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Being a lawman during the 1970's I had a desire to own just about every model S&W made around that time. Then I sold off or traded the following for some dumb reason.
mod 49 nickel
mod 13 3" nickel
mod 58 blue
mod 35 6" blue
mod 66 4"
mod 39 nickel
mod 27 8 3/8 blue
mod 29 8 3/8 blue
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06-19-2014, 10:27 PM
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My Ruger Redhawk and my Browning Hi Power
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Three for me. 1) S&W E-1911Ta, 2) S&W pre lock 640, 3) Sig. 290rs.
Of these three I would do stupid things to get the 640 back. Makes me sick to think about it.
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06-19-2014, 11:50 PM
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ww2 p38 (need history book in college early 70's), s&w model 36 (my first j-frame in the late 70's), t/c in 22 mag (new baby), tec 9 (same baby), and ruger 45 colt (just a dumb ***).
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06-20-2014, 12:01 AM
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My first S&W, a 4th Model Safety Hammerless, w/ 2" barrel, in pristine condition. I bought it in Idaho for $150, then traded it off a couple years later. I obviously didn't appreciate it for what it was, I used as my tackle box gun (!?) and there's no replacing it now, at least at a decent price.
Everything else I foolishly traded or sold, I've replaced with something better than what I had.
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06-20-2014, 02:01 AM
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This model 51. I also had a .22lr cylinder fitted up to it. Also for some dumb reason I fitted it up with target hammer and trigger. Found some old stags too. I bought it new around 1971. I owned the gun twice. Sold it, bought it back and ended up trading it off for a nickle colt scout. Probley the worst trade I made in a stupid moment.
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06-20-2014, 06:56 PM
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Everything I've sold or traded I eventually regretted. My biggest mistakes were parting company with some class 3 full auto's about 20 years to soon.
A now deceased friend after his passing his son sold his Thompson with drum mags, violin case and a few accessories for $45,000. His late 50's Corvette for nearly as much but that's a story for a different board.
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I have never regretted selling a gun.. because every one I have ever sold I could always replace..I have never owned a one of a kind.
I did sell a about 5 model 19-3 & 4s in 4" and 2.5" all in LNIB condition..I would like them all back...
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06-20-2014, 11:04 PM
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I gave up a S&W Model 411, .40 cal. - best semi-auto they ever made - clean, simple, reliable, and accurate.
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06-21-2014, 12:04 AM
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JP@AK; liked the post. Probley because I know every place you discribed. Many years ago I lived in north hollywood, worked burbank and then palmdale lockheed. Been in B&Bs etc.
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06-21-2014, 01:06 AM
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I have to say, I don't regret any of the guns I've sold personally. Sold a Taurus 809 (HATED that gun), sold a Sigma 40 to fund a CZ 75 P01 (LOVE that gun), and just traded a Sccy CPX-2 for a Shield 9mm.
OTOH, not really my sale, but after my father passed, my Mom sold his 2 Rugers, a Redhawk 44 mag and a Blackhawk 357 mag, and his 686 357 mag. She needed the money, and I couldn't come up with the cash.
Man, I miss that guy.....and those pistols.
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06-21-2014, 01:14 AM
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JP@AK; liked the post. Probley because I know every place you discribed. Many years ago I lived in north hollywood, worked burbank and then palmdale lockheed. Been in B&Bs etc.
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When the war broke out, my dad joined the AAF, right after Pearl Harbor. He was a student at UCLA at the time. Ended up flying fighters in the ETO and was shot down a week after D Day. He was finally liberated by Gen. Patton's Third Army.
My grandfather shut down his machine shop in '42, later selling the property to a Chevy dealership (maybe Hatch Chevrolet?). He went to work for Lockheed and remained with them until he retired in the early 1960s. Worked on lots of development projects, including a few at the Skunk Works.
My mom and her twin sister also worked for Lockheed at Burbank during the war. My aunt remained there until she retired in the early 1980s.
So I know Burbank and Palmdale well.
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06-21-2014, 01:38 AM
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Started lockheed as a guard in 1965. Universal studios before that.
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06-21-2014, 04:53 AM
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4" 686 No Dash Bright SS 1980's ser#
6" Colt Python 1968 ser#
"Always Keep The Sun at Your Back"
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S&W models, 10, 19 and 36 all made in the 60's early 70's and all were near mint condition...uuuugggg!!!
