Anyone else keep their guns?

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Unfortunately as an often cash strapped college and graduate student I had to sell several excellent guns. Nowadays what I have, I want.

 

[captain awesome]

I mostly intend to keep my guns for life, cant understand how other people can let them go so easily.

I have only ever got rid of one. It was an inaccurate gun that I never loved but bought for a job I no longer had; Springfield xd40, traded it for a Ruger gp100 which is accurate and I love it so it worked out well. Trading plastic for metal always seems like a good choice IMO.

I might "sell" my 10/22 to my 11 yr old brother, its a great little gun accurate as can be but the keyword being "little". I don't know what possessed me to buy the short version, I am 6'1".

I had a 44 desert eagle that I traded for a 50ae desert eagle with my cousin. He went broke so I provided a sort of pawn service for him and bought it back. He is a deadbeat and will probably never come up with the money to buy it back, so at $350 it was quite a good deal. If he ever does I will sell it back to him. But for now I own two DE'S.

There are 3 others that may end up leaving someday, mostly because of accuracy issues. I have a hard time loving a gun that doesn't shoot straight.

 

[nwilliams]

I'll admit I'm an impulse buyer and I buy and sell off a lot. At one time I would buy and then trade but I came to my senses and started using GB. I often get back what I paid and sometimes make a little more than what I paid, sometimes I'll loose some but usually no more than $50 when I sell something on GB and between the profit that I make off some guns and the loss's I take on others I pretty much break even in the end. I do have some guns that I would never consider selling and those are the inherited ones.

My big problem is that up until about two years ago I was using my credit cards far too often to buy guns and I reached a point where I had to sell off guns to pay off the credit cards. In 2010 I used my credit card only one time to buy a gun and that was the one gun I bought over the internet, the price was too good and I couldn't resist. All the other guns I bought locally and where bought with real money, I'm pretty proud of that!

 

[mongo4567]

I sold mine when I went back to school. And I've sold some that I didn't bond with, or didn't enjoy shooting, or were too nice to shoot, or didn't shoot well enough, or didn't fit me well, or were replaced by better options for a specific role...

 

[Dr.Rob]

Nope, never sold a gun.

 

[FROGO207]

I agree with Dr.Rob. I don't sell my guns!!! I don't even sell the ones I bought as investments at a reeallly good price. After I buy the dies, brass, then ammo cans to store all the reloaded ammo in......ETC. I CAN'T sell them.

 

[DasFriek]

I have a policy: "To get rid of a gun i must replace it with another".
But i didn't always be like that until i found out just how many guns i really "NEED" and how many i "want".
ATM i need one shotgun for HD and three handguns for ccw so i can tailor my gun to my clothing and environment needs that day.
If i can justify another gun it would be ok to buy another gun, But only if i have a real need for it.
I do know ive been threw quite a few handguns to find the three that fit me the best.

 

[RockyMtnTactical]

I keep many more than I sell but I am not shy about selling a gun if it no longer serves a purpose for me or if it is unreliable, or even if I just don't like it anymore. I usually use the funds to buy something else though...

 

[makarovnik]

I don't sell guns I buy them. The only time I would sell a gun is if I couldn't get it to operate correctly or I was hard up for cash.

 

[JTH]

After a divorce in the late 80's, I had to liquidate what I had to survive. Started rebuilding a small specific arsenal. Started with a new SKS in '93, then a Norinco 9mm Tok in '95, was given a MAK90 and a Remy 870 Police issue, on an impulse purchased a 1st Generation 9mm Hi Point Carbine NIB $125. Had a vintage Winchester Model 72 22 rifle. Have decent ammo stash. Still have a couple of things on my list another pistol and maybe a Draco AK. Shouldn't have sold my Norinco Papatrooper that accepted Duckbill mags!
JT

 

[rogertc1]

I have kept all the guns I have bought (over 200) since i was 18. I am a gun collector.

 

[mljdeckard]

When I was younger, I would go through pattern of where I would buy guns I couldn't afford, and wind up selling them for a huge loss when I was desperate for cash. I have learned to keep life much simpler since then.

 

[mcdonl]

I treat them like the are objects made out of metal, plastic and wood. Some guns I will have forever, because they are interesting and work well.

Some guns I purchase, try them out and dont like them... and I ditch them to get another.

I suppose if I were rich like Chevyman I would keep them all, but to me... my cabinet it filled with toy equity... and if I want to add something that exceeds my allowances of found money I need to cash in some equity... when I am in the position of only having guns I want to keep.... I save, but I will not keep a gun just to keep it... it is, after all... just a gun.

 

[Ole Coot]

I sold and traded years ago when I had an FFL. Now I may buy but only (sell) donate to my son or grandsons. Old story about two neighbors, one 22 owned by one bought for $50 by the other for squirrels. Sold back to the first for $75 for rabbits. Sold back to the first for $100 for squirrels again. When he asked to buy the gun back for rabbits he was told he sold it to another neighbor. The man was furious. "Why did you sell a gun to a stranger when we were both making money on it?" That happens.

