The worse rifle you ever owned

A P-17 sporter in 7mm Rem Mag from Century Arms, called a Centurion if I recall correctly. The first one with a synthetic stock, as ordered, came with a scored chamber. You had to open the bolt with a hammer. The warranty replacement I recieved came with a wood stock, and was told they were sold out of the synthetics. I guess it was just too much of a hassle for them to swap the stocks...

Anyways the replacement would not group under 8 inches at 100 yards even after 4 brands of ammo, glass bedding and free floating.... What a piece of dirty dog trash...

Ended up selling it to a fellow after allowing him to test fire it and he was totally happy with it until he missed a standing broadside at a moose at around 150 yds...
 
HOSSONE said:
Never owned a rifle i didn't love. I will agree with mini 14 acuracy.(terrible) They are still funs as hell and cheap to shoot!! Does anybody really buy a Norinco and expect a quality firearm?
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I don't know about that friend. I have a Polytech M-14S purchased from a good buddy. Twice I've loaned it to a good friend or family member so we could both compete in long range matches.
Both those times, @400&600 meters, I was beaten for overall score with this Polytech!! It does have minimum headspace for sure.
(I must admit though at 800 meters, I did finally leave the Polytech in the dirt with a VAR barrelled Springfield M1 Garand)
 
Brutus said:
Exact same experience for myself. It was a very happy day for me, when that POS was gone.
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I was smashing clay pigeons at 60-100m all day today with my Mini 14. One shot, one clay. All day :D

I'm a genuine bad shot, and I have bad luck. Go figure. It's scoped, which helps - I sighted it in at 2" low at 25 yards indoors and it was bang on today at 100. Clay pigeon accuracy at that range is more than good enough for me from a short fun gun like this. I'd put it as one of my favourites hands down, new Mini's are awesome and old one's are still fun.

Least favourite was a Boito .410 hiker. It was too short and I couldn't hit anything with it, which is weird and upsetting for a shotgun!
 
To each his own Grormley, but I will put this out there: I have several 22 rimfire rifles that can also do this at a severe discount in cost and probably at twice the distance as well.

If you feel you must do this with a mini, I'll be the last person to stop you sir.......

Cheers!
PS: I'm not doubting your words & I wish not to offend. It's just that Mini14 and accurate, are rarely found in the same sentence together.
Most here would agree, I myself believe.
 
Brutus said:
I'm not doubting your words & I wish not to offend. It's just that Mini14 and accurate, are rarely found in the same sentence together.
Most here would agree, I myself believe.
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It's true. However for me the proof is in the pudding. Clays at that range means this is the perfect gun for coyotes and such, at least for my needs - and I understand YMMV. I recently traded an older pencil barreled version for this new one and I'm surprised/excited to say the least, about it's "accuracy".

No offense taken, absolutely. Opinions are opinions, we don't all have to have the same ones. Unless you don't like guns :p

Cheers.
 
Gormley Green said:
I was smashing clay pigeons at 60-100m all day today with my Mini 14. One shot, one clay. All day :D

I'm a genuine bad shot, and I have bad luck. Go figure. It's scoped, which helps - I sighted it in at 2" low at 25 yards indoors and it was bang on today at 100. Clay pigeon accuracy at that range is more than good enough for me from a short fun gun like this. I'd put it as one of my favourites hands down, new Mini's are awesome and old one's are still fun.

Least favourite was a Boito .410 hiker. It was too short and I couldn't hit anything with it, which is weird and upsetting for a shotgun!
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A clay is 4.33 inches in diameter.....thats almost 4.5 minutes of angle at 100 yards.........hardly accurate.
 
i still have it. its a cooey .22 single shot. couldnt hit a barn door even if you through the thing at it. i do have a cooey semi thats good as gold but that singe is a pos
 
Gormley Green said:
I forgot to mention I was hitting the letter "a" dead center in my clays each time, it's only 1/4 inch. :rolleyes: Think about that?

I think it's time to put this one to bed.
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Hmmm. 223 tends to shatter clay pigeons. Do you get a forensic team in to determine where the bullet hit the clay. There....i thaught about it
 
My worst is a 10/22 ruger 40th anniversary jam-o-matic. And the only way i could hit the broadside of a barn with it, is if i threw the effin gun at it
 
I bought a used NEF once...soon found out it was in fact NFG!!...That's why I sold it to a guy who always shot 6 inch groups at 50 yds anyway...said it'd kill any deer he was gonna hunt with it!!
 
.22 Stevens Visible Loader or some people like to call it a miserable loader. Loose barrel, wouldn't cycle, wouldn't fire. completely worn out. Biggest POS on the face of this earth. Sold it for what ever I could get out of it. Too bad, it was the first gun I bought on CGN.
 
I owned a older Rem 700 Deluxe in 30-06. I thought it would be a great gun but man was I wrong. It wouldn't shoot no matter what ammo I put in it, including handloads. I think it was more the gun didn't fit me so I couldn't shoot it.

I also owned a Winchester M70 ( Pre-64) in 300 mag that was really messed up. It had issues as it would not shoot worth a dam. I took it to a gunsmith and he shot it and thought it was the bedding so he re-bed the barrel. That helped but I got rid of it before putting much more effort and money into it.
 
Remington 742 in 30-06. It was the first rifle I bought.
Shoot, jam, shoot, jam, etc......

I took it into a local smith. He said it looked like the previous owner had put hot loads through it and the action was worn right down.
I traded it later on for a P-17, I was happy with the trade.

Cheers
 
I had a remington 742 it was junk but thats to be expected.

Had a smith and wesson i-bolt it was a tack driver but whoever invented the bolt release system for that gun should go to prison for being so stupid theyre a danger to society.. Go to load the gun.. bolt falls out.. Go to work the action, don't push down on the bolt cause it'll fall out... Just a stupid stupid stupid design... too bad cause it was a nice rifle other than that...
 
JJ-65 said:
A Winchester M-70 SS/CRF Featherweight with an octagon shaped chamber (reamer chatter). The fired brass would not even roll across the table and was a ##### to resize. And a WIN M-70 7 Mag that had not been crowned properly; only bits of schrapnell on paper at 50 yds. No wonder why BIG RED went t**s up.
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How old were your model 70's?
 
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