Colt 6 inch Python I carried as a Denver cop.

My dad threw out over 500 1960's comic books. And probably more than his retirement.

A beautiful pinned and recessed 6" model 57 in pristine condition, complete with a presentation case that looked new and had all the tools and papers. Still a major regret. wyatte

My 6"highway patrolman
My colt detective special with shroud
My ruger om blackhawk
My pre model ten nickel snubby
My first colt trooper (stolen not sold)
My browning nomad .22
My high standard double action .22
I am starting to tear up so will stop

A PERFECT super tight 686 with 2 1/2" barrel. Damn!

S&W Model 10 (nickel) made in 1966
Colt Govt Model 1911

Those hurt the most to think about but there are several others.
A wise man once told me: "Never sell guns-find other ways to pay for new ones"

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A RB, 3 inch Model 547, NIB and 2 Model 520s, LNIB. All 3 were DUMB moves. I sd them for $300 apiece for a $25 profit.
Plus a mint, unissued 3 inch Model 65 that was supposed to be issued to the local Animal Rescue league. It went back to S&W for some custom work (RR insert and trigger job), but they went to 5946s before it got back. So it went to the dealer, where I grabbed it cheap. Sold it for $275 and still made a buck.

I have two regrets. Selling my Combat Masterpiece production 1951 and my 28-2 4 inch production 1968. Sometimes a person makes judgement mistakes.
Howard

The same one I continue to seek a replacement for, my CS-1.

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Virtually all of them, other than a dog or two that weren't worth keeping.

almost every one!

4" model 19-2, used cash for a 3" 629.
I missed the 19 first time I carried it IWB all day.

Model 15, 2" nickel finish.

M1903 Springfield
M-1 Garand
Springfield M1A with G.I. Stock
Model-19 4inch blued that I carried as a Sheriff's Deputy 80'-82'
Model-15 4inch blued that I carried as a Bike Patrol Officer
K-22 6in (made in the 60's barely fired, still in the box with the brown wrapping paper, cleaning gear and paper work)
Two different Colt Combat Commanders I carried as my off-duty weapons
Pristine Norinco MAK-90 AK that had never been fired
The Type-38 Arisaka with chrysanteaum still on it and the Officer's Samarai Sword my Dad brought home from WWII.

Every one had been sold at one time or another due to financial problems or paying the bills when I was recuperating from prostate surgery.

I regret selling every single one but if you are selling one to me, have no regrets, it is going to a fine home.

Steve

Lamentable, but I have to agree.

Guns ive sold or traded off that stick vividly
In my mind
Fn Fal G series
Fn Fal type 2 Browning import
Winchester model 12 us marked trench gun
West german Sig P226 nickel
Hk 93
West German makarov
Remington model 31 us riot

Thought about this a few days ago. Regret selling a full rail bull barrel Springfield TRP 1911 45acp. Sold it for a big profit and because it was not legal in USPSA SSTK or IDPA's CDP. Hindsight tells me I didn't shoot either class once since selling the TRP, anyway, and the profit I'd gladly give back to have the most perfect trigger any gunsmith has ever given me. I've parted ways with many a high-end 1911 the last 24 months and none of them - Les Baers, Springfield Professionals, Dan Wesson PM9 - made me think twice. But that bull barrel TRP does. Damn it!

I could buy another one but the principal and the thought of not having the same trigger makes me pause.

And maybe the 625JM should've stayed.

A Colt 6 inch Match Target Woodsman that I bought new in 1974 and foolishly sold in blind pursuit of S&W magnums.

A 4 screw model 16 that I bought in 2001 for 630 OTD. The gun was 98%, no box or papers. I bought it for trading stock/ to sell to fund other guns. This was b/4 I was educated by this Forum. I had no use for the gun because I don't particularly care for the caliber. I would only want it back now so I could sell it again or trade for an older 44 Special. I got a considerable sum at the time, or so I thought. I don't begrudge the buyer, a very nice gentleman who paid exactly what I asked. I understand the gun went into a collection and that's where it should be with such low production numbers. I did not shoot it.

there have been many, but my three biggest bone head sales were. 1- Unfired M-12, 2" round butt $125.00. 2- Colt Python 2 1/2" in excellent condition $250.00 this price included shipping out of state. 3- Browning H.P. "T" series in very good to excellent condition $135.00.

