Biggest Regrets. Stuff you wish you never sold
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bassjam
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I have zero regrets about any of the guns I've sold.
Now I highly regret selling my dirt bike. First kid was coming, I panicked and thought we'd need that $6500 in the bank (we didn't). Didn't even have time to ride for several years and now it's a VERY hard sell to my wife to get another bike. Wish I'd kept it and installed the street legal kit that's still sitting in my basement.
Now I highly regret selling my dirt bike. First kid was coming, I panicked and thought we'd need that $6500 in the bank (we didn't). Didn't even have time to ride for several years and now it's a VERY hard sell to my wife to get another bike. Wish I'd kept it and installed the street legal kit that's still sitting in my basement.
Steel Hayes
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Biggest regret- selling the 1935 H&R Defender because I hadn’t learned to reload yet, and couldn’t find .38 S&W rounds.
Airborne Falcon
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Mint 1974 Browning BLR in 30.06 .... I wasn't thinking clearly at the time (in 1994). Sold it for $250.00 .... arghhhhhhh!
I regret it badly. I don't even like thinking about it quite honestly.
Then there was the Python I sold in the 80s to an Italian who paid me a lot of money for it at the time ... arghhhhh!
I regret it badly. I don't even like thinking about it quite honestly.
Then there was the Python I sold in the 80s to an Italian who paid me a lot of money for it at the time ... arghhhhh!
I am pretty choosy about what I buy and research extensively. I seldom make spur of the moment gun buying decisions. As such I have sold or traded 3 guns in my life time. Everything else I have held onto.
My regrets are MUCH more about what I passed on and didn't buy!
HK-93 comes to mind. Kid was at the gun show with his mom and they sold it to a dealer for $900.
I wish I had bought an FN-49 when they were available and cheap. Same with an SKS.
This list could get pretty long now that I think about it.
Oh wait! There was a Norinco MAK 91 (AK clone) that I sold to a friend that I wish I still had. The AK I got to replace it isn't as nice.
My regrets are MUCH more about what I passed on and didn't buy!
HK-93 comes to mind. Kid was at the gun show with his mom and they sold it to a dealer for $900.
I wish I had bought an FN-49 when they were available and cheap. Same with an SKS.
This list could get pretty long now that I think about it.
Oh wait! There was a Norinco MAK 91 (AK clone) that I sold to a friend that I wish I still had. The AK I got to replace it isn't as nice.
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There are a couple of guitars I wish I still had....
I do wish I'd have kept that Chiappa 30ds. Although eventually another one will show up.
Sold or traded away a bunch of guns. I had 2nd thoughts about some of them at some point, but looking back on it now, I'd not replace anything I've sold if given a chance
I do regret selling my 1st car. A 1969 Firebird convertible that I paid $500 for in 1974. It was a little rough. It had a dented fender, and the carpet had been ruined by leaving the top down in the rain. But I paid $200 to have the dent fixed and the entire car repainted. Dad and I pulled the seats and replaced the carpet.
I drove it 2 years and couldn't afford gas. IIRC gas was about 40-45 cents a gallon when I bought it. But peaked at slightly over $1.00 before settling at around 85-90 cents pretty soon after. The car got 6-8 mpg with a 16–17-year-old driving it.
I sold it in 1976 for more than I paid, but it would be worth a fortune today if I'd kept it.
I do regret selling my 1st car. A 1969 Firebird convertible that I paid $500 for in 1974. It was a little rough. It had a dented fender, and the carpet had been ruined by leaving the top down in the rain. But I paid $200 to have the dent fixed and the entire car repainted. Dad and I pulled the seats and replaced the carpet.
I drove it 2 years and couldn't afford gas. IIRC gas was about 40-45 cents a gallon when I bought it. But peaked at slightly over $1.00 before settling at around 85-90 cents pretty soon after. The car got 6-8 mpg with a 16–17-year-old driving it.
I sold it in 1976 for more than I paid, but it would be worth a fortune today if I'd kept it.
Bazoo
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Those are just the ones I regret that I could recall setting in my chair. I have a list, that has over 100 I've owned, not counting currently owned or when I've owned the same gun multiple times.
