I have a Gun I really don't want any more & I bet you have one also

[WestKentucky]

One of my ARs. The carbine to be exact. I have had 4 carbine and have never taken to any of them. The stag was probably the nicest but when I was at my peak of displeasure with it, the market was at its peak of ban panic prices so it worked out. My first was my first colt, an Hbar match, then the stag then a dpms then finally my 80%. I think I'm going to put it I to rifle configuration and let it hang around.

 

[Scooter22]

I'm sure I do but I forgot which ones. They're hiding in the back of a safe.

 

[Swifty Morgan]

When things really HTF, we'll all have a few guns to pass out to the less fortunate.

 

[Robert]

Nope, I shoot everything I own. No point in owning something I don't have a use for.

 

[GBExpat]

Relative to this question, my fundamental problem is that any of my many firearms that I happen to be holding is, at that moment, one of my favorite firearms.

 

[Varminterror]

I liquidated a massive inventory between 2007 and 2010, cleared out about 250 personal/collected firearms. I spent that time shrinking my gunsmithing/sales business, and eventually ceased my license to focus my energy on a couple other new ventures. I took that opportunity to sell off everything I didn’t really want, or have use for. I sold more than I should have, for sure. When I started in 2007, I thought I would be able to close up by 2008-9, but it took a lot longer than planned.

All I have left now I just don’t really want - only because better things have come along, and I just can’t justify getting rid of these - are a Ruger LCP, an LC9, and a Bushmaster Varminter Special. I could probably part with two of my Marlin 1894’s, but I expect I would love to regret it, as I regret selling out ALL of my Win 94 Trappers and Ruger Vaquerito Single 6 32’s - or rather, I regret the extra price I have spent to re-buy them.

If the bottom hadn’t just fallen out of the AR market, I’d sell that Varminter, and if I needed $400 badly enough, I’d sell off the LCP and LC9... but alas, here they sit...

 

[Speedo66]

None at this point I don't want. It's the ones I've sold I'm upset about. Like a beautiful High Standard Victor, a 98% original bluing S-42 Luger, the first gen S&W 686, a WWII Remington Rand 1911, the nazi marked FN High Power, the W. German PPK/S..... Sorry, too painful, I can't continue. lol

 

[ACES&8S]

I don't really like either of my ARs much either. They shoot great, but.....meh.

If you have shot one AR you have shot them all!

 

[ACES&8S]

Everything is about money. If money was no object I would have a lot more and better guns. If I could turn the three guns I mentioned above back into the money I paid for them I would, because I have more interesting things to buy.

AR’s are the worst because you can piece meal them and upgrade as you go so you spend a little bit at a time on them and pretty soon you have $1000 into a gun that’s a lot less interesting than a gun that starts at $1000 that was “too expensive”

AR's are like the fast food of guns. & the most expensive girlfriend you will ever have.

 

[ACES&8S]

None at this point I don't want. It's the ones I've sold I'm upset about. Like a beautiful High Standard Victor, a 98% original bluing S-42 Luger, the first gen S&W 686, a WWII Remington Rand 1911, the nazi marked FN High Power, the W. German PPK/S..... Sorry, too painful, I can't continue. lol

That even hurt me, that's hard to look at. Ouch!

 

[Riomouse911]

AR's are like the fast food of guns. & the most expensive girlfriend you will ever have.

I don't know about the most expensive...but certainly one of the most versatile ...

 

[bassjam]

I pretty much always get rid of anything I'm bored of or don't use, but there is one I just can't let myself sell or trade.

A Remington 710 in .270. It's actually a good shooter, I've done sub-MOA groups with Hornady ammo, but it's got that crappy bolt that's anything but smooth. The reason I have a hard time selling it is because my parent's bought it for me when I achieved the rank of Eagle when I was 17. I'm always kicking myself because I picked the gun out myself and I should have just gone for a Rem 700 which was basically the same price, it just didn't come with a scope and my short sighted teenaged self wanted something I could shoot right away, whereas I would have waited a couple months to save up enough to buy a scope and mounts for a 700.

Now I've got a gun that's probably worth about $250, and I'm conflicted because I feel like I should have sentimental value towards it, but I just don't. Even worse, I don't think I've shot it in 15 years.