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Model 60 (no dash). I sold it to help fund a trip to Africa. At least I can say I had the safari trip of a lifetime due in part to its sale.

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I've sold probably 200 handguns over 40 years. I regret selling most of them.

I've sold or traded many guns over the years, but there are 4 that I would like to have back......all of these were either sold or part of a trade back the 80's ( I got smarter after that decade ).

--Remington 1100 12ga. shotgun ( this was pristine and I foolishly sold it to a hunting buddy).

--Colt Diamondback 4inch .22cal that was part of trade. "Wow", at the time no one knew how the Diamondbacks would escalate in value.

--S&W 686 No-Dash 6inch barrel and patridge front sight ( this gun was veeeerrry accurate and I foolishly traded it for a Browning B-80 12ga. shotgun)... which brings me to the next one I should have kept.

--Browning B-80 12ga. shotgun with invector chokes...as mentioned above I got this gun in a trade that involved the S&W 686. I foolishly later traded this shotgun on something ( shows you how dumb a trade it was because I can't remember what I traded it for) .... should have kept the 686 and just bought the B-80 and then kept both of 'em!!!

Don

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...all of them...

29 with 6.5'' bbl, 686 with 4'' bbl,& Sig 229 in 40 S&W. I have since found replacements a 29-2 with 8 3/8''bbl, 686 with 2.5''bbl still miss the others though.

Well not too many and if you count S&W products even less. I suppose I should have kept a beater 27-2 6" and a 3in 36 but what I hve kind of been missing is a 2in model 632. It was not extremely accurate and I decided just to stick with .38spl snubs and 9mm snubs but it did kind of fill a niche and the extra shot was neat.

A consecutively numbered pair of Colt Gold Cup Commanders in .45 ACP.

I'm not going to respond to this. It would take up too much band width and it's just too depressing! My only consolation is that I've gotten a little smarter as I've gotten older. I don't sell many these days and I buy a little more carefully too. (smile)

Dave

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PCSD (Ret)

1975 Colt Python 6" blue with box and docs.
1979 Smith 66-1 4"

Only two I ever sold and will never sell another! (I did get a 66-3 3" plus some cash for the Python but should have kept the Python and bought the 3" 66 anyway.

An as new Outdoorsman with original box and flier so I could buy the great SBE II that malfunctions every now and then and hurts the heck out of my middle finger with the trigger guard on cold mornings firing 3.5" loads. Should have not listened to the hype and just used a pump. What a waste. At least I know it must have went to a good home.

Don't sell any guns anymore. All the dogrobbers try to lowball you and point out every little speck and flaw that they can use to lower the price.
Frank

An NYSP M520 (not the "L" frame abomination of the same number). I had it for about a year, and it went up 25%. Had to sell it to pay tuition during my second year of law school and first year of my first marriage. Should have kept the revolver and avoided her. I'll admit I was very tempted to shoot it, which I knew was probably not a good idea, but ... grrr.

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Sold my Walther P-38 with a handmade wood grips back in 1975. Beautiful shooting pistol, probably the fastest and smoothest that I've ever had. Dumb move on my part.

Exactly. Pete

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Well, lemme see...

I sold my first 44 mag, a 1967 29-2 "S" s/n. It was a 6.5" model too.

Bought it back!

Later I sold a 25-7 that I hadn't bothered to shoot since I bought it new in 89. MISTAKE!

I bought it back too.

Then there's the 1989 Mini 30 with the .308 bore I sold off since it was "too small a round". D'oH! It's gone forever, but I found another just 500 units different according to s/n with a .308 bore and it was in a glass stock to boot! Real happy with the replacement. It shoots a 150g NBT accurately.

Not to forget the 6" 586 ND I bought new. Traded it back and forth with a friend. He went south and is no longer around, so I replaced that one with a 4" 586-1 which IMO balances and looks better. Besides, that old 6" 586 was a spitter, sent it to S&W and local gunsmiths, but it never got fixed, it always spit.

Have to say all of them too. Don't even like to talk about it.

This is a good thread to read what with a gun show this weekend and always the temptation to take along whatever Smith is currently out of favor with me to see what price I can get for it.

