"Gunnutitis"= bad trades!

[hkmp5g17]

Just thinking back on my old nickel Norinco 1911(Bought NIB for $289 ) that I traded in for a Tec-22 in a moment of (temporary?) stupidity.:banghead:

Luckily that was the only "bad" trade I've made. Anyone else ever trade on a whim and regretted it?

Anthony

 

[jsalcedo]

Norinco 1911(Bought NIB for $289 ) that I traded in for a Tec-22

Ouch!


One regret was the sale of my Russian Makarov to a friend who needed a home defense gun.

 

[Hoploholic]

Commercial or mil-surp? The Mak that is.

 

[jsalcedo]

Commercial with adjustable sights.

 

[f4t9r]

traded a new GP 100 for a cheap gun safe

 

[thereisnospoon]

Darn it man....

My Lord, you know how to ruin a man's mornig...

If I recanted all my bad trades due to "gunnutitis", Oleg would need more bandwidth and would kick me off...

 

[eastwood44mag]

Never traded and never sold any. Bought some, though, that I wish I hadn't.:banghead:

 

[bean357]

Yes I regret getting rid of a few, but that pretty much applies to any gun I have let go. I sold some back when I had Corvette fever really, really bad. Ones that come to mind are a Browning A-bolt .22 LR (a beauty), a sweet shooting laminated Winchester 70 lightweight .223, Beretta 303 DU 20 ga and a S&W 4" model 19....but my biggest regret is the royal blue 4" Python, unfired...Augh....:banghead: stoopid, stoopid, STOOPID. I don't even have the corvette anymore either.

 

[poppy]

This sure brings back bad memories.

I traded a ANIB S&W Sigma 9mm first generation w/ 2 17 rd mags straight up for an older compact S&W autoloader (don't remember the model) with one 12 round mag. I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn with the compact S&W and later sold it at a loss. I was too hasty to get rid of the Sigma, because at the time I lived in Cincinnati, OH which banned pistol mags above 15 rounds.

Another bad trade was a NIB Ruger KP95 for a Taurus 40 cal. with no box and one mag. I think I gave boot on that trade. Again, sold the Taurus later at a loss.

I usually do better just buying and selling. poppy

 

[Atticus]

I've won some and lost some. Ultimately, it really doesn't matter if you get what you want and/or need. Go to the range and see what it costs to rent a gun for an hour....then consider what a few years use of that $300 pistol really cost you...especially if you recouped $200 on the trade. Life's to short to worry about it.

 

[Stainless Chili]

You mean like the old Redhawk 7.5 BBL from your neighbor's Uncle's collection, inherited, bought with no paper, and sold for $250, because you figured, after the fun of shooting it a couple of times, that you had more guns than one person really needs in a collection, and you were not planning any pig hunting anytime soon, nor were you going back-country looking for Sasquach ??? [crying...]

Nope, never had any such experience.

 

[Harry Paget Flashman]

I sold a 1939 DWM Luger to a friend for $200 in 1977. Have regretted it ever since.

 

[Turkey Creek]

When video tape recorders first came out, I decided I just had to have one- at the time they were over $1000 believe it or not- sold a Colt Gold Cup, Super Blackhawk 44 mag, and Colt Python 357 to finance my insanity- at least I didn't get a Beta format- :banghead:

 

[scott5]

Hello all,
A friend of mine was getting married to a woman with kids, so to keep his gun and stuff from their hands he sold me his S & W 586 w/4" barrel plus the shoulder horlster plus the speed loaders plus the speed loader holders that go with it for about $200 or so, back in the 1980s.

The next week I went and sold gun and shoulder holster to a pawn shop :banghead: :banghead:

When I told my dad the next week he asked "Why didn't your tell me first?"

 

[carebear]

First gun I ever bought, Series '70 Colt. Almost perfect condition, beautiful blue.

Sold it for $450 to a gunsmith because I "wasn't comfortable with cocked and locked" (18 years old).

Took the money...

Bought a Glock 21. :banghead:

Took me five years to cease my wandering and come back to the true faith.

Ah, the follies of youth.