Sold a gun

[Ditchtiger]

Some come and go, may get one cheap then gone for profit.
This was a Winchester Model 50 12ga. Good bluing, refinished the wood with Finnish pine tar. Let it go for $325, into it for $150. But it was a nice gun.
I've pumps and auto loaders to keep so I did not need a 3 shot auto.

Here's the subject, I keep my gun funds to reinvest in guns. So in stead of getting a replacement I think it's time to invest in repair and maintenance.
A FAL needs an overhaul, but I've a Colt Trooper that spits lead. Bought it for my wife 25 years ago.

So instead of getting another new gun it's time to give care to the older weapons I liked enough to keep.

 

[Legionnaire]

Sounds like a reasonable plan to me. There are many here who say "Never sell a gun!" I'm not one of them. I have had more firearms than I "need" for some time. In recent months I have sold several to focus attention on a few that I am using more. So selling a couple to maintain a few makes total sense to me.

 

[blarby]

I have a colt trooper II !

What do you mean by spits lead ? Is it coming out your primer channel ?

Might not be a bad candidate for trying some PC bullets otherwwise.

 

[Legionnaire]

What do you mean by spits lead?

Probably a timing issue resulting in lead shavings flying from the cylinder gap. My FIL had a Dan Wesson that did that. Smith was able to fix timing. That's beyond my skills.

 

[GRIZ22]

Nothing wrong with selling a gun, even to fund non gun related interests. My daughter's are not going to want all my guns when I go. Planning to sell some to fund a trip to take everyone to see Mickey or on a cruise. I'll still have enough guns to leave behind.

 

[375supermag]

Hi...

I am not much into selling guns...had to do that once upon a time way back when I got a divorce from that time when I was married before.
Do not want to do that again.

I do buy guns, however. Sometimes, I buy guns I don't even particularly want...once a co-worker offered me a S&W Model 10 (.38Spl) for $25. I didn't need or even want it, but I couldn't pass it up at that price. 30 years later, I still have it.

My son-in-law sold me an Egyptian Helwan Brigadier in 9mm about a year ago for $50. He just wanted it out of his house for whatever reason. It shoots fine and the bullets go pretty much where I am it, so it will probably be here for quite some time unless I get a good trade-in value on it for something I do want.

 

[hso]

I've gotten that way also. I have "plenty" and acquiring more has fallen off, so perfecting what I have is the goal now (along with thinning the herd).

 

[morcey2]

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This was a Winchester Model 50 12ga. Good bluing, refinished the wood with Finnish pine tar.
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What are you, some sort of heathen? That's just wrong in so many ways!

I'm seriously thinking about doing a pine tar finish on the Garand I just got (just to be different). I just love the way it brings out the personality of the wood. I did a laminated M44 stock with pine tar and it looks awesome. I also did an M38 hardwood stock with pine tar and a shellac overcoat. It looks different enough from a normal shellac-finished-refurb stock that I get lots of comments from people who know their mosins.

As for selling guns: I've never sold one but I have given several away as gifts, along with purchasing several specifically as gifts for my kids. There are a couple that I don't shoot much and are redundant in my collection that I might sell at some point. Every time I talk to my wife about it, she says that I'll probably regret it as soon as I do. She's probably right.

Matt

 

[huntsman]

I have a model 50 and while it's heavy and "only" 3 shot it is the lightest recoiling gun I've shot, great for the duck blind (before steel) and deer hunting with slugs, but if you don't have a use for it send it packing.

 

[Sport45]

Nothing wrong with selling a gun, even to fund non gun related interests.

I feel the same way, no qualms about selling firearms. Funny thing though... The only gun I wouldn't sell is one of the least valuable from a monetary standpoint. It's the Arisaka my dad brought home from Guam.

 

[Legionnaire]

The only gun I wouldn't sell is one of the least valuable from a monetary standpoint. It's the Arisaka my dad brought home from Guam.

Had I such a thing, I wouldn't sell it, either. My dad wasn't into guns. It was my FIL who got me started. So while there are several guns in my collection I really like, nothing of sentimental value.

 

[USAF_Vet]

I've sold off all the guns I care to and am down to my core guns I'll never sell. Well, honestly, for the right price everything is for sale, except the Arisaka my grandfather brought back from the PTO and my great grandfathers Remington model 10 (sadly now, just a wall hanger). Seem to be a lot of heirloom Arisakas in thus particular thread. Wish ammo for mine was a little more available and affordable.

 

[1911 guy]

I'm at that point right now. I've got upland game covered with shotguns, big game covered with a .308, an AR set up for varmint, CCW guns, shotgun and AR dedicated to HD, a pile of .22 rifles and even a .22 revolver.

My "gun money" now is mostly for buying ammo or components and upgrading accessories. And new mags every now and then.

 

[200Apples]

So instead of getting another new gun it's time to give care to the older weapons I liked enough to keep.

Sounds good to me.