What NOT to sell

[steamloco76]

Selling guns has always served me well. In good times I sell guns so I can buy more guns. In bad times I sell guns so I can make house payments and such. Never understood the whole "I'll never sell a gun" thing.

My exact philosophy which I adopted in my early 20's. One of my lucky buys, a 1980 Colt Pyhthon went away to pay for camera equipment for my new job. Many more guns have come and gone since, some because I didn't shoot them well, some to buy another gun. Unfortunately, like many others, my biggest safe clean out came due to a change in employment. The eye candy only collector guns and a few under used shooters all went away in that sale.

 

[Cardboard_killer]

I lost my job four years ago and was out of work for a year. I sold a lot of my collection, and I felt it. My current motto is, never sell a revolver. I have a fair amount of them again. If I had to pair down to the bare minimum, it would be my CZ P01 (with Kadet upper), my Nano, and an AR carbine. But even out of work, I held onto more than that.

 

[Redcoat3340]

Wow.....I mean WOW....that is... WOW!

What great advice, insight, experience.

Gonna make the decision-making a lot easier. As Ptarmigan said, "Keepers are keepers." And the easily replaceable plastic pistols will be on the list to go and the "real" steel pistols mostly stay.

About the only plastic pistol I won't consider selling is the Shield. After adding an Apex trigger package, Trijicons, and Talons (okay, a big $17 for those) I doubt I'll get my money out of it. (Although a Walther PPS M1 is singing a siren's song. But how much better could that be than the Shield?)

And a note to Marshwheeling....dump the FEG, buy a used HP from Coles Distributing (CDI) on gunbroker, have the mag safety removed, trigger work done and then Ceracote or Duracote it and you'll have a gun you'll never sell. Mine gets it's own soft case and gets shot a lot.

Again, thanks to all who posted....now I think I'm going to open the safe and fondle some guns (the range is closed today).

 

[eveled]

I sold all the Glocks, and kept everything else, no regrets.

 

[BAM-BAM]

" I only sell guns I can't buy more of..... or replace............"



Keep in mind this is a moving target......................

Register Magnums........ just "old guns" in the 50-80s .... everyone wanted a nice "new" 27.................

3" 66s lay rusting on the shelves in the late 1980s

3913/14s ..... give me a break ..... early 90s ..... a joke cus they didn't have 15+1 up the butt.............................

PC guns in the mid 90s .................. at $600-700 were too expensive vs factory 6906s

It's all a moving target............... your guess is as good as mine!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[sigp220.45]

I have no idea how many guns I own, but I bet I've sold or traded off three times as many. Hundreds, I'm sure.

I also don't get the "never sell a gun" thing. I've bought guns I found out I didn't like after trying them out. I sold others that I bought because they were a good buy and I was able to get something better by turning them for a profit. I sold others because I was in a financial bind, and providing for my family was more important than that inanimate object.

Once a gun is gone, I never think about it again. Why bother?

I have a couple that I would only sell in an absolute emergency - my grandpa's Fox Sterlingworth, some of my Dad's guns. But they would be on the block if it was truly necessary.

They are all going to get sold one day anyway - either by my kids or their kids or my widow's new boyfriend. I doubt very many guns get passed down through more than 3 generations.

 

[bushmaster1313]

I just buy another safe occasionally.

I've said this before

I know how to sneak a new gun into the safe
But I can't figure how to sneak a new safe into the house

 

[mtgianni]

I sell four or five most years and buy or trade in to at least that many. I can think of no more than 2 regrets. Usually the guns tell me it's time to go.

 

[bushmaster1313]

I sell four or five most years and buy or trade in to at least that many. I can think of no more than 2 regrets. Usually the guns tell me it's time to go.

The Gun Whisperer

 

[Warren Sear]

My personal motto is "Never sell a Colt or Smith & Wesson". The rest do not matter.

 

[steamloco76]

I sold off an entire class of pistols a few years ago, tradional DA/SA pistols. Two reasons, first and foremost the safety operates opposite to my intuition and 1911. I want all safeties to be up for on, down for off. Second, I was terrible with the trigger change from the DA first shot. Too bad, because all of my first, second and third gen S&W autos were super accurate fired SA. Sold 39-2, 59, 645, 5906, 6906, 3913, 4506, 4566, CS45. The only one I miss is the 3913.

 

[Muss Muggins]

I've said this before

I know how to sneak a new gun into the safe
But I can't figure how to sneak a new safe into the house

Yeah, it's kinda hard to finish "This? I've had this for years . . ." when talking about a suddenly appearing safe without getting a coffee mug hurled in your direction. Lots easier with a gun . . .

 

[Mule88]

Everything Stays

 

[ladder13]

I've sold dozens of guns over the years and bought many more. Yes, I like my guns, but they're not my idols.
Admittedly I get caught up in the hype and lose focus of what's really important........ guns, they're just things.

sigp220 said it much better

http://smith-wessonforum.com/139558022-post46.html

 

[TTSH]

I've sold dozens of guns over the years and bought many more. Yes, I like my guns, but they're not my idols.
Admittedly I get caught up in the hype and lose focus of what's really important........ guns, they're just things.

sigp220 said it much better

http://smith-wessonforum.com/139558022-post46.html

It sounds like you and sigp220 epitomize a different approach to being a gun enthusiast that I've only recently come to appreciate actually exists. Brother Arik probably falls into the same category. If you have sold many more guns than you currently own, you probably fall into that category. I'd give it a name (gun trading enthusiast? firearms experimenter? transitional collector? "must-try-them-all" hobbyist? chronic bad decision maker? ) but I can't think of one name that encompasses all the reasons one might have for selling or trading off so many guns years before the long dirt nap.

