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Old 12-02-2011, 01:25 PM
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do a lot of swaps. should have kept PPK 22 German mfg. a couple colt SAA`s come to mind. 38-44 outdoorsman , was not a shooter so better to a collector. and i would say a couple of WW2 1911A1`s that i destroyed first. checkering , cut in sights, tighten up and so on. i should have never done that , and kept them original. so i guess its good they are gone now, would just make me sick to see what i did to them. i could say that as well for a few 70 series A1`s have been past my tools and hands. turned what are now collector guns into shooters only. *******, all hindsight now, if only i would have...
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Browning High Power
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Old 12-03-2011, 02:59 AM
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I traded a Benelli M1 Super 90 shotgun for a pre-ban Poly-Tech AKS-762 rifle once.
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Old 12-03-2011, 09:11 AM
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My Grandfathers 4 screw model 15 he used to shoot himself and his Schultz & Larsen 30-06, I'm a fool
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No regrets with gun sales-only regret was not being a better businessman with a couple of them,where I should have held out for a few more dollars.
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Mod. 19-3 nickle 2 1/2" for a rebuilt 4spd tranny.
Mod. 39-2 for a rebuilt 8"over wide glide front end.
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Old 12-03-2011, 11:22 AM
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4" 29-2, 3" 66-2(Ashland), 1954 4" 38/44 Pueblo PD. There are a few others that I miss but these I truly regret.

In my life there have been some very rough times and if I had to sell a gun here & there due to tight times so be it. I had a fairly large Colt SAA collection (all 1st gen) I liquidated in 1979/80 to help my parents out & don't regret selling a single one, it was the least I could do to help them out.
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Old 12-03-2011, 04:32 PM
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Interests do change, I had some military surplus rifles that I bought in the early 2000's, and I was like " I am NEVER gonna sell these! Ever!" and guess what, most of them got sold, traded and I have already forgotten them. A lot of them were "must haves" that got fired a few times and then became gun rack anchors. Today's "Gotta Have It!" is tomorrow's trade fodder in some cases

A truly good gun is like a special woman, you just KNOW when it's right and you don't want to let it go...........I have S&W and Ruger revolvers that I would sooner live in my parent's basement before I would even think of parting with them. They just have "it".........other rifles and handguns, I bought and sold and never looked back.

I am in a similiar situation as S&W fan........I'm in a situation where if I can come up with about $7K right now I could relieve a lot of financial burden, i.e. pay off my car loan (finally) and pay off an old credit debt that has come back to haunt me...and give me some breathing room to look for a new job......if I can get these weights off my back I will feel much better and not be chained to the current job I have (and hate every day of). So..........guess what, I'm liquidating the bulk of my rifle collection........sure, I will miss some of them, not care about most of them since I'm sure most would never have seen another live round........but if it comes down to getting rid of some rifles and not being behind the 8 ball, those rifles are gonna go in a heartbeat. Those rifles are mostly shooters and tools to me........nowhere near as special as my revolver collection.

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Every one, whether sold or traded, I wish I had them all back!!!
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Old 12-04-2011, 09:51 AM
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29-2 w/ 6 1/2 inch BBl., .44 russian DA , M-16 .32
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I only regretted selling one gun, a no-dash, tapered-barrel Model 67 with the best revolver trigger pull I've ever experienced. I sold it to a friend who sold it to his brother who traded it for a small, cheap .380.

The good news is that I got a phone call from my friend 2 years later and was able to buy it back for the same price I sold it for originally.

I learned my lesson and will never sell it again.
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This is gonna be strange in this forum, but the ones I regret selling the most:
M3 Grease Gun (registered and transferable)
Remington Hepburn original Creedmore gun (ca 1885 factory 1000 yd target gun)
M7-9 Vietnam era Flame Thrower (operational)
The only S&Ws to leave were a few traded for other S&Ws to upgrade collection but, I still shouldn't have let the 317 go.

