GaryED50
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I had a shot at owning a S&W 1917 45ACP with no cost! Can you believe this? It was in my hands and I let it get away. Now its gone for good.....SIGH...
One of my biggest regrets
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BigBill
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Yup it happens to most of us. At the time I wasn't educated enough, so I didn't know what I was looking at. I didn't know if it was a good bubba job or was it real. I passed to regret it later.
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If it's free, it's for me, learned that from the union president at the PD!
One of the greatest laments of life is ... what might have been. You are not alone. We've all been there. Sincerely. bruce.
Yup...'my name is jimmy I take what ya gimme'........
now you can't find one for less than $1000....i was looking at this one at cabela's but passed.....I may go back....sigh.
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Yup...'my name is jimmy I take what ya gimme'........
now you can't find one for less than $1000....i was looking at this one at cabela's but passed.....I may go back....sigh.
Not sure I'd use Cabela's as my choice for finding the worth of my firearms, unless you take their prices and divide them by 2 (at least the ones near me).
Now, as to the OP's OP, I think we've all "been there and done that", but it certainly doesn't help when thinking about those that "got away".
Art Doc
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
Nobody asks? How could you get a free gun?
It belonged to my step dad and after he passed I thought it would go to me due to my being a gun owner and my step brother having a rabid anti-gun wife but he got it anyway. I got the 11 Gage double barrel black powder shotgun with the broken stock. Course she made him sell it not long after
Gary
Grayfox
US Veteran
"I'd rather be sorry for something I've done, than for something that I didn't do"- Ray Price
gman51
Member
Some things just don't seem to make sense but dollar signs make cents of it all in the long run.
gwpercle
Member
No Cost as in Free ?
Daddy taught me to never look a gift revolver in the barrel...free is easy !
Daddy taught me to never look a gift revolver in the barrel...free is easy !
tenntex32
Member
Did you have a long talk with your step brother about "family" belongings staying in the family?
Dale
Dale
Not me!
I enjoy shooting them, finding them, working on them, etc. My only regret is that I have never had as much money to spend on them as I would like.
notsofast
Member
How right you are
Family can be pretty terrible when a deceased relatives belongings get dispersed. My very elderly father just amended his will to insure I get all his guns and ammo related items. I was not too worried about my siblings but their wives are an unknown quality.
crsides
US Veteran, SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
I have learned along the way, if someone offers you something , you probably have that one chance to own it.
Jack Flash
Member
I thought of that poem too -
The saddest words of tongue or pen
are these: "What might have been."
peterdeb
Member
Biggest regret doesn't involve firearms. It is not being able to come up with an additional 2K in 1980 to buy an all original, one owner, low milage, 1967 Big Block, 435 hp Vette. They wanted 8500, I only had 6500. The car is now probably worth 85-100K.
BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG regret!!
BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG regret!!
And regretfully you are not done.
Possibly one more. But it would have to be a really good deal.
If that's not cause for a "trade-in" I don't know what is.
lamarw
Member
I am fortunate to have my Model 1917 Commercial due to my Wife. I have a severe hearing loss and have her bid for me at live auctions. She is a very competitive lady and enjoys bidding at auctions. She had already won a Pre-Model 27 and a mint Model 1904 fourth change when the 1917 came up on the auction block. I had informed her to go up to $700.00 on it.
I was ignorant and did not know the true value of the commercial model where only 1,200 had been produced. I thought it was basically the equivalent of a military 1917 and of lesser value.
She got into a bidding war and kept it up until the hammer finally fell at $775.00. I was a little upset although really pleased. It was not until I got home and did some research to find out just how lucky I was for her to win it. She was already happy to win and even happier to find out she had gotten a good deal.
I was ignorant and did not know the true value of the commercial model where only 1,200 had been produced. I thought it was basically the equivalent of a military 1917 and of lesser value.
She got into a bidding war and kept it up until the hammer finally fell at $775.00. I was a little upset although really pleased. It was not until I got home and did some research to find out just how lucky I was for her to win it. She was already happy to win and even happier to find out she had gotten a good deal.
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Green Frog
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Now there's a keeper! (and the gun too!)
Does your wife have a sister who likes gimpy old fat men?
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