Unreliable pistols

[kidicarus13]

Please list pistols (that cost more than $250) that you have owned/shot that you would not consider reliable under any circumstance. Here is my list:

1. Para Ordinance .45 Warthog
2. S&W Sigma 9mm (1st Gen.)- least reliable pistol I've ever shot!
3. Walther PPK .380 (none of the three that I've shot were reliable)

These 3 examples were absolutely the worst I have ever experienced as far as reliablity. To my surprise I owned a Hi-Point pistol and carbine that were both 100% reliable.

[gnihcraes]

Smith Wesson 469 or something like that in 9mm. Just didn't work well at all.

Virginian Dragoon - friends - it just fell apart while shooting. Cracks in the forcing cone? throat of the barrel, we couldn't figure out why ever shot was sending shrapnel all over us.

Otherwise have chosen wisely most of the time.

[buffalobo]

+1 on the S&W Sigma 9mm.

[Zundfolge]

Only gun I've ever owned that I didn't trust was a RAP 401 ... frankly I think a new set of springs and a bit of fluff and buff and it coulda been made reliable.

[Pistol Packing Preacher]

I guess my Hi-point was a fluke. Works well as a boat anchor. Then again, what should I expect for a $99.. Glad yours worked fine!

[OgenRwot]

2. S&W Sigma 9mm (1st Gen.)- least reliable pistol I've ever shot!

This was mine as well, only in 40. I hated that thing.

Other than that, I've shot a few 1911s that were not so great and I shot one of my friends M&P 40 that he got used that had some issues. I think it had more to do with not liking certain ammo.

That's why I shoot Glocks, doesn't matter what I feed mine they shoot everything just fine. Over all the years I've been shooting them and all the models and the tens of thousands of rounds that I've shot, I have NEVER had one single issue. Not one.

[ronaldrwl]

My Walther PPK 380 after breaking in (200 rounds) has zero malfunctions with 2000 rounds fired. I did have to polish some nicks on the barrel where it was hitting. After that no problems.

[brokenscout]

I have had nothing but problems with S&W semi autos,But love there revolvers.
My Walther PPK is one of my favorites

[mikedubs]

A friend's Jennings .380...god what a piece of crap.

Thankfully it's less than $250...sorry OP

[Tim K]

Baby Glock in .40. And, no, I wasn't limp wristing it. Also a Kimber 3" 1911. It functioned reliably, but broke regularly.