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Old 12-05-2011, 12:41 AM
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A early M-57 .41 Magnum 4 inch with the smooth grips.
A old M-58 .41 Magnum
A 1969 manufacture 6 inch .22 Jet M-53
A 8 inch nickeled .38 Python Target (wish I knew how rare it was before I sold it years ago)
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Old 12-05-2011, 01:16 AM
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I regret selling all of them, but mostly my model 28 I carried on duty for many years. Therefore I do not sell any of my guns now.
I always regretted selling my service S&W Model 10-6 4" hvy duty barrel in 1989. I sold it along with my Colt snubby to get a Walthers PPK .380 Semi autos were becoming the 'rage' at that time.
Finnally this year, it bothered me so much, I was able to track it down, calling in a few favors from here & there, locating it and actually buying it back from the present owner.
It was like finding a long lost family member. I still get those chills when I take it out to the range to pop off a few. Try tracking it down and get it back where it belongs.
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My blue M-58 (no dash), 4", back in the 70's.
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M3 Grease Gun (registered and transferable)
Remington Hepburn original Creedmore gun (ca 1885 factory 1000 yd target gun)
M7-9 Vietnam era Flame Thrower (operational)
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for me it was a mint 3" 625
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Old 12-05-2011, 04:47 PM
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Old school Colt Officers Match .38 special with King ramp sights...I really kick myself for trading that straight across for a new Trooper back in the mid 70's. Of them all thats the one I never will have a chance to redeem myself, I have managed to replace all the ones I let go and of course paid the premium for that...at the time of sale or trade it always seemed to be a good deal. With the Colt I traded it to a well-known and respected dealer, in fact the guy I bought the Colt from previously. I went in and layed it on the counter announcing that I wanted to trade up into a .357, forgetting what a beautifully crafted, accurate little pistol it was. We walked over to his display, I pointed to a 6" Python and he said "I was thinking more on the line of this" and pulled out a nib Trooper. I held it worked the action asked about a box of shells thrown in and he didn't balk....the warning bells and flags shoulda been all over the place but I signed it off and walked out happy as a clam. Couple of months went by and I had a buddy looking for a rifle, we went out to see what old Ed had. While I was there I walked over to the pistol section and there in the special case was my old Colt with a $350 price tag on it. I asked Ed what the deal was I had just traded it for a pistol worth all of $175...Ed said "You probably didn't know that King died."
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My 1965 Sako Vixin Sporter in .222 Rem mag. A factory custom with raised chrome acorns and oak leaves. I purchased new at a discount store on clearence. It shot the same tight groups hot or cold. I used it for crow hunting.
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I've never bought or sold a lot of guns. But the only one I now regret selling is a S&W model 10 2" circa 1983.

All the others had some characteristic that made me not want them anymore. When I got out of 12 gauge I just gave the two I had to relatives.
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Have not sold or traded many I've regretted.

Other than a Rem M700 in 22-250 that I bought new for less than a 100 bucks in about '68 and sold to a friend 20 years later.

Absolutely the most accurate rifle I've ever owned.
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A 4" Python that I traded a Model 10 S&W and $100 for...
what a deal....I had $165 in the S&W.....

A 3" S&W 64 with the finger groove grips....but I recently acquired a 3" 64 with open backstrap Houges...spotless weapon...polished, slick trigger...paid $300 cash...that one ain't getting away this time.
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I know we have all come to points of our lives were for what ever reason, we had to sell a gun or two. You still may be looking to replaced it. So what is missing in your collection?
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S&W md. 58 blue
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Funny but I have both of them! The one I do miss is a very nicely done Martini Cadet in 218 Bee. Never should have sold it. : (
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Funny but I have both of them! The one I do miss is a very nicely done Martini Cadet in 218 Bee. Never should have sold it. : (
I just heard about the Martini in 218 Bee on another forum. About 2 months ago Martini guys were talking about there rifles and one posted a picture of his with beautiful wood on it. Custom wood.
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Well, I have sold and bought many guns over the years. I regret selling a few Pythons(who knew they would grow so much in value), some really nice Hi-Powers, a few model 66's, 65's(3 inch), 29's, and one 629 in particular. Diamondbacks,and other Colts. Long arms, a matched set of Ithaca SKBs , Vintage BSA in .30-06, a couple of Winchester model 70's(Pre-64) I could go on further but the tears are making the keys a blurr!!!
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One that I can think of was a Stevens 5100 double barrel shotgun. It was a 16 guage. It was my hunter. I had 12 ga. target guns, and loaded 12's, so I unloaded the 16, because it was expensive to shoot clays with. My mistake! Wish I had 1 again! Bob
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I just heard about the Martini in 218 Bee on another forum. About 2 months ago Martini guys were talking about there rifles and one posted a picture of his with beautiful wood on it. Custom wood.
That's how mine was. French walnut. I never should have sold it!!!
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Custom 6" M-28-2 (high polished, RR/WO, smooth trigger, trigger job, custom Skeeter Skelton type grips)

3 P&R M-27-2's (all 6 or 6-1/2" w/ wood case)

early 80's 9mm Browning HP

Waffenproofed 7.62 Walther PPK

Waffenproofed Browning M1922

S&W 32-20 6" Pre WWII

Walther PPK in .22 LR

1930's Colt .38 Detective Spl

1975 Colt .38 Detective Spl

1982 Colt .38 Agent

Colt Python 6"