 

[George Dickel]

I have a Charter Arms Bulldog in .44 special I bought on a whim because the round interested me. Its a very light weight revolver and even with plinking level reloads the recoil is a bit much for my arthritic hands. I purchased a much heavier .44 mag shortly after and the Bulldog has lost my interest. Not sure whether I'll keep it or not. I have an AR that mostly sits around collecting dust, its decently accurate and reliable but just don't have much interest in shooting it. I can't sell it now without a significant loss so I'll keep it until the prices go up. The one I most regret letting go is a Rossi M92 in .357 that had a 24" octagonal barrel, it would consistently shoot 1" groups or better at 50 yards. I was a real idiot for letting it go but did replace it recently with a M92 in .44 mag.

 

[MosinT53Hunter]

I have one old pistol that I got for free when buying firearms from a former brother in law. I can't get rid of it, as its not worth anything, so it sits in a drawer. Its an old Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works revolver, I think in 38 S&W originally. It has four of the five chambers with sleeves for 22. Short (so the story goes) and the cylinder is welded into place. Wobbly as all get out, hammer sized, firing pin gone...its seen some history for sure.

 

[denton]

Usually when we buy a rifle or pistol we have expectations that are fulfilled by the
performance or appearance, we can even enhance these qualities in some firearms.
But sometimes as collectors or just gun nuts we are disappointed once they are
in hand. So many times we just sell them or trade them, sometimes we may even
take a beating on the investment just to shed ourselves of the firearm.
I don't like to let any firearms go but sometimes I have to because it just doesn't
match my outfit or something like that.
I have a few in the past but this one bothers me because I can't imagine what I
imagined I saw in this one. The firearm is a real good shooter & functions perfectly
it even looks great. It is the one everyone says WOW to when they see it among all
the other surrounding rifles, it is an Auto-Ordnance model 1927 A1 in 45acp with
all the bells & whistles, I have never had an AR or any other that I can shoot
waist high & hit in the same circle every time until I got this one, with no recoil
or shockwave type blast that blurs the vision. But something just doesn't fit
with my style or whatever you call it.
I can't tell you exactly why it isn't what I thought, I am old enough to know it isn't
a real tommy gun, just a good rep of it. I collect WW1 & WW2 stuff but don't have
a high enough class to get fully auto firearms, which is ok with my collecting as
far as I want to take it. But then again the AR stuff is a good rep of military stuff
as well but they don't disappoint me.
My question is. Do any of you have rifles you still hold on to but don't know why
or do you know why & still have them?

I have several firearms that I would like to trade or sell, but I have a unique problem: My wife won't hear of it. She likes the security of having multiple firearms, and is sure that we or our grandchildren will need them someday. That near mint Tula SKS that hasn't been out of the safe in years? It has to stay. My "other" 30-06? Same. I'd like to switch things around and turn the ones I don't use into ones that I will use, but no dice. She says that if I want a new gun I can go get it, but I have to keep the ones I have.

 

[someguy2800]

I have several firearms that I would like to trade or sell, but I have a unique problem: My wife won't hear of it. She likes the security of having multiple firearms, and is sure that we or our grandchildren will need them someday. That near mint Tula SKS that hasn't been out of the safe in years? It has to stay. My "other" 30-06? Same. I'd like to switch things around and turn the ones I don't use into ones that I will use, but no dice. She says that if I want a new gun I can go get it, but I have to keep the ones I have.

That almost sounded like complaining!

 

[Legionnaire]

Generally if I never take to or tire of a rifle I sell or trade it off fairly quickly ... and with no regret. Most recent example is the JRC 9mm I bought last year before Ruger announced its new PCC. I lost some $$ on the transaction, but had opportunity to shoot it enough to decide it really didn't float my boat. Much happier with the Ruger that replaced it.

I do have three that I don't favor but won't sell. One is my now deceased father-in-law's Remington 700 ADL in 7mm Magnum. I don't enjoy the recoil, and it isn't up to my accuracy standards. I hope this summer to build some reduced recoil loads and see if I can improve the accuracy--check all the screws, tune the trigger, possibly bed the action, etc. I like the look and feel of the rifle, but if I can't get it shooting more accurately, it will just sit. My FIL took many deer with this gun, but I also remember him telling me about a more than acceptable number of misses. He always thought they were his fault; now I'm wondering if it was the gun.

The others are ARs. They work just fine, but I rarely shoot them as I much prefer tinkering with and reloading for my accurate bolt actions. But I'll keep them on principle.