Shanghai McCoy
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I have to say that the Ithaca SKB side by side and my Winchester 88 in .308 are missed to this day.
Sold them 40 years ago...
Sold them 40 years ago...
NIGHTLORD40K
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I cant even start with this one. Too painful.
Orion Jim
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I had a 1970 vintage Ruger Single Six with a concentric bulge in the barrel an inch from the muzzle. It was only .018 but it really irritated me at the time. I sold it for $125.00 in 1983 and I bought a stainless kit gun in .22 mag..
I have never sold another gun, even those not at their best.
I have never sold another gun, even those not at their best.
1976B.L.Johns.
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No regrets here as I have never sold or traded a gun, yet.......
230RN
2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
M1917 Colt with about 30 half-moon clips and a bunch of balloon-head .45AR brass.. Traded + $ for something prettier, a Dan Wesson with two barrels. Never could get that thing to shoot well regardless of barrel, barrel tension, and cylinder gap. I understand they are even used in competition nowadays. And the M17s are going for a pretty penny in today's market.
Colt Commander with aluminum frame in .38 Super. Suwweet little gun. Lean times, sold with dies, bullets, and brass to keep the wolf at bay.
Ruger stainless Single Six with extra cylinder. Just didn't like the gun, but I would like it back now. Sort of like remembering an old girl friend you never really "clicked" with because she didn't like basketball or something dumb like that. They're going for around one large now.
The guns, that is.
Terry, 230RN
Colt Commander with aluminum frame in .38 Super. Suwweet little gun. Lean times, sold with dies, bullets, and brass to keep the wolf at bay.
Ruger stainless Single Six with extra cylinder. Just didn't like the gun, but I would like it back now. Sort of like remembering an old girl friend you never really "clicked" with because she didn't like basketball or something dumb like that. They're going for around one large now.
The guns, that is.
Terry, 230RN
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I let far too many things go, during the Nineties, as I typically traded or sold something when I added something. Rather than agonize over picking a top three, I’ll just name a random three:
1. Seecamp LWS-32. Years later, after the scalper’s pricing had ceased, I did “replace” it.
2. S&W Model 19-5, 4”, blued. This one was smooth. I sold or traded it to finance my third “1911 phase,” that started in 1997. This one had been carried concealed, for a few years.
3. S&W Model 66-dash-something, 4”. Like the 19-5 just mentioned, it was sold or traded to finance 1911 pistols. This one had ridden in my duty holster, for a while. This one can be seen as a member of a pair, with that 19-5.
1. Seecamp LWS-32. Years later, after the scalper’s pricing had ceased, I did “replace” it.
2. S&W Model 19-5, 4”, blued. This one was smooth. I sold or traded it to finance my third “1911 phase,” that started in 1997. This one had been carried concealed, for a few years.
3. S&W Model 66-dash-something, 4”. Like the 19-5 just mentioned, it was sold or traded to finance 1911 pistols. This one had ridden in my duty holster, for a while. This one can be seen as a member of a pair, with that 19-5.
230RN
2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
LOL... "...third..." Reminds me of the divorce rate somehow.
Terry, 230RN
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Mike OTDP
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Reminds me of my on/off relationship with S&W 1076s and Cz-45s. I've bought three of each. Buy, sell, buy, sell, buy.
Otherwise, I regret selling the S&W 41 some, the Walther GSP more. But not overmuch.
Otherwise, I regret selling the S&W 41 some, the Walther GSP more. But not overmuch.
borrowedtime69
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Ruger MK II 22/45, 6 7/8 slab side target model. That was a magnificent small game pistol. Now im trying to get by with a Ruger Charger, nice gun but it doesnt shoot like that 22/45.
bannockburn
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Biggest regrets...oh that's easy:
Every Ruger revolver and semi-auto I ever had.
Every S&W revolver and semi-auto I ever had.
Every HK semi-auto I ever had.
Most every Colt revolver and semi-auto I ever had.
Most every Browning I ever had.
Most every Walther semi-auto I ever had.
There, I think that pretty much covers it!
Every Ruger revolver and semi-auto I ever had.
