Of the guns you've sold

[Jrob24]

Of all the guns you've ever personally owned and then sold, which is the most common reason for why you sold them?

 

[texashunter]

Another gun interest won out normally.

 

[mr.scott]

Money. I sold several thousand dollars worth this year to raise money for a new house.

 

[303tom]

Never Sold a Gun !....................I Buy Guns !

 

[87hurricane]

I get bored easily, sell them off to make money for new ones. Doesn't happen nearly as often now that I've found what I really want/like. Pretty much everything I have now is a keeper, slowly working on expanding the collection now.

 

[Lucky Derby]

Normally it's another gun that interests me more at the time.

 

[Kayaker 1960]

Sold guns

I've sold a few guns because they weren't accurate enough. Un-accurate guns are boring. I also sold a really nice Colt Combat Commander. Beautiful gun, though relatively expensive to buy and shoot and didn't do anything better than other guns I own.

 

[fanchisimo]

I voted needed money, but I don't think I ever got bored of any of the guns I sold, I am limited to sell something to get something.

 

[TennJed]

Got bored of it is the closest but doesn't really fit. All of them was a "trade up". Not that I was bored with it, just used it to get something I wanted more

 

[AethelstanAegen]

I tried out a whole bunch of different types until I found my niche (ie the guns that I really enjoyed shooting). The rest are being sold off as they weren't seeing much use and they money could be better spent on the types I enjoy more.

 

[230RN]

Usually to trade up or I've given many away. I still have roughly 75 %.

 

[evan price]

Bought at good price, needed money. Always buying if price is right. Guns are a better investment than the stock market lately.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

I sold a 1911 to a friend in the Navy.

Why?

I had picked it up from someone else in the Navy for a song...one of those deals that was too good to pass up. Bought it for $200.

I already had a 1911 platform, however (Colt 1991A1) and didn't really need another one. A shipmate didn't have a gun, and there I was sitting on one I didn't really need.

So I sold it to him for what I paid.

If it had been my only 1911, I likely wouldn't have given it up like that.

 

[Robert]

Needed money to pay bills so I sold my FAL to a friend but I was able to buy it back a few years later.

 

[yzguy87]

Needed money for another toy or bills

 

[Midwest]

Sold it to buy another one.

 

[Grassman]

Never really sold guns, traded a few.

 

[Ranger Roberts]

Out of all of my guns I have only gotten rid of one. I'll say one word and all of you guys will know why: Jennings

 

[tarosean]

99% of the time is because I dont "click with it" generally it's because of a crappy trigger.

Course there are a few that were perfectly fine in every aspect but I didnt care for them for some reason.

 

[mavracer]

I decide I want something else

 

[bannockburn]

Needed the money, either to pay for something like school, help finance some bigger purchase (home improvements, etc.), or else to buy another gun.

 

[cfullgraf]

In 40 years of a shooting hobby, I have only sold one gun. It was a Springfield P9C that would shoot itself to pieces in a few hundred rounds. Springfield abandoned supporting it making it an orphan. (one of the reasons I always say "Things are used for a reason.")

Proceeds funded the purchase of a Colt 38 Super M1911.

Fortunately, I have not had to scavenge my collection to be able to eat, keep a roof over my head or keep shoes on the kids.

 

[Madcap_Magician]

Usually because I've bought a gun that fits a niche smaller than I can afford, if that makes sense.

I got in on the last run of Saxony Police import P7s for cheap, but I sold it when I realized that while it was a valuable gun, well made, and unique, it didn't fill enough roles to justify owning it, and I can't really afford to just collect guns. Likewise my Beretta 92A1. I'm not in the service anymore, but there was that nostalgia. But it was too big to carry, and I can't afford to have a gun that's just a range toy, so...

I have three guns right now- a subcompact carry gun, a carry/HD gun, and a .22 rifle. That's all I can really afford to have right now, and I can't afford to shoot the ones I have as much as I would like.

 

[RFMan]

I tried out a whole bunch of different types until I found my niche (ie the guns that I really enjoyed shooting). The rest are being sold off as they weren't seeing much use and they money could be better spent on the types I enjoy more.

That's my MO. Sometimes I have bought a firearm, only to find out I don't like something about it. If I don't shoot it, I don't keep it. No safe queens I don't always discern this while handling in the store; it takes firing, and there is basically very little that one can rent at a range around here (most of my local ranges don't have rentals). And at least up until now, when they do go, it is to fund something else I have become interested in.

 

[jonnyc]

Just didn't like it that much.