The worse rifle you ever owned

Well I have a rem 742 in .308. I've been told that it is a total piece, however, it has killed many deer over its 30 or so years. It shoots pretty good considering its a semi auto, and the trigger must be about ten pounds with a mile of creep.

It will become a safe queen now as I have replaced it with a better hunting rifle. It was my dads, so I'd like to keep it looking new.
 
hands down the Remington 1100. you would forget to replace the rubber o-ring, yearly, and be on a bird, miss, and no cycle. the gas operated 1100 gets my vote for the worst gun i have owned. keep in mind that the OP is asking for our personal opinion before flaming this post =)
 
Wow, some guys have all the luck.

I just purchased a Rem 770 in .308, I was looking for a bush gun, something that will drop a deer at 100 yds or less. Took it to the range this weekend and get a one inch three round group a two hundred yards, in my head that works out to 1/2 moa. They are all POS to some people, maybe I got lucky, got a great deal too.

I have never had an enfield, that was maintained properly, that did not shoot well. I guess it depends on the user. I can sandbag a smle at three hundred yards and get a 5 inch group but if I try it standing unsupported I would be lucky to hit the target at all, pretty much what I would expect, user, not rifle.

Maybe it has a lot to do with your realistic expectations, limitations and experience. Some designs are poor, I'll agree with that, but I wonder how many of these stories have anything to do with conditions within the firers' control.

I don't mean to criticize or offend, but a firearm is a tool, learn how to use it.

What the h3ll do you expect from an SKS, it was designed to spray lead across a battlefield, not to compete for the queens medal.
 
Wow, after reading many of these posts, I have only one certain conclusion.

Any firearm purchase, new or used, or old NIB, is really a roll of the dice.

Hopefully we all get what we want. But, one's only hope is the dealer/seller is honest, and the buyer is honor bond, to do his best internet/networking research homework, before committing to a purchase.

Cheers!
 
My complaint with Ruger 10/22's is they don't sell the receiver separately...which is just about the only thing left original after building one capable of accuracy that comes close to a Cooey single shot. :nest: :D
 
LMAO, this has been a hoot! Lots to agree with and lots to wonder about.
--64B not so much jams as misfires - long gone.
--Savage 22 (model 4?) - small, too light with plastic - could not be accurate with it. ( I found an old wood model 4 bolt with clip that is a freakin' amazing shooter. Wish I could find a side mount scope mount for it. By the way, my first gun was an old cooey 39 single shot, the short one. What a great gun, I actually wore out the extractor on that one.)
--Winchester 20G semi (not sure of model); tightest full choke pattern I have ever seen, could rarely head shoot chickens with that puppy! Otherwise very nice but gone.
--Marlin 336; bought used with some old ammo, keyholed, new ammo didn't keyhole but was "just not right". Finally slugged the barrel, what a surprise, the lead slug fell halfway through the barrel!
--Husky lightweight, yeah it kicks like a mule but what a shooter.
--Rem 742 in .308, kicked like *&^% but fed better after the chamber was polished. All other Rem's have been great, 7mm-08, 260, 30-06, .223, albeit they are older ones and that includes their original muzzleloader.
--the 99's, seems there are good ones and bad ones with those, touching forarm due to overtightening the screw is usuall one culprit.
 
Dosing said:
Rifle? In truth the worst I owned, a Lee Enfield, I owned one once for 8 days, what a piece of s**t, and I dont care what the Milsurp forum guys say, there is a reason I used to turn them into crib boards. Mine was the standard Canadian gunstore sporter #4mk1, just junky, and awful, there I said it. There is a reason they sell for 150$s. Next in line was a Zastava Mini Mauser, with its awful ejector and associated problems, awful, just awful.

I have seen and handled ALOT worse, but never owned them. I did have a Parker Hale 98 that I bought once for a project gun, the 'long distance description' was far from accurate when I got it, it was infact in such bad shape I ended up parting it out at a healthy loss, but that was not strictly the guns fault, as much as a previous owners.
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And of course the same was true of the Lee Enfield.:p;)

PS to OP: Did you mean to say "Worst" by any chance?
 
While I did not "own" it (outside of being a taxpaying Canadian) I have to say the worst I have had any dealing with was the old and worn out C5A1 GPMG at the end of there service life and just prior to the C6 coming online. I was always proud of getting the old C5 to work, and work well as it really was a hands on gun that needed a ton of spare parts and tools to keep humming. One range day we had seven C5s out and I signed for one of the Leo C6s for a little hands on for the troops. Half way through the day all the C5s where firing like crap, falling apart and not working worth a damn. The C6 was firing like a champ and was, at the end of the day, the only working MG on the range. As it was the only working gun a HUGE (like criminally HUGE) amount of ammo went through that one C6 that day!
So while I respect the history of the C5 and where it came from and its duration of service it had lived its life and was a liability at that stage.
 
Buckmark camper .22 Yeah I know not a rifle.
What a POS.
Would not feed 2 magazines in a row without a jam or misfire.
Tried every type of ammo I could find from bulk crap to high end target. Nada
Bought a new magazine. nope
 
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