Frank46
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Don't sell any guns anymore. All the dogrobbers try to lowball you and point out every little speck and flaw that they can use to lower the price.
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What guns have you regreted selling?
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Doug M.
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An NYSP M520 (not the "L" frame abomination of the same number). I had it for about a year, and it went up 25%. Had to sell it to pay tuition during my second year of law school and first year of my first marriage. Should have kept the revolver and avoided her. I'll admit I was very tempted to shoot it, which I knew was probably not a good idea, but ... grrr.
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Sold my Walther P-38 with a handmade wood grips back in 1975. Beautiful shooting pistol, probably the fastest and smoothest that I've ever had. Dumb move on my part.
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Snapping Twig
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Well, lemme see...
I sold my first 44 mag, a 1967 29-2 "S" s/n. It was a 6.5" model too.
Bought it back!
Later I sold a 25-7 that I hadn't bothered to shoot since I bought it new in 89. MISTAKE!
I bought it back too.
Then there's the 1989 Mini 30 with the .308 bore I sold off since it was "too small a round". D'oH! It's gone forever, but I found another just 500 units different according to s/n with a .308 bore and it was in a glass stock to boot! Real happy with the replacement. It shoots a 150g NBT accurately.
Not to forget the 6" 586 ND I bought new. Traded it back and forth with a friend. He went south and is no longer around, so I replaced that one with a 4" 586-1 which IMO balances and looks better. Besides, that old 6" 586 was a spitter, sent it to S&W and local gunsmiths, but it never got fixed, it always spit.
I sold my first 44 mag, a 1967 29-2 "S" s/n. It was a 6.5" model too.
Bought it back!
Later I sold a 25-7 that I hadn't bothered to shoot since I bought it new in 89. MISTAKE!
I bought it back too.
Then there's the 1989 Mini 30 with the .308 bore I sold off since it was "too small a round". D'oH! It's gone forever, but I found another just 500 units different according to s/n with a .308 bore and it was in a glass stock to boot! Real happy with the replacement. It shoots a 150g NBT accurately.
Not to forget the 6" 586 ND I bought new. Traded it back and forth with a friend. He went south and is no longer around, so I replaced that one with a 4" 586-1 which IMO balances and looks better. Besides, that old 6" 586 was a spitter, sent it to S&W and local gunsmiths, but it never got fixed, it always spit.
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smithman 10
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Regrets
This is a good thread to read what with a gun show this weekend and always the temptation to take along whatever Smith is currently out of favor with me to see what price I can get for it.
It will help me think twice before parting with an old friend in exchange for a new item that I may later find out I really didn't need or want as badly as I thought at the time.
But the two I regret the most selling (or trading away) are two Model 10s, a 2" round butt and a 4" standard barrel.
If I can ever replace those two, all I'll need to buy from that point on is ammo!
This is a good thread to read what with a gun show this weekend and always the temptation to take along whatever Smith is currently out of favor with me to see what price I can get for it.
It will help me think twice before parting with an old friend in exchange for a new item that I may later find out I really didn't need or want as badly as I thought at the time.
But the two I regret the most selling (or trading away) are two Model 10s, a 2" round butt and a 4" standard barrel.
If I can ever replace those two, all I'll need to buy from that point on is ammo!
Yep, same here.
alabamabarry
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all of them
Wisdom gained through old age has me following 2 gun rules:
1) buy 2 if possible - sell one NIB later and still have one.
2) if I've never seen one before, I try to buy it
My short list of still-to-acquire on my C&R consists of MG42 and Lahti 20mm. Those I wanna be buried with.
1) buy 2 if possible - sell one NIB later and still have one.
2) if I've never seen one before, I try to buy it
My short list of still-to-acquire on my C&R consists of MG42 and Lahti 20mm. Those I wanna be buried with.
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Only ever sold two from my collection, this was early on and at the time I needed the money since I was unemployed.
The first was a Colt Trooper MkIII a friend of mine sold me after he had left the local police department, regret it til this day.
The second was an Enfield MkI, I picked it up from a newspaper ad for $35. when I was a kid looking for a cheap deer rifle. It was all I could afford at the time.
Still regret it and from that day on I've never sold another!
The first was a Colt Trooper MkIII a friend of mine sold me after he had left the local police department, regret it til this day.
The second was an Enfield MkI, I picked it up from a newspaper ad for $35. when I was a kid looking for a cheap deer rifle. It was all I could afford at the time.
Still regret it and from that day on I've never sold another!
gmiller0737
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Well I guess I am pretty fortunate I have been collecting for over 25 years & have only sold 2 guns & traded none,I still miss the 2 I sold not S&W's 1 was a 1938 Polish Eagle P35 Radom & the Other was a 3/1940 Production Type 14 Japanese Nambu
Hearsedriver
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My entire antique lever action Winchester collection to finance my business........ That REALLY hurt !
My duty Model 66's in 2 1/2" and 4 inch.
My AR15 that was converted to full auto.
