Your least useful firearm - The Firearms Forum

Suwannee Tim · 08-24-2009, 05:14 AM

I say least useful, the criteria is very flexible, least used, most regret buying, least practical, the first one you would get rid of, whatever you want to post. Give us a word about how or why you came to own it and why you regret or dislike it.

I will start by citing my RG 22 caliber revolver which I inherited. Horrible trigger. I've never shot it. Can't get past that trigger. Bleeeaaaac!

ponycar17 · 08-24-2009, 05:56 AM

Bersa Thunder .380 full-size... It is fun to shoot but that's about it. It's heavier and larger than some 9mm handguns. It has exorbitantly expensive ammo in these times. It's only a single-stack magazine but has over-sized grip panels so it's as thick (literally) as the double-stack Thunder .380. In essence, it lacks power and has no carrying advantage over a larger caliber gun. I bought it at the time because it was reasonably-priced, I had heard very good reviews of the gun and it was my first center-fire pistol purchase. Also, there weren't readily-available .380 pocket pistols back in 2001 when it was purchased. Now, it's pretty much useless...

OBrien · 08-24-2009, 06:18 AM

My ruger 22/45 but thats only because I took it apart and a tiny little spring popped out and I have to get it put back in before I will use it. But in a week or two none of my guns will be any less useful or fun than the other including the 2 exact same single shot 12ga. I have.

carver · 08-24-2009, 06:34 AM

None of my guns are junk, at least not to me they aren't. I have an old single barrel 12ga that most of you would think was junk, but that gun, and I have shot a truck load of game in the many years I have owned it. The least used gun I own is a Remington 1100 12ga., with a 30" full choke barrel that I won in a Duck's Unlimited raffal back in 87, on a $1 ticket. The comb is too high, and I find it difficult to shoot well. I am thinking of buying two new barrels for it, and reworking the stock. I won't be getting rid of it though, it is the gun that both of my boys killed their first deer with. Just got to spend some money on it so I will be comfortabe with it.

358 winchester · 08-24-2009, 07:56 AM

Ma-Duce the ammo price is a killer

22WRF · 08-24-2009, 08:24 AM

I have a 20 ga Win 101 I have never fired. It just keeps the others in the safe happy. Not about to get rid of it.

techoca · 08-24-2009, 08:35 AM

Glock 23- I take it fishing because if it fell in the lake I would loose no sleep over the loss.

My mother's husband gave it to me.

Actually, this is my least favorite gun. It is quite useful as it is an excellent self defense weapon and I put it to a specific use. Therefore, I posted incorrectly.

Suwannee Tim · 08-24-2009, 09:10 AM

Least useful, least used, least favorite, all fodder for this post.

Another, this one least used, a CVA 12 gauge muzzle loading double barrel shotgun. Haven't shot it since about '84. My buddys and I all bought one. We were hunting in Guana WMA and four of us were lined up on a firelane. It was very quiet. I heard a click, click, dad-burn-it. Romp, romp, romp, romp, romp. Then two louder click, click. Doggone it. Romp, romp, romp, romp, romp. Here comes a hog. I take aim, squeeze, click, click. Son of a gun. The hog runs off, romp, romp, romp, romp, romp. I hear one final pair of clicks. Click, click &*$$%! and a final romp, romp, romp, romp, romp. Four hunters drop the hammer on eight barrels at one hog and not one bang. I never shot the gun again. It's available if you want to buy it.

Alpo · 08-24-2009, 09:12 AM

Old Charter Arm Undercover, 2", five-shot 38 Special. It does not fire all the time, which, pretty much, makes it worthless. Charter says they will repair the old Charter company's guns, for 45 bucks. Thinking about it. I don't have anything in this, so for 45 dollars I'll have a working firearm. Still thinking.

TranterUK · 08-24-2009, 09:21 AM

A very beaten up Russian 12g baikel Side by side shotgun. When I tried to include it in a trade, the guy in the gun shop said I would have to pay him to take it.

Mosin_Nagant_Fan · 08-24-2009, 09:22 AM

My grandpa's extremely old and worn out Iver Johnson .38 revolver, timing and lockup is blah. You can't even use it because of the bad pitting.

21bravo · 08-24-2009, 09:45 AM

either my fathers smith&wesson .22mag revolver (model 17 i think). or his smith and wesson .32 revolver (model 36...i think). the .22 mag has NEVER been fired (unless it was made after they started test firing at the factory.. i dont know what year it was made. and since im posting from school its not readily available to look at the sn

) and the .32 is the one firearm that i have that i dont have ammo for. ive shot it 6 times since ive had it..

