Thread: The WORST Firearm You Ever Owned

Originally Posted by Ultimitsu

you are putting the cart before the horse. how do you make more money if the market does not want to buy it? Your theory is fundamentally incompatible with the current economic theory of supply and demand. in the same vien, would you suggest the reason Tikka T3 is the most popular bolt action centrefire because shops get more profit from selling Tikka T3 than other guns? and cannot possibly be that T3 is the most popular gun in the eyes of the consumers?



You have already acknowledged that it is not analogous then why make this analogy? British cars were the only option because of the trade agreement. But has there ever been a trade agreement with Ruger to not sell Marlin and Norinco and CZ semis in New Zealand?




Be that as it may, the point is simply that there is a large body of consumers who do not turn their minds to the more nuanced analysis and would just settle for the more "robust" product. This is not just the case for guns, the same goes for many other types of products. Corolla has never been the fastest, or the cheapest, or the most economical, or the most stylish small car. It is reliably and robust. People can go on years without proper service and maintenance schedules and they would still run. An European car owner may well say that is not the right way to treat a car, my fiat which I service once every 6 month or 3000 km has just been reliable.... yet Corolla is the most popular small car in New Zealand. Fiat is not.

You make the money buy selling someone a piece of crap but if then you buy this and this and this you'll end up with a really good piece of shit because hey look at all the accessories its got to make it perform

"The trouble is that with a lack of promotion the consumer has unwittingly settled on the less robust product here manly through lack of knowledge/choice. As far as vehicles go the Marlin would equate well to a Corolla in price and function. Just imagine if Toyota NZ decided we didn't need cars that size here and didn't import and promote them?"

Exactly what the Globalist Freemarket rseholes at GM and Ford have decided with denying us Falcons and Commodores. And exactly the same with what we listen to on the radio

I have used a few 10/22 over the years and had no issues that I can remember. All functioned and shot well enough for what they were used for, but I have never owned one.
I do own both a marlin 795 for my kids and a 60 Deluxe that I don't share😆.
Both are as accurate as I will ever need in a .22
I find the tube mag the only con with the 60. It holds 15 Which sort of makes up for it but it is time consuming compared to a detachable mag.

If I was looking for competition type accuracy I would own something else in a manual action.

Worst firearms I have owned were a Ruger M77 ultralite and a Model 7 Remington.
Both were accurized and had extra coin spent on them to be able to shoot half decent.

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not really he worst but scared the living hell out of me. tokarev svt40 (7.62x54R)
filled the mag, cycled the bolt. pulled the trigger and burst fire. mag empty real quick. solved by repairing a home gunsmithing repair

That must have been one of the rare selective fire models, as you found out it was not a resounding sucess.

After reading this thread I am:
1) sad - I really liked my 10/22 (ss with hogue stock) reliable and did what I needed it to and now I feel like I shouldnt have.
2) Happy - everything I missed was due to the 10/22. All this time I just thought I was a shit shot (It was still probably me).

Originally Posted by Pineapple

After reading this thread I am:
1) sad - I really liked my 10/22 (ss with hogue stock) reliable and did what I needed it to and now I feel like I shouldnt have.
2) Happy - everything I missed was due to the 10/22. All this time I just thought I was a shit shot (It was still probably me).

Nah it wasn't

Whilst I only temporarily looked after the rifle and did not as such own it, the worst rifle I had in my possession was a Remington Viper .22 semi auto. Ergonomics of the stock were fine. And that is where its positive features ended.

Yeah I remember the Remington Viper with it's moulded synthetic receiver, looked pretty good. NZ Guns magazine did a review of it...not very accurate and a jam-o-matic.

Disappeared off the market within a year. Probably be a collectors item in a hundred years time...or not.

.22 annie semiauto, not sure its the worst but most disappointing . . . bought at a crazy cheap price, should have been a warning there but really wanted one, they look great, point great . . but poor accuracy wise. Went on the www to see how to fix it and realised i should have looked before i bought it . . . the rifle is made by an Italian shotgun maker and there is no fix, just a crap design, first and last anschutz.

and a 10/22 that i had for 2 days before i took it back for a refund . . didnt think much of the design or quality or the accuracy, which was a surprise, my workmates ruger was a tack driver.

Originally Posted by rossi.45

.22 annie semiauto, not sure its the worst but most disappointing . . . bought at a crazy cheap price, should have been a warning there but really wanted one, they look great, point great . . but poor accuracy wise. Went on the www to see how to fix it and realised i sould have looked before i bought it . . . the rifle is made by an Italian shotgun maker and there is no fix, just a crap design, first and last anschutz.

Dont let the semi experience put you off. The bolt guns are much much better.....

i've gone over to Sako Quads for hunting and LR target rimfire shooting . . . happy with those . . but hear what ya sayin

Originally Posted by rossi.45

.22 annie semiauto, not sure its the worst but most disappointing . . . bought at a crazy cheap price, should have been a warning there but really wanted one, they look great, point great . . but poor accuracy wise. Went on the www to see how to fix it and realised i should have looked before i bought it . . . the rifle is made by an Italian shotgun maker and there is no fix, just a crap design, first and last anschutz.

and a 10/22 that i had for 2 days before i took it back for a refund . . didnt think much of the design or quality or the accuracy, which was a surprise, my workmates ruger was a tack driver.

Don't know about their last model but their 1st one (model 520) had a history of breaking thru the casting (muck metal?) at the rear of the action rendering them into a throwaway POS.

model 520 . . . thats the one, shamefull that anschutz put their name on it