Worst rifle you ever bought?

Superbrad said:
Lol.... "tikka guys" :)
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Lol.... "ruger guys"


Don't know that I've ever bought a real lemon. Bought a brand new BRNO K-1 Stuzen that was gorgeous looking, shot the best group I've ever shot, with federal blue box, but had a malfunctioning extractor out of the box. Traded it for a 7mm tikka (yeah I guess I'm a tikka guy *sigh*).
 
conor_90 said:
Lol.... "ruger guys"


Don't know that I've ever bought a real lemon. Bought a brand new BRNO K-1 Stuzen that was gorgeous looking, shot the best group I've ever shot, with federal blue box, but had a malfunctioning extractor out of the box. Traded it for a 7mm tikka (yeah I guess I'm a tikka guy *sigh*).
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You gotta dance with the girl you brought...... it's all in good fun.....

I swear though, a tikka owner could be sitting at a bench with a banana peeled barrel, a drifted floating recoil lug and a blown off plastic bolt shroud and if you went to see if he was ok, he would be cycling the action saying "look how smooth my bolt is!" ...... :)
 
Superbrad said:
You gotta dance with the girl you brought...... it's all in good fun.....

I swear though, a tikka owner could be sitting at a bench with a banana peeled barrel, a drifted floating recoil lug and a blown off plastic bolt shroud and if you went to see if he was ok, he would be cycling the action saying "look how smooth my bolt is!" ...... :)
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Or, (all in fun)

"Help... please, this Lady is having her baby"...... "Is anyone here a doctor!?, anyone?".

*Guy pipes up........ "Uh.....I shoot a Tikka?"
 
^ I'm just pulling your chain Brad.

I would be saying "look how light my rifle is".

They are not without their problems but great for out of the box accuracy. I have heard on this board that they fail in extreme weather, but I am not going hunting in -40 anytime soon thanks.

As for the made out of plastic complaints; everything is made out of "plastic" these days including the trigger guard on a rifle the two posters above me seem to like very much. :evil:

I am not a fanatic by any means, I'm still pissed about my grip cap!
 
You never replaced that Conor?..... I thought you had a line on one.....

Pm me your exact model again and what you need, the warranty centre is a ten minute drive from work.....
 
I called them and they were not helpful at all...

I will pm you though, thanks. Sometimes I swear customer service reps can tell how old you are on the phone and don't respect anyone under 40...
 
conor_90 said:
I called them and they were not helpful at all...

I will pm you though, thanks. Sometimes I swear customer service reps can tell how old you are on the phone and don't respect anyone under 40...
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Dude..... how many shots are you going to take at me in one thread...... :)

Seriously though, a commitment to show up on their doorstep helps.....
 
RiMP9 said:
Thinking I'll eliminate a few squirrels without too much noise I bought a Benjamin .22 pellet air rifle with scope. Well it DOES make enough noise for neighbours (and squirrels) to hear and it really did not hurt the squirrels all that much unless I was with in 15 ft of them. But of course they're long gone at that range unless they are BLIND and DEAF!:(
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This made me laugh. I have a Benjamin .177 pellet rifle that is very accurate within 15-20 ft, but that's about it... I missed every squirrel I aimed at today as they were over 20 ft away... but mine is pretty quiet.
 
Just to even the playing field, I did own one T3 that I didn't like, but it was because of the rust that had formed on the action while still new in the box (!)... however, that was only 1 of many. The rest have had smooth, well finished barreled-actions, great triggers, accurate as anything out there, and never ever fail.
 
AP said:
:) :) ....well I certainly will go on snuggling my 65 and 55 and remingtons and steyrs and sako's etc (but no Rugers) and thank you for the suggestion.......But you have made a very serious allegation: that a Tikka M65 left the factory without a Proof test. .... which I have never heard of and find very difficult to believe. Unless of course your rifle had subsequently been rebarreled by an idiot AFTER leaving the factory? I imagine that Tikka would have been most appreciative of your communication to them if your M65 had missed this legal requirement. Did you inform them?
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No... I finished the chamber, shot it for one deer season and sold it, with disclosure... as I said, how the rifle could get past QC in that condition is beyond me... and it was definitely the original factory barrel... I know that Savage had numerous rifles leave the factory with missing or incomplete rifling... and I wouldn't have been impressed with that either.
 
Had a sniper version mosin, shot 8 MOA groups so I traded it for a Finn M39 which I love.

Have a chinese sks that jamms up quite often, and smells like burning oil when you shoot it
 
For me it was the Mod 100 Winchester in .308 Win. back in the early 80's. My Dad owned one and I loved the way it handled so I found one in excellent used condition. It was brutal, wouldn't group better than 4" no matter what ammo, factory or handload . And the zero wandered. The "group" centered today would be a foot high and right tomorrow. Changed to known good scope, changed mounts, checked bedding, recoil block, crown checked. Nothing worked.
Older guy "had" to have it so I sold it to him at a loss. I still feel guilty!
 
Agreed worst rifle I have ever handled. Owned it for one day and passed it on, what a pile of crap. Overpriced for what they are and surprisingly well reviewed??



Hitzy said:
Ruger American...
Worst workmanship I've ever seen. On par with Chinese garbage made in highschool shop class. Stock was flimsy garbage, mags were lightweight plastic garbage, just a pile of #### all around....yet people defend them.


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montaine said:
Agreed worst rifle I have ever handled. Owned it for one day and passed it on, what a pile of crap. Overpriced for what they are and surprisingly well reviewed??
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Personally, I'd still rather have a Ruger American than a Remington 783...
 
worst shooting rifle, a CGN EE Rem700 LVSF in 17 Rem. Was consistent 2.5moa rifle, I was 3rd or 4th owner. I think it is now a 223AI somewhere out east
 
The worst rifle I owned is a Savage 7mm Rem Mag. When I was 20 years old I wanted to buy one soooo bad. I went to SIR in Winnipeg and they had a Winchester M70 Ranger on sale and I ended up buying it. A few years ago Wholesale had a Savage on sale. I bought it for no other reason other than I wanted one 2 decades ago.

The rifle had light primer strikes right from the get go. Sometime I would light, most times it wouldn't. Savage Canada customer service is horrible. I ended up calling Savage USA and they gave me a number to a gunsmith that could sort this thing out. He sent me new springs. The main spring was way too short.

Once the spring was replaced it shoots awesome. Before, I was ready to have that rifle melted down. lol
 
Mossberg Patriot in 22-250. Terrible firearm. The stock was like a wet noodle, and the action is bedded on a piece of crap ABS plastic thing! I am sure my kitchen sink has better ABS plumbed to it than what that gun came with. Mossberg needs to stick to making Shotguns. My new Savage Axis is 10 times the firearm that was.
 
savagecanuck said:
My 2 worst rifles were both rugers. A M77 mark it SS 308 boat paddle stock that couldn't group at all ,minute of barn.After missing a few cranker bucks with that POS I dumped it.Second a mini 14 ,Jamomatic heavy over complicated garand type action .
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So you took it hunting even though you knew it wouldn't shoot well?
 
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