Any one ever let a good deal slip by them?

[thefamcnaj]

I sure did yesterday at the gun show, and I'm kicking myself for it today. I found a cpo Sig sauer p229 with night sights. It looked brand spanking new. I thought to myself that"I just had to have it. I was a bit hesitant on it because it was a cpo.
So I went to the lounge area and searched THR on my phone for opinions on cpo sigs. 95% of what I read was positive. After reading a lot of post I decided I was going to get it. When I got back to the booth it was gone:banghead:
Anyone else let a killer deal just slip through their hands? Are you still kicking yourself.

 

[captain awesome]

Yes I have. Usually its because I don't have the money to take advantage of it. But I hesitated on a colt python once because I couldn't decide if I wanted one in perfect mechanical condition with a less than attractive finish. When I finally made the decision and went back to grab it, it was gone. Some one out there has an ugly python that they can shoot the piss out of with out feeling guilty because they got it for the price of ruger.

 

[Seanpcola]

Son-in-law got a EAA Witness in a trade deal. This was the .45 ACP with the .22lr swap out kit. Everything including a few extra mags, original box. Very low round count on the .45 and the .22 had never been installed. He brought it over and said he'd take $380.00 for everything including a couple of boxes of ammo. I turned it down, slept on it and called him first thing the next morning to tell him I changed my mind. Gone.

 

[rcmodel]

More times then I can count of all my fingers and toes.

In my early years, it was no money.
In mid-life, it was because of indecision at a gun show while looking for an even better gun.

In old age, it is because I have more guns already then I will ever live long enough to shoot all of them again.

At this point in my life, it has to be something really nice I still lust after and haven't found yet.

rc

 

[whetrock]

I was at the OK City gunshow a couple of years ago and passed on a NIB Marlin camp carbine ( I think this one took S&W 59 mags ) for 350 $ I honestly don't know what I was thinking.

 

[PowerG]

Too many to mention, actually. What is worse, to me, are the ones I regret selling.

 

[KansasPaul]

Unfortunately I too have had way too many deals go by over the years. This usually occurred because I either didn't have the cash on hand or felt that the "deal" just wasn't good enough. What I have discovered is the price of guns continue to go up at a rate faster than what my brain can track - I keep thinking that I can buy a quality handgun for a couple of hundred dollars and that "like new in box" (insert gun here) really is a great deal at $500.

 

[guyfromohio]

1997... passed on a beautifully blued Python on consignment for $500. Doh!!!!!!

 

[speedway]

I let a Les Baer Thunder Ranch slip through my fingers because I did not have the cash and did not want to use plastic. Went back the next day and it was gone. Price was cheap.

 

[sas]

Have made many in the past before 2005 when prices of just about everything jumped.
Let some pythons go because I didn't want one with holster wear and one because I thought 3 inches was too short. Both less than $500. Passed on a Winchester model 71
because I thought ammo would have been to expensive, didn't realize that the rifle was
worth 3 times the asking price.

 

[cooldude14]

Ruger Single six for 350.00 3 screw model convertible with original box...no money sure sucks being 14 haha

 

[Navarre]

I can honestly say that I have never missed out on a good deal because I believe it is a matter of perspective. Whether it's a gun show or the LGS, if the heart and the mind don't agree, it's not a good deal. There have been plenty of guns I have looked at and I thought they were a good deal in my heart and I wanted them really bad. Then the mind steps in and the price is too high or I see a fault in the finish etc, & I walk away. Sometimes I come back 2 or 3 times to look at it again, sometimes I don't. I also think it has a lot to do with part of the country you live in. Where I am at, you see mostly the popular guns and very few of the unusual stuff such as older S&W revolvers. So you have to be in the right place at the right time which unfortunately doesn't happen to me all that often.

 

[CajunBass]

Sure. Who hasn't?

 

[archigos]

I'm still sore about the fact that I didn't buy a Sig P6 when they were plentiful and cheap.

 

[Win1892]

I was at the big Tulsa show and was looking at a third year Winchester 1892 carbine with a number of special features. It was in the first hour of the first day and I just wanted to not jump on the first interesting thing.

