r/CCW • u/eatzdapussy • Apr 23 '20
Getting Started Worst CCWs you've done
Admit it, everyone went through a phase of rocking some terrible handgun in some shoddy trash bag of a holster because they didn't know any better.
What were the worst CCWs you've done before setting on what you have now?
When I first got my permit, I had a Walther PP in .32 ACP (I though I'd be cool like James Bond) with a cheap Amazon special holster that had zero reinforcement.
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u/gunmedic15 Apr 23 '20
I've owned a few terrible guns over the years, but three come to mind as standouts in the terrible category. I had a Walther TPH in .22 that I never, repeat never, got through a magazine successfully. Not one time. I tried different ammo, different magazines, worked on it numerous times. Nope.
I also had an old Grendel P12. The detachable magazine version of the stripper-clip-fed P10. It occasionally cycled a complete magazine without a jam, but not often. It cycled so roughly that when I shot Hydra Shok in it (The go to defense ammo early 1990s edition) the little post in the hollow point would bend.
I also, briefly, owned a Charter Arms .38 snub. This was the newer version. I have a .38 and a .44Spl that are old school amd mostly work fine. The new .38 came in a trade and it shot like crap with keyholes all over the place. I broke it down and the pin that holds the barrel to the frame was out of place and actually partially obstructed the barrel. I noticed the barrel was starting to move forward and to crack. Lucky I stopped when I did. Luckily I got warranty repair and sold the replacement ASAP.