What’s the shortest time you have owned a gun?

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A coworker got in a bind and sold me a like new Kimber Custom 2 for a song. I didn’t really want the gun, but I didn’t have a 1911 and I did want to help him out (and get the gun half price at the same time). Got it at lunch, texted a friend who knew a lot about Kimbers and he was looking for one. It was spoken for within 5 minutes and I got the cash on my way home from work that evening. So either 5 minutes or 5 hours, depends on how you look at it.
 
Pete D. said:
I tend to hold on to my guns. I did, though, buy a Nagant pistol some years ago with the intention of selling it to a fellow in my club who wanted one. I bought it, had it for a few days, did not fire it and then transferred it to him. Less than a week..
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How could you get rid of such an obviously wonderful firearm? IMG_1082.jpg So what if it was underpowered, absurdly slow to reload, a trigger pull that is guaranteed to make you miss, and was obsolete before it left the factory? Mine came with a beautiful pebbled holster made out of something.
 
Ruger 9MM American. It would throw shots out of a group consistently. Four shot's good group, fifth shot high four inches. Three shot's good fourth shot low left five inches. I tried different ammunition and even had two Friends try it. Same deal. Sold it after two weeks to a guy that thought it was amazing. All his shots were all over the place so he was happy.
 
I picked up a sporterized Pattern 1917 from a relative thinking it would be fun to bring it to deer camp because one member shoots a sporterized Enfield .303 British. And 72 hours later was I telling my neighbor about it. His twenty something son came outside begging me to sell it to him. He never owned his own deer rifle before but he said he knew all about the Pattern '17. So I sold it to him. Next, he couldn't find any ammo for it, so the following weekend I went to a gun show and found a couple boxes of Federal Fusion for $25/box. Gotta remember this was the summer of 2020. I couldn't believe the price, but just paid the guy with a poker face and ran out the door. I thought I was holding 2 boxes of gold. LOL
 
I had 2 SW SDVE'S. One in 9mm and one in 40sw. I couldn't shoot them well. As far as accuracy. I bought 2 Taurus a PT111 and a 140. They were more accurate. The Smiths i traded even up for my 2nd 1911. And RIA 45 Tac model. Might have had the smiths a year or so.
 
About four months, but that included the time to send it back to the factory, them to tinker with it to no avail, and ship it back certified OK.

Wasn't.

PF-9.

Same problem. I called it my two-shot Deringer with a convenient compartment to hold four extra rounds. Returned it to the former owner, who claimed he had no problem with it.

(This was all Face-To-Face before any UBC infringements were passed into law.)

So the problem must've been me, though I experimented with different "holds," wrapping the grip to make it bigger, different ammo weights, trimming my fingernails, howling at the moon, all to no avail.

I guess small, light, heavy-recoillng handguns just don' t work well in my meaty lunch hooks.

Terry, 230RN
 
1/2 hour. I was a director in our association, got a call from another officer who was retiring, wanted to know what paperwork he needed to sell off his guns to a dealer.

Told him, then asked what he was selling, and what they were offering. A Colt Det. Spl. and a High Standard .22, and they were giving him $50. For each? No, for both. OK, don't do anything, I'm coming over to your office, I'll fill out the paperwork, give you the same $50, and save you a trip. This was in the late 80's.

Got back to my office and was looking over the like new with box and all papers Hi-Standard Victory, the Colt on the side. Another officer walks by and says he's been looking for a used Det. Spl., is it for sale? Yeah, $50, sold.

So had the Colt for 1/2 hour or less and got the High Standard for free.
 
One day. Bought NIB M&P 9mm from a co-worker who needed $. Shot it that day and figured out it was accurate and reliable, but I didn't like casings flying straight up into my hat brim. My neighbor liked it and bought it the next day.
 
Bought a stainless Taurus 605 snub nose revolver at a gun show a couple of years ago. After carrying the thing around for about an hour I decided it was too heavy for a pocket gun and sold it for a $25.00 profit before leaving the show. Kinda wish I had kept it now.
 