S&W M29-2 6-1/2"

Winchester Pre 64 Antique Model w/case hardened frame & saddle ring

Sig-Sauer P245

1984 S&W M686 6" w/factory polish

2 Colt Series 70 1911A1's in .45

German Drilling (SxS 16 ga w/ 10 mm rifle under barrel)

1943 Inland M1 Carbine

Beretta M92S

2 S&W M15-3

S&W M14-2

S&W M37 Airweight (wore out, bolt rod wore an elongated hole into frame. Factory and gunsmiths wouldn't sleeve it)

G1 Fal w/ Imbel recv

Trapdoor Springfield shotgun (Foraging gun)
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I've always regretted selling the first handgun i ever bought in 1980 for $230 when I was 18 years old, yes you could buy a handgun at that age then. A brand new six inch model 586 no dash.
I sold it fifteen years ago and was a blithering idiot for doing so.
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all of my deep regrets have been in the colt stable,
bp pinch frame saa.
three digit s.n. 3xx ,colt 1900 automatic with intact sight safety,
a 1914 colt 1911 number matching, us marked, duffle bag bring back.
a truck load of colt snake revolvers

the big buck guns went to help pay for daughters
college so i really dont hate it that bad
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In the order I miss them the most:

70S Beretta .22LR bought new in the late '70s.

Colt Python Royal Blue 4-inch bought new in the mid '70's.

Colt Python Nickel 6-inch bought new in the late '70's.

Colt Diamondback 4-inch blue .38spcl bought new 1974. This was my first new handgun purchased when I turned 21. Wanted a Python, but could not afford it back then.

Colt SAA 4 3/4" blue .45LC wearing real stag grips-traded for it at gun show 1982 and then traded it off for a NIB German Walther PP in .22LR. which I did not care for and later sold.

S&W M39 Nickel bought new 1980.

Ruger New Model Blackhawk .357 stainless 4 5/8" barrel and custom western rig bought new around 1981.

Most of these were either either traded to fund another one or later sold off to pay the rent when I went back to school, along with some long guns and other handguns I do not miss as much.
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I got a good one. About 15 years ago, I finally found a Valmet over and under shotgun, new in the box, 28" barrels, screw in chokes and the whole nine yards. I loved that shotgun but so did my cousion!

He kept after me to sell it to him and I have no idea why but about 11 or 12 years ago I sold it to him.

He has been thinning the heard some and bringing his rifles by the shop for me to sell. I havent been charging him anything. 2 nights ago he brought 2 by for me to sell and guess what? He also brought me back my Valmet and gave it to me for selling his rifles for him.

My baby has come back home. Sorry so long but it tickled me to death to finally get one back that I sold and regreated it every day since..
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Series 70 Colt
Ruger Super Blackhawk (early version)
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I've kept them all, except for one: my Model 17 blue that I traded on a shotgun in 1975. That was really stupid. Keep 'em all.
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Being a machine gun guy I've gone through a bunch of 'em from MAC 10's and UZI's to the M2 Browning .50 and Solothurn 20mm, including a half dozen S&W Model 76's. But there is only one that I regret selling, a Maremont M60 7.62mm general purpose machine gun, aka "The Pig." I bought it right, had loads of parts for it, and really enjoyed bursting through a couple or eight hundred rounds on a Saturday afternoon in the desert. One day a very wealthy collector made an offer I simply could not refuse. I let it go. To this day it's the only one I wish I could get back. Nothing runs or sounds quite like a hot '60.
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I regret selling my S42 Luger in 1969, to get enough money for a High Standard Supermatic that I regretfully sold in 1970, but to get enough money to buy an S&W Model 41. I saw where this was heading and never sold any S&Ws. I did trade a Model 52-1 or -2 in 1970 for my first motorcycle, but bought another, a 52-2, in about 1979, and this I have kept. I have bought, sold, and traded numerous shotguns over the years and have not regretted losing any of them. But as the decades are running out, somehow the Smiths just keep getting dearer. I haven't looked at the pre-17 K-22 in awhile. Think I'll get it out and make sure it's well oiled. And maybe the .32-20, and the 28-2 with the red insert front sight. And, of course, the K-32. And maybe the Model 10....
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Every one I ever sold or traded or gave away. I should have kept every single one.

