Is "Not-Buyer's Remorse" a Thing?

[gwpercle]

Nothing New...I'm still kicking myself for not buying a nearly new three screw Ruger Blackhawk 41 magnum for $75.00...It was late 1971 and I thought I wanted a 44 magnum (some Dirty Harry movie had just come out) ! $75.00 ...What was I thinking !!!!!
Gary

 

[federali]

Been There, Done That

Yes, I've experienced "not-buyers'" remorse as you phrase it. Also, buyers' remorse, sellers' remorse, gun "improvement" remorse, (leave well-enough alone), dummy remorse (when I didn't recognize the gem I was holding in my hands at a giveaway price.
Probably a few others also such as imbecile remorse when I lost my footing with a slung Browning BAR, fell and rolled over the rifle in rocky terrain.

 

[Eddie Southgate]

Should have gone Full Auto in the 70's but didn't figure there was any real need to get in any hurry . It was still cheap to do and there were plenty of original guns ( not converted ) at prices I could have paid . ..... Then the 80's hit and it all went to pot . Last time I looked and it's been more than a few years an M16 was about $12000.00 and Thompsons were $7000.00 and up . Could have bought one new (M16 ) from Colt in the 70's - early 80's for $600.00 - $800.00 . S&W's were cheap and very neat as were the Swede K's .

Eddie

 

[dr. mordo]

After last Christmas there were half a dozen guns on this forum that I would have bought but I was tapped out from the holidays! I think the shooter grade Triple Lock for $600 was the real kicker.

I'm gonna try to have money left over next year so I can scoop some of those New Year's deals up.

 

[Chukar60]

I have no regrets with guns I have passed up. If they hold my attention from the start I buy them as long as they are within my budget.
I have seen lots of guns I could not afford that I would love to own, but never regretted that I could not afford one.
The rarified air that some Smiths exist in make them a pleasure to view, but these are for better heeled buyers than I to purchase.

 

[bushmaster1313]

I can only think of only two:

An early Remington 870 Wingmaster from the Texas State Prison system

The first Ithaca 4e Knick serial number 400000

 

[Jebus35745]

Bad thing with not getting one at an auction is if you would have bid again, he may have also. Bidding may have gone way over 350.!! Larry

 

[PALADIN85020]

Back in the '60s when I was just beginning to put together a U.S. military rifle collection, I came upon a really rare bird - it was a Model 1865 trapdoor Springfield (first Allin conversion), in caliber .58 rimfire. The asking price was $150, which sounds like peanuts now, but at the time was more than I thought I could afford. I passed it up. Today, that historical and almost-never-seen rifle could fetch multiple thousands.

"Lost opportunity remorse" would be my label for this problem!

John

 

[Modified]

I have much deeper regrets over guns I didn't buy then I ever will over the guns I bought (wrong).

Any gun a fellow buys a bit wrong is just paying for an education. The guns I missed, or chose not to buy though... those are haunting.

It's not even the ones that I couldn't afford, those I can dismiss. There are a lot of guns that have gone for more then I could swing (chiefly this set: IMPORTANT SMITH & WESSON HAND EJECTOR FIRST MODEL (TRIPLE LOCK) TARGET DA REVOLVERS WITH RARE BERNS-MARTIN DOUBLE HOLSTER RIG THAT BELONGED TO ELMER KEITH. which at least went to a wonderful guy). I can look at such guns and think to myself; if I were a rich man (didle didle dee). Then its ok. I can sleep at night.

There are some guns that I *could* have bought, but didn't. The first one that haunts me is kind of dumb, it was a perfect condition SVT-40 for around $400 when they were going for $950+, and now they are a thousand more then that. That one doesn't really hurt...much.

The one that stings is the one that I should have bought, but didn't because I was being "good" and saving for a house. The part that hurts is that I ended up saving up a lot more then I actually need to buy the house, so I totally could have afforded the .45-70 Double Rifle made by some no name company.. Colt it said. For $1500.

At the time I had no notion of how rare it was, just that I wanted a double rifle. It stung...a lot...when I found out how rare and valuable they were later.