Arik
Member
A few WW2 pieces I kinda wish I kept. I don't shoot them often but I do like shooting them.
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Top couple of guns you REALLY wish you hadn`t let go?
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There are many but when I was young and had a growing family is was sell one to buy one.
Early model 6 inch colt Python.
4 inch nickel Diamondback.
Colt 1903 pocket model.
S&W 1917 .45 ACP.
Those are the ones I regret the most and wish I hadn't sold them.
Early model 6 inch colt Python.
4 inch nickel Diamondback.
Colt 1903 pocket model.
S&W 1917 .45 ACP.
Those are the ones I regret the most and wish I hadn't sold them.
DevilDog72
US Veteran
When I was discharged from The Corp I bought 2 pistols a S&W mdl 41 with the 5" barrel and a Colt Mark IV Series 70 1911 5"..... I have regretted their loss for a long time
DD357
Member
3" 66; had plenty of others come and go but that one hurts.
Tanners Owner
US Veteran
For me- my browning high power.
Six inch M-19, three inch M-66, Performance Center Shorty 40 mk3s, Walther PPK in .32. Oh, and a Springfield 1903A3. All sold in my callow youth. Haven't sold any in years and don't plan to.
25-3 that I bought new in the seventies and a 57 no dash from the same period.
A couple 99% Pythons sold for $600 each. A 1957 nickel 1911 38 super with ivory stocks. Why no S&Ws you ask? Because I've kept most of them; especially the good ones. . . .and they're all good.
Jeff
SWCA #1457
Jeff
SWCA #1457
Hopper
Member
I sure don't mean to sound like I'm rubbing in salt, but of all the posts I've read on here so far, this one would pain me the most as well. This is part of the reason I was so excited about the new 2.75" model being released, as I've been watching prices on well-kept 2.5" and especially the 3" models, and they have gotten stratospheric.
I had 2 beautiful Browning '85 BPCR High Walls (one in 45-70, the other in 40-65) that I had purchased for NRA BPCR matches. The 40-65 had never been fired. Just after my accident in '07, when the cash flow slowed to a trickle, I still had to pay the bills and keep my family fed. Both rifles, along with a BT99, a CMP Garand, and my Anschutz 1413 had to go. The fastest and easiest avenue was selling the firearms to Cabela'so at a significant loss, but I did keep the roof over my family's head and food on the table. I would love to replace the Browning 85s, but that kind of money will never be available to me!
Invictus357
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Back in 01, I traded in a perfect 686-5 with a 6 inch barrel.
16 years later and I am still
*** did I do
16 years later and I am still
*** did I do
I'm sorry I had to get rid of......
....my model 10 snub, but it was the only way to get my 686, so okay.
....my model 10 snub, but it was the only way to get my 686, so okay.
MikeLeitner
Member
1. Model 25-5 4"
2. Colt Combat Commander .38super
2. Colt Combat Commander .38super
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
A beautiful Browning Light Twenty A5 that was a gift from the volunteer fire department I had served as firefighter/chaplain, and my all-time favorite shotgun, a Stevens 311 20 gauge side-by-side (with the Sears name on it) that fitted me and swung like an extension of my arms. Sold both in my long-ago drinking days.
I miss the lovely M15-3 I bought unfired from an estate consignment. It was the sweetest handgun of any kind I ever shot. But it lives with my son and his three boys, because I saw no reason they should wait till I die to experience the best in revolvers.
I miss the lovely M15-3 I bought unfired from an estate consignment. It was the sweetest handgun of any kind I ever shot. But it lives with my son and his three boys, because I saw no reason they should wait till I die to experience the best in revolvers.
jmr986
Member
Well if it's only 2:
6" blued Python (mid 70s) sold for $300, replaced this year 4" for $2,900
4" S&W 27-2 got $250, replaced this year with 3 1/2" for $1,500.
And let's not mention the Colt Gold Cup, Belgium Browning High Power and my model 36 that I also sold around that time.
6" blued Python (mid 70s) sold for $300, replaced this year 4" for $2,900
4" S&W 27-2 got $250, replaced this year with 3 1/2" for $1,500.
And let's not mention the Colt Gold Cup, Belgium Browning High Power and my model 36 that I also sold around that time.
Dastray
I feel your pain exactly
I too let a 6" 586 get away from me back in the late 90s
It was the most accurate handgun I have ever owned and I kick myself to this day
I feel your pain exactly
I too let a 6" 586 get away from me back in the late 90s
It was the most accurate handgun I have ever owned and I kick myself to this day
HOUSTON RICK
Member
For me it was guns that I did not buy, I should have manned up and taken my time on the couch, but I did not buy a NIB Billboard S&W 1911 for $795 and a NIB Talo 686 with 6" barrel for $775.
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