Guns You've Sold

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Howdy folks,
Please tell me your good stories about selling guns. I know there's a million horror stores...there has to be some good stories...good deals you got as a result of selling a gun...something?
 
Not bad stories, but nothing special either. I sold a Glock 22 I had no need of, and I sold a Ruger Mk III.

I sold the Glock to an officer in my Army Reserve unit. He sold it later to a friend of his.

I used the value of the Ruger as trade-in for a Smith & Wesson Model 22A-1 .22 pistol.

I haven't had cause to regret either trade. I already have a Glock 22, and I prefer the S&W M22 over the Ruger.
 
Well, the first gun I sold was a nightmare, an AMT Govt. in .45 ACP. But I sold it to a dealer as a down payment on my all-time favorite gun my Colt Mark IV, which I customized. $459 all those years ago, ($209 w/trade) and worth (to me) more than anything in my collection.
 
I sold a Glock that I was bored with and bought a Colt Walker. Loud, messy, smelly fun ensued :evil:.
 
My stories are more about trading than selling. Suffice to say that I get a chuckle every time I work my way around to swapping for a gun that I've owned before. I have a GLOCK 17 that has been through my hands 3 times (I'm keeping it this time). I also enjoy giving someone something that they are looking for and then trading or selling that gun to someone else that loves it.

I had an old 1911 that was ugly as sin, but it had slick internals and was 100% reliable, that I had traded for something or another that I didn't care about. I traded it with a guy for a GLOCK 23 that he couldn't shoot worth a darn- he loved it! I didn't particularly love the 23, but I figured that it had a home next to the other 7 GLOCKs in the safe. Along comes another friend that has a 3rd Gen 22, but wants something more concealable... well I just happened to have a 23 and wanted a G22 with a light rail for a bedroom gun. As it sits, I traded a gun that I don't even remember for a gun that I really wanted, and I made 2 other folks happy too.
 
I've sold several guns that I just didn't love or love shooting for some reason or another. Still no regrets. If you don't like it sell it and buy something you do like.
 
I have a lot more horror stories than good ones. The best deal I ever got was probably the Remington 700 SS I picked up a few years ago. Local store had them on clearance for $300. I also bought a S&W 36 for $100 a few years back.
 
The worst was the Springfield loaded stainless that I wanted to pair up to my Kimber. It froze on the slide after 20 or so rounds. After two trips to the factory I sold it back to the shop for $350. I was less patient then and a whole lot younger. The best trade was a 93 mauser that I traded for a model 13 smith that did not work. One post on the gunsmithing forum and I now have my first k frame and I love it
 
Everyone I ever sold a gun to got a good deal.

Beretta 96 Brigadier, my first pistol. Sold for $500. I miss that one.

Kimber Ultra Carry II. Sold for $500. Super accurate little piece.

Winchester Model 94. Sold for $250. My first rifle.

Springfield EMP 9mm. Sold for $900. :(

Springfield Black Stainless. Sold for $850. Now that was a pretty pistol. I added a lot to that one myself: Ed Brown Hammer, thumb safety, etc. Cocobolo grips.

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Just did my first gun trade, and I'm still feeling guilty. I bought a Ruger P90 as my first .45 last year, and really liked it. But, I got the 1911 bug, and came across a slightly used Dan Wesson Pointman Seven. Couldn't really justify the cost, even at the used price, and the gun shop gave me a very fair trade-in for the Ruger, which made the Dan Wesson doable. So I did it. Love the Dan Wesson - it's in a different league than the Ruger, but still kinda wish I would have kept the P90, too.
 
