Oh yeah!
I sold a 1911 in '87 to get legal funds, after sinking $750 into inprovements for it.
I had an Astra Terminator, essentially an N frame Snubby, beautifully blue in 45 LC, and I miss it terribly. Also to pay for a lawyer.
I sold a Winchester Mod. 70 in 7mag that would put 3 rounds inside the space of 1/2 a dime to get money to see my dying father.
I sold a Colt Commander SS XSE, the most accurate 1911 I've ever shot during Hurricane Ivan. Sold for $600 because I was short on funds, and later offered the man $800 because I missed it, and he declined.
Once I sold a Smith 686 that was wonderfully accurate for a Ruger Super Black Hawk that wasn't. In fact, I regret every S&W and Colt I have ever sold.
I sold a Para trooper Simonov to buy a kid a bicycle for Chrismas, who later tried to kill me. That was fun. Now that rifle is worth like $600 to $800.
I sold a beautiful, accurate, Desert Eagle with the light weight frame in Hard Chrome and a 45 compensated Wittness by Tanfoglio to buy an HK P-7 M13 and regretted it, but all 3 were like carrying an ANVIL!
I sold the P-7 to get a Stainless HK USP 40 that would put get 12 inch groups at 15 yards. I sold it quick! I lost money, otherwise, good riddance!
I had Sig 226 that I traded for a trendy Glock 17 that turned out to be a jam-a-matic. I deeply regret that. The accuracy of a Glock doesn't even APPROACH the accuracy of a Sig. The Sig was Bet Your Life reliable too.:banghead:
My Aetna dental insurance denied $1500 worth of claims, after they said they would pay them! Fortunately, my dentist is a trading man. It cost me a pristine Garand and a Colt Cobra.
I never even got to shoot the Garand. That I regret.
I traded a Colt Diamond Back .22 6" for a Shotgun I can hardly give away.
Now I'm probably going to have to sell my Camo Target rifle and I know I'll kick myself in the A** later.
You get the idea?