Ever sell a gun you never fired?

epags said:

Nope! For me, it would be like ordering a T-bone steak (rare w/baked potato, Caeser salad and a fine red wine) dinner and leaving it uneaten.

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Orrr we buy two dinners decide it tasted like rubber and sell the uneaten one to someone else.

I've got a number of guns - mostly antiquities - that I haven't fired yet.
I'm not interested in selling any of them.

mope540 said:

Bought a 10mm Ruger 1911 for a touch over $800. 'Panic buying' set in before I had a chance to shoot it, and I listed it on GB. It sold for $1200.
Surely some dolts will call me 'greedy' when it was the buyer's fault for willingly paying that much.
Also sold a nib Remington 700 (.308) at cost to my brother.

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I'm a capitalist, so I understand the basic principle of capitalism, "Buy Low Sell High". You capitalized on the market. Nothing wrong with that.

I was on the buying end of the panic that set in when high capacity magazines were on the chopping block in the mid 90s. The Smith and Wesson Sigma had just come out in 40 caliber with 14 round magazines, and I just HAD to own one becuse I wanted a 40 cal, and I wanted one before high cap mags were gone - so I thought at the time. The gun store really capitalized on my deisre to have that particular pistol. I paid double what that gun was worth back then because (so the gun store owner said), "You are paying a premium because of the included high capacity magazines that are soon to be gone forever."

The only good news is that I still have that pistol and it's my primary home defense weapon, so at least I am capitalizing on ownership.

jmr40 said:

Yes. Was in a pawn shop on a Friday afternoon looking for deals shortly after hunting season ended. Guy comes in wanting to sell a Remington 700 in 270 for $200. Needs rent money NOW. The shop owner declines to buy it. I give the guy $200 for it. I sold it at a gunshow Saturday morning for $300.

I had a Beretta 92 that shot great but was in rough shape. I ran across an identical used Beretta in a local gun shop. The guy had it priced cheap because he didn't like Beretta's, but I knew he loved Ruger pistols. I drove to a 2nd gun shop and traded my beat up 92 even for a Ruger P90 in 45. Drove back to the 1st shop and traded the Ruger even for the Beretta. I never took the Ruger pistol home.

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Well done. You were lucky to be in the right place at the right time. I did something similar with motorcycles in the late 90s, except the process took a week to unfold. Bought one from a guy despirate to sell for pennies on the dollar. Turned around and traded it dead even for a bike I really wanted that was worth much more than I paid for the first bike. Unfortunately, I never had this kind of luck with firearms. At least not yet.

Two guns. Both of them bought either by or for my wife. Most recently was a Seecamp 32ACP she bought on a whim. Couldn't find any ammo for it and traded it for something she actually liked. The other was a Kel-tec P-11. Bought and sold on the same day we got it. There was a local listing that wanted old phones in exchange for the P-11. I traded 4 or 5 old cell phones in a gas station parking lot. On the way home, the Mrs decided she didn't like the grip and she remembered how much she hated her P3-AT made by the same company. We stopped at a gun store on the way home and sold it.

Yep. Some I bought just because they were a good deal, other times to help someone out, sometimes just to have at least one of every replacement part, on hand.

Yup, an unfired Ruger P95.

epags said:

Nope! For me, it would be like ordering a T-bone steak (rare w/baked potato, Caeser salad and a fine red wine) dinner and leaving it uneaten.

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One thing is not like the other. Of course I haven't sold my custom built .308 Norma Magnum before firing it - it was built to my specifications (stainless, synthetic stock, barrel length and rate of twist, length of pull, etc.). It's sort of like your example of a "custom" T-bone steak dinner ("rare w/baked potato, Caeser salad and a fine red wine).
However, there was absolutely nothing "custom" about the Winchester 70 .264 Win Mag I bought off the shelf at Sportsman's Warehouse a few years back. It just caught my eye one day, and I sold it about a year later (unfired, and not even scoped) when I became more interested in getting myself a .257 Weatherby - which I haven't done yet, but probably will (unless some other cartridge or rifle catches my eye first).
I've been married to the same gorgeous woman for 51 years, but I'm totally fickle when it comes to guns and cartridges - at least the ones I can buy right off the shelf in most any well-stocked gun store.
BTW, I prefer ribeye steaks to T-bone steaks, I can take or leave Caeser salads, and I'll take a good bottle of lager over a glass of wine any day.

Sacrilege!

Nope. Have had some sit for a long while in the safe, but never sold anything unfired.

Well, since it's illegal for a private citizen to acquire guns with the expressed intent to re-sell, I cannot attest to having ever done anything like that.