It will help me think twice before parting with an old friend in exchange for a new item that I may later find out I really didn't need or want as badly as I thought at the time.

But the two I regret the most selling (or trading away) are two Model 10s, a 2" round butt and a 4" standard barrel.

If I can ever replace those two, all I'll need to buy from that point on is ammo!

Yep, same here.

all of them

Wisdom gained through old age has me following 2 gun rules:

1) buy 2 if possible - sell one NIB later and still have one.
2) if I've never seen one before, I try to buy it

My short list of still-to-acquire on my C&R consists of MG42 and Lahti 20mm. Those I wanna be buried with.

Old 32/20 carried by my cousin's grandpa when he was a Chicago cop in the Capone days.

My Colt Officers model.

Only ever sold two from my collection, this was early on and at the time I needed the money since I was unemployed.
The first was a Colt Trooper MkIII a friend of mine sold me after he had left the local police department, regret it til this day.
The second was an Enfield MkI, I picked it up from a newspaper ad for $35. when I was a kid looking for a cheap deer rifle. It was all I could afford at the time.
Still regret it and from that day on I've never sold another!

Well I guess I am pretty fortunate I have been collecting for over 25 years & have only sold 2 guns & traded none,I still miss the 2 I sold not S&W's 1 was a 1938 Polish Eagle P35 Radom & the Other was a 3/1940 Production Type 14 Japanese Nambu

My entire antique lever action Winchester collection to finance my business........ That REALLY hurt !

My duty Model 66's in 2 1/2" and 4 inch.
My AR15 that was converted to full auto.
My Winchester Model 52B with bull barrel and Redfield Model 32 scope.
My 1941 Luger in very good condition.
A Series 70 1911 that had been customized with S&W adjustable sights, hard chromed, and some other mods.
My 1st off duty gun, a new Colt Det. Special that had been Armolloyed.
Too many more to list and I'm getting despondent.

I have only sold one gun in my life. I am like a black hole for guns, once I buy them they stay. Anyway my very first handgun was a brand new Colt 1911 Government Model. I traded it in for a S&W 5906. Still have the 5906 22 years later but I really should have kept that 1911 too.

I have been accumulating guns for many years, and have only sold/traded one away. It was a Winchester Model 12 Field grade - 16 guage in very nice condition, barely used.

In 1983 a friend invited me to go handgun hunting for wild boar. I really had nothing that I thought was suitable, and cash was tight with small children, so I traded the Model 12 {I had traded for the Winchester, & only had $25.00 in it} for a new Smith 629 with a 6" barrel.

I eventually replaced the Winchester Model 12 with one that is much nicer than the one that I traded off, and I learned my lesson!

So, I keep them all. Had to build a room to house them, but I am so glad that I have held on to them, even my very first one a Stevens single shot .22 that I got when I was seven or eight years old. My son has it now, but I "visit."

In retrospect, I am glad that I made the trade, since I later replaced the Winchester. That 629 has walked a million miles with me in the woods, has killed dozens of piggies, gotten it's share of whitetails, javalina, a feral dog, or two, and various woods varmints.

Best Wishes,
Tom

I buy, sell and trade quite a bit.

I rarely if ever sell or trade a S&W or Ruger wheelgun, I have only let a few of these go. When I buy a revolver, it's for a reason and even if I have many duplicates of the same or similiar gun, I keep all of them.

I am currently liquidating a large rifle collection, because I have little interest anymore in rifle collecting or shooting and I get vastly more excited by collecting and shooting revolvers.

Interests change and I see no point in holding on to guns that will just take up space in a safe, when they can be replaced by guns that will get used. Guns may be "prized" by us, and some of them have sentimental value, but in the end they are just pieces of steel that can be replaced.

The way I see it, life is too short for regrets...I have sold a few rifles that I kind of regretted at the time, but they were soon forgotten as I don't let myself live life in the rear view mirror.....we don't really own anything, we are only borrowing it and our gun collections will go to our heirs to do with what they see fit. We can't take our guns with us, so enjoy them now. If selling a few rifles that collect dust in your closet will allow you to buy a revolver you will actually use and enjoy, I say go for it.

Almost all of them

/c