kody Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 So what's the word gun you've owned and got rid of and not regretted it Mine a yildiz sxs gotten couldn't hit ****** all with it And silver sable with true cylinders wingers and pricked birds all the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimfireboy Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Red gat gun, it was carp. Got a black one now, much better.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunman Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Oh boy this is going to be fun ! Can not say worst gun I have owned and to my shame I've had some stinkers bought on the cheap with the idea that I could put them right .But as Harry Callahan said in Magnum Force "A man's got to know his limitations " ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Webley.410 bolt action. Sold it for £10 more than I paid but it never did work. ( I did tell the guy ) Daystate 2000 wasn't much better. I lost all confidence using it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 In respect of being the worst because it was the only gun I've regretted buying, and not because there was something wrong with it, would have to be a Zoli Golden Falcon. Zoli guns are vastly improved nowadays though. I could shoot ok with it, but it wasn't long before I realised it wasn't a very desirable gun and had little or no following, and it's brand new novelty soon wore off. Had to almost give it away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesj Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 A browning .17hmr nothing wrong with the gun just the ammo. for the 3 days a year the wind wasn't anything more than a light breeze it was great any other time may as well chucked rocks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastdevon Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Beretta ultralight, had it for just under a year but spent far too much time in the gunsmith getting the ejectors fixed all the time. Lost faith in it and got shot of it. So glad I did. Now have a cheapo hatsan pump action and in the 2000 rounds I've put through it I have not had a single issue! It's happy to be fed on any cartridge I put through it too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear68 Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 (edited) I've bought and sold too many; the only one I don't look back on fondly was a Baikal single barrel I bought when I was 14...although I did shoot a crow with my first shot from it. Edited July 17, 2016 by Bear68 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet1747 Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Beretta 303 sporter shot gun cyceled any cartridge just didn't feel right when I shot it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Fabarm Euro Lion Auto Wouldn't cycle anything, horrible gun, BUT Had the nicest wood I've ever seen on an auto, proper wood not laser engraved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IEH Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Unusually, an AYA No.4. Bought new, it was a real Friday gun and I was glad to see the back of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harnser Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Sound to me as if a few shooting lessons wouldn't have gone amiss . Harnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipdog Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Ruger 77/17 for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McSpredder Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 Belgian-made folding s/b side-lever hammer gun. That concept suits a .410, but this was a 12 bore, weighing just over 5 lbs. It was in immaculate condition and seemed like a bargain (£4 in 1962) but, as you might guess, it kicked like a mule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 (edited) Sound to me as if a few shooting lessons wouldn't have gone amiss . Harnser Yep.I don't think that any of the guns that I have owned have been a bad gun and I suppose that's why I have so many. Edited July 17, 2016 by fortune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolk dumpling Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Bettinsoli - cant recall model but bought new 20yrs ago. Build quality, once I'd owned it for a bit, was poor, used to fire second barrel intermittently (sometimes scarily a split second after the first barrel) so I sold it to someone I really didn't like. He loved it and said one of the best guns he'd ever had! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 (edited) For some reason my post seems to have been deleted. No it hasn't; there are two threads running with the same title; even stranger. Edited July 18, 2016 by Scully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Boggy Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Being vertically challenged I always used to tend towards light guns with short barrels, but took things to the extreme about 40 years ago when I traded my lovely little AYA25 boxlock for a 5lb 9oz English side by side 12 bore BLE. The gun started out its life as a 2 inch chambered job when lightweight guns were popular in the 20s or 30s but had been re chambered and proofed to take 21/2 inch cartridges. The gun felt great and handled like a dream, but obviously kicked like a demented mule, even with the lightest loads. Consequently its acquisition was not one of my best decisions in life so I got rid of it at the first opportunity. I noticed however, that it remained in the gunshops rack where I sold it for many years thereafter, so obviously there were shooters about with far greater knowledge of physics than me !! OB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 A pristine tikka 595 turn out to have a few marks on the outside which was fine but the bore was immaculately smooth doubt you'd find a single land in it. Well after an expensive rebarrel it turn into a nice stalking rifle but I never forgave it and lacked confidence in it so sold it. Still see the guy who's still shooting it and loving it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 About 50 years ago......A single 12! Forget the make? Spanish? The top lever used to take a lump out of the skin between thumb and forefinger every time I fired it.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 hello, think i have just bought it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 I had a Magtech 586 some time ago. Heavy, clunky, horrible thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Marlin 39TDS lever action .22. Rarely went bang, rarely ejected and patterned like a poor quality shotgun. I am really really sorry for whoever bought it off me ad hope you only wanted it to look at. I also have a single barrel Cooey that doesn't often go bang and falls to bits when it does. The Marlin made it look like a Purdey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canis Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Webley and Scott 810 auto.... absolute muck! haven't bought a new gun since prefering guns that where built to last many years before by a better sort of foreigner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Silver Pigeon 1 12g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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