The gun you regret selling

[john fisher]

Just curious but, how many of you regret selling a certain gun. For me I have none so far but I'm thinking about selling this 22 magnum. It's a Savage 63M and I'm thinking about selling it but I'm afraid I may regret it. It has a mannlicher stock and it's a gun I've never seen before. It's a single shot though but it's very unique. I only paid 85 dollars for it and I know I can sell it for more so that's why I'm considering selling it, what should I do

 

[JeffG]

Please take it from me, and 40 years of owning guns; selling guns for a few dollars profit is foolish and shortsighted. In the future, you will want to buy back those guns for double the price. Ask me how I know.... Better you find a gun you want, put the old one in the safe, and save for your new gun. Plan on putting THAT one in the safe, too.
Just some advice from an old salt.

 

[300Whspr]

I bought a Russian SKS, 1950 date, milled receiver, laminated stock with bayonet. I don't think it had ever even been fired, much less issued... all the #'s matched, it was pristine. Paid $65 for it, brand new. For some dumb reason, I let it go... and now I kick myself every time I think about it.

 

[KansasSasquatch]

About 12 years ago I had a WASR-10 AK. Back then WASR quality was said to be hit and miss, mine was one of the good ones. Brown Bear ammo was the only ammo that it ever had issues with, and those hiccups were rare. I sold it because I was young and couldn't afford many guns, and I liked to shoot the living crap out of the guns I did have. So when ammo jumped from $1.89/box to $5-6/box it wasn't very affordable to me. So I sold it and stuck to shooting mostly .22lr and 12 gauge. I miss every gun I've ever sold but that AK is The One that I really regret.

 

[klausman]

I regret the sale of every gun I ever parted with. Think a custom 1911, a matching number DWM Luger, a Woodsman Match Target. Sometimes I can be a real idiot.

 

[earlthegoat2]

I’ve never understood the regret of selling a gun. I sell them to move on to the next project or interest and they are a very good way of financing such.

That said, I do have one I miss (miss, not regret) and that was a police department marked Smith Model 15. Don’t even remember the agency that is how little I cared at the time.

 

[MedWheeler]

The only two I've ever sold, an Interarms-imported PPK/S and a Smith and Wesson 659. Both got let go during some hard times back in the 1990s.

 

[bannockburn]

john fisher

Just curious but, how many of you regret selling a certain gun.

Not just a certain gun but every Ruger Security Six I ever owned. Those and a couple of very nice Colt Trooper Mk.Vs I had.

 

[paulsj]

S&W Model 12 RB. I'm getting little tired of not being able to locate one locally. May have to think outside the box dig deeper and get me one of them futuristic Sky Hawk 9x19s.

 

[WC145]

I've bought and sold lots of guns, including custom 1911s. The only one that I really wish I'd have kept was an Austin Behlert "Bob-Cat" 1911.

 

[RedlegRick]

Most every one of them. Top of the list would be my M1 carbine and a 6" Colt Peacekeeper.

 

[FL-NC]

The list of guns I regret selling is long and distinguished- a S&W 629, a Colt Sp-1, a python- the list goes on.

 

[badkarmamib]

If you are selling it because you want money, you will regret it.
If you are selling it because you don't want it, and want it to have a good home, enjoy your next project.

I have sold over 30 guns. Two, I regretted and bought again. Sold those replacements, too, and no regrets. The only one I still regret was my first purchase, a brand new Beretta 92FS, purchased at the first local gun show after my 21st birthday. Sold it because it was too big to CC, and I needed money for closing costs on my first house.

 

[dh1633pm]

I sold my FN-FAL and M14 due to the unsafe act. I really enjoyed shooting them both. Don't have a Semi 308 any longer.

 

[armedwalleye]

Sold a few, mostly to fund other gun projects or purchases. The only one I regret selling is a Colt Gold Cup, Series 70, that came to me used, but not hard, still in the box. While I needed money to fund my first Benelli SBE purchase, I really miss that gun, and have been looking hard to replace it. I doubled my money when I sold it, but I'm going to have to almost double my gain to get it back.

