RDFabsRep
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Every now and then I regret letting go of my GSG-5. I custom-fit a Black Knight Armament aluminum handguard to it and she was a pretty sweet rig. Now, you can't even get them in N.Y.
What guns have you regreted selling?
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NJM15
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Model 27
Wish I still had it 4", barrel bought it new in 73 for 129 if I remember correctly. Traded it for a nickel Cobra
Wish I still had it 4", barrel bought it new in 73 for 129 if I remember correctly. Traded it for a nickel Cobra
sac-gunslinger
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Same for me, I wouldn't mind having any of them back (or all of them back?)
A whole bunch....but most recently I've been missing a 4" nickel 29-2 I sold off a few years ago......dang it.
Too many to list. When I was a young lad I used to trade in my guns for whatever caught my fancy at the time. Since I had no money this was necessary. I still cry about some of them.
loeman
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First or Second year of manufacture Colt Ace .22. Serial 375X, ANIB with original box and papers. Dang!!!
Kentucky Dave
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Colt Combat Target Model .45 ACP... DANG! I wish I hadn't sold it, but broke is broke and you gotta keep the roof over your head...
Much longer ago, I had a WWII era Browning Hi-Power; shoulder stock slot, tangent sight... What a shooter!
Much longer ago, I had a WWII era Browning Hi-Power; shoulder stock slot, tangent sight... What a shooter!
Please make this thread go away. I don't want to talk about it. It has been nearly 40 years and it still makes me very sad. 
Can someone please make the title of this thread invisible to me?
Can someone please make the title of this thread invisible to me?
I was talked into selling two Colt Anaconda's to a "friend" one 6" and the other 4". Both .44s and both had about two boxes through them. I sold them to me with understanding that if he ever wanted/had to sell them that' I'd get first crack.
About six months later I found out through a mutual friend that both of them for sale at the LGS. They were sold before I got there.
About six months later I found out through a mutual friend that both of them for sale at the LGS. They were sold before I got there.
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thardgrave
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These are all many years ago, but it still hurts some: Winchester M70 300 H&H; Winchester M71 .348; Winchester M12 Heavy Duck; Winchester pre 64 M70 featherweight in .264 mag; Ruger Blackhawk 44 Mag; Colt Woodsman .22; S&W M19; 2 ea S&W M53 (one with cylinder).......
Terry
Terry
Gunfancier
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Numerous: Colt python 4" NIB, Python 3" NIB. Model 12 Diamond Trap, Model 12 20 ga Pigeon Grade. Colt gen 1 1873 peacemaker, 44-40, Nickle. One of my 1911, Colt Navy target model, US marked. All the Remington Rands in the boxes. SiG 556 (1982). Model 19-3 4". Model 57-2. Model 29-2. Colt 1911, NMGC. Colt 1911 NM. M1 Garand NM, Winchester, 30-06 & .308. 1903 A3 Springfield NM. 08-15 Maxim MG. M60. P.S. I paid off ALL my debts!
03Fatboy
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Only one. A beautiful 6" 29-2.
I tend to be an accumulator, but I've let half a dozen go over the years. Most I don't regret - only one (a Sig P220 I traded for with someone here, but I wouldn't give up the gun I got in the trade). I'll get another 220 some day . . .
No regrets: a Raven 380, a Taurus 94 (worst trigger ever), an old 2" M15 traded for a sweet Ruger M77 30-06 that shoots, a 1917 that I let a hack 'gunsmith' refinish and ruin, and my first S&W - a 25-5 that shot 6-8" groups on a good day (yes, I've since learned all about chamber throats and such, but for me why have a Smith in a Colt caliber - if you want a big bore Smith, get a 44, if you want a big bore Colt, get a 45LC).
No regrets: a Raven 380, a Taurus 94 (worst trigger ever), an old 2" M15 traded for a sweet Ruger M77 30-06 that shoots, a 1917 that I let a hack 'gunsmith' refinish and ruin, and my first S&W - a 25-5 that shot 6-8" groups on a good day (yes, I've since learned all about chamber throats and such, but for me why have a Smith in a Colt caliber - if you want a big bore Smith, get a 44, if you want a big bore Colt, get a 45LC).
ConquestN98858
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Regrets...
S&W Model 19-4 2 1/2 inch, Colt Government Series 70 Satin Nickel & Blue that my Dad accursed and modified with a Blue Slide (Milled Octagon Top) and Millett Adjustable Sights, Series 70 LW Gold Cup custom build by my Dad as well... now deceased, "F.D. Kriegbaum... Custom Target Sights"
S&W Model 19-4 2 1/2 inch, Colt Government Series 70 Satin Nickel & Blue that my Dad accursed and modified with a Blue Slide (Milled Octagon Top) and Millett Adjustable Sights, Series 70 LW Gold Cup custom build by my Dad as well... now deceased, "F.D. Kriegbaum... Custom Target Sights"
Only two: A Smith and Wesson Model 15, and a Rossi coach gun with external hammers. Since that time, I haven't gotten rid of anything . . .
Colt Commander 9mm. My first handgun. It wasn't very reliable and I was just starting out so I had to sell it. I paid $335 for it (1992). I wish I could have had two guns at the time. It's difficult to keep guns when your a newly wed and the wife is humping laundry to the laundry mat. A washer and dryer was our first priority.
Now that I'm divorced, I wish I would have kept the Colt, and my motorcycle. But I'm not bitter... Lol
Now that I'm divorced, I wish I would have kept the Colt, and my motorcycle. But I'm not bitter... Lol
Rockman
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Model 53, 8 3/8", RR, WO, TT, TH, TG, box, inserts, extra 22 LR cylinder, ammo and brass, for $500 in 1992.
s2harry
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Yeah.. I have three of those but one is most dearly missed. Back in the day (73or75) B&B Gun Shop was in a little industrial complex in North Hollywood. They were very small back then and only had three or four display cases. I was full of old gun book stories and pictures and wanted a .45 Commander. Well they didn't have a light weight but they had a steel Combat Commander so I bought that and two boxes of surplus ball ammo. It was not tight as we think of tight today. It rattled when shook but if fed bullets like the Russian River. It fit my hand and finger, pointed naturally and had a great trigger. First trip out was to Big Bear while my wife shopped I went to the range. It was a little wood framed range in the trees by Dear Fawn I think. Eventually I succumed to gun fighter writings and had to have a Bar-Sto barrel to "accurize" my Commander. They were close by and I had them fit my barrel. It would put two bullets next to each other at 50 ft. I loaded up some Hornady 185gr target FMJ's at around 1050 and that gun talked big. Pillow gun belt gun any time gun it was the culmination of a little boy's years of reading gun books or gun bibles Rifleman magazines and catalogs. Whenever I saw those Commanders I would linger on that page and dream...... Whenever I see one now I linger on that page and dream.....thank you Bob K.
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