What NOT to sell

[Redcoat3340]

Going through the safe today trying to figure how to whittle down the inventory. Kinda interesting thing happened.

As I went down by manufacturer I found the only Beretta I wanted to keep was a 92FS; the only FN/Browning was an HP; only Colt a 9mm 1911; only CZ a 75B Omega; and two odd Stars (a 380 and M30) plus a Swedish M40 "Lahti."

Then I got to the S&Ws...and all of them are either iconic (39-2, 640, 5906); I carry (Shield); or it's my last wheel gun (19-5).

Same with the Walthers: icons (P1/P38, P4, P5); carry P99cAS or house gun (P99AS)

Sigs be the same, too good to part with or a carry piece.

And that's it. Everything else has already gone bye-bye (all the less expensive entry level guns ala Taurus) or I never even considered 'em in the first place: Springfield, Keltec, or Glock.

How do other folks decide what goes and what stays. I don't shoot all my pistols as much as I want....but even if I don't take the 39-2 to the range but once in a while....selling it just seems "wrong." And how can one not have a 226 if they're going to any Sigs at all....or a 320?

More range time....that's the answer. Maybe now that it's spring.

 

[gonerydin]

Can't help. I've never sold a gun.


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[diyj98]

If I hadn't sold a lot off over the years, I'd have either ran out of money or living space years ago. I just sell ones that I find I no longer use or the novelty of "collecting" has worn off. Right now debating thinning out a few civil war and post civil war period guns. I've had them for years, but don't even get them out and look at them anymore.

 

[gwpercle]

When I was a young man , 50 are so years ago, my daddy advised me to " never sell a gun you like" and you know what ....he was right.
I have gone by that rule and have several now desirable firearms. I don't sell them if I like them.
That model 58 in my avatar, never going to sell it...I like it!
Gary

 

[Mule Packer]

How do other folks decide what goes and what stays?

It's easy. It all stays.

I've kinda made it a habit not to buy a gun I didn't like. And, like gwperkle said, never sell a gun you like. As a result, they all stay.

On the other hand, when it's time to "thin the herd," I have three grown sons and a daughter and each has expressed an interest in certain guns that I own. Almost all of my guns are either "earmarked" for one of my children or one of my grandchildren. But none of them are being sold off.

 

[gman51]

I never was much for collecting things to just sit on a shelf so selling off the ones I don't care to shoot isn't a problem. Sometimes we buy guns that had all the hype but they just didn't tickle our fancy once we bought them. Those are the ones that go. I have sold off over a dozen nice guns for someone else to happily own.

 

[federali]

I'm more of a user than a collector. I try to not have guns that are essentially duplicates of each other or can perform there same role under the same circumstances.

I purchased an S&W Model 65 3" round butt from the S&W Academy. Maybe a year later I won a Ruger Speed six, 2 3/4" in competition, essentially the same type of gun. So., the Ruger eventually got evicted from the safe.

 

[Drm50]

When I was a young man , 50 are so years ago, my daddy advised me to " never sell a gun you like" and you know what ....he was right.
I have gone by that rule and have several now desirable firearms. I don't sell them if I like them.
That model 58 in my avatar, never going to sell it...I like it!
Gary

Sound and simple advice, you can moan about something you
sold 20 yrs ago over what it's worth now vs then. If you sell a
gun you like you will regret it forever.

 

[4506517]

I've sold 3 and regretted it.

My $.02

 

[hkcavalier]

I've sold plenty, mostly Kel-Tecs and surplus guns that just didn't work well.

Only S&W I've sold was a 5906 that was minute-of-barndoor for some reason.

 

[hoc9sw]

I've sold one or two (or three...) to buy better, and have no regrets for those. I certainly have sold a few that just went sour on me. Some I can not physically handle are gone to friends who wanted them. It would be difficult to pick one to kick to the curb these days.

 

[FlyTyinFool]

I've sold 2, and it was over 2 decades ago.

92FS - Daily carry, weekly shooter. I must have put 10,000 rounds though it. Can't even remember why I sold it. Probably needed money for something. Maybe rent? I miss that one.

British .303 carbine - Very accurate. Kicked like a Clydesdale. Sold it off when I couldn't get surplus ammo for it anymore. This one was fun, but I don't miss it.

Haven't sold one since, but I've accumulated quite a few. Even purchased a couple. Some are Dad's, some are Grand Dad's, and a some are my own acquisitions. They all have memories behind them, and I just can't part with them. Even if they don't get exercised regularly, or at all. I'm sure many of you know where I'm coming from.


MWS

 

[sheepdawg]

Evrything in my two safes has a price. Some of them are way up over real value too but if you offer it in coin of the realm than it's yours.

 

[Marshwheeling]

I only have seven or eight guns, just enough that I can't tell you the exact number without ticking them off on my fingers. There only a couple that I prize highly, but I like them all and have no interest in selling any. There are a few that I would still like to own. Of those, there are two or three I would definitely buy if the money, the gun and I all came together at the same time. If I came across a High Power, I guess I could let the FEG go. Otherwise, they are all here to stay.

 

[bushmaster1313]

If it is not a family heirloom the economics are very simple:

Ask your self this one question:

"If I did not own it would I buy it for what I would get if I sold it?"

If Answer is an unqualified "Yes" -- Keep it

If Answer is an unqualified "No" -- Sell it.

And remember
Except for what really matters
Everything is always for sale

 

[Ptarmigan]

In the late 1980s I let both my Browning side by side and my Marlin 1894 in 44 magnum get away from me. Those are the only two that I still regret after all this time. Other than that, keepers are keepers and I feel that now I know the difference.

 

[apollo99]

I have a few regret over guns I sold in the past. a model 19 a 629 no dash, a baby browning .25, and a Colt Combat Commander At this point I only sell my plastic stuff I can replace.

 

[PlaytheAces]

It's really one of those personal decisions that everyone has to figure out for themselves.

After four decades of accumulating, a few years ago I decided to sell off the ones I never shot or just had no real attachment to. And after forty some years, I pretty much knew the ones I could live without.

Sold a couple of Colts that while quite desirable, just didn't hold any real attraction for me. Sold a really nice GP100 since I had plenty of other 357s and it was redundant (only one I had mixed feeling about selling but it went to a good friend). Sold some bottom feeders I seldom, if ever took to the range. Actually got rid of almost all the bottom feeders. Unloaded some long guns. And probably some others that don't immediately come to mind. Couldn't bring myself to sell a single S&W. Then ended up buying a few things that were still on my short list and called it good.

The guns I sold have hopefully found happy homes, and all the guns I own now are ones I truly wouldn't want to part with. No regrets.

 

[ky wonder]

I have owned so many through the years that I can not remember them all, there have been a few times when I needed to sell some because of financial situations, others because I thought the market had topped out ($650 pythons), several that I found out that I did not care for.

and some I have used to trade up, say trading 3 $300 guns for 1 $1000 gun that I wanted

guns have always been an investment to me and I have never loss money on a gun

the only guns I have that I would not consider trading are family heirlooms

 

[diggler1833]

When I find that I have no use for a certain "utilitarian" gun, that is when I sell it. I do not sell anything else. The inheritance for my kids will be my guns, not money or anything else (one or two may get land if they plan on running the family ranch).

My dad started the tradition of passing down guns to my brother and I. I hope that this tradition stays for several more generations. If not, I'll be dead and it won't matter anyway.