Jalopiejoe
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sold a 6" Colt King Cobra! I wish I still had It!
The sore spot, or guns you sold and regretted it.
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My first S/W M19 4" I bought about 1980.
Colt Combat Elite 45
Colt Gold Cup
Colt SS Python 6"
Those are just a few. There are some Smiths I would like to have back.
Oh well, better to have...............you know the rest.
Colt Combat Elite 45
Colt Gold Cup
Colt SS Python 6"
Those are just a few. There are some Smiths I would like to have back.
Oh well, better to have...............you know the rest.
I had lusted for a Browning HP Mark III for many years and finally found a near mint one with (4) 13 round magazines and bought it. I was thrilled and loved that gun and after about 4 years I sold it to buy a Sig P220R Super Match SAO. While I loved the Sig Super Match I began to really miss the Browning HP. Well it took 4 years but I found another Browning HP Mark III and bought it and the Sig Super Match has been gone for a while now.
Recent Browning HP purchase to stop the crying late at night
Recent Browning HP purchase to stop the crying late at night
Green Frog
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I kinda miss a lot of the guns that have come and gone, and one near miss, a Marlin Model 1894 Octagon barrel carbine in 44 Magnum. The ones I've owned but sold that I really wish most that I still had were the Ruger Buckeye Special 32 combo gun and the Model 16-4 I bought when they first came out. I played around with them both long enough to enjoy them then sold them to buy single shot rifles. Oh well, "we grow too soon oldt und too late schmardt!" 
Froggie
Froggie
TrueTexan
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Sold my Ruger Security Six 6 inch that had a great trigger job to my boss. Did this when our son arrived and better half said guns have to go until son grown.
I've sold and regretted selling a Model 36 3-inch HB and a Model 27 6-inch. Both were sold in the late 1970s or early '80s. I have replaced the Model 36 with a duplicate just this past week. Someday I will replace the 27 if I can ever get one at a reasonable price.
I once sold a Model 25-5 with 4-inch barrel, regretted it, and bought it back. Won't let it go again.
Cheers,
Whisper
I once sold a Model 25-5 with 4-inch barrel, regretted it, and bought it back. Won't let it go again.
Cheers,
Whisper
GyMac
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6 inch Colt Python.
Colt Detective Special.
S&W Model 586 with an undercut front sight.
6 inch Dan Wesson Model 15.
Dakota (Hammerli) .45 Colt with a brass frame.
There must be others.
Colt Detective Special.
S&W Model 586 with an undercut front sight.
6 inch Dan Wesson Model 15.
Dakota (Hammerli) .45 Colt with a brass frame.
There must be others.
robertcriss
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I've regretted getting rid of 2 but really only 1. I bought a NIB Colt Diamondback 4" in 1972 and when I lost my job in 1976 I sold it and a Colt 1911 I inherited from my dad who used it when he was a deputy sheriff. I'll always wish I had that Diamondback again but 3 years ago the person I sold the 1911 to offered to sell it back to me and I jumped on it. I sold it to him for $150 in 1976 and he actually sold it back to me for that amount. That one will I will pass on to my daughter when I die. She lusts after it every time she sees it.
TAROMAN
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Where to start?
Years in the Army often meant selling some when transferring, something I did too often.
Colt MK IV Series 70 .45
Colt Hartford 1927 Modelo Ejercito Argentino
Colt 1911 AA rebuild.
Springfield 1903A3
U.S. Stevens 520-30 Slide Action Riot Shotgun
But, I always managed to preserve my S&W revolvers!
Years in the Army often meant selling some when transferring, something I did too often.
Colt MK IV Series 70 .45
Colt Hartford 1927 Modelo Ejercito Argentino
Colt 1911 AA rebuild.
Springfield 1903A3
U.S. Stevens 520-30 Slide Action Riot Shotgun
But, I always managed to preserve my S&W revolvers!
Jboutfishn
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Really glad you got "your" 1911 back
On my list is a 1962 M70 300 Win Mag. Thought I needed the $$, big mistake. I replaced it when Winchester started making CRF rifles again, not the same.......
flagman1776
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Kicking myself over trading my Lew Hortons 3" 657 .41M I bought it new.
Browning Hi-Power Centennial model, nickel finish with wood grips and Browning medallions, H&K P-7 squeeze cocker 9mm., Colt Detective Special, S&W 639, S&W 629 4 inch, S&W 640, S&W model 19 2 1/2 inch nickel , traded them all at one time or another. I wish I had them back!
I try not to think about it.
I've been buying/trading guns for going on 50 years. The list of guns that I have traded off that I wished I hadn't would be too long to list. But, I've had the pleasure of owning and shooting a large variety of guns, great country we live in, and still own a number of them that I enjoy very much. So, I try not to dwell on the mistakes I have made in the past.
I've been buying/trading guns for going on 50 years. The list of guns that I have traded off that I wished I hadn't would be too long to list. But, I've had the pleasure of owning and shooting a large variety of guns, great country we live in, and still own a number of them that I enjoy very much. So, I try not to dwell on the mistakes I have made in the past.
About a week ago, I sold my Glock M19 2nd gen with crimson trace lazer grips for $400. I regret that sale and wish I could have it back (at the same price course of).
I used the $400 to purchase another firearm but, in the big scheme of things.........I should have just tapped the bank account.
Aloha, Mark
I used the $400 to purchase another firearm but, in the big scheme of things.........I should have just tapped the bank account.
Aloha, Mark
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My list is almost endless as well.
I'm a trader from way back.
Lets see..A 6"model 19 nickel that was my first handgun
(don't even remember what dash it was).
A Browning Auto Five sweet sixteen.
Probably my most painful was a Sig P210 like new with
box that i had 750 bucks in back in early 80's
Believe i sold it at a gunshow in Columbus OH and turned
around and bought a Colt A2 H-Bar.
Chuck
I'm a trader from way back.
Lets see..A 6"model 19 nickel that was my first handgun
(don't even remember what dash it was).
A Browning Auto Five sweet sixteen.
Probably my most painful was a Sig P210 like new with
box that i had 750 bucks in back in early 80's
Believe i sold it at a gunshow in Columbus OH and turned
around and bought a Colt A2 H-Bar.
Chuck
I buy/sell/trade frequently, and in that way, I get to own many great guns. Due to a limited gun budget, I am forced to keep my "collection" at only a few guns at a time.
But, the biggest regret I have was a sale that I made to a forum member, of my LNIB 66-4. (He did offer me first chance if he ever sells it..
)
But, the biggest regret I have was a sale that I made to a forum member, of my LNIB 66-4. (He did offer me first chance if he ever sells it..
)
littleriver1
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I will never sell another gun as long as I live. After I'm gone it won't matter.
mg357
Absent Comrade
Yes i have done it twice
In the summer of 2011 i sold off a Colt official police nickel finish made in 1957 and a S&W Model 36 no dash made in 1972 to help my family pay for a new fridge that we needed.
In August 2013 i sold off a Heritage rough rider single action .22 a Second generation Glock 17 and A S&W model 60-10 with a 3 inch barrel to help my family pay some bills off.
Out all of those guns selling the .22 hurt the most.
In the summer of 2011 i sold off a Colt official police nickel finish made in 1957 and a S&W Model 36 no dash made in 1972 to help my family pay for a new fridge that we needed.
In August 2013 i sold off a Heritage rough rider single action .22 a Second generation Glock 17 and A S&W model 60-10 with a 3 inch barrel to help my family pay some bills off.
Out all of those guns selling the .22 hurt the most.
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