In my younger years, I got shed of more than a few guns...some really great ones. Model 29's/629', 66 2.5",66 4", 4" Python (blue)...so many guns. But the majority were sold due to family necessities. Young E-4/E-5, three kids; a washer or dryer would break, car would need repairs, you do what you have to.

Hell, I sold a Stevie Ray Vaughn Signature Strat to help pay for one of my daughter's weddings. That was just 12 years ago, but I wasn't making much as Deputy Sheriff then (that has changed, thankfully), and again, you do what you gotta do.

Regrets? Oh, a little wistful now and then, but I wouldn't change anything. I couldn't look my wife or kids in the eye knowing I hung onto my "toys" while they needed something.