The one that got away.

I have sold tons of guns in my life and I have only a few that I miss.

KSP (Kentucky State Patrol I was told) S&W Model 15.

HKP7 PSP w/ 5 mags.

My dad's S&W Chief's Special. Should have kept it, but was way too desperate for cash at the time.

A mistake I will not repeat.

Mak-90 in like new condition. Got it at an auction for a great price and sold it like a dumb ass.

Kimber Pro Carry. Traded for a motorcycle that I didn’t even ride. Replaced it with another though so I’m good on that one.

There’s a few I regret moving but there’s only one that haunts me. Taurus 689 6” blued. It was my first revolver and I loved it. I shot it til it was literally falling apart and it ate lots of over pressure loads leading up to that. I want to replace it, but I know that I just can’t replace THAT gun. It was easily the best .357 I have ever had in my hand, and I have had many from more reputable makers.

I regret selling every gun I have sold except 1 I couldnt get rid of fast enough. New savage 300wsm that didnt go bang looking at one of the biggest bucks I've ever seen

I’ll give the same exact response I’ve given the other fifty times this identical post has come up

Unless it’s some family heirloom, if you miss it buy another identical one. Your “God I miss it” is crap. If it’s such a big deal, buy another of the same one. It’s not like none are available

If it costs more than when you sold it, get over it. Almost everything goes up in price. I actually remember gas being 20 cents a gallon. Should I whine because it didn’t buy a million gallons and hold it?

I sold a wasr 10 with a 75 rd drum mag for $675 right before the Massachusetts ban hit. They sell for about 1800-2400 here now

I've gotten rid of several that I came to regret but none that were irreplaceable. Kinda wish I would've kept that old pocket hammerless in .32.

Never sold any I regret yet but did pass up on buys I would have rather not. Hind sight being 20/20 I would have skipped a few meals. I could have skipped lots of stuff if I had a shipping container full of transferable DIAS or the like before 5-19-1986.

Two immediately come to mind, both Smith and Wesson revolvers. The first being a refinished Triple Lock at a local gun show for $675 and a pre Model 24 at a local gun shop. Oh well......

All of the guns that I've sold were clunkers or mediocrities that I don't miss at all.
On the other hand, I've had a number of firearms stolen from me, most of them by family members.
Those guns I resent losing.

I sold a Delta Gold Cup I would love to get my hands on again!!

I sold it to keep my Ex from getting half of my collection.

There have been a few. Had I known then what I know now, I'd still have my first gen 700 VSSF in .308 that I had accurized by Arnold Arms; I wish I had kept it and had it rebarreled as a .260 Ackley. And I'd still have the 4-inch Taurus M44 in 44 Magnum; sold it before I got into reloading and wouldn't mind having it back again. Probably a couple more if I put my mind to it, but mostly I'm content.

Larry Ashcraft said:

Just a couple. After the lead ban, I traded away my LC Smith field grade with no finish. I had several doubles on ducks with it. I made a really good trade, but I wish I hadn't.

The other: After my dad retired, he was an antiques dealer and bought and sold estates. He got a Johnson Rifle in one of those, and couldn't get $150 at gun shows for it (this was in the 80s). I loaded up 50 mild loads for it and went out and shot it. It was kind of meh, so I let it go. It would throw empties about 50 yards and dent every case mouth. I'm sure I could find another one, but I'm not about to pay the price of admission. I think dad got $100 for it.

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Reading that made me sad AND quesy.......

Oh yea, I have regretted selling just about every gun I've sold. If I never sold any guns I would have a collection probably close to 50. The ones I regret the most are a Colt woodsman, Colt Det Spec, Colt Frontier Scout and S&W M29. Also a couple really nice Ruger's.

I also have felt remorseful when in a gun shop, guy comes in with awesome piece to sell, asks next to nothing for it and the guy behind the counter plays hardball on price and guy leaves with his gun unsold. I have always felt a strong urge to follow him out to the parking lot and seal the deal but I always kind of figured that was a big no no in terms of gun shop etiquette and figured it'd be a quick way to make an enemy with a gun shop owner, although I rationalize it easily enough. Guy passes on the purchase should be fair game right?

After my dad died(44 yrs ago) mom was strapped for cash and had me sell his S&W .357 Highway Patrolman 6 inch barrel. I was working two jobs at the time and with 4 kids I couldn’t afford to buy it myself. I really regret having sold it, and if I could find the guy I sold it to I’d chase down where it is today and buy it back.

The first three guns I ever bought

Remington Nylon 66 .22 caliber in black. Bought it in a pawn shop in Pearland Texas

Winchester model 94 bought in the same pawn shop. Sold them both in a pawn shop in Tampa.

S&W model 915 bought the day I got out of the Army. Sold it to a friend year later.

This one didn't "get away" because it was never mine but my dad had a .22 revolver. it vanished when he died. The gun wasn't anything special but I would have liked to have had it

Quite a few now that I think about it. Every Ruger Security Six I ever had (usually traded them in on a new semi-auto), a couple of Single Sixes (two of them were in .32 H&R Magnum and I couldn't find ammo for them at the time), two Colt Trooper Mk.Vs (one with a 4" barrel the other had a 6" barrel and fit me like a glove), a S&W Model 58 (like new in the box but I got it for a used gun price), a Beretta Model 90 Roma (it was the sleekest looking .32 I have ever owned), and a Browning BDA .45 (a.k.a. a SIG P220 and one of the most accurate DA/SA pistols for everyone who shot it).

@bannockburn, I feel your pain for the Security and Single Sixes.

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Thanks but it was my own fault of seeking instant gratification of getting a new gun while only having a limited amount of cash to spend on it. Hence the the wheeling and dealing with the trade-ins. Want a new semi-auto; simple, trade a revolver in on it. Or in the case of the .32 H&R Magnums, putting the cart before the horse in having the gun but no ammo to shoot it with. Plus there was my belief that there would be lots of time to get another revolver...they'll be making them forever, or so I thought. My mistake was in thinking that Ruger would always go on making the Security Six and S&W would do the same with the Model 10 (loved the heavy barreled version I had and yes, I traded that one away too).

Now I did have other favorites that I sold to pay for school and while disheartening it was an essential and necessary thing to do. So bottom line I don't regret selling those guns in that it provided for future financial considerations that I still enjoy to this day.

Trunk Monkey said:

This one didn't "get away" because it was never mine but my dad had a .22 revolver. it vanished when he died. The gun wasn't anything special but I would have liked to have had it

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How would you feel about this?
My Dad had a collection of guns and swords that included both flintlock & percussion cap rifles, a percussion cap SxS double trigger with exposed hammers, 2 short (and heavy) swords that looked like what a Roman gladiator would have used, 4 (cavalry ?) sabers, the longest of which had a curved blade at least 3' long with a huge filigree bell handguard, the pump .22 rifle "gallery gun" I learned on as a kid, his M-1 Garand, and his 1911 from the NG.
During the divorce from wife #2, he showed up at the house and wife #2 refused to let him in to get these and certain other items. She "claimed" they had been stolen but, as he was leaving, he looked in the glass of the garage door and saw a TV, partially covered with a blanket, that was one of the items she said were stolen.
Life's a "b@#%&", then you marry one. He did.