Pistolenschutze · 08-24-2009, 09:49 AM

A Davis 9mm Derringer. Most useless POS I ever bought. I haven't shot it in years, and don't ever plan to again.

cycloneman · 08-24-2009, 09:49 AM

in this day if you use it the least then it is the lest useful i guess. However if it will put a rabbit on the table it may be the best thing since sliced bread. time will tell

dianalv · 08-24-2009, 10:27 AM

The Marlin piece of crap .22 semi auto I just bought. First time out shooting it, the bolt release breaks. !!!!!! Should have bought a Ruger 10/22. Oh, and some old military thing that doesn't work. You'd have to pry the rest of my guns out of my cold dead fingers.

Marlin · 08-24-2009, 11:12 AM

Ours would be the Derringer in .38 Special and a trigger pull that requires a Farmall "M" tractor to pull it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ilovenxstage · 08-24-2009, 11:45 AM

Mine would be my old, beat up H. Schmidt .22 single action revolver. It's not very accurate, the sights are so tiny they're almost impossible to use, it has no bluing left on it, so it looks like I picked it up out of a farm field, and I have to manually advance the cylinder for each shot until I can get the parts I need to fix it. It was however, my grandfather's favourite gun, so I will never get rid of it, despite it's uselessness.

Just One Shot · 08-24-2009, 12:52 PM

1817 Harpers Ferry that was handed down starting with my great grandfather. Barrel is rusted (inside) do to lack of care. I suspect it happened on my dad's watch because he's not much of a gun man.

islenos · 08-24-2009, 01:04 PM

Hand made musket I attained while in South America.
I have it displayed in my living room but it is the only rifle that I am afraid to fire.

Alpo · 08-24-2009, 01:07 PM

I've also got one of these.
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/popup_image.php?pID=2032
Copy of the Remington Rider Parlor Pistol. Shoots a BB, powered by a percussion cap. Can't use a normal, cheap, steel BB. That's too big. 4.5mm lead BB. Special, expensive shot. http://www.cabelas.com/p-0065767221874a.shtml 11 dollars for 750. Plus at least 4 cents each for the percussion cap. The barrel appears to be tilted. At ten feet mine shoots 8 inches high and 7 inches left.

Cute, though. Useless, but cute.

Cgull · 08-24-2009, 02:34 PM

my 7 rem mag, guess the barrel had been shot out when i bought it. it wont hold a zero on any scope.

Big ugly · 08-24-2009, 02:45 PM

I dont rally own a fire arm that I dont shoot. Hell my old P38 still gets a round or two every so often. Last time I fired it I dropped a stray dog that chased the neighbors 14 y/o girl in the house. Still just as acurate as the day she was new.

45Auto · 08-24-2009, 03:11 PM

A .30 rim fire single shot pistol.

gdmoody · 08-24-2009, 04:04 PM

About the only one that I don't shoot is my Luger but I don't exactly call it not useful.

CampingJosh · 08-24-2009, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marlin

Ours would be the Derringer in .38 Special and a trigger pull that requires a Farmall "M" tractor to pull it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have that same thing! It's my least useful, too.

08-24-2009, 05:14 AM	#1
Suwannee Tim Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,227	Your least useful firearm I say least useful, the criteria is very flexible, least used, most regret buying, least practical, the first one you would get rid of, whatever you want to post. Give us a word about how or why you came to own it and why you regret or dislike it. I will start by citing my RG 22 caliber revolver which I inherited. Horrible trigger. I've never shot it. Can't get past that trigger. Bleeeaaaac! --> Last edited by Suwannee Tim; 08-24-2009 at 05:45 AM..

08-24-2009, 05:56 AM	#2
ponycar17 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: South Carolina Contributor Posts: 4,884	Re: Your least useful firearm Bersa Thunder .380 full-size... It is fun to shoot but that's about it. It's heavier and larger than some 9mm handguns. It has exorbitantly expensive ammo in these times. It's only a single-stack magazine but has over-sized grip panels so it's as thick (literally) as the double-stack Thunder .380. In essence, it lacks power and has no carrying advantage over a larger caliber gun. I bought it at the time because it was reasonably-priced, I had heard very good reviews of the gun and it was my first center-fire pistol purchase. Also, there weren't readily-available .380 pocket pistols back in 2001 when it was purchased. Now, it's pretty much useless... __________________ Arm yourself with intellectual Ammunition! Gunfacts 5.1 Myth-Busting Facts JustFacts.com on Gun Control Stopping Power, the Downloadable Book

08-24-2009, 06:18 AM	#3
OBrien Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Bangor Maine Posts: 554	Re: Your least useful firearm My ruger 22/45 but thats only because I took it apart and a tiny little spring popped out and I have to get it put back in before I will use it. But in a week or two none of my guns will be any less useful or fun than the other including the 2 exact same single shot 12ga. I have.