Every S&W revolver and semi-auto I ever had.
Every HK semi-auto I ever had.
Most every Colt revolver and semi-auto I ever had.
Most every Browning I ever had.
Most every Walther semi-auto I ever had.
There, I think that pretty much covers it!
Shanghai McCoy
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^^^
Glad you were able to narrow that down...
Glad you were able to narrow that down...
Ignition Override
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Just an M-1 Garand.
Mostly on the contrary. Different scenario here, possibly Demented and Delusional .
Interests changed fairly often, plus the easy days of the “Better” Armslist were the Enabler .
Freq. Selling guns allowed ready cash (well, most of it) for a search for a First true Jungle Carbine (5), first Makarov (1 of 5), first 9mm, first German Sig, first M-1, then SKS, to be superceded by an imported “Bad Guy Rifle (inhabited by evil sprits)”, .
Remember the extremely panicked order by Don Amici (or R. Bellamy), at the end of the movie
“Trading Places” with Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd on the trading floor?, to raise cash…
…”Sell, Sell, Sell !! “
Mostly on the contrary. Different scenario here, possibly Demented and Delusional .Interests changed fairly often, plus the easy days of the “Better” Armslist were the Enabler .
Freq. Selling guns allowed ready cash (well, most of it) for a search for a First true Jungle Carbine (5), first Makarov (1 of 5), first 9mm, first German Sig, first M-1, then SKS, to be superceded by an imported “Bad Guy Rifle (inhabited by evil sprits)”, .
Remember the extremely panicked order by Don Amici (or R. Bellamy), at the end of the movie
“Trading Places” with Eddie Murphy and Dan Akroyd on the trading floor?, to raise cash…
…”Sell, Sell, Sell !! “
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commygun
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This. I still want to re-acquire the models that I bought and sold multiple times when they were cheap. Webley Mk IV’s, Maks, Sig P225/P6’s.
Too late wise…
All the guns I had to sell regrettably when I was going through a divorce I sold to a good guy and he sold them back to me when I got back on my feet for the same price I sold them to him for.
My biggest selling regret was my 68 GTO I sold in 96 to fund a summer road-trip with my buddies. We did almost 14 thousand miles covering the lower 48 on that trip.
It was a good time but boy do I wish I still had that car!
My biggest selling regret was my 68 GTO I sold in 96 to fund a summer road-trip with my buddies. We did almost 14 thousand miles covering the lower 48 on that trip.
It was a good time but boy do I wish I still had that car!
Bazoo
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I've had about 5 Ruger 10-22carbines. It's a great design. But I am a marlin 60 guy when it comes to semi auto 22s.
I had 4 of the marlin 1894c carbines at one time, not counting the original that I owned twice.
4 SKS rifles, not counting the original I owned twice, one a paratrooper model. I really miss that first one. It was my first centerfire rifle and I got good with it. As good as one can be with an SKS I reckon.
The smith 422 I had, my cousin have it to me. It'll been blown up by the guy he got it from. Smith refused to fix it for them both, as did the local gunsmith. I called smith, and they ended up repairing it, replacing lots of parts. They even paid shipping both ways. My cousin said I could send an empty shotgun shell to Remington and they'll send me a new shotgun. I sold it for nothing on a trade.
I had 4 of the marlin 1894c carbines at one time, not counting the original that I owned twice.
4 SKS rifles, not counting the original I owned twice, one a paratrooper model. I really miss that first one. It was my first centerfire rifle and I got good with it. As good as one can be with an SKS I reckon.
The smith 422 I had, my cousin have it to me. It'll been blown up by the guy he got it from. Smith refused to fix it for them both, as did the local gunsmith. I called smith, and they ended up repairing it, replacing lots of parts. They even paid shipping both ways. My cousin said I could send an empty shotgun shell to Remington and they'll send me a new shotgun. I sold it for nothing on a trade.
Skidmarx
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45 years ago I was a truck driver. We hauled produce from California into Toronto and Montreal. Gun I regret losing the most was the Python (along with a bag of dope) that I "donated" to the customs station in Rochester NY about 3:00 AM one morning
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