MisterHappy
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The one I passed on....
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I saw one blow up. (Ana's) with weak factory ammo.If you shoot the 340 enough eventually it will blow up. There are at least two or three people from here that had 340s blow up on them. Thankfully when they blow up usually it's not something that causes an injury but the gun will definitely stop working. A friend of mine has the hammer version of the gun, and it eventually blew up too... Smith will fix under warranty but it's still kind of ridiculous. I think they just figure that nobody will shoot it enough to make them blow up, nobody is usually that much of a masochist...
Two come to mind - I bought a 10/22 that was broken out of the box. My first gun as soon as I turned 18. The shop didn't believe me - I had to take a video of it. The trigger would not reset after each shot - had to manually pull on it. Eventually they agreed to replace. Kind of weird given the history of the 10/22 - but with so many sold I guess eventually a problem had to rear its head.
I also bought an AK that my friend built in his basement from a parts kit. Could not get a magazine into the well, shot like shit, and would jam frequently. My fault for buying a basement build from an amateur.
Jennings J-22
AMT BACK-UP DAO .380. What a hunk of dog shit. Bought it back in early 2000s from the worst gun store in MA, the GUN ROOM. I quickly discovered that you could only clean
it by driving out a roll pin. Also if you dry fired it enough the firing pins would break. A machinist made me a new firing pin. I think I ended up doing a gun shop trade in somewhere on something better, I don't even remember what I got for it in the end, I honestly didn't care, just wanted it gone. Also the trigger was about 900 lbs.
I have had a few other clunkers, but nothing ever came close to that piece of shit. Not even the seecamp .32.
-Mike
Mosquito. Felt good in hand. No matter how I adjusted my grip, thumb would graze the mag release and cause a mag drop. Rear sight moved constantly. Would fire minimags and that's it. 10 rounds. I told the next guy all of this crap, i didnt want to hear any buyers remorse.
My father has an AMT .380. Never shot it, but just handling it makes me not want to.
Forgot to mention the constant stovepipes in that skeeter too. At the time I had that and a glock . 40. I had more fun with the glock. At least it went bang.
The GUN ROOM! First place I went to when I got my LTC. They tried to sell me an M&P 40 with a mag safety. I said why would I want that and the guy said because we bought to many and we have to get rid of them............. Bought it back in early 2000s from the worst gun store in MA, the GUN ROOM.