Biggest Regret

[chris in va]

I don't regret selling any of my guns. I *do* regret my initial choices however.

 

[welldoya]

There are several but a 70 series Colt Commander .45 and a Steyr GB 9mm come to mind.

 

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Sold my Winchester 94 in .44 Mag.

 

[grampster]

I traded my 12 ga Ithica Featherlite and an M-1 Carbine for a new Ithica XL900 20 ga semi auto with two bbl's. The 12 ga. was my first purchase when I was 18 and the M-1I got from the NRA. Shoulda kept 'em both and just bought the new shotgun.

 

[Rio Laxas]

I sold a 4" blued smith and wesson 57 no dash. That was easily the worst mistake I ever made in that regard.

 

[thunder173]

Oh man,...have let a lot of them go that I regret having done so,....makes me cry to think of some of them,.......

 

[Hardtarget]

For me, it's not one that i let go, It's what I didn't buy. I'm not talking about anything fancy. I'm referring to mil-surp rifles. I'm 59 and that means that in 1968 things changed...and the cheap mail order guns went away. My dad offered to order guns for me...but I'm left handed. All of the bolt mil-surp guns are right hand bolt. I was hard headed! Some of those guns were $20...see what I mean? So, that' my regrets...that I didn't realize how much I would like having those old guns when I got to this age.

Well, maybe not that bad but I still wish I'd bought a few back then!

Mark.

 

[bfg197]

I sold an FN49 in 8mm in 1992. I wish that never happened now.

 

[Gunther]

Traded a Colt Diamondback for a Ruger Blackhawk in 45 LC, Ruger discontinued them for a year and I was going to make a fortune, STUPID,STUPID,STUPID!!!

 

[searcher451]

I sold a P.38 40 years ago to fund a spring break trip. Still can't believe I did that ... all these years and all those P.38s later. Bottom line: Never ever sell a gun, under any circumstances or for any reason. Somewhere along the line, it will come back to bite you, if not haunt you.

 

[Elm Creek Smith]

Biggest regret? A Colt Detective Special with a three inch barrel that thought it was a target pistol. I could plink with it out to 100 yards.

ECS

 

[higene]

Higene

In Vietnam I had a Thompson sub machine gun (A1). I bought it for $400. I think it was made by the Singer sewing machine company. I never should have sold that gun.

:banghead:

 

[Cactus Jack Arizona]

Along these lines, I'd have to say that I also regret NOT making a purchase when I had the chance. That would have been a S&W 686 Plus. It had the all black Hogue grips, 6" barrel, stainless steel and held 7 rounds of .357 Magnum. Since then, I have twice been tempted to purchase a Ruger GP-100, but it just wasn't quite the same.

 

[adorable_harree]

A pristine 1986 FN Herstal Browning Hi-Power 9mm...my dad's piece which I traded off to get a Smith model 681. I'm into revolvers but that was one hell of an semi-automatic pistol. Fired 115gr Corbons like it was shooting standard velocity in terms of felt recoil. I miss it.

 

[peyton]

Bought a Winchester model 94 from a friend, sold it after one deer season. Months passed and my friend asked how I liked the rifle. After I told him about selling it, he told me it was a very early version (pre 64) and was dissapointed that I did not offer it back to him.

 

[yourotherleft]

Not yet. That's why when possible I will not separate with any of mine.

 

[aka108]

Have sold off about 50 so far. No regrets. Had good times with many of them but there comes that time. Some, mostly Rugers, I regret ever purchasing.

 

[ChCx2744]

Shung said:

a stainless 92FS

OUCH! Yea, I would never sell a stainless 92FS. Too great of a weapon.

 

[JustinL]

Actually, I am the exact opposite. I regret some purchases, but not any sales.

I've learned my lesson.

 

[xroirat]

never, never, ever sell

While I have always followed the above creed, I do regret having a couple of rifles stolen from me when my first house was broken into about a week after I moved in. One was a .22 Marlin rifle I had owned since High School, and the other was a pre-64 Winchester 94 30-30. This was back in the early 70s in northern California when I was in the Navy. It happened again a couple of years later (inspite of the deadbolts and the dogs), but my firearms were better hidden so I did not lose any of them. The police suspected a couple of scum-bag brothers that actually lived across the street from me, but they were not able to pin them with the robbery. Probably a good thing I didn't catch them myself as I was a bit upset at the time.