My Winchester Model 52B with bull barrel and Redfield Model 32 scope.
My 1941 Luger in very good condition.
A Series 70 1911 that had been customized with S&W adjustable sights, hard chromed, and some other mods.
My 1st off duty gun, a new Colt Det. Special that had been Armolloyed.
Too many more to list and I'm getting despondent.
My AR15 that was converted to full auto.
My Winchester Model 52B with bull barrel and Redfield Model 32 scope.
My 1941 Luger in very good condition.
A Series 70 1911 that had been customized with S&W adjustable sights, hard chromed, and some other mods.
My 1st off duty gun, a new Colt Det. Special that had been Armolloyed.
Too many more to list and I'm getting despondent.
Arizona5906
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I have only sold one gun in my life. I am like a black hole for guns, once I buy them they stay. Anyway my very first handgun was a brand new Colt 1911 Government Model. I traded it in for a S&W 5906. Still have the 5906 22 years later but I really should have kept that 1911 too.
tomtheturner
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The one that got away
I have been accumulating guns for many years, and have only sold/traded one away. It was a Winchester Model 12 Field grade - 16 guage in very nice condition, barely used.
In 1983 a friend invited me to go handgun hunting for wild boar. I really had nothing that I thought was suitable, and cash was tight with small children, so I traded the Model 12 {I had traded for the Winchester, & only had $25.00 in it} for a new Smith 629 with a 6" barrel.
I eventually replaced the Winchester Model 12 with one that is much nicer than the one that I traded off, and I learned my lesson!
So, I keep them all. Had to build a room to house them, but I am so glad that I have held on to them, even my very first one a Stevens single shot .22 that I got when I was seven or eight years old. My son has it now, but I "visit."
In retrospect, I am glad that I made the trade, since I later replaced the Winchester. That 629 has walked a million miles with me in the woods, has killed dozens of piggies, gotten it's share of whitetails, javalina, a feral dog, or two, and various woods varmints.
Best Wishes,
Tom
I have been accumulating guns for many years, and have only sold/traded one away. It was a Winchester Model 12 Field grade - 16 guage in very nice condition, barely used.
In 1983 a friend invited me to go handgun hunting for wild boar. I really had nothing that I thought was suitable, and cash was tight with small children, so I traded the Model 12 {I had traded for the Winchester, & only had $25.00 in it} for a new Smith 629 with a 6" barrel.
I eventually replaced the Winchester Model 12 with one that is much nicer than the one that I traded off, and I learned my lesson!
So, I keep them all. Had to build a room to house them, but I am so glad that I have held on to them, even my very first one a Stevens single shot .22 that I got when I was seven or eight years old. My son has it now, but I "visit."
In retrospect, I am glad that I made the trade, since I later replaced the Winchester. That 629 has walked a million miles with me in the woods, has killed dozens of piggies, gotten it's share of whitetails, javalina, a feral dog, or two, and various woods varmints.
Best Wishes,
Tom
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I buy, sell and trade quite a bit.
I rarely if ever sell or trade a S&W or Ruger wheelgun, I have only let a few of these go. When I buy a revolver, it's for a reason and even if I have many duplicates of the same or similiar gun, I keep all of them.
I am currently liquidating a large rifle collection, because I have little interest anymore in rifle collecting or shooting and I get vastly more excited by collecting and shooting revolvers.
Interests change and I see no point in holding on to guns that will just take up space in a safe, when they can be replaced by guns that will get used. Guns may be "prized" by us, and some of them have sentimental value, but in the end they are just pieces of steel that can be replaced.
The way I see it, life is too short for regrets...I have sold a few rifles that I kind of regretted at the time, but they were soon forgotten as I don't let myself live life in the rear view mirror.....we don't really own anything, we are only borrowing it and our gun collections will go to our heirs to do with what they see fit. We can't take our guns with us, so enjoy them now. If selling a few rifles that collect dust in your closet will allow you to buy a revolver you will actually use and enjoy, I say go for it.
I rarely if ever sell or trade a S&W or Ruger wheelgun, I have only let a few of these go. When I buy a revolver, it's for a reason and even if I have many duplicates of the same or similiar gun, I keep all of them.
I am currently liquidating a large rifle collection, because I have little interest anymore in rifle collecting or shooting and I get vastly more excited by collecting and shooting revolvers.
Interests change and I see no point in holding on to guns that will just take up space in a safe, when they can be replaced by guns that will get used. Guns may be "prized" by us, and some of them have sentimental value, but in the end they are just pieces of steel that can be replaced.
The way I see it, life is too short for regrets...I have sold a few rifles that I kind of regretted at the time, but they were soon forgotten as I don't let myself live life in the rear view mirror.....we don't really own anything, we are only borrowing it and our gun collections will go to our heirs to do with what they see fit. We can't take our guns with us, so enjoy them now. If selling a few rifles that collect dust in your closet will allow you to buy a revolver you will actually use and enjoy, I say go for it.
Chuck Jones
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Almost all of them
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