Look before you leap (to sell your gun)

[Krogen]

Great points peter-paul. My guns all have history for me. Particularly the ones passed down from family. I haven't sold a gun for a long, long time. The times I did, I regretted. Not inclined to do that again. Somehow guns speak to me. Those that belonged to family make me fell a connection to those who have left us.

 

[rwsmith]

I had to trade in my model 10......

...so that I could get my 686. Didn't regret it exactly because I WANTED that 686. But another model 10 just arrived at the gunshop and I waiting on a call to go get it transferred.

PS And 'bump' those people that said it was a 'parts' gun. I wouldn't even consider them unless I said it was a parts gun.

 

[colrhino]

I bought a used blue Colt Python w/a 2.5" barrel in 1982 for $300. When I decided to join the Marines in 1985, I sold it for $350 in order to buy a Colt .45 1911, so I could get used to shooting one before I had to. I made $50! And at the time I thought I did good, LOL! That's my worst sales story.....


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[Jim1392]

Now that I'm a lot older I've sold everything that I don't shoot regularly or carry. My son has no interest in guns and rather then leave a problem for my wife I let them go. Leaving them for her to deal with would just give her more problems then it's worth when I'm gone.

 

[Camster]

I do regret selling a few treasures, but for the vast majority of the things that I have sold, I'm perfectly fine. I'm not the same person I was when I acquired them. Yes, I bought them for a reason back then, but those reasons are no longer valid. I'm in a different part of my life now. "Stuff" doesn't have the same importance and it can be liberating to lighten up.
I would also add that at long last I am wealthier than I ever imagined I would be, but it is kind of a hollow victory, as there really isn't much that I want to acquire, and covid put the brakes on travel desires.
In some ways, I'm exactly the same person that I've always been. I could have a fleet of Ferraris, but a Honda Accord suits me fine. Recently, I tried to get excited about a new Mercedes, but my practical side won out. Do I need one just to go the few miles to the local market and Home Depot, and I'd be worried about careless people running a cart into it?

The OP is right about one thing. Don't sell something that is a known treasure to fund a new treasure that you haven't even discovered yet.

 

[glenwolde]

I've sold way more than I have and don't regret any of them. I buy, I shoot. If I like it as a shooter it stays, if I don't it moves on. No sense keeping a gun I either don't like to shoot, or don't shoot for other reasons.

 

[Farmer17]

I've got a couple I'm getting ready to sell, a 9 mm CZ 75 and a model 58 .41mag and I don't think I'll regret it because I plan on buying three new guns. If I get rid of a certain gun and miss it I can always buy a similar gun in similar condition though I might have to pay a lot more. Sometimes it also takes a lot of searching but the searching is the fun part to me!

 

[TTSH]

Yeah, definite regrets over guns I sold off, especially those I sold out of my old (pre-1983 divorce) collection. That included the first handgun I ever owned and a couple S&W revolvers, one of which I can never replace. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

On the other hand, I never regretted for a moment selling my Star PD (God, how I hated that gun!) and haven't regretted selling anything out of my new (post-2008) collection except for a WASR-10 Single Stack that exploded in value here in MA only after I had sold it. Opps! Big mistake.

Most of what I've sold off out of the new collection have been plastic handguns that I should never have bought in the first place plus an untrustworthy Model 442 and a corroded frame Model 457S that I had gotten rather badly zinged on. Live and learn.

 

[ancient-one]

My regrets, a Lefever 20 ga. double, My first Model 28 and a Franchi 20 ga. semi-auto. I didn't need to sell any of them. The 28 had a early Aimpoint scope on it.
On the Lefever a dealer asked me what I wanted then shot me a real low ball offer. Then as I walked around the show he would show up about every other isle jacking his offer up. He finally gave me my price which is much less than the are now.

 

[smithman 10]

Regrets?

I came home on leave in 1968 and me and my best buddy (a Marine on leave at the same time) desperately needed some funds to do what guys that age did - drink beer and chase girls.

I took the 3 guns that I owned straight to the pawn shop and sold them. Do I regret it? Yes and no. I guess the most was a Winchester Model 37 20 gauge my uncle gave me.

Was it worth it? Well the beer was cold but the girls proved mostly elusive!

 

[docjonson]

The only guns I regret selling are the ones we that have gone up dramaticlally in price (not necessarily in value). I got what they were worth at the time so I was able to buy another gun that I wanted more. Have a couple "safe queens" but want gun to protect myself and family of to just enjoy shooting. I enjoy working on a gun and will buy a "clunker" to turn into a shooter rather than a beauty I'm afraid to scratch , like a new truck.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I knew before looking it was that FN Mauser. I almost pulled the trigger on that one-only thing that stopped me was that I already have a nice 77 in 30-06 that I don't shoot. Figure I only needed one 30-06 that I don't shoot

 

[beaverislander]

I have started to sell some of the firearms that I think might be harder for my wife to deal with one day. A couple months ago I sold a S&W 500 Mag that I had never even shot, and today I sold an immaculate 50 year old Anschutz 54 Sporter that I had not shot in probably 10 years. I was actually kinda picky about who I sold that one too. One more rifle to go and I'll feel pretty good about whats in the safe.

 

[Narragansett]

I am glad to see that you decided t keep that FN Mauser. As I said in our PM's , that if I did not have a Sako, and a Browning Safari in the same caliber, with the same Mauser action I would have bought that rifle pretty quick.

 

[bushmaster1313]

If ever think you don't need your treasure, but you also don't need the money, make sure you take it out of its case first and reflect on what it meant to you.

Any nice firearm should not be kept in a case--It's bad for the finish.

Unless it's a glass display case.

 

[bushmaster1313]

I came home on leave in 1968 and me and my best buddy (a Marine on leave at the same time) desperately needed some funds to do what guys that age did - drink beer and chase girls.

I took the 3 guns that I owned straight to the pawn shop and sold them. Do I regret it? Yes and no. I guess the most was a Winchester Model 37 20 gauge my uncle gave me.

Was it worth it? Well the beer was cold but the girls proved mostly elusive!

When in Korea my recently deceased Father-In-Law risked his life to pull a badly wounded officer out of a cross-fire ambush. Bronze Star with Valor Device. The officer was very badly injured, maybe dead, and my Father-In-Law figured the officer didn't need his 1911 sidearm anymore. When my Father-In-Law was in the hospital several weeks later getting treated for the injury that got him his Purple Heart (different action) he traded the 1911 for enough Hospital Grade ethanol to keep him and his unit drunk for a week. He had no regrets.

 

[crazyphil]

Twenty some years ago I gave all my long guns away. My dear departed
wife said "you did what, are you crazy?" That's when I got the name.
Since then I have given away several handguns and sold a few. I feel
good about the ones I gave away, knowing they are in good homes and
appreciated. Don't feel so good about the ones I have sold.

 

[tedog]

Sold every one of them (Except the .455 Triple Lock, that is mislabeled in the picture.))


I get up every morning and kick my butt around the bedroom for at least 30 minutes......

Sorry for your loss. I have made that mistake too.

 

[Jeff423]

I've gotten to the point that if I don't shoot it I sell it. No interest in safe queens. I'm down to 3 - 38's. I'm going to have a shoot off next week and then will probably sell 2 of them.
I think that the the gun I shoot the best in each caliber is what I'm going to keep.