Guns You Had to Have, but Wish You Didn't

Pinecone · Jun 8, 2020

A slight change up on some other threads.

But what is a gun you HAD to have, then once you got it, you wished you had never heard of it.

For me, one was an AMT BackUp. One of the first small carry pistols. .380

But made of SS, so HEAVY. Neat, but no real purpose these days.

At least I got it for a good price. Complete with box and instructions.

TheOriginalMexicanBob · Jun 8, 2020

A Remington 710. I was lucky to sell it and barely get my money out of it.

SkiPatrolDude · Jun 8, 2020

Def was not a “had to have” but most certainly a “wish I didn’t”.

This is the red headed step child of my collection that my fiancé brought into the picture from before we met. It was almost a dealbreaker.

This was her nightstand gun living in Baltimore when I’d come visit. That changed immediately.

It’s also the only gun I own with these stupid locks on it in my safe, as a reminder to never take it out aside to make someone laugh. I’ve lost the key.

I can’t in good conscious sell it either.

EDIT: It's a Cobra FS380. One can be yours right now on Gunbroker for about $71.

Jake4U · Jun 8, 2020

Pinecone said:
A slight change up on some other threads.

But what is a gun you HAD to have, then once you got it, you wished you had never heard of it.

For me, one was an AMT BackUp. One of the first small carry pistols. .380

But made of SS, so HEAVY. Neat, but no real purpose these days.

At least I got it for a good price. Complete with box and instructions.

I had one of those too. Heavy for what it was.

rseymorejr · Jun 8, 2020

Pinecone said:
A slight change up on some other threads.

But what is a gun you HAD to have, then once you got it, you wished you had never heard of it.

For me, one was an AMT BackUp. One of the first small carry pistols. .380

But made of SS, so HEAVY. Neat, but no real purpose these days.

At least I got it for a good price. Complete with box and instructions.

I had one of those years ago but sold it. Here lately I've been thinking of looking for another one, for nostalgia

Todd S · Jun 8, 2020

SkiPatrolDude said:
Def was not a “had to have” but most certainly a “wish I didn’t”.

This is the red headed step child of my collection that my fiancé brought into the picture from before we met. It was almost a dealbreaker.

This was her nightstand gun living in Baltimore when I’d come visit. That changed immediately.

It’s also the only gun I own with these stupid locks on it in my safe, as a reminder to never take it out aside to make someone laugh. I’ve lost the key.

I can’t in good conscious sell it either.

Alright, what is it?

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ohen cepel · Jun 8, 2020

SIG 230, wanted one for years, got it but it ate my fat hand like nothing else I have ever shot. One of the few I let back out into the wild.

SkiPatrolDude · Jun 8, 2020

Todd S said:
Alright, what is it?

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Cobra FS380, which is the same design as the Jimanez Arms and then Bryco 380.

Basically a Saturday Night Special. Thing is a POS

byf43 · Jun 8, 2020

S&W mdl 39-2.

What a POS!!!!!!!
Sent it back to S&W twice.

Jam-O-Matic.

It would not feed/fire/cycle a full magazine without jamming.
I shot it.
A couple of friends shot it.
A State Trooper watched what was happening (at the old Maryland Small Arms Range) and looked interested in what was going on, so, I let him shoot it.
Same crap.

Nobody could get this thing to 'run' properly. Changed magazines. Same thing.
Tried some guy's magazines at the range. Same thing.

Changed ammo. Tried multiple brands/types/bullet weights. Standard loads. +P. +P+.
Nothing worked.

Smith said, "No issues found." Twice.

Sold it at a loss. Didn't care. Just wanted rid of that POS.

Moorvogi · Jun 9, 2020

Damn knock off Glock! It doesn’t even say glock in it. Just “OCK”.

Bad jokes, but a funny story!

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Tod · Jun 9, 2020

A Seacamp LES 32
So small and so finicky and finding and the expense of the 32 Silvertips
I would rather carry my Ruger LCP 380

inkd · Jun 9, 2020

An older Charter Arms Bulldog .44Spl.

What a friggin' POS!!!!

Augie · Jun 9, 2020

Almost any AR, I decide I have to have one, buy it and after awhile realize I just don't like them, sell it and start all over again. Only one I have kept is a big huge varmint AR built by Fulton that is very accurate.

JimB · Jun 9, 2020

MKA 1919 12 gauge

N3uka · Jun 10, 2020

AMT Backup, my purlicue hurts just thinking about it.

Zorros · Jun 13, 2020

Pinecone said:
A slight change up on some other threads.

But what is a gun you HAD to have, then once you got it, you wished you had never heard of it.

For me, one was an AMT BackUp. One of the first small carry pistols. .380

But made of SS, so HEAVY. Neat, but no real purpose these days.

At least I got it for a good price. Complete with box and instructions.

I bought an AMT back up ( covina calif) with the clear grips in the mid 80s. Decent gun for fishing while wading. Until you had to shoot it. Galled steel on steel. Sent it bck a couple of times.Put it in the safe in a nice alessi holster and finally sold it 3-4 years ago to a gun shop. Pretty good idea for its time. .25 cal size, more than less, and packed a punch.
The only gun I have wanted to sell or trade was a glock 27 i bought in the 90s. Soon after i thought i should have bought a g26. I still have the 27 20+ years later and bought a wolf 9mm barrel and a couple of G26 mags. Still think of selling it, had it on consignment last year. Will probably have it forever.

grimnar15 · Jun 13, 2020

SkiPatrolDude said:
Def was not a “had to have” but most certainly a “wish I didn’t”.

This is the red headed step child of my collection that my fiancé brought into the picture from before we met. It was almost a dealbreaker.

This was her nightstand gun living in Baltimore when I’d come visit. That changed immediately.

It’s also the only gun I own with these stupid locks on it in my safe, as a reminder to never take it out aside to make someone laugh. I’ve lost the key.

I can’t in good conscious sell it either.

EDIT: It's a Cobra FS380. One can be yours right now on Gunbroker for about $71.

Does it shoot?

Bornewinner · Jun 13, 2020

AMT Back Up .380 was my first firearm ever! Inherited it from my grandfather and an obsession was born.

6Den · Jun 13, 2020

My BIL bought an AMT Backup .380 for my sister as a nightstand gun (he didn’t ask my brothers or me for our input). She could hardly pull the 15lb trigger on the thing and the recoil hurt her when she did manage. Accuracy was crap and reliability was questionable. POS is right!

Oswaldo87 · Jun 13, 2020

Traded for Glock 26s two separate times. I liked the idea of its size for a carry piece. Fired the first one I received and absolutely hated it from the first shot. Traded it away. Later I traded something for a different G26 thinking I might like it this time around. NOPE. Luckily traded it away even quicker.

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