I sure don’t miss that...

[ontarget]

I've only sold 1 gun in my life. Teenager needing gas money. Didn't regret it until my son was born. Luckily I sold it to my future sister in law. We were talking about it one day at their house and she made her husband give that .410 to my son, who was In his early 20s at the time. So I guess NOW I don't regret selling it.

 

[LoonWulf]

I've got kinda a pile. I don't get paricularly attached to anything. Once my curiosity is sated, and I get bored, i usually move on to another project and need the space.

I'll dig up pictures as I THINK I have most of them.

Rifles
Rem 7400 30-06 (I'll probably get another eventually).
Rem 700bdl 30-06.
Rem 597.
1903 springfield sporter.
91/30 Tula sporter.
91/30 izzy stock.
Rossi 92 .357
Mini-14 Ranch.
Multiple ARs.
T-99 6-284 custom.
93r17btvs.
Marlin model 60.
Howa 1500 6.5 Creedmoor.
700 sps 7mm mag, then 7stw.
Savage 110 7mag then 300wm.
I'm sure I'm forgetting something......

Shotguns
Mossberg 500
Maverick 88
Mossberg 500 thunder ranch
Winchester 101 20ga skeet (the only gun I actually regret letting go even a little bit)

Pistols
XD .45 Tac
EAA witness p-s
Ruger SBH .44

To be fair I've never had a gun I didn't like, if it goes bang I tend to enjoy them.

Now paintball markers are another story, oddly enough. I've got some I would buy back in a second if I could, even tho I quit playing 10 years ago. I've also had some that I truly hated and walked away from quite happily...

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Thought of a few more......

.308 Ishapore 2A Enfield "Tanker"- first 8 rounds were keyholing, so something wrong with the crown, then on round 9 everything forward of the lower band flew 50 YD downrange!

.380 Ranger/Interarms PPK- gorgeous gun, but wouldn't make it through a complete mag without jamming. Never did get it to run right.

S&W 22A- looked all wrong, but it was cheap so I tried it. Jamm- O- Matic! Bye bye!

.45 Firestar- were talking 8" groups at 10YD. Probably still would have kept it for a hideaway gun, maybe in the toilet tank, but wasn't comfortable keeping a round in the chamber as such and the 200lb recoil spring and pitiful slide serrations ruled out quick chambering.......

My first Beretta 92- inaccurate and would rust if you looked cross-eyed at it. Have had several afterward which were much better.

.223 Savage Axis- nice trigger and very accurate, cheap to shoot.......but I never could get over that flimsy magazine catch, and spare mags are $45 each! I liked the gun enough, I would have permanently fixed the mag and just top loaded it, but its a single feed design and, well, you can't. The ejection port is so tiny that manual feeding is impractical as well. Fugetabouit!

Mossberg 500 3.5" Magnum- ouch, just ouch.

Colt 1908 Vest Pocket- have you SEEN the price of .25 rounds! Wish I had before I bought it. Was neato and reliable enough, but only in a kung-fu grip!

 

[rust collector]

I sold a Norinco JW-15 (a brno knockoff) and olympia (a Walther design), a couple Bersa cc9s, a Taurus millenium and a host of others that didn't perform as well as I thought they should or that just didn't seem worth keeping. Most were trade stock, and I'm glad they found a home with someone who could enjoy them. I was fortunate enough to buy many milsurps which were sold as the market rose, but well before today's levels. Only really bad buy was a Winchester model 97 which I never shot, but the guy I traded it to said it needed work.

 

[Waveski]

My "Glad to rid of" --- the very popular Ruger SP101.

I really wanted one - styling , rugged construction , all that. I got one. Put it in my hand ... it pointed like a 4" long chunk of 2x4. (Aside : natural pointing is huge for me in a handgun.) Shot it --- I was incapable of accuracy with that Ruger.

I practiced. I spent time with an instructor looking for flaws in my technique. Practiced some more. Re-gripped it. I put it away for a while , got back out , shot it - a LOT , cleaned it , Flitz buffed it (looked GREAT!!!) , went so far as to replace the brick-like front sight with a brass bead (also looked great). Nothing worked.

Sold it at a loss , one piece $100 Hogues and all. Went back to my J frames. NO regrets.

 

[J-Bar]

I feel the same about a Ruger SR1911 I owned briefly. They were hard to find but one turned up in a LGS so I snapped it up.