 

[Sovblocgunfan]

I’m picky about what I sell. There is a good reason for each sale. Shotguns that don’t fit, etc. and the proceeds are dumped back into gun stuff.

I do regret selling my Egyptian AK. I built it, and only regret that I didn’t get to shoot it enough before selling it.

 

[BlueHeelerFl]

Please take it from me, and 40 years of owning guns; selling guns for a few dollars profit is foolish and shortsighted. In the future, you will want to buy back those guns for double the price. Ask me how I know.... Better you find a gun you want, put the old one in the safe, and save for your new gun. Plan on putting THAT one in the safe, too.
Just some advice from an old salt.

Sadly most of the guns I regret selling were sold due to financial difficulties.

I want to replace my 1894 357 and my 340PD, but I'm not sure when I'll have excess cash since they are so pricey now.

The same applies to my Yugo SKS. It had issues but again I was forced to sell it before I could figure them out. Now they are so expensive I'm not sure it makes sense to replace it

 

[mrmike7189]

My Blued 4 inch smith and wesson model19 357MAG Combat masterpiece.....I paid $400 in 1994 for it new..........worth about $800 today. Damn I was dumb

 

[AmmunitionDepot]

For me it would be a Colt Python 6" Nickel finish. I made good money on it but I wish that I wouldn't have sold it.

 

[earlthegoat2]

When a guns monetary value transcends its utility value then that would be a good indicator that it is time to sell it.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

The only gun I regret selling is the first handgun I ever bought. It was a S&W Model 915 that I bought the day before I got out of the Army.

I honestly regret selling it but I don't think I would buy it again if I had the chance. They're out of production, there's very little aftermarket support, magazines are available but pricey.

If I knew everything then that I know right now I would have bought a Glock 19 and a Glock 26 in a private sale and called it a day

 

[George P]

Only one of the several dozen over the years. A Ruger RSI in .243; they seem to be scarce as hen's teeth. Great short compact rifle; perfect antelope gun

 

[roval]

my xdm 9 mm sold to offset the cost of a new xdm 5.25 9 mm. my regret was parting with it a few weeks too early. Sandy hook occured 2 weeks later and the used shelves emptied. would have gotten more for it.

my cz75 with LPA adjustable sights i had installed. used it to offset a purchase of used cz sp01.(already had an 85 b also at the time). while i love the sp01 the trigger wasn't as smooth as the other one.i miss the nice adjustable sights with a nice deep notch. i keep an eye out for it.

 

[redneck2]

I’m 68, and I’ve sold of dozens or maybe over a hundred guns. I sold them because I wasn’t using them. If I had them I still wouldn’t be using them.

Most guys have way more guns than they’ll ever shoot. I’d bet that 2/3rds of America’s guns haven’t been shot in the last five years

Easy way to tell.....you have a gun worth $500 and a pile of $500 cash laying on a table. You can have one or the other. Which do you pick up?

And, if you read the replies, you’ll see that almost every one is something that still available. If it’s so important why don’t you buy one? Oh, because your cash is more important? Uhh, then you really don’t want it, you’d rather have cash

Right now I have a Browning Creedmoor BPCR in .45-90, unfired. It’s worth maybe $3,000. Impossible to replace. Only 328 were made about 20 yeas ago.

Really don’t need the money, so I haven’t sold it. But I’m thinking I will simply because I’m not using it, and it should be with somebody that would use it

I have a fishing boat that’s worth maybe $6,000. Used to use it, but now I go fishing with my buddy that has a boat with better electronics. Hate to sell mine but zero reason to keep it

I watch those guys on American Pickers that are 80 years old and hang on to something they’ve had since 1953 but they won’t sell it because “some day I’m gonna get around to fixing it up”. Yeah, and some day I’m gonna be an astronaut

 

[tommy.duncan]

I sold a Colt Delta Gold Cup that I would love to have back in my collection.