 

[gabepossenti]

I have sold three guns. Two I traded in at a gun shop to get a new carry pistol. That was stupid, because the gun shop obviously didn't give me nearly what I could have gotten if I'd done a private sale. But I was pretty new to guns at the time, and didn't realize how simple it is to arrange private sales. My being new to guns was also why I happened to have two guns that I turned out not to really need. There's a learning curve.

Eventually, I sold that carry pistol that I had sold those other two guns to buy. This time, I arranged a private sale. Got a reasonable price for the gun. Used the money to buy a nice revolver. I sold the carry pistol because although it was an outstanding firearm (XD40 subcompact), it was just so chunky that I didn't like carrying it. I don't know how anyone could know such a thing without actually carrying the gun for a few months. Once I learned I didn't like carrying that pistol, I didn't see any need to keep it. I bought it to carry it, not to store it in my safe.

 

[danprkr]

I buy sell and trade to move from one to the other and be able to afford the hobby. If I didn't I'd still just have the 5 guns I bought outright before I became disabled. So, if I held everything I'd be stagnate. I HATE stagnate. Besides, I've come to like the deal making in and of itself.

 

[GuyOnTheCouchNY]

I have almost sold all three of my guns at one point or another in the last year, I have been hurting so bad for money, I didn't care how hard of a hit I took when I sold them. It is a good thing the guy at my local gun shop who I have been going to for the last 2 years talks me out of it every time.

 

[xtratoy]

I usually buy when the urge is to big to resist any longer. I have never bought a gun for collector purposes. If I haven't shot it for a long time or just need to sell to finance a different gun, its adios. The only bad thing is looking what you sold it for 5 - 10 years ago and seeing what the same thing is selling for now. But that is how hindsight works. Gold used to be cheap too a lot of years ago.

 

[postalnut25]

I have almost sold all three of my guns at one point or another in the last year, I have been hurting so bad for money, I didn't care how hard of a hit I took when I sold them. It is a good thing the guy at my local gun shop who I have been going to for the last 2 years talks me out of it every time.

Sounds like good people down at that gun store. Otherwise they would have taken advantage of your bad situation. Kudos to that shop.

 

[Crawlin]

I donated one of my guns to the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville. Go to the Revolutionary War section to see it.

Now thats pretty cool.

I sold/traded 4 guns. One to buy a different hand gun. Two rifles to buy my AR, and then another handgun I gave to my sister because she needed a small always carry gun.

I don't see myself selling off any of the ones I have left though.

 

[pecosriver]

selling

I have bought and sold many guns over the past 40 years. I do a lot of reading which peaks my interest. I have little interest in modern guns,and have sold all of my semis due to arthritis in my hands.(too hard to rack 'em). Since I have limited funds and space,I can't keep them all. At one time ,I collected black powder first generation Colt SAA's.Sold all but two (engraved) to collect S&W's.Sold those and collected Colt cap and ball .No reproductions.(even had one Walker)Sold those over the years.At one time I had a large collection of Brevettes and forgeries. Even collected British Bulldogs for a while. Currently buying large frame Merwin-Hulberts. Would some now be worth a lot more than when I sold them. Sure,but I never lost my original investment and I've had several hundred OLD handguns to fondle and research. Works for me!

 

[skwab]

I've only sold two - a Taurus 24/7c that was by far the least accurate gun I've ever shot - I don't blame the 24/7 platform, I just think I had a bad model. But after burning through hundreds of rounds to try to get it to work I got tired of it, and didn't feel it was worth sending it in. The other was a CZ P07 - I liked it fine but it was my third CZ, I ordered it on a whim, and in the end I wanted a 4th gen G19 and traded it in towards that. But for the most part I buy to keep.

 

[gearchecker]

I've taken 3 guns 2 shotguns and a pistol into my collection that were part of a barter agreement. I did a bunch of remodeling for a lady and I got these in exchange for my service. If it wasn't for who I was working for (a widow) I would have never taken those guns in trade, but I was certainly helping her save some money in the process. As quickly as I can sell them off I'll be getting one rifle that I've wanted for years. Then it'll all be even. But for now I have 3 rifles 2 shotguns and a pistol I really have no use for.
I've sold, traded and bartered off more guns in the past 2 yaers than I have fingers and toes. No big deal. In the end, I'll have what I like, and others will have what they like too.
Sometimes guns are little more than tools for trading.

 

[fatelk]

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Originally Posted by 4v50 Gary View Post

I donated one of my guns to the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville. Go to the Revolutionary War section to see it.

Now thats pretty cool.

I agree, that really is cool. I wish I had a gun cool enough to give to a museum.

Looking back, I have sold a few in the past. I sold some when I was younger because I could use the money (some of those I regret selling). I sold others because I didn't like them (no regrets).

I'm at a point in life where I know what I like and I only buy what I like, and I have enough that I rarely buy anything anymore. That said, guns really are just things. If it came to a point where we really needed the money, I could part with most of them and not feel too bad about it. Compared to my family, they are just meaningless objects of metal, wood, and plastic.

When my kids are old enough and mature enough, I'll start passing a few of them down to them.

 

[wvshooter]

I don't like letting any gun get away from me. I've bought sixteen and sold only one because I didn't like it's performance. But I'm that way about everything. I get upset when a pair of shoes wear out. Why can't things last forever?