The One That Got Away Before You Knew What You Were Doing

[kbm6893]

Traded right here on this forum, about 8-9 years ago, a 686 No Dash 2.5" with factory Combat stocks for a LNIB 5906. I wasn't much into revolvers at the time and figured I'd never carry it.

If whoever traded me is reading this, I hope you haven't gotten ONE good night of sleep since then! You knew you were taking advantage!!

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

There are two or three buys that I missed:
A TALO 686
and the Billboard 1911
a K22 Masterpiece in Louisiana

 

[smoothshooter]

When I saw the thread title, I didn't know if you were talking about women or guns . . . .

 

[Chukar60]

Not a missed purchase, but I once managed to buy a 4" 27-2 that was quite minty. I was not versed in the least on S&W's at the time but after a year of owning I decided that a smaller framed 357 needed to replace that gun.
Off to the gun show and found a really nice 66-1 4". Oddly the man who had the table the 66 was on was more than happy to trade me straight across. He probably still smiles when he thinks of that deal.

 

[jmace57]

About 25 years ago, my Dad offered to GIVE me a Model 17-2 that was NIB that he had gotten from my Uncle's pawn shop. It was years before I got into gun collecting, and I just said "nah" and he sold it. I still kick myself.

 

[LVSteve]

This posts needs a correlating thread, Best Deals I Ever Made.

I have confessed most of those deals over on the milsurp areas of gunboards. I say confessed because some of them can definitely be considered as theft. Strange thing is a couple of them were in total ignorance because I thought the rifle was something else from the pictures on the Web. One was a Yugoslav k98k rebuild marked in a particular way. Fewer than 20 are known in the US. I thought I was buying a Russian capture at a good price. Terribly run auction with awful pictures.

I have also been the happy camper who got deals others missed. Somebody bid against me on what was listed as an Enfield No4 but dropped out at about $350. It was actually an Enfield No1 MkVI rebuilt as a No4 early in WWII, one of less than ~1500 ever made.

Recently, the other guy dropped out at $300 on what was listed as a Yugoslav M48. The rifle is a M48BO marked with the crest of the Iraqi royal house. "A few tens" of these turned up in a milsurp shipment out of Israel, so I'm guessing there are less than 50 in the US. We probably crushed crates of them in 2003.