I have on 2 occasions acquired brand new guns from a licensed dealer and traded them back in without ever leaving the parking lot. One was a Marlin .17HMR that I ordered (pre-paid) took possession, then decided I didn't want one exactly like my dad's. Traded it back in for a CZ before I made it out the door.

Other was a SA XD 9mm when they first came out. Same shop, ordered it (also pre-paid) and took possession. Went out behind the shop to touch it off a couple times. America's oldest gunmaker sold me a gun with "made in Croatia" stamped nice and bright on top of the slide. Took the ammo back out of the magazine, boxed it all back up, went back inside and traded it for a Single Six.

I have one. In 1978 I bought a Remington 541-S but never got around to setting it up. I sold it in 1986 when I was out of work and needed money to pay bills/feed my family. I would not mind getting another one at a fair price.

Yup. Couple of times my name got drawn in a fundraising event, and I had no interest in the particular firearm. that was the prize.

Piranha451 said:

I would not mind getting another one at a fair price

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That ain't happening

I bought a Sig mosquito 22lr pistol from Buds guns several years ago. I was talking to several members on another forum about it and one guy said he hated his Sig mosquito JAM-O-MATIC.
I SOLD IT, NEVER SHOT IT.

igotta40 said:

Just curious if there’s a gun you bought new, never used it, and sold it off. I have, more than once.

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I won’t say it won’t ever happen one day, but so far no. The reason is I can hardly wait to go fire a new gun. I buy, then usually within a few weeks I’m at the range with it. I could see it happening with some kind of true collectible or old gun, or if thought there was a real safety issue.

3sport said:

Yes. A Colt 1911 45 purchased from a friend. I let it sit in my gun cabinet for a few years and finally sold it, without ever firing it. In preparation for shooting that Colt, I did load quite a few 45 ACP cartridges on my reloading bench specifically for that gun. It was the only 45 caliber I have ever owned. And I still have those cartridges along with a lot more components to reload more. Some day I will have to get another 45 caliber to take advantage of all the 45 ammunition and reloading components that are sitting idle.

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How could you have resisted the itch to shoot it that long? And after having reloaded for it. I don’t get it

Yes , a Springfield TRP . I ordered it because of good reviews that I read on gun forums , but I didn’t like the way that it felt with the sharp front strap . I kept it 2 years before I sold it unfired . I have 5 in the safe now that I have not shot yet , but I don’t plan on selling any of them .

Yes

I bought 2 that I'd never fired then sold or traded. The first is a h&r single shot 12 ga at an estate sale. The other was a rem 870 express from Wal mart bought on sale. The h&r was a great deal the 870 a good deal but since I have had shoulder surgery I'm unable to tolerate the recoil from most larger guns.

The 870 got me a win 670 3006 that was gifted to my sil.

Autodidactic said:

How you could you have resisted the itch to shoot it that long? And after having reloaded for it. I don’t get it

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Easy answer. I had Insane career issues at the time. I was working 12 to 15 hours a day, with many days out of town. I rarely shot any guns during that time frame. I was under super high stress. The last thing on my mind was shooting sports during that time frame. This was the tail end of my first reloading stint, 1991 - 1999 (for brass cartridges). I continued loading shotshell until 2006. Those 45 cals might have been the last brass I reloaded before I shut my reloading bench down in 2006. I am working on re-opening it now. I hope to get the bench up and producing ammunition by late September.

I started a thread on the re-launch of my loading bench HERE

I bought an SKS new when they were cheap, PITA to clean the cosmoline out of it.

I bought a second one for my son, nicer one with a blade bayonet. He expressed little interest in it. It sat for a long time, the thought of cleaning another gun filled with the same goop caused me to sell it without firing it. Getting three times what I'd paid for it somewhat eased the pain.

Yes, many times. I am a collector and I often buy high conditioned guns that I have no intention of shooting. Almost always milsurps. If I see the same gun but in even higher condition, I grab the higher conditioned gun and sell the lower condition gun, without ever firing it.

It's called "upgrading."

Yes, a S&W Model 29 that I inherited and had no interest in. Sold it to a relative to cover reloading supply buys.

3sport said:

Easy answer. I had Insane career issues at the time. I was working 12 to 15 hours a day, with many days out of town. I rarely shot any guns during that time frame. I was under super high stress. The last thing on my mind was shooting sports during that time frame. This was the tail end of my first reloading stint, 1991 - 1999 (for brass cartridges). I continued loading shotshell until 2006. Those 45 cals might have been the last brass I reloaded before I shut my reloading bench down in 2006. I am working on re-opening it now. I hope to get the bench up and producing ammunition by late September.

I started a thread on the re-launch of my loading bench HERE

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Fair enough . I'd like to get into reloading one day.