The good: it never jammed.
The bad: point of impact was about 6 inches from point of aim at 5 o’clock, confirmed by having others shoot it also.
The ugly: I contacted Ruger and they would not accept it for return or sight replacement or adjustment. It was “within spec.”

I figured I should not have to correct their mistake, sold it with full disclosure.

Sticking to revolvers.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

I feel the same about a Ruger SR1911 I owned briefly. They were hard to find but one turned up in a LGS so I snapped it up.

The good: it never jammed.
The bad: point of impact was about 6 inches from point of aim at 5 o’clock, confirmed by having others shoot it also.
The ugly: I contacted Ruger and they would not accept it for return or sight replacement or adjustment. It was “within spec.”

I figured I should not have to correct their mistake, sold it with full disclosure.

Sticking to revolvers.

Very surprising. Ruger brags about how tightly the SR barrel bushing is fitted, it's one of their flagship products.....
Their customer service is usually very good as well.

 

[Speedo66]

Another sob story re: Charter Arms AR-7. Two trips back to the factory and new mags couldn’t make it go through a single mag without multiple hiccups.

I really wanted to like it but ultimately had to let it go. Traded it to a friend who knew it’s problems for a Stevens Visible .22 pump rifle which also had problems, so gone.

Eventually bought a Marlin Papoose takedown .22 semi auto in stainless which has been flawless.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Another sob story re: Charter Arms AR-7. Two trips back to the factory and new mags couldn’t make it go through a single mag without multiple hiccups.

I really wanted to like it but ultimately had to let it go. Traded it to a friend who knew it’s problems for a Stevens Visible .22 pump rifle which also had problems, so gone.

Eventually bought a Marlin Papoose takedown .22 semi auto in stainless which has been flawless.

As a kid, I learned on an AR-7........and the most valuable thing it taught me was how to clear jams.

 

[TexasRedneck]

Hmmmm.....looks like all of us had more want than money at one time or another....lol Add another Charter Arms to the pile - a .38 I bought when working civilian security while in the Navy. Got shut of it at the range one day when a guy next to me was cussing out his "POS Dan Wesson" that wouldn't hold sight-in. I'd read up on 'em, and knew the barrel had to be properly torqued, so took a chance and swapped the guy even for my (his words) "damned accurate .38". Torqued the barrel, and carried that .357 as a duty gun for the next 7 years, 5 of them as a Reserve Deputy. Sold it when I left the LEO field because of some bad experiences I have while carrying it.....NOT reliability issue.
Taurus....several of 'em - mostly gotten in trade, and sold within 24-72 hours. Only one I still have is a SS .22. I'd likely have sold it, but it's missing the rear sight after a trip in the woods, and I've been waiting three years now for a new one.
Winchester Mdl 94 - must've been a "Monday" build - it'd jam no matter what I tried.
Several "budget" 1911's that I've bought over the years to evaluate. Nothing wrong with them, just didn't particularly want 'em, and I usually could use the money for a nicer 1911 that'd walk out in front of me. SOME folks accuse me of being fixated on 1911's - dunno why. Doesn't everyone have 4 safes full of 'em?

 

[Elkins45]

AMT Handballer the wouldn't even feed hardball.
Ruger Ranch Rifle that shot 10-12 MOA.
Remington 742 that wouldn't extract.
High Standard Double Nine that required taping another target below the one you were aming at to find your shots.
High Standard Sentinel that couldn't put two shots on the same target at 25 yards.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

Taurus PT-111 Millennium - underwhelming accuracy, and magazine dropping into my hand if you even touched the release was pissing me right off. In fact, the only redeeming quality that gun had was it's size. Let it go for nearly 50% of what I paid. Lesson learned. Replaced by a Glock 26 and never looked back.

AMT Government - had to grease this thing up to where it was too slippery to even hold to get a full mag to work in it, and also use the hottest ball I could find. Uzi was it in the 90s. Finally let it go at a loss, with full disclosure. Replaced by a Colt Mark IV. Wouldn't mind having it back, just to get it to work properly, now that I have the time. Certainly, it was at least a beautiful gun.

