We always hear about the good deals. Whos man or woman enough to admit to the mistakes or to buying something at a very premium price for whatever reason?
I luckily have not too many bad ones but here goes.
traded a early 1950's 16ga Ithaca 37 16ga in 97-98% for a Plainfield m1 carbine! I only had $60 in the Ithaca though and the Plainfield has been flawless which seems to be rare for an non military M1 carbine. I had no use for the 16 ga at the time.
Traded a Colt New Service 45LC with minor rust but with real stag grips and period custom work for a S&W mod 14 6" from the late 1960's with Pachmayrs and it wasn't more than 95%!
In my earlier gun years I couldn't afford to shot much 45LC as 38spl and I had been wanting a K38 of some sort.
My dad paid $175 each for a pair of somewhat beat refinished model 10's. We had a hard time finding them at the time and wanted one and luckily later we made up for it by finding a guy selling security company trade in ones in better shape from $90-150.
I paid in 2002 $369 for a S&W mod 17 22lr 6". Seemed high at the time but it seemed NIB and it did have a tattered box to go with it. I'm very cheap sometimes when it comes to guns so even paying a normal price to get a special piece gets to me sometimes! I religiously search for gun bargains.
I let my dad trade a POS Sigma 380acp of mine and some cash(can't remember how much, maybe $100) for a used Llama 45 1911 clone of all things. Jammed somewhat, would not shoot to point of aim, and did not work well with standard 1911 magazines.
Ended up trading I think even for a late model Ruger standard MK1 22lr 6". Decent gun but I don't like how it does not lock the bolt on the last shot and MK 1 mags can be a pain to find and they come in two variations
Was going to sell it to a friend but he passed away. I may end up consigning this gun at a place I know that is known to get high prices( they sold my used EAA European model380acp for $200!) and at least gain back some of my wasted $.
I luckily have not too many bad ones but here goes.
traded a early 1950's 16ga Ithaca 37 16ga in 97-98% for a Plainfield m1 carbine! I only had $60 in the Ithaca though and the Plainfield has been flawless which seems to be rare for an non military M1 carbine. I had no use for the 16 ga at the time.
Traded a Colt New Service 45LC with minor rust but with real stag grips and period custom work for a S&W mod 14 6" from the late 1960's with Pachmayrs and it wasn't more than 95%!
In my earlier gun years I couldn't afford to shot much 45LC as 38spl and I had been wanting a K38 of some sort.
My dad paid $175 each for a pair of somewhat beat refinished model 10's. We had a hard time finding them at the time and wanted one and luckily later we made up for it by finding a guy selling security company trade in ones in better shape from $90-150.
I paid in 2002 $369 for a S&W mod 17 22lr 6". Seemed high at the time but it seemed NIB and it did have a tattered box to go with it. I'm very cheap sometimes when it comes to guns so even paying a normal price to get a special piece gets to me sometimes! I religiously search for gun bargains.
I let my dad trade a POS Sigma 380acp of mine and some cash(can't remember how much, maybe $100) for a used Llama 45 1911 clone of all things. Jammed somewhat, would not shoot to point of aim, and did not work well with standard 1911 magazines.
Ended up trading I think even for a late model Ruger standard MK1 22lr 6". Decent gun but I don't like how it does not lock the bolt on the last shot and MK 1 mags can be a pain to find and they come in two variations
Was going to sell it to a friend but he passed away. I may end up consigning this gun at a place I know that is known to get high prices( they sold my used EAA European model380acp for $200!) and at least gain back some of my wasted $.