I just sold the second gun I ever bought, a Beretta 92 Centurion. My dad and step brother thought I was nuts as they both loved this gun. The sale allowed me to buy the one gun I've wanted since before I was legally able to buy handguns, a bi-tone Browning BDM.:D

I am ever so happy with the Browning and I don't miss the Beretta at all. The BDM has such a perfect grip for my hand, it's so comfortable and more accurate than any of the others in my collection.
 
i sold a mini14 about 15 years ago for 500 bux at a gun show, walked straight to the colt tables and bought a 6700c match target rifle for 800.

my groups went from 6 inches to one inch that day and it only cost me 300out of pocket to do it.

i was pretty happy about it.

i havent been without an ar of some sort since then.
 
Bought a nice new Thompson WWII parkerized 1911A1. Shot low and way left, spit the brass into my right eye and jammed constantly. Took a big loss on selling it but was glad to see it go. Should have kept the Llama I had.

Sold a Hi-Point 9mm compact. Was so sad to see it go I replaced it within a year. Now I have a 9mm and a .45. Reliable guns and beautiful too. Well, reliable anyway. Maybe I should pimp them out and have them nickle plated with pearl handles. Naw, that would cost more than the guns themselves.
 
I've sold four guns in my lifetime, and I have regretted each sale at one time or another. I'm in no hurry to sell another one.
They range from the first firearm that I ever purchased new (an RG-14) to a relic-condition Paterson Colt that came out of Louse Creek on the edge of an old boom-town named Merlin, Oregon (which I "sold" to the Josephine County Historical Association for one dollar).
 
I haven't sold too many (just hate selling my guns!). The ones I have sold were to get money for another gun purchase.
All (except one) were sold on consignment at a FFL. That seems to bring in the most dollars.
The exception to gun shop consignment was a Taurus 607 I sold to a guy at work. I practically gave it to him, unfortunately...but a deal is a deal.
Even then, we did the sale at a local FFL (for the PICS check).
 
I sold a Charles Daly 1911 to a pawn shop for $100, best deal I ever made! I couldn't sell it to an individual in good faith. No worries on the pawn shop, last I saw it the gun was still on display 7 years later....

Lots of good trades and buys, some good FTF sales. One jerk FTF sale, was okay but wanted to re-negotiate price at the meeting and write down my license
plate without asking me. Real tough guy. I gave him his discount just to get him out of my sight.
 
I have bought and sold guns for 40 years and have only one regret. I bought and sold a Virginia Arms Dragoon in.44 Magnum. It is the only gun I ever owned that I never shot and I regret that to this day. The bright side is the trades involving the VA Dragoon netted me a pristine S&W K17 for only $50 out of pocket. It is the sweetest .22 revolver I have ever owned. Still, I wanted to shoot that Dragoon!
 
I've sold guns that semed to be a good idea at the time but I didn't like for whatever reason, or for sheer financial necessity. I've had to sell some of my prized handguns recently for the latter reason. :banghead: Fortunately I made a handsome profit on some of them, which lessens the pain considerably. ;)

The worst thing you can do is sell it for far less than its worth, either for immediate cash or to a gun dealer (who will only give you the "wholesale" price for it). At the same time, I don't wish to go to the trouble of running ads, taking phone calls and bringing strangers into my home where they might case it and come back to steal the rest of my guns later. Of late, I've had this local dealer consign them for me. They charge a reasonable 10% plus $25. My Colt Python (paid $500 in 1999, sold for $1300, netted $1145) sold in less than a week; some others took much longer, but still sold.
 
I used to sell my guns more than recently (recently being in the past 15 years).

For a while I had some nice guns, I needed the money and sold a bunch to a local guy. Lost my shirt in the process.

Anymore, my philosophy is: Don't sell a gun if I like it - no matter how tough things get. Somehow, the financial situation always works its way out without selling any guns.

It seems that, whenever I sold, I always lost in one way or another. I don't believe I ever got quite what I had into each gun I've sold.

I now have some pretty decent guns which I plan to keep until I die. After that, I don't really care what happens to them as I'll be happy where I will be going!:)
 
I bought a LNIB Browning BT-99 trap gun for $350 from a guy who needed cash. I shot it for several weeks of trap league, and sold it to another guy for $700. I was pleased with that.
 
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