Disappointing Guns

[DMF13]

I tried to fix your link but it just goes to a 404 error. If you post a good link in "image" tags instead of "url" tags it should work.

Thanks, but I cant figure out how to get that to work.

Feel to roll your eyes, and say or think, "okay boomer.". I deserve the scorn.

[cornstalker]

S&W M&P 2.0
By all counts it should be the perfect gun for me. It simply isn’t.

Tikka T3 Lite. I just knew the spawn of Sako would be the ultimate hunting rifle. 20 rounds in, I absolutely hated the rifle.

[Totem Polar]

S&W M&P 2.0
By all counts it should be the perfect gun for me. It simply isn’t.

Tikka T3 Lite. I just knew the spawn of Sako would be the ultimate hunting rifle. 20 rounds in, I absolutely hated the rifle.

Can you say more on why? Just curious.

[MistWolf]

What gun(s) did you have built up in your head, and when you actually got a chance to shoot said gun it ended up being a huge disappointment that destroyed your dreams?

Go ahead & laugh- Mine was the .50 Desert Eagle. Big (Strap A Rifle To Your Hip!), beautiful and powerful. It felt solid in the hand and was for sale at Turner's Outdoorsman for $899. Racking the slide, it felt like it was on roller bearings. The magazine was big enough to stuff a 3rd Gen S&W into. I'd go to Turner's at least once a week after work just to stare at it as it lay in the display case, dwarfing even the mighty 1911. It was a time of innocence, before the Desert Eagle made its debut on the screen, before gold plate finishes and long before some crackhead coined the phrase "Deagle".

I lusted for her and in my lust, I put my children on a starvation diet of Ramen noodles. Hollow eyed, I dove without shame into the couches and easy chairs of family and friends for loose change. "OOPS! My keys just fell outta my pocket and into the cushions!"

Then one day at the indoor range, there were deep booms coming from the next bay and flame rings rolled down range. Yes flame rings like from the guns of the Mighty Mo. A heroic figure was firing a Desert Eagle in .50 AE- each thundering shot lighting up the whole of the range like flashes from an artillery strike. He saw me standing, slack jawed and full of envy. He smiled and asked if I'd like to try it.

"Would I!?!" I took the offered pistol lovingly. It was heavy and filled the hand. Then I took the magazine and slid it into the well, released the slide and felt the solid thunk as the slide stripped the first round and locked into battery. Got in behind the behemoth, lined up the sights and touched off the first round. BOOM! The muzzle rose and the pistol slid, rolled & twisted- a vicious beast bent on escape.

I figured that in my excitement I didn't build a good grip so, the second shot, I buried the pistol deeper to get the web of my hand up higher. No go. The large radius of the backstrap kept me from getting my hand up any higher. I did what a could, but the shape of the pistol grip was all wrong for me to get the recoil under control. Once I touched off the shot, the pistol bucked, reared and sunfished like a rodeo bronc and I was just along for the ride. I tried everything. I really wanted to love that big buxom girl. But, I couldn't.

In the end, I went home- dreams shattered- took down the jar I'd been filling with couch money and took my malnourished offspring to McDonald's while I drowned my sorrows in a large chocolate milkshake and smothered them with cold Happy Meal fries...

...but sometimes, deep in the night, I lie awake. Wondering...

[OlongJohnson]

A friend of mine has one.

My verdict: At least a big SA revolver will get through six rounds without a stoppage.

[Paul D]

Walther PPK/S: Interarms import. Heavy-ass trigger and cuts like a mother. Still have it because Bond.

Merkel 140-2 in 470 Nitro: I was looking into one of these guns to supplant my bolt gun to go all Capstick on my next hunt. Heavy as hell. Slow to reload. In a world of red-dots, the express sights didn't do it for me. Not fun to shoot and I love to shoot my 458 Lott. I so wanted to fall in love with it but I was fortunate enough to try it out on the range before sinking all that money into it.

CZ P09. I hated the slide lock and I could modify it or me. Gone.

[gomerpyle]

Interesting explanations, thanks. Oddly the single most inaccurate pistol I ever shot wasn't the M&P, but a USP9c of all things

The uspc9 is like a laser in my hand. It certainly was a better fit fit me than a usp45....

I suspect that's key. Dont even speak to me of the mk23....

[AKDoug]

VP-9. I bought into the hype probably 5 years ago. I bought two. One for my daughter one for me. We spent 4 months and 4 thousand rounds trying to get used to it. It was a train wreck for both of us. We still cannot explain why a pistol that fits your hand so good, shoots so bad for us. We could get good groups slow fire, but speed things up and we were way behind our experiences with our G19's. I passed mine off to my wife, and daughter passed hers off to big sister. Guess what.. both those ladies improved considerably over their G19's.. So younger daughter and I now have two G19's Mom and older daughter have VP-9's.

Second one.. picked up Kahr CM9 and CM40. CM9 never fed right. CM40 would eject mags due to several bad mag releases. They were hyped by several magazines as good subcompact pistols, but no dice for me.

[Cyberpunk1981]

For me (everyone grab your pitchforks and torches) Revolvers and Glocks.
I love the looks and the feel of revolvers, especially old (early 20th century) revolvers. Raised on The Untouchables (movie and tv show on VHS) and other gangster material. Always wanted a Detective Special and a pencil barrel S&W. I'm a former Army guy so my pistol experience was the M9 and M11. Oh, and my wife isn't fond of revolvers. After we left the Service one of the first purchases I made was that pencil barrel S&W and a model 36 both with wood stocks. First trip to the range, the 36 slices the knuckle of my thumb open and the pain from the 10-1 was rather severe. I have some ligament/tendon issues in my thumbs for my service. Turns out that after spending lots of money on grips and then working with a hand specialist who shoots too, we discovered that the recoil forces of a revolver translate into my hand in the most painful way possible. His recommendation: stick to semi-autos. I can shoot .45cal (200gr at 850fps) through a 1911 Government without an issue but not .38spl. I have collected several .32S&WL revolvers that I can tolerate to the point of almost enjoying shooting but nothing for SD. I've had to admit that revolvers are a collect for the sake of collection not high round counts.
As for the Glocks, I bought a G35 to shoot IPSC with in 2005 or so with the intention of making a Glock 19 my edc once I left Hawaii. Turns out it didn't really do anything for me. The trigger was meh and I felt like I was constantly fighting the pistol back down on target. I shoot one match with it. Then reshoot two stages with my wife's Beretta 92 and decided those just work better for me. I've tried other striker-fired and decided that the triggers don't excite me and I'd rather have the TDA.

Have you looked at a Walther P99? It is a striker fired DA/SA gun? It is a about the size of a Glock 19 and carries 15 rounds.

[pooty]

so far I loved every gun. only disappointment was going to the 203 range. shoot one of these you'll be wondering, why those beautiful movie fireballs are no where to be found.
hard to aim, and might be the only gun that doesn't sound cool when being loaded or fired irl.


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