08-24-2009, 06:34 AM	#4
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,268	Re: Your least useful firearm None of my guns are junk, at least not to me they aren't. I have an old single barrel 12ga that most of you would think was junk, but that gun, and I have shot a truck load of game in the many years I have owned it. The least used gun I own is a Remington 1100 12ga., with a 30" full choke barrel that I won in a Duck's Unlimited raffal back in 87, on a $1 ticket. The comb is too high, and I find it difficult to shoot well. I am thinking of buying two new barrels for it, and reworking the stock. I won't be getting rid of it though, it is the gun that both of my boys killed their first deer with. Just got to spend some money on it so I will be comfortabe with it. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. Last edited by carver; 08-24-2009 at 06:36 AM..

08-24-2009, 07:56 AM	#5
358 winchester TFF Admin Staff Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Pensacola Fl. area Posts: 7,335	Re: Your least useful firearm Ma-Duce the ammo price is a killer __________________ Administrator & Owner RangeDay.com Proud, White, Heterosexual, Gun Owning, Southern American, Christian. Any question about where I stand?

08-24-2009, 08:24 AM	#6
22WRF Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pea Ridge, FL Contributor Posts: 4,253	Re: Your least useful firearm I have a 20 ga Win 101 I have never fired. It just keeps the others in the safe happy. Not about to get rid of it. __________________ NRA GOA CCRKBA Happiness is a warm barrel

08-24-2009, 08:35 AM	#7
techoca V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 329	Re: Your least useful firearm Glock 23- I take it fishing because if it fell in the lake I would loose no sleep over the loss. My mother's husband gave it to me. Actually, this is my least favorite gun. It is quite useful as it is an excellent self defense weapon and I put it to a specific use. Therefore, I posted incorrectly. __________________ techoca "The purpose of the pistol is to stop a fight that somebody else has started, almost always at very short range." Col. Jeff Cooper Last edited by techoca; 08-24-2009 at 08:50 AM..

08-24-2009, 09:10 AM	#8
Suwannee Tim Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2,227	Re: Your least useful firearm Least useful, least used, least favorite, all fodder for this post. Another, this one least used, a CVA 12 gauge muzzle loading double barrel shotgun. Haven't shot it since about '84. My buddys and I all bought one. We were hunting in Guana WMA and four of us were lined up on a firelane. It was very quiet. I heard a click, click, dad-burn-it. Romp, romp, romp, romp, romp. Then two louder click, click. Doggone it. Romp, romp, romp, romp, romp. Here comes a hog. I take aim, squeeze, click, click. Son of a gun. The hog runs off, romp, romp, romp, romp, romp. I hear one final pair of clicks. Click, click &*$$%! and a final romp, romp, romp, romp, romp. Four hunters drop the hammer on eight barrels at one hog and not one bang. I never shot the gun again. It's available if you want to buy it.

08-24-2009, 09:12 AM	#9
Alpo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Florida Posts: 8,662	Re: Your least useful firearm Old Charter Arm Undercover, 2", five-shot 38 Special. It does not fire all the time, which, pretty much, makes it worthless. Charter says they will repair the old Charter company's guns, for 45 bucks. Thinking about it. I don't have anything in this, so for 45 dollars I'll have a working firearm. Still thinking. __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy, and taste good with catsup - George of Lod, Year of Our Lord 297 I always take precautions. Beware the Evil Bullet Fairies.

08-24-2009, 09:21 AM	#10
TranterUK Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 5,103	Re: Your least useful firearm A very beaten up Russian 12g baikel Side by side shotgun. When I tried to include it in a trade, the guy in the gun shop said I would have to pay him to take it. __________________ DVC - Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas - Accuracy, Power, Speed. The light at the end of the recession tunnel IS a train coming the other way!

08-24-2009, 09:22 AM	#11
Mosin_Nagant_Fan Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Montgomery, AL Posts: 1,832	Re: Your least useful firearm My grandpa's extremely old and worn out Iver Johnson .38 revolver, timing and lockup is blah. You can't even use it because of the bad pitting.

08-24-2009, 09:45 AM	#12
21bravo Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: wilkes county, nc Posts: 790	Re: Your least useful firearm either my fathers smith&wesson .22mag revolver (model 17 i think). or his smith and wesson .32 revolver (model 36...i think). the .22 mag has NEVER been fired (unless it was made after they started test firing at the factory.. i dont know what year it was made. and since im posting from school its not readily available to look at the sn ) and the .32 is the one firearm that i have that i dont have ammo for. ive shot it 6 times since ive had it.. __________________ "BIG MOMMA BRAVO" If everything seems to be going well, you obviously do not know what the hell is going on --"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crime." - Thomas Jefferson

08-24-2009, 09:49 AM	#13
Pistolenschutze Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 13,094	Re: Your least useful firearm A Davis 9mm Derringer. Most useless POS I ever bought. I haven't shot it in years, and don't ever plan to again. __________________ --Pistolenschutze (Pistol Shooter)

08-24-2009, 09:49 AM	#14
cycloneman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 7,404	Re: Your least useful firearm in this day if you use it the least then it is the lest useful i guess. However if it will put a rabbit on the table it may be the best thing since sliced bread. time will tell __________________ Who are you going to serve today?

