jhgtyre Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I want to hear about the el cheapo craptastic toys that you have shot a match with. Even if they worked great but otherwise reeked of crapitude they qualify for this list. If you have pics thats even better! -ld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny hill Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Lama SS .45. Can you say Jamamatic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 when I started in this game,I always tried to get the best I could afford and still practice that...however, I have a bud who liked to take his home built gun and beat all us "buy it" kind of shooters...say him roll up to a match...take his gun out of his tool box, take the mags that he was using for the match and hit them a time or two with a flat file to knock off the rust and then proceed to win the match...did not happen often, but just that once was an eye opener for me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Para. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 Lama SS .45. Can you say Jamamatic? I had one of those things and had completely blocked out all memory of it. What a terrible gun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Borrowed craptastic fudged up 1911 single stack. Custom work had been done in a garage on a drill press. Or maybe a hand drill, no press. Also a Jerico, opened up so wide it would feed legos, and bulge every piece of brass. A worn out G17 and mixed bags of mags and ammo. No, before you ask, it was not perfection, and didn't run 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 this one's easy-first match was 1984 steel challenge-shot it (i should say attempted to) with a 7" AMT longslide. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Glock. Just kidding Flex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlamoShooter Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 (edited) this one's easy-first match was 1984 steel challenge-shot it (i should say attempted to) with a 7" AMT longslide. :lol: I saw some one use one in 2004 too = At least he didn't drive far to get to the match. It worked most of the time I was watching. Edited July 25, 2007 by AlamoShooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypool40 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Glock.Just kidding Flex. I was afraid to post that, knowing that "Flex-for-money" would likely crush me like a bug. You SF guys really ARE fearless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ38super Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 I never really had a total crappy gun to shoot with. My first auto was a Ruger P95DC that got me to try this game and I already had my first wheelgun a Ruger SuperRedhawk 44 mag with 9-1/2" barrel with 210 power factor loads for my light loads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 My Para P-14. Bought it, spent the best of a year getting it to work and when it was more-or-less running sold it to finance my first STI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 9MM Auto Ordnance that I shot 9 pin at Second Chance with. Kind of a POS, but it worked. Now the frame has a Marvel practical conversion unit on it. Much better with the .22LR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gameplayer Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Para at a IDPA match. Now won't shoot either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Why is everyone skerd to say Glock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 I watched my buddy shoot our Tuesday Night Steel match with a CZ-52 in 7.62 Tokerov. That was too funny. Recoil was severe, mag capacity was low but you KNEW when he hit one of those plates! -ld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L9X25 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 My first gun was a new Stainless Colt Gold Cup Ten. The gun came with a test target showing a wonderful 5 shot group which was interesting because it could not shoot 2 consecutive shots without jamming. After 2 trips back to Colt to fix the trigger, feeding and extraction issues, it was obvious that they were not going to get the job done right. I found a local smith that basically removed all of the Colt internal parts and replaced them with CMC parts and life was good. Shot it in competition until the Para frames came out and it is now one of my winter carry guns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Sierpina Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Why is everyone skerd to say Glock? Never shot a match with one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooterbenedetto Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 My first gun SPRINGFIELD ARMORY 2 toned like TGO special. .45 this crap would not fire. I shot 2 stages with it that took me 200.00 seconds and just keeps jammimg after jamming. in frustration, after taking out a jammed round, I threw it at the berm!! a freind fished it out and said to send it to the factory. I did and they lapped the breech face and repalced the ejector, by that time, i lost confident on the product and got an STI never FAILED!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 (edited) Always had great guns from primo gunsmiths.... Never had a gun fail me...... Now mag problems I can talk about. Added - have had a few sights fly off but can't bitch too much about that. Edited July 25, 2007 by Merlin Orr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intel6 Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Not necessarily crappy but just not the best choice. I shot my first matches in the 80's with a S&W 39, yes, a 9mm single stack. I borrowed it from a friend because he had a holstaer and mags(7) and pouches and it at least had adjustable sites. I shot OK but i missed a lot so I was miserable while having fun. This was back when people were shooting comped Single Stacks so I wasn't too far behind. Neal in AZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 Not necessarily crappy but just not the best choice. ....Neal in AZ You bring up a good point Neal; I am not trying to put together a list of manufacturers or models that suck just a fun list of equipment that either wasn't suited to the task or perhaps not the best representative of its type. Thanks, -ld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattbeck Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Colt 1991. It was plenty accurate, but wouldn't run. Every time I tried to shoot a fun match, I'd get at least one jam on every string. I'd throw it back in the safe and forget about it for a few months, and then try again with the same results. I finally just gave it to my little brother to plink with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasmap Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 S&W 4506-1 from a duty rig with 1 8-rd mag in the gun and 2 8-rounders on the duty belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
get2now Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Wyoming Arms Parker 10mm. Nuff said... Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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