Sometimes they come back... Hi(gh) Powers and such. Do you have a reversed regret?

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ApacheCoTodd

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One of my greatest, possibly the greatest, firearms sale/trade regrets that I have ever had was letting a very special (to me) Hi Power go in a trade. I don't regret it for the CZ which I got but should have just bought another Hi Power for the trade. His wife liked my Hi Power better than their CZ for shooting.

It was one of those 1980's (86/87?) parkerized Model IIs with an ambidextrous safety, no mag safety, spur hammer and lanyard loop grip panels.

One thing that I didn't like was the slides had full length raised rails that terminated in a machined on front sight.

Anyhow, off it went and another never crossed my path till this very near and somewhat cooler High (not "Hi") Power.

It's an FN High Power 88 made and assembled at Herstel and imported by Howco back when it brought in some very interesting guns - many from Herstel. They had the decency to very lightly, though very professionally mark the slide's right side.

This one dates to 1981 and is unfired though that won't last long. Now the high blued 1961 model can stay home for a rest.

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What pistol has wandered un-sought for, back into your welcome hands?


Todd.
 

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Oddly enough, for me, another Mk III Hi Power. Shot it last night. Everyone who sees it at the range ooohs and aaahs over it.

I have a feeling I'm going to run into another M1A and a Seecamp 32 LWS one of these days...
 
These things are certainly (usually) much easier to revisit one's past through than cars or motorcycles.


Todd.
 
The only firearm I have ever had to draw and point at another human being was a Browning Hi-Power. This one had the rich bluing and red back grips that made these some of the best looking handguns ever made. I sold it to pay for a semester of grad school, and started kicking myself almost immediately.

Last year I found a beat up FEG at the local toy store for an obscenely low price. However, an AIM Israeli MkIII also joined it after just a couple of weeks. it is really nice to have a couple of Hi-Powers back in the stable, but I am still looking for one just like the lone that got away.
 
When we were first married I let my ex talk me into selling most of my guns, including a Smith and Wesson Model 66, a Gold Cup and a P220:banghead: I replaced the 66 with a 686 a few years ago. A couple of weeks ago I came across a P220 that was too good of a deal to pass up and replaced that. I have a number of 1911's, so I don't know that I'll be replacing the Gold Cup anytime soon.
 
For me it's not guns, it's calibers. I have sworn off 44 mag 3 times now, 40sw 3 times, 38sw 3 times, 25acp twice, 308 twice, .223 twice...
 
None that I really kick myself over, though my senile grandfather sold the Luger he brought home from Germany to a gun shop in Fort Worth. I idolized that gun as a child and it killed my dad when he found out. We think he just got confused and didnt realize how much we cared about that gun. Either that or he was pissed about the old folks home we were moving him into.

It did get me thinking though about a gun I am about to sell. The first rifle I ever shot a deer with is doing nothing but taking up room. It is not even in the safe anymore. It is a synthetic stock ADL that has zero value to me. It has no scope and no hope of ever being shot again in my possession. That would be OK if it was a Field Grade or something, but its just cheap and ugly. In fact the only reason I bought it was it had a Zeiss scope on it and the pawnshop didnt know the value. That was a LONG time ago. Now the scope is on a much nicer gun. But it is the gun I shot my first 4 or 5 deer with. Hope I do not regret getting rid of it. Doubt I will.
 
For me it was a gen 3 glock 19 I know I know sounds crazy but is was I've had 3 of em so far
 
I got rid of my Glock 26. Now I have another. I just replaced my S&W 638. I regret trading my Smith 3913 and 39. A big regret was selling my Smith 19 which was my first handgun and my K-22. My all time big regret is not buying a brand new Colt Python for $600. That was a long time ago but still!
 
I have bought and sold and bought and sold Glock 19s 3 times. Currently Glockless but if I find a gen 3 for $400 or less I will have one again. :banghead:

I also once traded a Colt WWI Reproduction in Carbona Blue for a Collector Grade CMP HRA Garand. The Garand is worth more today than the Colt but I always missed the Colt.

Got it back earlier this year.

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This has never happened to me as every gun I ever got rid of was a gun I was sure I didn't want anymore.

The closest I can come is a Stoegar Cougar in 40 caliber. I sold it to my Dad because it just didn't do it for me, and my Dad was in the market and shot the gun well. I have no doubt that my dad will leave it to me when he passes, so it will come back to me.
 
ApacheCoTodd

Actually mine was a Colt Combat Commander that I sold to a friend of mine. It was a limited run from Colt's Custom Shop and it was fantastic looking along with being as accurate as a Gold Cup. I did ask for and got a right of first refusal if he ever wanted to sell it. Some years past and he told me he was really interested in Colt's new Officers Model. Just so happened I had one and along with an old Walther P38 we made the trade and I got my Combat Commander back.