 

[LoonWulf]

I have several firearms that I would like to trade or sell, but I have a unique problem: My wife won't hear of it. She likes the security of having multiple firearms, and is sure that we or our grandchildren will need them someday. That near mint Tula SKS that hasn't been out of the safe in years? It has to stay. My "other" 30-06? Same. I'd like to switch things around and turn the ones I don't use into ones that I will use, but no dice. She says that if I want a new gun I can go get it, but I have to keep the ones I have.

Wanna trade?
Mine says I can only have one safe, and only as many guns as can fit inside.
Shes clever(er?) Than i gave her credit for....having more guns isnt worth moving a larger safe every few years........

 

[Nature Boy]

My Savage A17

Always wanted a 17hmr. The coolness of having a semi auto version was too much for me to resist when Savage launched their A17

The crappy trigger and cheap plastic rotary magazine ruined it for me. It sits in the back of the safe now waiting for a disposition

 

[someguy2800]

Wanna trade?
Mine says I can only have one safe, and only as many guns as can fit inside.
Shes clever(er?) Than i gave her credit for....having more guns isnt worth moving a larger safe every few years........

I would just have to buy more handguns, they stack better.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

A couple come to mind. A stainless H&K USP45C that I just had to have when I first got my CPL. Thought it or the SIG P220C was the ultimate carry gun. The HK pointed more naturally for me, so that was it. Never had any love for the gun, so it fell by the wayside in less than a year, for a Kimber UCDP that totally outclassed it. Another is a Ruger Redhawk in .44 Magnum, which was the second handgun I ever bought. It's gone through everything from low-power loads to 300 grain bone-shattering ones. It wears a Burris 2X scope for the last 25 years or so, after frying the cheapie it wore first. I simply lost interest in it, like all revolvers, and haven't shot it in 10-15 years.

 

[cfullgraf]

I mostly sell guns that have issues.

This is kind of me except I have disposed of only one gun in almost 40 years of shooting and collecting.

I had a Springfield P9C sub compact chambered in 40 S&W that Springfield orphaned and it would shoot itself to pieces every few hundred rounds.

I stumbled on an opportunity to get rid of it in "trade" for a brand new Colt 1911 in 38 Super. It wasn't because the Springfield was needed to "finance" the trade, I just disliked the gun that much.

Otherwise, I have kept what I have obtained whether I shoot it or not. If something turns out to be a problem, I enjoy making it right.

 

[22250Rem]

I've only sold two guns in my entire life and wound up regretting it both times. So now before deciding that I really don't want a certain gun any more it takes a lot more soul searching and deep thought. However; now that I've been retired almost two years and have purchased a total of five more guns in that time....... I finally decided that it's time to thin out the herd. So now all I gotta do is decide which ones... Not many; just a few so I can have some free space in the safes again.

 

[ACES&8S]

One of my ARs. The carbine to be exact. I have had 4 carbine and have never taken to any of them. The stag was probably the nicest but when I was at my peak of displeasure with it, the market was at its peak of ban panic prices so it worked out. My first was my first colt, an Hbar match, then the stag then a dpms then finally my 80%. I think I'm going to put it I to rifle configuration and let it hang around.

My AR10 big $$$ deal came when Obama threatened to turn on the 2'nd amendment & the roof blew off the
AR stuff. I had 2 AR Remingtons made by DPMS which were reloading me to death because they dented
the cases so bad they couldn't be reloaded. About the time I figured out to put felt on the case impact
areas there was a local who bought both of them for an enormous double + amount.
Now you could probably get them both for a song.

 

[ACES&8S]

I've only sold two guns in my entire life and wound up regretting it both times. So now before deciding that I really don't want a certain gun any more it takes a lot more soul searching and deep thought. However; now that I've been retired almost two years and have purchased a total of five more guns in that time....... I finally decided that it's time to thin out the herd. So now all I gotta do is decide which ones... Not many; just a few so I can have some free space in the safes again.

I suppose some of you have done what I have to do often enough, buy someones gun to help them pay a power bill
or doctor bill or get car insurance, come on surely you guys have those kind of occasions where you take in a lonely
revolver or rifle that someone loved but had to feed their baby.
Or am I the only one who has poor people for friends.
I usually end up with some less than desirable guns on hand so I pass them to my Gun Shop dealer at no profit.
I know I said at one time I hardly ever let any go but this, I don't consider a gun I bought for myself, besides
it helps some people out.
Poor people love their firearms just like we do, hope none of us have to sell them to make a meal or turn the
lights back on.