WORST Gun From A Reputable Firearms Manufacturer That You've Personally Owned...

[SteyrAUG]

HK VP70. I think we all know why. But it was in Aliens and they were being sold really cheap (around $400 back in 2011) and I needed it for the reference collection.



When people say the trigger is shockingly bad, that really doesn't really get it across. I of course understand that it's a trigger designed to function in full auto on the M model, but it still kinda sucks.

The shadow front sight is an interesting "concept" but for a shooting firearm, it's crap. The big oversized and out of balance Tonka Truck slide isn't as heavy as it looks but it's damn wonky.

I put one box of ammo through it and was glad to be done when it was over.

This seems like something that went directly from prototype to production with little refinement. I hate to think what these might have sold for at retail in the early 70s and the poor bastards the might have purchased one of these "guns of the future."

It would be another 15 years before Glock would perfect the "high capacity, polymer frame wonder nine with a crappy trigger."

[ToeCutter]

A Kimber Custom CDP 1911. Over priced stove piping POS! My Filipino made Rock Island is better in every way for a fraction of the cost. Thread.

[sgtrock82]

If the category was "....that you personally have fired" I would also be in with the VP-70. THE MOST MISERABLE HANDGUN I ever shot, and I've shot all sorts of baby nambus, mle 1892s, Nagants,..."Liberator" etc.

I would agree that the sights were a neat trick, but it stopped at that. 3 shots in and I just want to toss it in the nearest pond and walk away. I tried to stop and just hand it back to my buddy who was very pleased with the latest addition to his impressive HK collection. He was quite insulted, so I ended up finishing the mag and then after his redicule of my target I turned the air blue with my thoughts of his 70s wunderwaffe.

It strangely sucked all the fun out of shooting, something I thought only the government was capable of. My staple gun has a better trigger.

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[chuckman]

SIG 1911. But once SIG finally made it right after having to send it in several times, it was a great.gun.

[utahjeepr]

Ok, sticking with what I have owned.

Colt Double Eagle, double action 1911. In truth it wasn't so bad, but the trigger was awful and there was no way to fix it. I didn't shoot it enough to find out what else might have been wrong with it.

[AndyLate]

Walther P-22. Unreliable, zamak slide, lots of weirdness in the design. I own Ruger MK 22 autos and still think re-assembly is weird on the P-22. They may be better now. Ruger makes a copy that is reputed to be improved.

The only worse 22 I have experience with was an RG revolver my Dad found (on the side of the road). It shot loose after maybe 500 rounds.

Andy

[markm]

I would say anything KIMBER, buy you said reputable manufacturer.

[Alpha-17]

My worse gun was likely the Sig Scorpion I picked up back in 2012.



I really wanted to like it, and boy did I try. It had a lot going for it. I liked the grips, loved the rail and factory night sights, and it was FDE to boot. Wasn't a fan of the flat trigger, nor the square-cut slide, but I could accept that if it had worked. It really didn't. We've all heard all the "1911s jam" jokes, but this was the first (and thus far, only) 1911 that I experienced it with. It consistently failed to go into battery, sometimes with the round stuck on the feed ramp, other times with the round chambered, but the slide hanging back about half an inch from locking. What was more annoying than anything was that it wasn't a constant issue, but something that kept popping up after I thought I had fixed it with better lube, stronger springs, or polishing the feed ramp. This was supposed to be my eventual carry gun, but I never was able to get comfortable with it enough to stick with it. I eventually gave up on it, and replaced it with another Sig, a P226 in .40 S&W.

[HKGuns]

I would say anything KIMBER, buy you said reputable manufacturer.

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[Averageman]

I owned two Sig Sauer USA rifles.
One of them a 5.56 had a seriously canted barrel. I couldn't get it on paper at 10 yds it was so bad. Naturally it came with a target that had actual bullet holes in it, fake as f+ck.
The second was a 7.62x39 and it started shaving nice aluminum chunks inserting and removing Russian magazines.

Both of these were rather expensive at the time 1600+ dollars, both were sh+t.