Ate lunch and walked back over and looked at the 1892. Walked away again. 20 minutes later decided to go get it and it was gone.

Wound up with a first year 1892 and a second year 1873 on that trip, but really regret missing that 92.

 

[Babarsac]

Had a someone offer me a Springfield Garand with a new CMP stock-set for $400 and I waited an extra day to think about it.....I deserved a full glancing dopeslap.

 

[rromeo]

Yesterday on a state specific board, there was a S&W K22 listed for $200. I'm tight on money, and I didn't feel like a 6 hour round trip. It was gone within 30 minutes, and I'm sure it's already flipped for twice that at a gunshow.

 

[SFCRandall]

I have kicked myself in the rear so many times for hesitating and losing out on a good deal that now I snap guns up without a lot of contemplation. I figure if I change my mind afterwards I can always sell or trade and will be the wiser for the experience.

 

[FREERANGETIME!]

Missed opportunities

+1 SFCRANDALL, I learned 2 things a long time ago, have a budget for your collection, and for no other purpose than augmenting your collection, and build a solid relationship with the dealers you do business with the most, they will get to know you, learn what you are interested in and looking for, and they will take things into thier shop that they would otherwise pass on when they know that you would want it and they wont end up sitting on it with thier money tied up in it, and then they will call you first, this mindset has always worked very well for me, well maybe not always, a year ago I broke my own rule, had an opportunity to buy a .40 cal Taurus with an aluminum frame, stainless slide and gold accented controls for $180, didnt have the money, why? Because I dipped into my "collection" fund to snatch up some good deals on Christmas presents for my son, so, have a fund for your collection, and for no other purpose than augmenting your collection.
Since I started being smart about collecting, the few deals I have missed do not even compare with the ones I have gotten. Have a budget, build relationships, its a very simple formula.

 

[guyfromohio]

Also missed on a trade-in, never-fired, still in the packing grease sig p239 for $500. Was gone an hour after I looked at it. After I checked it out, counter-boy put it up behind the counter. Pretty sure he bought it.

 

[Ghost Tracker]

Is this a TRICK QUESTION?!? Better just give my "Worst of ALL TIME". AYA Matador 12 ga. Spanish SxS, single trigger, selection ejection, beautiful walnut, at least 95%, leg-of-mutton leather case. $250. At the moment of golden opportunity, I didn't have two NICKELS to rub together. I've tried to keep "two nickels" tucked-away...ever since.

 

[CaliCoastie]

Passed on a pair of Marlin 39a's for 175otd each. But I did pass it on to a friend who grabbed it up.

 

[1911fan]

A few years ago, I found a VERY nice Wingmaster 12 gauge in the Used Gun rack at Scheel's for $200. I was facing layoff at the time (which DID, in fact, come to pass) so I decided not to get the gun. Shortly thereafter, I found, in another gunshop, a very nice Wingmaster in 20 gauge for $250.

I managed to win some money gambling (I still had a gambling budget at the time) and when I went back to look for the 12 ga, gone. Likewise, the 20. I STILL kick myself for that one.

A pair of matching Wingmasters in complimenting gauges for under $500! I'll bet Scheel's would have given me at least $100 or more on my old Stevens M-67.

Oh, well, live and learn...

ed

 

[Nuclear]

Steyr Aug with a Leupold 1-4 Tactical scope, 2 30 round mags and a 42(?) round mag, plus the original hard case for about $500 less than the rifle was worth.

 

[HankB]

Oh yes . . .
* A very nice DWM Luger for $1100 . . .
* A 2 1/2" M66 for $300 . . .
* A No. 4 Mk 2 Enfield in the wrap for the same . . .

What is worse, to me, are the ones I regret selling.

* A 2 1/2" barrel Colt Diamondback .22lr . . .

Then there are deals it was probably smart to pass on - like the guy at a show a good, oh, 25+ years ago selling Sten parts kits . . . right next to a table with a guy selling Sten receiver tubes with the milling template already bonded to the exterior. Somehow, I just kept thinking "Sting! Setup! Graybar motel! Club Fed!" and kept walking.