Ever regret an expensive firearm purchase?
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I spent a lot (for me)for my AR-10 this past year. The rifle and the upgrades and all of the aftermarket parts came out to quite a bit of money. But everything that I purchased for it was on sale or discounted, including the rifle. I just waited for what I wanted to go on sale somewhere, like the dpms mangonel sights I got where about 50% off. I was able to get a lot for a lot less money, so I feel pretty good about it, even if it did sting the wallet for a bit.
Had it happen twice in the last 10 years. Bought a SIG and a High end 1911 and sent them back 3 times for problems before selling the Sig for a loss and paying a Smith to work on the 1911 that the manufacturer could never get right. I have other regrets but that is a whole another story.
I do agree that most of the time you get what you pay for.
I do agree that most of the time you get what you pay for.
williamthedog
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yes but only temporarily.
i was kinda broke for awhile afterwards.
but in the long run?
nope!
i was kinda broke for awhile afterwards.
but in the long run?
nope!
I have regretted the purchase of an expensive firearm but only because of events I couldn't control that left me broke for a couple weeks. After you save your money and wait all that time it is so hard to look at something you could convert back into the cash you so desperatly need.
Lone_Gunman
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Yes, I have. High end 1911s like Wilson's or Baer's shoot only marginally better than a plain old Colt 1911. The law of diminishing returns definitely applies.
I have also been pleasantly surprised by some guns on the cheap end of the spectrum.
I have also been pleasantly surprised by some guns on the cheap end of the spectrum.
Nugilum
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Expensive is relative to budget...
Back when I was in college at BYU, I decided the next "toy" I needed to purchase was a Ruger GP100.
I decided to splurge and get the full tang 6" barrel.
Literally, right after I picked my pen up from the receipt, someone walked in the gun store and said "Who owns the white Ranger outside?"... These things only happen on poorly written comedy shows, right? 
So on a now blown college budget (with a nice large deductible
), someone does a hit and run on my truck. The best part was said individual decided it was time to go back home to Mexico. 
Back when I was in college at BYU, I decided the next "toy" I needed to purchase was a Ruger GP100.
I decided to splurge and get the full tang 6" barrel. Literally, right after I picked my pen up from the receipt, someone walked in the gun store and said "Who owns the white Ranger outside?"...
These things only happen on poorly written comedy shows, right? So on a now blown college budget (with a nice large deductible
), someone does a hit and run on my truck. The best part was said individual decided it was time to go back home to Mexico. JImbothefiveth
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For a while, I debated whether purchasing my 10/22 was a good idea, when I could have gotten the Marlin 795. Now I'm glad that's what I chose, because I do a lot of dry-fire practice.
longdayjake
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For me any firearm that I buy that I come to regret is by definition too "expensive." Whether it costs $250 or $1700. In fact the cheapest gun I own is the only one that I consider to have paid too much for even though I got a good deal on it. A walther p22 that was sent back three times and still never came back fixed. Now the warranty is up and I am stuck with an auto that only works in double action.
Cover Dog
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Kimber warranty, what warranty!!!
Don't regret buying a Kimber Valier Gr.II 20ga shotgun and having Briley install tubes in it. What I regreet is the man I taked to at Kimber telling me to do certain things to the gun and then denying them when I said it was not fixing the problem and it need to go back for warranty work.
Richard S Grozik in their Montana Sales and Marketing office WOULD NOT MAN UP to company officiales and admit he gave some wrong infomation about a gun with a bad finish. Per his instructions I was told to remove all the old hand rubbed oil finish with 4 or 5 xxxx steel wool, and then apply a special mixture of oils i was instructed to buy at an arts and crafts store. And if I didn't like the finish I could send it back since it was still under warranty. After several nights of applying the oil I deceided that this was more then I wanted to handle and not my job to do since it was under warranty. I removed all the new finish i had applied packed it up and sent it back. Told it was a 2 to 3 week turnaround.