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I always regret selling my:

S&W Model 25-5 -4" Barrel
Model 49 Bodyguard
Unissued Long Branch No. 4 Enfield
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My Model 66 (1975; don't remember the "dash"). Bought it new in '75, shot 250 rnds & sold it 2011. Sad but true, she was a lnib beauty
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My model 19-4 that a good member here bought. After a month or so of me not having it I was kicking myself in the rear. I just picked up a model 66 to replace it
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My H&K Fabarms Max Lion Sporting Clays 12 gauge. From what I understand it was only imported for a year. It shot great, but I was in a pinch......
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I still have the 1st gun I got when I was 14. Revelation 12 gauge made for Western Auto (It was actually a Mossburg) Since then..in 41 years I have never sold a gun. But...I may sell my SW500 next month. WillI regret it?
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S&W Pre-29, 6-1/2”; 1st year production; ANIB w/ Jinks letter and all tools
Browning Medalist 22; ANIB w/ tools
Colt Match Target 22; ANIB w/ original grip adapters
Marbel’s Game-Getter 22/410 w/ folding stock & original holster
S&W Pre-27 3-1/2”; ANIB, no tools
Luger DMW 1916; WW-1 imperial markings
Walther P-38 AC41, WW-2
High Standard Sports King 22; ANIB
Colt Python, 8” 357; near 100%
Walther TPH 22; ANIB
S&W Outdoorsman 38/44; pre-war w/ original magnas
S&W Pre-15, 4” 5-screw; near 100%
Mossberg 352KB 22 w/folding for-end
Savage M24 22/410
S&W Pre-28, 357, 6”, 5-screw; ANIB
Remington-Rand 1911; WW-2 issue
S&W Pre-27; 357, 6-1/2”, 5-screw

This has been a thought-provoking and difficult post for me to respond to (….I know, hard to believe, but true). I’ve bought and sold many guns over the past 15-to-20 years. Most sales have been done to acquire something that was fleetingly more appealing at the time (my erstwhile “upgrades”), or in a darker truth to either finance a gambling junket or to pay off a gambling debt. Now, as cheesy as that sounds, and before you all write me off as a itinerate gambler and reprobate, please know that I have managed to generally expand my somewhat eclectic accumulation of shootin’ irons over the years and that I’ve funded it mostly from within my poker fund. My house is paid for; my kids have all been put through college, and my wife doesn’t hate me. However, she does on occasion question my sanity with regard to time (and money) spent with Smith & Wessons and has also wondered aloud if the gun safe will eventually crash through the garage ceiling. I’d like to believe that my penchant for fame and fortune on the green felt adds a certain panache and mystique to an otherwise dull and unthreatening existence; that I am otherwise considered to be a pillar of my community, as I’m sure are most of you.

Now, having prefaced my “list of shame” with the above soul-cleansing confessional; upon review of my list, it strikes me that most of the listed guns were (for me anyway) moderately “high end” and glamorous things that were easily recognized as collectibles and were therefore easily disposed of. However, there are several that are rather plain and pedestrian. These, once again in all truth, are the ones that I regret the most because they were sold not at a time of need, but rather they were disposed of in a state of ignorance and/or stupidity.

That pre-15 that my dad gave me and the Mossberg 22 that I bought as a kid (back when kids could actually do such things) now have a much greater significance to me than when they were gotten rid of. I know that in the end they are just things, and we can’t have them all, we can’t take them with us, and that we’re really just temporary care takers. But some of them did really have a spirit that came from historical connections and personal enjoyment. That’s where the regret comes from.

My list is not a complete inventory of all of the guns that I’ve ever sold; not by a long shot. However, in no particular order these were the ones that came to mind as regrets; some more severe and painful than others. Do I wish that I could have kept them all? Hell no! Garage ceilings (and gambling debts) are expensive. –S2
Speedo2; great post. We do what we have to do, and pray it's right. I'm in the process now of liquidating my collection of over 30 years. My health is heading south, and I don't know how much longer I can work, so now's the time for a little nest feathering. Best to you.
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30-30 marlin first rifle got when I was eleven, had it 41 years.
19-3 factory fired only.
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Every one I ever sold!

But specifically:
6" nickel 25-5, cased.
6.5" 27-2
6.5" 25-2
6.5" 624 (think I miss it the most!)
Customized colt series 70 .45

I'll also ad the one that got away: with dad at 1988 gun show, 5" m27 factory nickeled for $225. We were 2 rows past when dad decided to spot me the cash (was baby-poor). When we got back, it was gone, of course.

No regret: a Bangor-Punta m19. egawd that trigger made me yearn for a Ruger!
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Wel, where do I start?.......Let's just say that they are too numerous to catalog.....leave it at that.
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