08-24-2009, 10:27 AM	#15
dianalv Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 1,160	Re: Your least useful firearm The Marlin piece of crap .22 semi auto I just bought. First time out shooting it, the bolt release breaks. !!!!!! Should have bought a Ruger 10/22. Oh, and some old military thing that doesn't work. You'd have to pry the rest of my guns out of my cold dead fingers.

08-24-2009, 11:12 AM	#16
Marlin TFF Admin Staff Chief Counselor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: At SouthernMoss' side forever! Contributor Posts: 13,853	Re: Your least useful firearm Ours would be the Derringer in .38 Special and a trigger pull that requires a Farmall "M" tractor to pull it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ *The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing.* *The only criminal class native to the United States is Congress.*

08-24-2009, 11:45 AM	#17
ilovenxstage V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indiana Posts: 147	Re: Your least useful firearm Mine would be my old, beat up H. Schmidt .22 single action revolver. It's not very accurate, the sights are so tiny they're almost impossible to use, it has no bluing left on it, so it looks like I picked it up out of a farm field, and I have to manually advance the cylinder for each shot until I can get the parts I need to fix it. It was however, my grandfather's favourite gun, so I will never get rid of it, despite it's uselessness. __________________ 1938 Mosin Nagant 91/30 H. Schmidt 22 revolver Heritage Rough Rider .22 revolver Marlin 25 .22 rifle NEF Pardner 12ga shotgun Winchester 1200 12ga shotgun CVA Buckhorn .50 muzzleloader "A gun is not a weapon, Marge. It's a tool. Like a butcher knife...or a harpoon, or......an alligator!" -Homer Simpson "Don't push it under the rug, don't forget it, because it's going to happen again." -Josephine Harris, 9/11 survivor

08-24-2009, 12:52 PM	#18
Just One Shot V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 432	Re: Your least useful firearm 1817 Harpers Ferry that was handed down starting with my great grandfather. Barrel is rusted (inside) do to lack of care. I suspect it happened on my dad's watch because he's not much of a gun man. Last edited by Just One Shot; 08-24-2009 at 01:32 PM..

08-24-2009, 01:04 PM	#19
islenos Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: West Texas Posts: 1,244	Re: Your least useful firearm Hand made musket I attained while in South America. I have it displayed in my living room but it is the only rifle that I am afraid to fire. __________________

08-24-2009, 01:07 PM	#20
Alpo Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NW Florida Posts: 8,662	Re: Your least useful firearm I've also got one of these. http://www.dixiegunworks.com/popup_image.php?pID=2032 Copy of the Remington Rider Parlor Pistol. Shoots a BB, powered by a percussion cap. Can't use a normal, cheap, steel BB. That's too big. 4.5mm lead BB. Special, expensive shot. http://www.cabelas.com/p-0065767221874a.shtml 11 dollars for 750. Plus at least 4 cents each for the percussion cap. The barrel appears to be tilted. At ten feet mine shoots 8 inches high and 7 inches left. Cute, though. Useless, but cute. __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy, and taste good with catsup - George of Lod, Year of Our Lord 297 I always take precautions. Beware the Evil Bullet Fairies.

08-24-2009, 02:34 PM	#21
Cgull Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: arkansas Posts: 7	Re: Your least useful firearm my 7 rem mag, guess the barrel had been shot out when i bought it. it wont hold a zero on any scope.

08-24-2009, 02:45 PM	#22
Big ugly Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Knoxville Tennessee Contributor Posts: 2,603	Re: Your least useful firearm I dont rally own a fire arm that I dont shoot. Hell my old P38 still gets a round or two every so often. Last time I fired it I dropped a stray dog that chased the neighbors 14 y/o girl in the house. Still just as acurate as the day she was new. __________________ "You say the Devil made do it with a smile. Raisin' hell and howlin at the moon. Well I'm gonna put your @$$ back in line. I'm gonna scare the Devil out of you." BlackBerry Smoke Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R513dA4peMg Nothing is "proof" against a truly talented fool. Swanshot

08-24-2009, 03:11 PM	#23
45Auto Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,121	Re: Your least useful firearm A .30 rim fire single shot pistol.

08-24-2009, 04:04 PM	#24
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,334	Re: Your least useful firearm About the only one that I don't shoot is my Luger but I don't exactly call it not useful. __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)