The One(s) You DON'T Regret Trading or Selling

Only 4 guns I had that were horrible junk.
3 were Heritage. Got better groups with buckshot. That ridiculous hammer block safety, what a joke.
Lastly, a .38 derringer. Had a 24# trigger pull. Not conducive to precision work.
Sold all at a profit. Bought a couple Ruger Single Sixes. Been happy happy happy since.

Martin248 said:

Ruger Mark IV Target with a long bull barrel. It was just so heavy it was no fun to shoot, and a 22lr that isn't fun just has no business. No business at all.

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I have a Mark IV Target, and while it looks nice, I am less enthused with it than I thought I’d be

Prolly repeat but heres a few: HSc .380 (very nice looking jamomatics) , Heritage, Rough rider or H Schmidt revolvers ( Rohm revolvers have better longevity), Savage "super' Sporters ( not super). Older Husqvarna rifles for which parts are made of unobtanium, Remington 597 (never again), Any titan, raven or most FIE, Excam products.

bersaguy said:

Llama IX-A 45acp
Ruger LCP
Metro Arms Commander
Yeah, I think that's it. The metro arms wasn't even sold off, it was stolen. I was pretty peeved at the time, but in actuality, they probably did me a favor. That thing never ran right. Actuality, none of the above ever ran right. My bar for liking a firearm is pretty low...if it will reliably go bang, and hit somewhere in the general vicinity of where I'm pointing it, I generally want to keep it

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Ruger LCP for sure. In fact, that is the one main gun I don't regret selling. Mine was unreliable as hell, and it felt like a junk gun. I know others have gotten reliable ones, but mine sure was not. It got worse as it broke in and after 300 rounds, I said no not spending any more money on ammo for it.

Barr said:

Some of the best and most interesting guns were used. You may buy 4 great ones, 5 good ones, and a rare lemon. I have found only three lemons in many years of buying.

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So far I've been lucky with used guns, getting great finds for great prices. However, I know it's a matter of time. I am very careful and picky about buying used guns though. I've had worse luck with new guns, with a few lemons.

Sig P226 in 40 cal. That pistol must’ve been made on a Monday. Traded into a Glock 17 with full disclosure prior to trade.

Great move.

SW 617. Fine gun and I couldn't hit nothing with it. Traded it on a Kimber.

Mini-14. Couldn’t reliably hit a pie plate at 100 yards.
High Standard Double Nine. Couldn’t reliably hit a pie plate at 25 yards.
High Standard Sentinel. See above.
AMT Hardballer. Wouldn’t even feed hardball.
Remington 742. Wouldn’t extract unless you liberally smeared the cases with grease before each round (pitted chamber)

Keltec sub 2k. It was 40, and used glock mags. It also jammed occasionally, especially on the last shot.

Keltec pf9. It jammed occasionally with all types ammo. Hmm, a fluff and buff from the kt owners forum helped, but it persisted.

Heritage rough rider. More like rough action, sloppy fit, and easily worn parts.

Remington 552, it fired out of battery occasionally. Sold it back to the pawn shop from whence it came. Remington at the time wouldn't do anything for me. They recommended a service center I could pay to repair it.

Stirling .22 autoloader

Man, what a nice Bible of what not to buy in this thread, luckily I only have a couple mentioned in here and they were personal dislikes...

.22 caliber chrome finish Astra Constable. Had defective rifling; the best thing I can say about the accuracy is the bullets didn't tumble.

I can correct most anything in a firearm, but an inherent defect. I could not correct the 90 degree turn in the firing pin of the Drulov free pistol, I sold it to a fellow competitor at the match, after it broke on the line in a 12 state Region championship on the first sighter, changed to my 10” TC, that I had just shot, and won top Unlimited with the TC. Adios Drulov.