I fall into the other category. I buy for keeps. Even the plastic ones. That's why the 5 I have sold in the past are still so painful... and why the ones I will now have to sell in order to complete my bucket list are going to hurt even more.

 

[Arik]

It sounds like you and sigp220 epitomize a different approach to being a gun enthusiast that I've only recently come to appreciate actually exists. Brother Arik probably falls into the same category. If you have sold many more guns than you currently own, you probably fall into that category. I'd give it a name (gun trading enthusiast? firearms experimenter? transitional collector? "must-try-them-all" hobbyist? chronic bad decision maker? ) but I can't think of one name that encompasses all the reasons one might have for selling or trading off so many guns years before the long dirt nap.

I fall into the other category. I buy for keeps. Even the plastic ones. That's why the 5 I have sold in the past are still so painful... and why the ones I will now have to sell in order to complete my bucket list are going to hurt even more.

I agree, they're just things and I never got hung up on them. Some because I've found something better, some because they had issues that I didn't want to pay to have fixed and some simply because I lost interest in them or they felt better at the store then at the range or in a holster.

To be honest I feel that more often than not its my fault for hyping the gun up in my mind. Like this is going to be the one because of A,B,C,D....But when you finally have a chance to really try it out it turns out that A,B,C,D were irrelevant and not what you imagined it to be.



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[TTSH]

While Ladder13's link doesn't open for me I can guess as to what it is. And I agree, they're just things. Some because I've found something better, some because they had issues that I didn't want to pay to have fixed and some simply because I lost interest in them or they felt better at the store then at the range or in a holster.

I think it takes or reflects a whole different attitude. In my case, I view every gun that goes out the door as a failure... my failure... one way or another. Perhaps I bought the wrong gun? Perhaps I paid way too much? Perhaps I jumped too fast? Perhaps I should have not bought this gun so that I could have bought that gun (etc., etc...)? If I am selling it, then I probably shouldn't have bought it in the first place... right?

There are exceptions, of course. But what if the frequent trader-type thinking was applied to other things in life... like cars, houses, boats, wives? One would be forever very broke and probably unhappy.

But like I said, I have come to appreciate that frequent trader-type folks are out there and doing just fine for themselves. They aren't broke and they aren't unhappy. It's just a different attitude and different approach to the same great hobby.

 

[TTSH]

To be honest I feel that more often than not its my fault for hyping the gun up in my mind. Like this is going to be the one because of A,B,C,D....But when you finally have a chance to really try it out it turns out that A,B,C,D were irrelevant and not what you imagined it to be.

I guess I am lucky to have two indoor ranges close to TTSH Manor (the current one) where I can borrow or rent just about any handgun I'd ever possibly be interested in, including LEO restricted. And I don't even have to clean them afterwards!

I can go a little farther (out of state - less than an hour away) and even test fire guns that we peons and even the cops can't legally buy from dealers here in loony moonbat Massachusetts. So buying without first trying is usually not necessary around here.

 

[Arik]

I guess I am lucky to have two indoor ranges close to TTSH Manor (the current one) where I can borrow or rent just about any handgun I'd ever possibly be interested in, including LEO restricted. And I don't even have to clean them afterwards!

I can go a little farther (out of state - less than an hour away) and even test fire guns that we peons and even the cops can't legally buy from dealers here in loony moonbat Massachusetts. So buying without first trying is usually not necessary around here.

I have several ranges with rentals but they have the typical.....some kind of 22. Something in 38/357, a few Glocks and S&W in various sizes and calibers, a Beretta or two, 1911. That's about it. If I wanted to rent say a Kahr PM45 or a Sig Legion or a HK P2000 with a LEM trigger kit I'm out of luck. None that I've seen have the new Sig 320 or the M&P 2.0 or any CZs or HighPowers

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[BAM-BAM]

George Carlin said it best ........... we are ruled by our "Stuff" !!!!!

Because I haven't moved in 24 years I've "accumulated" a lot of "stuff"

Some of my 'stuff" are duplicates of guns I use/carry...... which is why I don't worry about actually using/carrying 3rd gen autos or my 3" 66.

Some were just deals too good to pass up ...... like a still in the box, bright blue MkIII Browning HP for $350 or a $325 .357 N-Frame that I recognized as a RM. Both are still "safe Queens"

I've "traded" guns for ones that IMO were 'better guns"...... like a 3" 586 ( I have multiple 3" 66s for carry) for a PC Shorty 9. Or a pristine 4505 for a 4566 that made more sense to me to own and carry.

I've only "sold" a couple of guns a 915 and a Beretta 92 Centurion ....... to friends ..... who both needed a handgun.


Remember; As George philosophized, "Your sh-- is stuff and their stuff is sh--!"