What guns have you regreted selling?

I regret selling or trading or having had stolen ....Every single one. I wish I had them all still.

My current boss has a wonderful philosophy that I wish I had known about much earlier.

"Never sell a gun. Soon you will not have the gun and you will not have the money."

I have found this to be true many, many times.

MDaly
 
I regret selling my model 29-3 "silhouette" with the 10 5/8th" barrel.
Bought it new in 1984......sold around 1991. I might just pick up another one day.:)

Russ
 
Almost every S&W I ever owned. Including some real heart breakers;
S&W 1940, 9mm Light Rifle Mk I
S&W .44 Hand Ejector 3rd Model w/6 1/2 inch barrel
.22/32 Hand Ejector (.22/32 Bekeart Model)
2-early S&W Model 39-2's
S&W .22 Outdoorsman w/orig. red box
2-S&W Model 52's .38 special
S&W Model 12, 2 inch blue
S&W 1950 .45 target
S&W 1955 .45 target
S&W Model of 1953 .22/32 Kit Gun 2 " barrel in Pinto
My first purchased duty weapon S&W Model 28-2 w/4" barrel

Just to name a few, Sigh!
 
A 27-2
That 686 Plus Mountain Gun
The bought-new 70s Service Model Ace
My first 3rd Model Detective Special
My pair of Colt 4 3/4" .45 Colt SAAs with Peacemaker Specialist gunfighter action jobs
 
I miss most that I have sold or given away.
But this one was special.
Had Austin Behlert do this up just like skeeter skelton had in his story way back when.

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wish i had a model 58 back mainly cuz its worth 3x what i sold it for.

i do wish i had 1 of my 2 3 inch 24s i let go. colt delta
 
I only sold/ traded 2. A .45 m&p for a 4506-1. No regret. I sold my SW500. I had no practical use for it and it just abused my hand. So unless they somehow quadruple in value in next year or two.. No regrets. I was able to buy a model 29 no dash with the $. I am happy. BTW If you think I'm up in the middle of the night it's because I'm in the middle east this week.
 
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The 625 I had, it financed a trip I took. But in retrospect, it was a bad decision, very costly to replace now.
 
The way i look at it is if you miss them then you still have the passion for them and that's a good thing. I have a book I keep of every firearm I own or have owned and as I age it's actually enjoyable to remember each gun and how you came about them.
 
Two big regrets:
1. Traded a nice West German Sig 226 for a Rock River AR, because I was suddenly bitten by the black rifle bug. Now I don't have either one of them.
2. Saw a pristine S&W Model 39 in a local store for $325, and had the $ to buy it, but decided to "think it over." Of course, it was gone when I went back for it.
I learned from both of those experiences.
 
this may take awhile.

The five matching British/Canadian Snipers I sold to help pay for the first Colt Thompson 21A.

The Colt snubbies I sold. (Detective Special USAF, Aircrewman prototype, Cobra first issue, Cobra second issue, Agent first, second and thrid issue, Diamondback, Courier. PPS).

The Virginia State Police Model 94 I sold to my ex best friend.

The three AR 15's, the FAL 50 and the M1A supermatch I sold to help pay for the second Colt Thompson 21A

The 10 matching Mausers I sold out of the 25 I bought to help pay for the 15 I kept.

The WWI 97 Trench gun.

The RIA General Officer's pistol

The S&W Model 56 I sold to Dave Buhen for next to nothing because I did not know what I had.

The MP 40 I sold to help with the second 21A.

The Type I and Type II National Match Garands.

The Walther HP with Army waa markings

The Artillery Luger

I have owned many many nice guns. And a few regrets, but you cannot keep all of them.
 
My very first gun, a model 14, 6 inch, target hammer/trigger, full smooth target grips and a Jim Fish action job. Had a matching model 17, sold it too. Dumb or what?
 
All three of the 686s I've sold. Maybe the Para P16 Limited 40. And all three of the Sig 228s, and maybe the 225. But screw it, these aren't the first stupid things I've done.
 
Several years ago before I really started to appreciated older S&W wheel guns I picked up a victory model marked US Navy.
I sold it for what I paid for it (very little) to my boss whose son,who was headed off to Marine flight school after he graduated the Naval academy.I felt the gun belonged in that young mans hands.Now that I seen the light I feel it belongs in my collection.
Oh well!
Penmon
 
Far as I recalal, in my entire past, I have only sold one Gun, and, it was a minty Colt Python Target .38...I was not using it, and, though I was participating in Target Competitions, I preferred to use ordinary old Revolvers with plain 'Half Round' Service Sights.

No one wanted the Python...it was a hard sell...finally, I accepted $225.00 for it...this was in the early 1990s.

Otherwise, never sold any.


I did trade a horribly re-finished ( but with crisp texts and edges, no hint of any pits, ever, ) Model 1905 Colt .45 ACP Pistol...I think someone had tried to do a Phosphate finish on it, but other than looking a yucky shade of dark 'grey', I do not think it had ever been buffed or anything. Anyway, traded it straight across for a lovely, low use, some Plum and Holster wear, circa 1914 Colt New Service target Model in .44 Russian/Special, which was in a very nice state of ohhh, 65 percent Blue I'd recon.

Sometimes I wish I would have just bought the New Service and kept the old 1905 which I now know, I could have sent off to Doug Turnbull and had done right with minimal prep or hassle.
 
57, 4-inch, blue, couple of old rust spots on the cylinder. It came to me like that. But at least it went to a great forum member. :D
 
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