Have you ever accidentally bought a handgun?

[joeintexas]

No, always to buy what I got, however, the idea does have merit, I plan to put that in my back pocket for use someday.

 

[Valmet]

I have put a bid or two in on GunBroker after having one too many beers. Didn't necessarily "need" anything I bid on but paid for them and was happy to get them when they arrived, but I can't say I've ever actually accidentally bought a firearm.

 

[robertrwalsh]

Actually no, I haven't.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

About 1967 I attended an estate auction near my home. Bad weather, very few bidders turned out. One item offered was a very nice hardwood carpenter's tool box (carry hand saws and common carpentry tools in a protective case). Auctioneer pushed for a $20 opening bid with no bidders, then a $10 start without action, I opened when it dropped to $5 opening bid and ended up owning it.

Inside were 3 excellent quality hand saws in fitted slots, hammers, screwdrivers, a brace drill with bits, steel square, speed square, mahogany-framed carpenter's level, a dozen other hand tools in drawers and recessed slots. Down in the bottom, wrapped in rags, was a FN Browning Model 1922 .32 pistol in very good condition.

Turned out the deceased had been a finish carpenter and cabinet maker after serving in Europe during WW2.

Over the years I have made good use of those fine old tools. The pistol drifted away years ago, now only a story to tell.

 

[jmace57]

One word - Ambien. 'nuff said

 

[double-dipper]

Yes I'm a lowball bidder and sometime to my surprise I win!!!.

 

[TTSH]

Just curious, have any of you accidentally bought a gun?

Yep. Back in June. I posted about it here: For me, an all-new level of senility!

The long and short of it is that I was very sick that day (and for weeks after) from a reaction to the second of two shingles shots (think of it as the worst flu ever) and between assorted drugs and long naps, I must have turned on my computer and apparently placed a bunch of lowball tracking bids on a bunch of guns... and then I went back to bed, later forgetting all about the brief bid-placing episode. A month later I got a call: Hey, where is the money for the gun you bought?

It was true. I had bought a gun. I had no clue what I had bought until I turned on the computer and went to GB. Sure enough, I had accidentally bought (won) a gun on GB with no memory of placing the bid whatsoever.

 

[Sistema1927]

I have never accidentally purchased a handgun, but I have often bought one when I had no intention of doing so.

I also went to church one Sunday morning, and came back with two handguns that were given to me, including a 2.5" 19-4. One of our members was moving to Spain that very afternoon, and had made no provision to dispose of his handguns. He also gave me a big box full of reloading tools and components. I had $100 cash on me, but he wouldn't take it.

 

[dubshooter]

Kind of. But not exactly.

I was looking for a beater 4" model 10. Two ads locally, but one was vague and just said "SW Model 10, $325". Messaged him but didn't hear anything back. Messaged someone else, set to meet him the next morning.

Buy my 4" Model 10 and the other guy messaged me back, sending a picture of a 2" RB in the box. So the same day I ended up with a beater 4" and a nearly NIB 2"

 

[29aholic]

Proxibid and Henry McKenna have resulted in a few accidents

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Yes. Accidentally on purpose all the time

I feel that way about the Beretta Model 81 I just bought. I tried to resist it - then a bunch of enablers - local folks from THIS FORUM - kept going on and on and............oops...oops there goes another 230 kilowatt dam........

 

[gman51]

I have won a bid that I thought sure I would be outbid. I was wrong. Seems the flurry of bidding ended with my bid which was only a few bucks above last bid. I was okay with the win but I was surprised.
I found it is best not to bid on an auction that ends very early morning hour unless you really want it. You have a good chance of being the only one up that early. LOL Including the seller.

 

[bigggbbruce]

Yes. Accidentally on purpose all the time

And every chance I get..

 

[Rammer Jammer]

Yup. I've gotten the surprise email from Gunbroker announcing that I'd won an auction.

First time was a lowball $146 bid on RIA Armscor M206 38 SPL. Luckily enough I was able to sell it for $200 months later on Armslist. The transfer bar snapped off while dry firing with snap caps and even though Armscor warranty service went well I could never trust it again.

Second time was for an LCP 10th anniversary I was having "fun" bidding up a new member and he got the last laugh when he stopped bidding and I won it. Bought it and sold it to a buddy because it was still a great price, $167 or somewhere thereabouts.

I've also been surprised by an auction for a magazine but for $12 that was a keeper.

 

[cgt4570]

It's become fairly common for me to get an email saying I've won a bid from Proxibid about a gun I lowballed weeks previous and forgot about.

Also, on two different occasions, I wanted one gun, so I bid low on two and won both.

 

[chiefdave]

Guess this would qualify. In the mid 60's I bought a '53 Hudson for the Twin H-Power engine to put in my race car. Prior to towing the residue to the junk yard I pulled the back seat out to check for change. There was some and a H&R 22 Special in distressed but shootable condition. My first handgun. Left it with my mom for protection when I left for the Navy in Nov. 66. I had forgotten about it until 2000 when my brother and I were going thru mom's things after she passed and found it in a cedar chest. Oh, gave $15 for the Hudson.

 

[fishcreekrim]

The new gunbroker format has caused me to hit "buy now" as I was simply scrolling down the page. So far I have always been able to cancel but it would only take minor confusion to inadvertently hit confirm instead of cancel. Buy now should not be that close to the scroll bar.

 

[delcrossv]

Does going into a gun shop with no real intention to buy anything, but seeing something that you just cannot pass up so you buy it count? If so, that's me!

Counter Guy: "I can just add that to your 4473 and you can take it with you today".

Me:

 

[Dieseltech56]

I accidentally won this IHMSA Super Blackhawk NIB for $530 off gun broker. It's very possible (but undocumented) that it came out of the Elgin Gates collection. The seller sold off dozens of nib silhouette guns, near Gates' home town, with other guns sold belonging to him.

 

[jscott]

Yea, yea, yea, thats it. " It was an accident". As least that's what I told her.