I’m interested to know about other people’s bad experiences with particular handguns they’ve purchased that they’ve been disappointed with? What did you get and WHY did it suck?
P.S.
I don’t mean to turn this thread into a discussion as to why someone’s opinions about a firearm are or aren’t valid – I simply want to know WHAT you didn’t like and why YOU didn’t like it. Heck, I know a lot of people will disagree with the reasons for my disliking of particular firearms, but they are what they are… and with that, here they are:
First, let me preface this by stating I’m a small guy (5’6”, 130lbs).
H&K VP70. – This thing was so incredibly front heavy for a handgun! It was well balanced when it was loaded, but as the mag emptied the front sight would tend to creep lower and lower. Guess they hadn't quite figured out the polymer frame thing yet.
S&W Early Semi-autos – Two words. Magazine Safety. Hate ‘em. Anything that makes a self-defense handgun less likely to fire is BAD in my opinion.
H&K P7 PSP – Re-read the last sentence in the last paragraph. Oh, and I’ve never been terribly keen on European-style mag releases.
Davis Derringer – I think somebody once called this the easiest gun the world to accidently shoot yourself with. ☺
Walter PPK/S – I loved this gun, BUT it’s old skool “carved from a hunk of lead” design made it impractical for what I wanted it for. Pocket carry. Without a belt on I’d lose my shorts with this in my pocket and no one wants to see that! Still, I suppose it did double as a small hammer/club.
Para-Ordnance P10...I don't know if I ever got a full magazine to fire through that thing without a jam!
Walther PPK/S
Very unreliable
Gotta respectfully disagree.
Super Redhawk DA revolver in .454 Casull - fantastic hunting revolver and 1/3 the price of a Freedom Arms SA.
Ruger .357 Mag. Security-Six revolver still going strong after decades of use.
Just love my Ruger Gov't MKII .22 LR (an industry classic) pistol & P89DC in 9mm.
Got the MKII pistol from a guy who said it malfunctioned & jammed constantly.
Took a whole afternoon cleaning the impacted dirt & grit out of the action & magazine slot. Looks like he dropped it in a mud puddle and didn't bother cleaning it.
The barrel had NEVER been cleaned since it came off the assembly line at Ruger and needed a copper wire brush and an hour to scrub the accumulated crap & crud out of it........it was essentially a smooth bore from the fouling when I first inspected it.
walther p 22 , it could shoot fine all day long as long as a target was within 5 feet. Might as well ben an airsoft.
springfield xd40sc.......I sold it due to not liking the effects of fragging .40 cal rounds with water tests(and cleaning the surface rust twice), friend knocked it off his nightstand, gun AD'd.....he sold it promptly thereafter.
this is why I won't recommend those brazilian heaps to anyone....
WOW, this post means to me exactly what it cost. ALL my XDs were made in CROATIA and are pretty clearly marked that way. I really don't think you've ever even held one much less owned one. Sounds more like anecdotal BS passed down 3 times twice removed to me. Also, I don't think I've ever even HEARD of any sort of AD from a gun with both backstrap safety AND trigger safety. The odds of that are worse than the odds of hitting powerball twice in a row. The fragging thing sounds more like poorly cast bullets from your buddies friends basement, would you mind linking some proof or studies or something? Seriously, show me these "water tests" and then explain why one would shoot at water or why it would matter.springfield xd40sc.......I sold it due to not liking the effects of fragging .40 cal rounds with water tests(and cleaning the surface rust twice), friend knocked it off his nightstand, gun AD'd.....he sold it promptly thereafter.
this is why I won't recommend those brazilian heaps to anyone....
WOW, this post means to me exactly what it cost. ALL my XDs were made in CROATIA and are pretty clearly marked that way. I really don't think you've ever even held one much less owned one. Sounds more like anecdotal BS passed down 3 times twice removed to me. Also, I don't think I've ever even HEARD of any sort of AD from a gun with both backstrap safety AND trigger safety. The odds of that are worse than the odds of hitting powerball twice in a row. The fragging thing sounds more like poorly cast bullets from your buddies friends basement, would you mind linking some proof or studies or something?
That or Rossi would at least explain the "Brazil" part of the post, but not anything else he said. I didn't mean to sound confrontational in my post, but BS is BS. Have you ever owned a gun or ANYTHING in that price range and not known what it was?I wonder if he meant a Taurus
That or Rossi would at least explain the "Brazil" part of the post, but not anything else he said. I didn't mean to sound confrontational in my post, but BS is BS. Have you ever owned a gun or ANYTHING in that price range and not known what it was?
Yeah, I carry my XDSC.40 daily IWB, at least a thousand rounds down the pipe and never a problem of any sort. My full size XD.45 doesn't get carried or used nearly as much, but same story. Heck, I've never even cleaned either of them and no rust either. There's got to be SOME reason they're the hottest selling guns on the market.IDK. I've had two xd's and they are good to go. I've never heard anything about ad's with them either.