government" 1911. The match target had the plastic buffer in it and cracked disabling the weapon after the NRA patrol rifle instructors course. At least mine didn't have the plastic trap door like some of the other guys did (The department chose the weapon, not me). The 1911 out of the box would shoot washtub sized groups at 25 yards off a rest. A trip to Jim Garthwaite made it the best shooting handgun I own.

I've had muzzle loaders as a kid that were pretty big pieces of crap, but I got what I paid for with them. The two Colts? I'd expect more out of them. I was highly disappointed.

Posted: 9/25/2004 6:55:03 AM EDT

[#40]

I had an Oly upper that wouldn't extract because of a ruff chamber. Got rid of it!

Posted: 9/25/2004 6:57:08 AM EDT

[#41]

A Taurus model 66. .357 magnum

Posted: 9/25/2004 6:57:25 AM EDT

[#42]

Carbon-15 type 97 and a NAA 32 Guardian.

Carbon 15 wouldn't shoot 3 rounds without jamming and the NAA 32 was brand new and you had to pull the trigger 3-4 times EACH ROUND to get it to fire! Took it back the next day and bought a Beretta Tomcat.

Posted: 9/25/2004 7:02:55 AM EDT

[#43]

Bryco in 9mm. Man, that was a POS. No matter what ammo I used it jammed.

Traded it in on my second Colt. A new Combat Commander and never regretted that trade. My first was a Delta Elite. I still shoot best with that gun more than any other pistol I own.

Posted: 9/25/2004 7:07:05 AM EDT

[#44]

Llama 9mm. No matter how many different mags tried, or barrels, that thing couldn't go 5 rounds with out a stoppage of some kind.

Posted: 9/25/2004 7:11:03 AM EDT

[#45]

Stoeger Luger in .22lr

JaMmOmAtIc.

Too picky on ammo types.

Posted: 9/25/2004 8:10:42 AM EDT

[#46]

TEC-22

Posted: 9/25/2004 8:26:03 AM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:
TEC-22

I forgot about that one, I own one, and it is junk, no ifs ands or buts. At least I didn't pay much for it, and the guy I bought it from really needed the money, otherwise I would have told him no thanks. That guns is so bad I don't even know where to begin, it works best with factory Ruger mags, with those it only jams every fourth round or so.

Posted: 9/25/2004 8:28:59 AM EDT

[#48]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Cetme made by Century...Extra large POS!

+1

and this shitty AR-15. Never had problems with guns until now.

unless you count the SKS with the "tac-trigger". I put the gun down and the thing fired off a whole clip. I hit the deck.

A whole clip???????? Last time I checked, an SKS was magazine fed.

Last time I checked, I really didn't care if you call it a clip or a magazine, and it wasn't the stock "feeding device" anyway.

Posted: 9/25/2004 8:32:02 AM EDT

[#49]

Ruger Mini-30 Ranch Rifle.

Damned thing was a jammomatic with factory 5-round mags, let alone any hi-caps.

Got rid of it, but quick!

Posted: 9/25/2004 8:37:24 AM EDT

[#50]

Biggest POS - Charter Arms Bulldog .44 special. Coud not hit paper at 15 yards, and unfired ammunition in the gun would jam it up when bullets would come unseated from the brass and stop the cylinder from turning. The only revolver in my 40+ years to " jam"!!!

#2 POS - Ruger Mini-14 ranch rifle - Let's not start this discussion again, as adults we all know it's Ruger's biggest faux paux to date.

beernut:
I also have Stoeger luger that my dad purchased over 30 years ago. For it to be reliable, keep the toggle action clean ( I use aeresol gun scrubber then lube with a little break free) and shoot CCI mini mags. It's pretty much the only .22 ammo I use just due to the fact it is so much clener than most others. With the CCI it is 100% for 400- 500 rounds until it gets dirt again. Fun gun to shoot.

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