Colt Govt Model .45 Series 70, satin nickel finish with factory Colt Pachmayer grips....this one hurts the most!!
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06-21-2014, 08:48 PM
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Cleaning out my computer desk last night I came across a stack of photos-in them were a bunch of a 2" 64-4 NY-1 in really great shape, really sorry that one's gone. Also in the stack were pics of a perfect 66-2 4" with target hammer, target trigger, pc stocks and Tyler t that I also sold. Probably those two more than any others.
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06-22-2014, 02:57 AM
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Great story
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Interesting! My grandfather, in the 1930s, had a machine shop on Lankershim Blvd., near Magnolia Blvd. His home was just a couple blocks east on Burbank from the Lankershim/Burbank intersection, near Elmer. Built in 1921, it is still there and is now The House of Plants. The building next door (now the Valley Martial Arts Center) was built by my grandfather in the 1950s and was leased to a furniture retailer named Jeff, who operated as Elmer's Furniture.
One day in about 1934, after Grandfather repaired a Model A in his shop, the owner came in to say he did not have the money to pay for the repair and offered to trade a revolver for the work. Grandfather agreed to the offer. That revolver (a Model of 1905 Target) is now in my collection. It letters to April, 1908, and is shown in the photo below. The stocks number to the gun.
When I was a kid, Dad and Grandfather used to take my brothers and me up to Big Bear every summer. That was one of the places we learned to shoot. I wonder if the place you were referring to was Fawnskin, near Grout Bay on the north shore of Big Bear Lake? We used to play on the old, retired firetruck that sat outside the Fawnskin Fire Department.
When my wife and I were married, we took our honeymoon in Big Bear. 17 days later I went to 'Nam.
When I came back to the World, I was stationed at George AFB, near Victorville. There was a back road up the mountain that dumped you out in the Holcolm Valley and you could get into Fawnskin from the north on a gravel road. We used to go up there and picnic and take some target practice.
When my father passed away two years ago, my brother and I were going though his stuff (Mom died a year earlier) and we found pictures of their honeymoon, in 1945. Turns out they had spent theirs in Big Bear as well. I don't think they ever told us that.
Long story and not much to do with guns, so I apologize if I've bored anyone.
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I spent time in Fawnskin and Big Bear in the 50s and 60s. God bless your family.
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06-22-2014, 10:18 AM
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1.1906 Luger Navy Commercial….new, unfired!
2. Singer 1911
3. Winchester Model 52B sporter
4. Diamondback 6" .22, factory engraved
5. Camp Perry
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Every cotton pickin one of Em!!
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I've sold many that I don't miss. But these bother me the most.
S&W 686 Silhouette front and rear adjustable sights
Colt stainless 4 " Python
Uzi Model B Carbine
Dan Wesson Model 15 Pistol Pac
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I regret selling nearly every handgun I ever let go, including a 4" 686 and a 4" Diamondback. Stupid. When will I learn?
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01-24-2015, 11:23 PM
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A Pre 21 1950 Military 44 special I bought for 240 bucks in the 80s the hit anything you shot at. I replaced with a new in box that I dont shoot. Paid $3800 this time!!
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I HAVE REGRETTED SELLING EACH AND EVERY COLT, S&W, MILSURP PISTOL AND RIFLE, BUSHMASTER AR, AND MARLIN LEVERGUN THAT I OWNED. I AM NOW DOWN TO A VERY MODEST COLLECTION OF 8 S&W REVOLVERS, A SINGLE PYTHON ELITE AND A COUPLE OF DIAMONDBACKS. THE ONLY "GUNS" THAT I DON'T REGRET SELLING --AT A GREAT LOSS, TO BOOT--ARE 3 TAURUS REVOLVERS, THAT I ALMOST HAD TO GIVE AWAY TO BE RID OF…….
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My 1980 Model 10 and Model 36
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1.1906 Luger Navy Commercial….new, unfired!
2. Singer 1911
3. Winchester Model 52B sporter
4. Diamondback 6" .22, factory engraved
5. Camp Perry
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A 1906 Navy Luger... That will be a hard one to replace.
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