Guns of our pasts.

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Over the last thirty years, I have owned any number of
guns. Eventually, most of them went away, mostly for
economic reasons. I needed money to keep a roof over my
head and food on the table, and they were the only thing
of real value I owned. Sometimes, I traded them in
towards other guns I "needed" more.

The only gun I've never even thought about getting rid of was my Sig-Sauer P-220. I've carried it since 1985. It's like an old friend.

Most of them I let go without any real pangs. A few
still remain as guns I wish I had never had to get rid
of.

My first rifle, given to me my my father when I was 14
was a reproduction by Navy Arms, I think, of the J.P.
Murray Artillery Carbine.

Loved that gun, but I ended up trading it for one of the
guns I wish I had never had to part with; a Ruger #1 in
22-250. I cried the day I had to sell that to raise rent
money.

That Ruger is probably the gun I would pick if someone
told me I could have back any one gun I had sold.

So how about you? What's the one gun you've sold that
you wish you had back?
 
Among the ones that pop into my mind in no particular order are :

High Standard Victor
Colt .22/.22mag Peacemaker
Anschulz Model 64 Sporter
My Custom Colt Commander
AR-15 A2 Carbine

I could go on for a good long while - most all sold out of hardship with a long boring story. In the end however - it is stuff , and stuff is not the most important thing in my life.
 
(Original) Model 21 .44 Special, 5" barrel.

But heck, ownership is an illusion anyway. We're all just temporary custodians of this stuff.
 
Swedish m/96 rifle with notably excellent bore and little surface wear or corrosion.
 
ChromeLibrarian.

Back in my carefree youth, I used to switch on and off between wheelguns and autoloaders. If I could have one back, it would be either my blued, heavy barrel Ruger Security Six, or my blued, convertible Colt Combat Commander Super .38. Either one would be more than welcome back into my shooting rotation.
 
I've only sold one gun in my lifetime. 5-6 years ago, I sold my first Bersa Thunder .380 Needed rent money :D I have however, recently acquired a brand new one :) I really like them, and am planning on getting a 2nd one, for the wife.
 
I was an idiot and sold a Mauser 1891 Argentine to finance another purchase which ended up being a disappointment.

I also sold a Savage 93R17, not a bad rifle by any means, but I don't miss it that much.
 
Wish I had kept my 1942 byf Luger I sold on Gunbroker a few years back after a layoff. And the 6" stainless Ruger Security Six.
 
I tend to only buy guns I want, and I prefer to hold on to them for good.

That said, I've only gotten rid of two guns ever.
One of them was a Savage Mk. II .22LR bolt-action rifle, because it would not extract the spent casings. The firing pin had so much force it would deform the casings badly enough to get them stuck in the chamber. I also just plain didn't like the gun, it was ugly, and it seemed inaccurate.

The other was a Mosin-Nagant M91/30. It was GARBAGE. Nothing against Mosins, in fact I love them, they are one of my favorites, but this one was just bottom-of-the-barrel (and since we're talking Mosins, that's a BIG barrel). Terrible trigger. This one had the absolute worst trigger I ever felt. Nerf guns have better triggers. The bolt would stick after the first round, I could never shoot much with it. The bore was so shot out the rifling was almost gone, and it couldn't hit paper at 50 yards, let alone make a group. I only bought it because a friend was moving and offered it to me for twenty buckaroos. The money would've been better spent ordering a pizza. Glad I got rid of it.
 
2 nickel Colt Pythons, 8" barrels with consecutive serial numbers. Needed $ at the time (early 80's) and have wished MANY times I had them back.

I'd also like the 31 pieces back that were stolen out of my horse ranch (false wall ripped down) the last day of August 1978. NOT ONE has ever turned up.... and a majority of them were old hand-me-downs from my Grandpa. Still gets the blood pressure up when I think about it.
 
In 1998 I bought a Westley Richards 450-400 Nitro Express Double Rifle for an African Safari. It was built in 1906 and had been in India hunting tigers. The man who has it now keeps it in its case in the closet, has never shot it, and won't turn loose of it for a 100% profit. Big mistake on my part!
 
Same here, needed rent money, and on one occasion because the wife (now-ex thank god) thought we needed to put money towards more "important" things..

FN-FAL

Colt H-Bar

Hawes .44 Magnum Montana Marshal revolver

Ruger M77 in 300 Win. Mag. (a HS graduation gift from my step-father and I STILL fume at myself for caving on that one)

Winchester 30-30 (present from my father. Im still in denial I had to sell it. I tell myself that its somewhere in storage.)

Ruger P90 .45 (the only one I don't miss)

and there are a few others but its still too painful *sniff*
 
I spent a lot of hours hand-rubbing tung oil into the stripped birch stock of a cheap little .22 Ranger 103-13 bolt rifle I had rescued for $50 (I had "lost puppy syndrome" at the time). It was necessary, as the painted-on finish was scrubbed off by a nylon brush when I atttempted to clean it, and useful as an experiement in stock finishing. It was fun to see the progress with each of many coats, from butt-ugly to a thing of surprising beauty. I ended up trading it away with a lot of other cheap guns for a gun I wanted more, getting maybe $50 of value for it. It seems a shame; that cheap little rifle was a beauty when I was done, and it was snapped right off the rack at the shop I traded it to. I sort of wish I still had it.

I also sold a MAS-36 a number of years back for about what I paid for it. I miss that screwy-looking thing, as the sights were excellent, the stock was much better than most, and that forged reciever looked like it could withstand being run over by a T-62. But despite being in unissued condition, it had a couple of annoying scratches, in places that drew attention to them. I still have some strippers and ammo for it; I'll have to find another nice one someday.
 
Beretta 84, nickel with 2 mags...

purchased with my first clothing allowance from the Sheriff's Dept for 250.00 from a dealer going out of business..

never should have sold it.. but Divorced is so much nicer..
 
lost in house fire

marlin single shot bolt action .22 (first rifle)
sporterized 30-40 Krag (smoothest bolt action I've ever seen)
 
i'll cut corners somewhere else before i part with any of mine. i tell the wife "let me get it know and if we need to i can sell it later". still have not had to sell any, hope i never do...
 
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