After 16 weeks i finally was able to contact Richard Grozik and his answers were amazing. Kimber would not cover a new hand rubbed oil job since the old oil had been removed. This is what I was told to do by him. For $450 they would re-apply a finish .Then he tried another approach in saying my gun was out of warranty. gun had an 04 production date my Master Kimber dealer purchased the gun direct from Kimber after I saw it at the 2005 SHOT SHOW and it arrived in march or april of 2005.
I told him it didn't matter when the gun was built my warranty starts when I receive the gun new from my dealer. I also added that the 17 weeks Kimber had the gun for repairs of a ejector spring a year earlier shoud not be time considered as under warranty since the gun was not in my possission and indeed was at the factory. And his final attempt to discredit me, I was told that since I had a recoil pad professionally installed this voided the warranty. The installing dealer a stocking Kimber dealer Fieldsport in Traverse City, Mi. was appalled at his actions of blamming an installed recoil pad for the guns bad oil finish. Needless to say They no longer carry Kimber guns.
So I have over 5K in it and would let it go for half of that. So that I could be done with KIMBERS.
Don't regret buying a Kimber Valier Gr.II 20ga shotgun and having Briley install tubes in it. What I regreet is the man I taked to at Kimber telling me to do certain things to the gun and then denying them when I said it was not fixing the problem and it need to go back for warranty work.
Richard S Grozik in their Montana Sales and Marketing office WOULD NOT MAN UP to company officiales and admit he gave some wrong infomation about a gun with a bad finish. Per his instructions I was told to remove all the old hand rubbed oil finish with 4 or 5 xxxx steel wool, and then apply a special mixture of oils i was instructed to buy at an arts and crafts store. And if I didn't like the finish I could send it back since it was still under warranty. After several nights of applying the oil I deceided that this was more then I wanted to handle and not my job to do since it was under warranty. I removed all the new finish i had applied packed it up and sent it back. Told it was a 2 to 3 week turnaround.
After 16 weeks i finally was able to contact Richard Grozik and his answers were amazing. Kimber would not cover a new hand rubbed oil job since the old oil had been removed. This is what I was told to do by him. For $450 they would re-apply a finish .Then he tried another approach in saying my gun was out of warranty. gun had an 04 production date my Master Kimber dealer purchased the gun direct from Kimber after I saw it at the 2005 SHOT SHOW and it arrived in march or april of 2005.
I told him it didn't matter when the gun was built my warranty starts when I receive the gun new from my dealer. I also added that the 17 weeks Kimber had the gun for repairs of a ejector spring a year earlier shoud not be time considered as under warranty since the gun was not in my possission and indeed was at the factory. And his final attempt to discredit me, I was told that since I had a recoil pad professionally installed this voided the warranty. The installing dealer a stocking Kimber dealer Fieldsport in Traverse City, Mi. was appalled at his actions of blamming an installed recoil pad for the guns bad oil finish. Needless to say They no longer carry Kimber guns.
So I have over 5K in it and would let it go for half of that. So that I could be done with KIMBERS.
Deus Machina
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I'm annoyed I just paid $44 (including shipping) for a new magazine.
Pictures showed three, from different angles. It took several readings to find the spot that said 'A magazine'.
Found a similar Ram-line mag for $5+S&H.
Pictures showed three, from different angles. It took several readings to find the spot that said 'A magazine'.
Found a similar Ram-line mag for $5+S&H.
DAVIDSDIVAD
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Yeah, I overpaid for your run of the mill Kimber Custom II with night sights.
But, I was just 21, it was my first handgun, I was too excited to think of money.
But, I was just 21, it was my first handgun, I was too excited to think of money.
Justin
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No, I can't say that I have. I find that regularly shooting/competing with average firearms allowed me to become acutely aware of their drawbacks, and as a result, I knew what to look for when deciding to drop four figures worth on a new firearm.
