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for me its got to be the infamous "Roodles AK" a short barrelled AK variant shooting minute of Barn door

Its got to be a Steyr M95 long rifle in 8x56R which the owner had loaded with .303 British cartridges (by mistake). That thing would hardly hit the target at 100yrds and on the odd occassion it did the rounds were not surprisningly keyholing. :lol:

The rifle does shoot very well with the correct ammunition.

The cadet SA80 straight-pull, L98A1. Horribly inaccurate thing, could barely hold 8-10" at 25yds with one particular example!

The most inaccurate? Without doubt a Remington 700 PSS Police. It was appalling! Couldn't get it to shoot anything at all. Edgar Brothers eventually took it back as it was bought new. The replacement was far more acceptable. But, it killed my confidence with Remington and I doubt I'll ever own another. Unfortunately, as a Marlin collector, I'll not be going anywhere near the new models, no matter how appealing they look, as "Remington" have just messed them up!

Surprised to see the Browning Hi-Power mentioned. My issued variant and the subsequently civilian owned examples were excellent. My own was used as a base for a very competitive race gun.....

My Nagant with milsurp ammo at anything over 300mtrs.

Saying that though im pretty crap with my Uberti 44 cap n' ball revolver too so nice to know im consistent. :lol:

As we are including handguns

I used a Glock 17 earlier in the year and was distressed to see the rounds landing way lower than normal, at 20 meters some were not even hitting the figure 11.
Most of us end up aiming for the parrot on the shoulder as we all tend to shoot low right but on this occasion I was aiming off the top of the head.
Thankfully I managed to score high enough that it did not affect me i.e. needing remedial attention, but at the end of the shoot I had to have a word with the instructor.
Aware that a bad workman blames his tools I was careful in what I said, and suggested that he kept an eye on that particular gun as I had never shot as bad.
Clearly it was all my fault and I was sent packing, but I was pleased to receive an email the next day stating that he had looked at the gun and had found the front sight lose!

Lets hope the one I have in my holster works if I ever need it.

DM

We do not have personal issue Glocks, they get issued on a rotation basis, first come first served. The MP5s are similar but we do have a little choice in the style of stocks and sights (Eotech or open)

Dangermouse wrote:We do not have personal issue Glocks, they get issued on a rotation basis, first come first served. The MP5s are similar but we do have a little choice in the style of stocks and sights (Eotech or open)

I'm surpirsed you don't have issued weapons like we did in the RAF Reg :-P I kind of assumed you would on a basis you need to know that its set up for you, sights and the such

Alan

Sim G wrote: Surprised to see the Browning Hi-Power mentioned. My issued variant and the subsequently civilian owned examples were excellent. My own was used as a base for a very competitive race gun.....

For me the Browning was a nightmare - barely managed to qualify.
The Glock 19 was something else, it was sweet! :shakeshout: I could actually get a group and with the hostage rescue targets (hostage in front with only the terrorist head showing) I could put a magazine full into the terrorists head. Unfortunately, the Glocks are designated JAP (Jet Aircrew Pistol) and only the Pilots got to really play with them - what a waste!

The most inaccurate rifle was the Vietnam War issue M-16's the Army "lent" us when we wanted to replace the M-79 with the M-203. The M-16 barrels were shot out and in any case the wrong twist for the SS109 round. After firing a 30 rd mag at a 25m target it looked like you'd shooting a shotgun, and that's not including the keyholing! :shock:

A 303 lee enfield with two groove rifling converted to a deer stalker. Amazingly poor.

CZ75 pistol and anything remotely like a 1911.....Rifles...must be the Nagant carbine (the one with the swingy out screwdriver bayonet attached). The straight pull Dragunov did not impress me either....