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

[kerplode]

I've had some junk from non-reputable manufacturers, with those numpty arseholes at Vector Arms being the worst offenders. Both the Uzi and V93 were unredeemable steaming piles. It's not surprising those shady jackoffs ended up bankrupt with their CEO in prison.

With the exception of the Walther P22 and an occasional thing that needed a tweak, most all of my reputable manufacture stuff has been pretty good.

The P22 leaded like crazy and in pretty short order, the steel disconnector wore out its slot in the Chinesium alloy slide.

[TomMcC]

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Loud and clear.

[OLIAR15]

I bought an early Desert Eagle back in 1989, brand new, .44 magnum, similar to this one, IMI made in Israel, no US markings. Love at first sight.



The slide broke where the piston pushes it.



Had it replaced and sold it. Before that it was very unreliable, at least one failure per mag, despite trying every commercial load I could find, then rolling my own with different bullets (always jacketed) and powder charges.

Probably my worst gun memory.

[kerplode]

Oof. That sucks.

I've heard much about the unreliability of Desert Eagles, but I still want another one. :-) I had an old Mk VII in 357 for a minute back in the early 2000's, but I traded it away without ever firing it.

[polydeuces]

Walther PPX, AKA the 'Jam-O-Matic'.

Threaded barrel - why I got it - and cheap. Wasn't worried, thinking its a Walther what could go wrong (facepalm).

By far the most consistently unreliable and butt-ugly pistol I've EVER owned.
It was hard to tell from images, but to hold it was to understand it. The slide is basically a block with some holes in it; which I am sure affected its balance (none....).

Never knew a pistol could be that ugly. But ugly shouldn't affect (un)reliability. And it was - the fail was simply EPIC (a certain oxymoronism here - because it failed so reliably).
Any ammo. Any magazine, combination, or handled shooting it.
Nothing would keep it from failing.

Stovepipes. FTE. Double feeds. It was a miracle to behold.

And oh irony I curse myself for getting rid of it: it became my impromptu go-to gun to practice and teach failure-drills - GUARANTEED not to shoot a full mag without a failure but never knowing exactly when and what type it would present made this phenomenal training tool.

Yet another reason why I just dont sell guns any more. I always end up regretting it.

[SteyrAUG]

I've had some junk from non-reputable manufacturers, with those numpty arseholes at Vector Arms being the worst offenders. Both the Uzi and V93 were unredeemable steaming piles. It's not surprising those shady jackoffs ended up bankrupt with their CEO in prison.

With the exception of the Walther P22 and an occasional thing that needed a tweak, most all of my reputable manufacture stuff has been pretty good.

The P22 leaded like crazy and in pretty short order, the steel disconnector wore out its slot in the Chinesium alloy slide.

Yep, ironically Vectors claim to fame were the Uzi's they "assembled" on some registered Group Industry receivers they got their hands on. Those were some excellent SMGs and according to some better made than the IMI originals because the receivers had a superior heat treat.

But anything Vector manufactured...OMG what a piece o crap.

[SteyrAUG]

I've had some junk from non-reputable manufacturers, with those numpty arseholes at Vector Arms being the worst offenders. Both the Uzi and V93 were unredeemable steaming piles. It's not surprising those shady jackoffs ended up bankrupt with their CEO in prison.

With the exception of the Walther P22 and an occasional thing that needed a tweak, most all of my reputable manufacture stuff has been pretty good.

The P22 leaded like crazy and in pretty short order, the steel disconnector wore out its slot in the Chinesium alloy slide.

Yep, ironically Vectors claim to fame were the Uzi's they "assembled" on some registered Group Industry receivers they got their hands on. Those were some excellent SMGs and according to some better made than the IMI originals because the receivers had a superior heat treat.

But anything Vector manufactured...OMG what a piece o crap.

[CoryCop25]

I bought an early Kimber Custom Compact in 1996. Replaced most of the parts with Wilson Bulletproof parts.
Shot and carried that gun for years.
I sold it to a good friend in 2008 and used the money to buy a Kimber Custom CDP 2. The damn CDP 2 NEVER ran! I got rid of it quickly and I'm still trying to get that Custom Compact back from my buddy but he won't budge! Jerk!

[Ron3]

Yep, ironically Vectors claim to fame were the Uzi's they "assembled" on some registered Group Industry receivers they got their hands on. Those were some excellent SMGs and according to some better made than the IMI originals because the receivers had a superior heat treat.

But anything Vector manufactured...OMG what a piece o crap.

Had 2 Vector Uzi's, semi, that never ran great.
1 Vector Polish parts AKM. Ran fine, wasnt perfectly straight, didnt care for underfolder, sold it.
1 Vector RPD. It actually ran okay but the trigger was awful. Who wants a long, 10 lb double-action feeling trigger on a belt-fed?

All sold. But all of these were actually very good-looking guns with good finishes. (Except for the mildly canted AKM)