PILMAN
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I overpaid on my H&K USP .45, bought it at Jays, paid $850.00 and it didn't even have nightsights and the sales rep told me it came with 1 mag, I called him back and said that H&K website said it comes with 2 and he's like "oh yeah, 2 I mean", still mad how much I overpaid on that thing.
Arthur_500
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Is there an inexpensive gun purchase?
I have regretted two Rugers and yet I have purchased two others. I complain about their terrible quality control but I like their designs.
I suppose it's like bad sex - you can't seem to remember it and still go back for more.
I have regretted two Rugers and yet I have purchased two others. I complain about their terrible quality control but I like their designs.
I suppose it's like bad sex - you can't seem to remember it and still go back for more.
My buddy bought a Styer Scout (.308 bolt gun with detachable magazines) and a 4 power Leupold scope.
Right after he bought it the price of .308 ammo went sky high. Needless to say, it may have had 50 rounds fired through it and probably cost him close to 3 grand.
He does do a lot of practice/training with his AR and handgun.
Right after he bought it the price of .308 ammo went sky high. Needless to say, it may have had 50 rounds fired through it and probably cost him close to 3 grand.
He does do a lot of practice/training with his AR and handgun.
N003k
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Closest thing to regret I've felt is spending 1000$ on a SVT-40 I could get for less....that's still on layaway. But while it may have cost me more, I'm more comfortable getting it through a local shop and getting to handle it before buying it rather then off an auction site where I have to rely on pictures, and I'm still too excited about getting it to think about having overpaid, and once I shoot it, I highly doubt I'll regret it either.
exospex
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The only regret I have is NOT buying a Browning Buckmark carbine. I had cash in hand, and was standing at the counter in Galyan's, but decided against it. Now they have doubled in price (not worth it now IMHO)and are very hard to find in the configuration I want.
gloucestergarand
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Worst purchase: $200 for a Walther P22 at the Kitzigen Rod and Gun.
Best purchase: 100 liters of gas coupons, years ago, for a Walther PP, my carry gun.
Runner Ups: My Garand Girls from the CMP!
Best purchase: 100 liters of gas coupons, years ago, for a Walther PP, my carry gun.
Runner Ups: My Garand Girls from the CMP!
del4
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It seems to me that the more I pay for a gun the less satisfied I am with it. My first center fire rifle was a $90 enfield. Tons of fun, it started my love for firearms.
I worked my way up to an M1A which was $2000 with mags, ammo and accessories. It didn't work, bad extractor, simple fix, I like it okay.
CMP Garand @$420 to my door, favorite gun.
$700 AR good gun, boring.
$900 Kimber Stainless target II shoots great, unreliable, no probs. lately.
$300 Win. M70 from Wally-World, very accurate, love to shoot it.
$250 AK, a blast
That has been my experience with guns. Mil Surps. are a lot of bang for the buck. Shooting trap with cheap shotguns in a field is more fun than an expensive shotgun shooting sporting clays on a course. That's just me, I know that money can't buy happiness. I would be just as happy without guns.
There is a diminishing return on guns. You don't twice the gun for twice the money.
I worked my way up to an M1A which was $2000 with mags, ammo and accessories. It didn't work, bad extractor, simple fix, I like it okay.
CMP Garand @$420 to my door, favorite gun.
$700 AR good gun, boring.
$900 Kimber Stainless target II shoots great, unreliable, no probs. lately.
$300 Win. M70 from Wally-World, very accurate, love to shoot it.
$250 AK, a blast
That has been my experience with guns. Mil Surps. are a lot of bang for the buck. Shooting trap with cheap shotguns in a field is more fun than an expensive shotgun shooting sporting clays on a course. That's just me, I know that money can't buy happiness. I would be just as happy without guns.
There is a diminishing return on guns. You don't twice the gun for twice the money.
Jeff F
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Never regretted it but the wife was on a rant for over a week and that was not fun.
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