I also have a Browning Hi-Power Mk.II that while not as pretty as the finely polished and blued versions is such a reliable and accurate gun that it's got a permanent home in my collection.
 
bannockburn said:
Actually mine was a Colt Combat Commander ... I did ask for and got a right of first refusal if he ever wanted to sell it. Some years past and he told me he was really interested in Colt's new Officers Model. Just so happened I had one and along with an old Walther P38 we made the trade and I got my Combat Commander back.
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Nice when those work out.

I call it "pissin' on" the gun... or whatever item.

"OK, I'll sell it to ya but if you don't agree to call me first if you sell - deal's off!"

Been lucky that way a couple times and still waiting for a 1912, commercial 1911 that I foolishly let go - to come back to me.:banghead::fire::banghead::fire::banghead::fire::banghead:

Todd.
 
Mine was a S&W Model 17-4. I loaned it to my folks' neighbor's college-age kid who was trying to improve his shooting. Kid later told me that the gun was stolen out of his apartment.

Last year, I came across a 17-3 in decent condition. Didn't break my wrist, grabbing for my plastic, but it was close.

:D
 
Stephanie B said:
Mine was a S&W Model 17-4. I loaned it to my folks' neighbor's college-age kid who was trying to improve his shooting. Kid later told me that the gun was stolen out of his apartment.

Last year, I came across a 17-3 in decent condition. Didn't break my wrist, grabbing for my plastic, but it was close.

:D
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I've seen that movie.

Got a "stolen" loaner in my past too. Probably was stolen but I always wondered...


Todd.
 
ApacheCoTodd

The right of first refusal was mutually agreed to because we both valued our friendship more than the gun. Everything worked out fine in that we both got things we wanted, just took a while to find something he wanted more than the Combat Commander.
 
I sold a Colt SP1 I'd had not long before the Clinton AWB expired. I was done with the AR-15 and the .223 Rem/5.56 NATO cartridge at that time.

Two weeks ago I finished an AR-15 build in 5.56 NATO. After the first couple rounds downrange I asked myself "Why did I get rid of that nice rifle in the first place?"
 
mokin said:
I sold a Colt SP1 I'd had not long before the Clinton AWB expired. I was done with the AR-15 and the .223 Rem/5.56 NATO cartridge at that time.

Two weeks ago I finished an AR-15 build in 5.56 NATO. After the first couple rounds downrange I asked myself "Why did I get rid of that nice rifle in the first place?"
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Great! Thanks for pointing that one out too.:banghead:

I recall selling a NIB, small pin colt CAR 15 because it was "too valuable" to shoot.

Shoulda just fired a mag through and got over it!:fire:

I guess I'll focus on it being 1:12 and move on.

Todd.
 
My regrets I bought a brand new P7M8 years ago, ended up selling it after only a couple mags. I replaced it with another New P7M8 and left it unfired, ended up selling to pay some bills years ago, then it was discontinued... damn
 
ApacheCoTodd said:
What pistol has wandered un-sought for, back into your welcome hands?
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I've had numerous guns,guitars, and amps come back my way after being sold or traded. But, since we're talking guns here.........;)
The first gun I ever bought was a Colt SP1 carbine I got off base near Camp Pendleton,Ca. back in '84. A few years back, I traded that for twice what I had in it, PLUS an American Standard Fender Stratocaster, then traded for it back, then re-sold it during The Great Assault Weapons Panic of '08 (freind still has it).
I bought a new gen1 Glock17 about 1985, and I've regained and re-sold that thing FIVE times over the years (friend gave it to his son, who hocked it. Now gone forever).
I had a stainless mini14 that I've owned a couple times.(sold on Armslist)
I had a Draco AK that I owned more than once. (sold to freind, may still be around).
I had a SIG P226 that I've owned at least 3 times.
I've had at least 1 WASR AK that I've owned more than once.
There was a DAO Ruger SP101 .357 that I owned a couple times (freind finally lost it in a home burglary).
I had a Glock 26 that I sold to a freind, then traded a G19 for it back, because another guy wanted a G26, and had something I wanted.
And I seem to recall a couple IMI Jericho/Baby Eagles floating around somewhere.
Now those are just the ones that have come BACK.
The ones that are gone forever, and I most miss, are another story. :D
(A US Navy-stamped S&W Victory model in mint condition probably tops the list. :banghead:. )
 
I sold a Lahti to fund the purchase of a nice Luger and regretted it for 6 or 7 years. Had a little money in-hand 2 years ago and asked the guy if I could buy it back. Didn't cost me too much more to learn a valuable lesson.
 
I once traded an HK P7 for a Springfield GI 1911. The P7 languished at the pawn shop for six months. No one wanted to pay the $600 the pawnbroker wanted for it. A friend told me it was still there, and I didn't believe it at first, thinking that the gun would have been long since sold. Glad for the unanticipated second chance, I went right down and bought it back.
 
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