Your Worst .22 Ever?

[Horta]

It would have to be my 10/22, however it really is a great gun. Only the worst .22 because its my only .22(for now, planing on buying a 22/45 tommrow)

If you are having problems with a 10/22 then you are not treating it right!

[SteveSatch]

Taurus PT22 doesn't feed well with any ammo, often doesn't fire. It will eject if it does fire.

I bought it (well) used, so it may have been messed with. I need to sent it back to Taurus and see if they can fix it.

I agree. I bought one years ago when they came out. It was so bad Taurus ended up giving me a refund.

[VegasND]

I agree. I bought one years ago when they came out. It was so bad Taurus ended up giving me a refund.

I picked up another one a few weeks ago (it was cheap). This one is older, it doesn't have the lock. It works great and is tolerant of ammo. It worked fine with at least 4 of the 7 types I tried. This one is actually a lot of fun to shoot.
I'd tell people to be wary of the PT 22 if they need it for any serious reason.

[brassburnz]

About 30 years ago I had a Jennings J-22 that would always jam. I polished up the potmetal feedramp as much as potmetal would polish, then tweaked the mag lips and did a little fire hardening on them to keep them stiff.

One day I was showing off my handiwork trying to see how many mags I could go through without jamming. I had three magazines and kept reloading them. Around the 5th or 6th mag, that little sucker zipped right through a mag. The slide had gotten so dirty the firing pin got stuck forward.

What a piece of junk.

[RedFord150]

Jennings. It was my dad's. We both hate it. To his knowledge it has never fired an entire magazine without a malfunction.

Same with mine. I sold it a long time ago.

[chiefnpd]

Jennings, enough said. POS

[greyfell]

I had 2 but both did not have magazines. I found one one time but the guy wanted $150 for the magazine by itself.

I have two Daisy's, a wood-tone "polymer" bolt-action and an autoloader with a wood stock, and I put together a second black "polymer" bolt-action over the summer. I found a mag for each type, but each were between $25 and $40 (I don't remember which was which, now). The two I have shoot well. The autoloader had feeding problems until I replaced the mag because the feed ramp was too worn down (polymer/plastic mags).

I had to be patient before a mag came up on Gun Broker, and then I asked the seller if he had other parts, like a bolt and a rear sight.

The story I've been able to put together is that Daisy ran into patent infringement from Ruger and Remington, AND didn't get the all the necessary permits to make a firearm. Can it be any wonder then that they might downplay the fact they ever produced these rifles (depending on who you talk to at Daisy)? It wasn't a highlight of their history, from a certain perspective.

[23 Blast]

I once owned an Armscor .22 rifle that looked like a cheap knockoff of a 10/22 or Marlin 60. It fed from a 9-round stick magazine, and jammed up after only a few magazines. IIRC, I bought it from Big 5. I quicky sold it, it was just a low-quality POS.

My other crappy .22 is an Arminius "Warrior" - a 8-shot revolver with a 6-inch barrel. It was my dad's gun and so I won't sell it for thar reason alone, but it's just a low-quality gun. I haven't had any problems with it - it functions fine and all, but just the overall quality of it is poor. Plastic grips, a super-heavy double action trigger pull (I'm guessing it's in excess of 17 pounds) the vented rib on top of the barrel was loose (thankfully corrected by loctite) and the cylinder doesn't spin freely when swung out like on a quality revolver like a smith or Ruger.

[nrgcruizer]

GSG 5...Over engineered. Overpriced. And over here. I can't believe I bought one...Never had this much problem with a rifle or pistol, in terms of maintenance & parts. It's accurate & looks nice. But it won't do me any good when it spends more time being maintained than shot. Finicky on ammo too.

The other one would be Jennings or Raven. It was easy to maintain, but the firing pins broke constantly.

[Seesm]

I have a buddy that has a model 64 and its a pile... I probably should fix it but its a PILE in soo many ways... not sure where to start.. :P

[coolinsocal]

Jennings J 22 hands down. When and if the thing ever fired it literally blew itself apart.

[Homebuddy]

My Taurus pt22. A total POS. The pivot pin also broke. I sent it back at a cost of $50 and it came back still a POS. In addition the slide got stuck. I can't in conscience sell it. I kept it to remind myself not to buy another Taurus.

[SPR18]

Colt Umarex M4 22. Biggest pile of crap ive ever owned. Ive had airsoft guns that were better quality. Shot ok, has issues but the wuality of the rifle is downright junk

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[BroncoBob]

A Springfield 187 rifle I bought off a buddy of mine well over 20+ years. He told me it had a feeding problem but for $30 I was willing to give it a try and see if I could get it fixed. Haven't been able to run a full tube mag full with out a jam. It now sits way in the back of one of my safes. Haven't looked at it in years.

[Peter.Steele]

My 10/22.

It was good, back in the day. Last few years it's just been a huge pile of crap though. It wouldn't make it through more than about 6 rounds without a failure of some sort.

I have since fixed it, though. I disassembled everything and ran it all through several cycles on an ultrasonic cleaning bath. Cleaned everything up really nicely. The other weekend I put a couple hundred trouble-free rounds through it.

But it's still the worst .22 I've ever owned. I liked my S&W 422 pistol better, and I REALLY like my M&P 15-22. Those are the only other two .22's I've owned.