Comments on: This is my gun. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

By: freddyboomboom

freddyboomboom — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:43:06 +0000

The only “lemon” I’ve bought was a BHP that had a butchered sear. Got that replaced and it was no longer lemon-like at all…

By: Pieter

Pieter — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:02:48 +0000

“A EAA Witness in .45″ Correct me if I’m wrong, but back in the early 90s couldn’t you buy a witness that was pink, or clear?
I remember the adds, kind of wanted a clear one.
Although it wasn’t long before the complains came rolling in about failures.

By: DaveP.

DaveP. — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:02:11 +0000

Lemons: Bad performance or lousy design?

I’ve had both: A EAA Witness in .45 that, after trying a half-dozen different types of ammo and after one trip to the factory and two to a gunsmith, would still insist on locking up every third round or so; and a Ruger P90 : the gun that convinced me to never again buy a Ruger centerfire auto. Every edge on this gun was sharp enough to shave with, the (stainless, machine-tool-sharp) slide was held onto the (aluminum) frame with a pair of tiny little slide tabs just begging to break off if you dropped it, and- how do I put this? After carrying the P90, the Glock Model 21 “Box o’ Cornflakes” I traded it for seemed to be the epitome of compact, sleek, and handy.

By: red

red — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:13:48 +0000

No real lemons but my Kel-Tec P11 is picky on ammo. Nothing a trip to the factory won’t fix but no need since it will probably be traded in for a .357.

I had a lemon HK USP 9mm back in 1998. Over 200 rounds through it and almost every range trip involved multiple FTEs. Thought it was just me at first until it happened to everyone who used it. I finally go fed up and sold it to pay my rent check. I don’t care how many uber-tacticool people use HK, I’ll never give them a dime again!

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:36:12 +0000

Pieter - I’m in the in between on Glocks.

There are others I enjoy more aesthetically, but wouldn’t feel bad using one of the plastic fantastic. Same way I’m not a 1911 snob, but consider them another good tool.

I could be considered a bit of a SIG snob… the drool-reaction at Mug’s 9mm P220 always kicks in in recent loadings of this page. And, I love the Beretta.

By: Linoge

Linoge — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:42:16 +0000

No lemons here, but that is simply because I have only purchased two firearms in my life, and both are relatively durable/dependable to begin with - a Baby Eagle 9mm (the Americanized version of an Israeli Jericho) and an M1A (the civilianized version of the M14). When I get around to purchasing a concealed-carry weapon (which basically amounts to “when I move to a state that will let me”), it is not likely to be a Glock, for really the same reasons you have against them… But beyond that? If it throws slugs downrange with a reasonable degree of accuracy and dependability, it works.

By: Kristopher

Kristopher — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:14:41 +0000

I once owned a new Erma luger in .380 ACP.

Most cranky pistol I ever had … not even able to feed ball ammo reliably.

By: Sigivald

Sigivald — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:08:21 +0000

(And, since Micheal mentioned a lemon-Llama, I’ll chime in and say I still have and love my Llama .380 mini-1911.

But then, any company can make a 1911 that will fail as shipped, I hear, even the big custom houses… though they’re less likely to.)