 

[sota]

H&K P2000 v1 9mm LEM.
I tried mightly, but I just couldn't warm up to the LEM trigger system, and the damn thing would give me a bite and blister frequently during reloads; something about my hand shape/size/flabbiness/grip would cause just a little bit of flesh to intrude into the mag well area and get pinched during a reload. It was a tack driver and more reliable than the planetary motions, but I got to hate shooting it from the blisters and bleeding, so out the door it went. I'm happy with my P2000SK's and P30's though.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Taurus PT-111 Millennium - underwhelming accuracy, and magazine dropping into my hand if you even touched the release was pissing me right off. In fact, the only redeeming quality that gun had was it's size. Let it go for nearly 50% of what I paid. Lesson learned. Replaced by a Glock 26 and never looked back.

AMT Government - had to grease this thing up to where it was too slippery to even hold to get a full mag to work in it, and also use the hottest ball I could find. Uzi was it in the 90s. Finally let it go at a loss, with full disclosure. Replaced by a Colt Mark IV. Wouldn't mind having it back, just to get it to work properly, now that I have the time. Certainly, it was at least a beautiful gun.

Similar experience with the Uzi. Had a 16" Norinco, looked good and VERY accurate, despite the ridiculous trigger. But good luck finding ammo hot enough to cycle it properly..... and all the replacement spring sets are are marked "IMI EXTRA strength!" Since it was going to be my SHTF trunk carbine, it had to be capable of feeding any 9mm found in a dead Zombie's pocket, not good.....

I considered using some commercial springs and removing material from the bolt to lighten it up, but decided to stop wasting effort on it and just build a Glock-mag AR carbine instead. Somebody probably could have got it running right eventually......

 

[Swifty Morgan]

Glock 22. It was basically a nice gun, but then I found out they blow up.

 

[Swifty Morgan]

Marlin M60.

Absolute piece of garbage. Won it at a shooting event and sold it within a year.

Don't get me started.

 

[WestKentucky]

Don't get me started.

I see this a bunch. I love mine...all 4 variations that I have. I have had great luck with them. Interesting how some love them and some hate them. Not much middle ground.

 

[Larry Ashcraft]

Thought of a couple more: AMT Backup .380 that would jam at least twice with every magazine. Traded it toward a Colt 1911 and never missed it. And a Makarov. Some kind of special edition with deep bluing and wood grips. It shot fine, but the recoil made it no fun, I would rather shoot one of my 44 mags. I still have it, but it'll go down the road when I think about advertising it.

 

[chicharrones]

Fortunately, I don't regret any that I have sold or given away. That's likely due to the fact I had time to think long and hard about getting rid of them.

I haven't sold guns due to financial problems yet. That would sure likely change the regret factor.

 

[chicharrones]

I cant in good conscience sell one with dubious reliability, so I keep those too, and tinker on them till they run right. and then, I dont want to sell them anyway! all the ones ive sold, I regret.

That's pretty much me. I have regretted several gun purchases due to problems the guns had whether new or used. I've been able to make all but one run well, but at what cost? Lol.

 

[Zaydok Allen]

Ruger SP101 in 22 lr. Poor fitting, crap trigger, rough chambers, too small for my hand. Total POS in my opinion.

Stoegar Cougar in 40 S&W. The gun was fine but I didn't care for the cartridge.

Bond Arms Snake Slayer IV. Hard to shoot accurately beyond 7 yards, and beat my hand up.

S&W 642. Shot it fine but just never warmed up to it. It serves no real purpose and an all steel gun is more fun to shoot.

I guess I just don't care for small revolvers much.

 

[drobs]

I bought, shot, and traded off a bunch of handguns when I was in my 20's.
I had a H&K USP 45 that I could not get on paper for the life of me. All my shots were going low. Let a buddy shoot it and he was tearing out the bullseye. Even traded it to him for another gun.

I keep a FEG PA63 in 9x18 around just to remind myself not to buy a Walther PPK. That PA63 has horrible recoil. Paid $125 for back in the day and it's one of those guns that's really not worth getting rid of.

Friend of mine sold me a Ishapore Enfield 308 Jungle Gun for $75. Gun kicked like a mule. I gave that one away to another friend.

 

[Walkalong]

Colt Police Positive in .38 S&W. Cool little gun, love the caliber, didn't fit me and beat my knuckles up.

 

[Walkalong]

Also a Charter Arms Bulldog in .44 Special, I just didn't like the gun. The guy that bought it was excited about finding one, may he and it live happily ever after.

That could have been me, love my CA Bulldog.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Colt Police Positive in .38 S&W. Cool little gun, love the caliber, didn't fit me and beat my knuckles up.
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Ahem.....I believe that would have been .38 New Police caliber, thank you.