Taurus Spectrum - Accurate, but completely unreliable.
Taurus 669 .357 revolver - The cylinder would lock up after firing several rounds.
Ruger P89DC - After it was recovered a couple years after being stolen in a burglary, I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with it. Originally, it was an OK shooter.
Ruger SR22 - Jam-O-Matic.
Remington R51 (2nd edition) - LOL.
Walther P22 - Jam-O-Matic.

Taurus TCP. Worst piece of junk gun I ever purchased. It was new. Jammed, dropped mag, or both every single mag thru 100 rds. Will never buy another Taurus.

Average Joe

Stirling .22 autoloader

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Ah the old Sterling Model 302! As much as I wanted to get this gun to work, I couldn't figure out what it's problems were so that it would be even halfway functionable. It's a pity too because this was a fairly well built design with quality, all steel construction. Yet try as I might with different ammo and magazines, it continued to struggle getting through just one magazine without some sort of FTF or FTE. Tried a few other small .22 autos but they all seemed to have the same problem. It wasn't until I moved up to a medium size frame .22 (Beretta Model 70S), did I find the reliability I was looking for in the smaller guns.

Dont regret selling my 3rd gen G17. 9mm does nothing for me, except fired out of a Browning HiPower. Sold the G17 and bought a G20 10mm.

I bought a used Beretta 92. Took it home, set up a half sheet of plywood (4'x4') and put a paper target on it. Step back about 10 yards and proceeded to miss with the entire magazine. Miss as in miss the plywood, not just the target!

Went back inside pissed. Decided to try again the next day. Still couldn't hit anything. Decided to take it to the gun store to trade in. Surprisingly, got my money back in the trade, so I couldn't complain.

Only sold two, and didn't regret either. AMT Govt. (worst of the AMT 1911s-ask anybody) And a Taurus PT-111 Millennium. Underwhelming accuracy with an over-touchy mag release. Both sold at a loss, good riddance.

The guns I don't miss, lol.
Well, it'd be a much shorter list for the ones I do miss but I'll limit my response to a minimum. Please don't be offended if I say I don't miss something that's your favorite thing ever, you'll have lots of time to grow to hate it too .

#1- mosin nagant (rifle), no explanation nessescary.
#2- ruger 10/22, nothings in the right place
#3-kahr pm45, most frail and finicky thing I've ever handled, it died quick
#4- sig 1911 gsr, 50/50 love/hate. Great shooting gun but something was goofy with the metalurgy and despite it being stainless would pop rust freckles endlessly regardless of storage, that thing was born to rust.
#5- sw 686, it was built wrong and the factory was either in denial or thought I didn't know the difference , after trying to send it in and having it returned as ok I dumped it to a guy who had shot it and was fine with its defects- he got it cheap.
#6 ruger super redhawk (44 magnum, 9.5" barrel), nice gun but I had zero use for it when I got a 10" freedom arms 83 in 454 casull- better in every way - loved that ruger but it was replaced by a better revolver, can't say I really miss it.

That's my top 6, I could go on but there's no need

Kahr P380
FTE, FTF, Failure to lock back after the last round. Kahr replaced it and the problems continued. I should have sold it sooner than I did. Could not get more than one mag through w/o out some sort of failure. Wasted a lot on money on ammo trying to break it in. A real disappointment because it had a great trigger, was accurate, good sights and perfect size for pocket carry. I was really committed to it for these reasons but it never worked right so I finally decided to punt. A real bummer.

Glock 43 (sold for Sig 365). I’m not a “glock guy”, didn’t care for grip or trigger. Sig was a natural fit and shooter for me.

Ruger p89 (sold for Sig P320 with xgrip). The P89 was interesting and a good shooter, just didn’t do it for me.

broke even on both. Happy with the sales.

An early Para Ordnance 1911. Jamomatic... stove pipes galore. Very finicky about ammo and mags. I couldn't get rid of it fast enough.

My dad had a little fun with it though. It worked most of the time with 230 gr ball ammo. He hadn't fired a 1911 since he was in the Army Air Corps during WWII. Put a smile on his face, so I guess it was worth the trouble for a while.