Les Baer custom ultra competition level 1911. Absolutely beautiful, perhaps unfired. I got it WAY cheap from a local guy that buys and sells all the time.

Had it maybe a month, figured I’d never use it to it’s potential. Sold it here in the classifieds. Made some money and the new owner still got a great deal.
 
I can remember a few I had less than a week. I think that is about as short as I got.

The situation usually involves a trade for an item I don’t really want but know I can sell quickly. I think all of them were Glock 9mms of some variety.

When I make a for sale posting I even make note that I will accept Glock 9mms as trade even if I only want cash. I try to skew the trade details in my favor a bit as well. I always get offers for Glock 40 calls or other poly 9mms but I just politely pass on those.
 
2 hours... traded a Ruger Alaskan .44 I didnt want to some guy who was really jonesing for one. So much so that he traded a BNIB springfield TRP operator with 5 mags and 2 holsters, this fund was easily 400 more than the Alaskan so i took it with no hesitation ended up using it as a leverage to the LGS in return for a 586 L Comp
 
chicharrones said:
So . . . what's the story on that?
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I took this Browning Baby to the range. It was made in 1965, but the magazine looked brand new. I had fail to eject at least once every magazine, and didn’t care for the way it felt in my hand while shooting. My Beretta 950 feels way better. Anyway I took it back to the gun shop where I bought it because it came with a one year warranty. They cheerfully offered to get it working, but I wanted to explore the option of refunding it. The gunsmith got the manager involved since that’s not something they do- they offered to take it back towards purchase of another item. I got a full refund and left with a brand new Rizzini 20 gauge that I had my eye on for a while. Happy now.
 
Shortest was probably 15 minutes or less. I bought a rifle specifically to trade my brother out of a gun he had. So I owned it long enough to meet him and make the trade.
But there are several that I've only had for a week or so. If I don't enjoy shooting it or it doesn't shoot how I want it to, it goes on it's way.
 
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Bought a 97 Win Pump left it with my friend to get a burger came back gun gone he sold it for double what I paid for it, so maybe 20 minutes total, I still think of it.
 
Good question. I picked up a new SIG P-229R (w/factory night sights) in .40 S&W and sold it about two months later, having shot it only once. Although at one time I was issued a .40 pistol, I just never warmed to the caliber.
 
Once upon a time you could do firearm trading, buying, and selling on Facebook. I worked out a deal with a guy to trade a couple of my old cell phones for a Kel-tec P11 for my wife. She handled it in the car after the trade and decided she didn't like it. Total ownership time was about 15 or 20 minutes. And most of that was driving to my local dealer to be sold for cash.
 
herrwalther said:
Once upon a time you could do firearm trading, buying, and selling on Facebook. I worked out a deal with a guy to trade a couple of my old cell phones for a Kel-tec P11 for my wife. She handled it in the car after the trade and decided she didn't like it. Total ownership time was about 15 or 20 minutes. And most of that was driving to my local dealer to be sold for cash.
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Heh -- I shot two magazines through my P11 before I decided that it... sucked. Shot a few more, although it never made it through the second mag without choking, and that's when I knew that if you had to clean a pistol after every mag shot in order for it to function, that it simply wasn't worthy... Only reason my only Kel-Tec (ever) lasted a few months was that I couldn't find anyone to take it off my hands to save my life. I think I threw it in with two other handguns in a trade for a single handgun.
 
I think it was about 2 months. I bought an Italian made O/U with fantastic wood. I didn't shoot anything that fit the gun however. It was bought for the beautiful wood. So I decided I really had no use for it and went back to the same shop and traded it for something I had a use for.
 
Four days back inn the 70's. Got a S&W 6" .38 on Thursday & I just couldn't love it that weekend on the range. Sold it to a friend at work on Monday and ordered a Dan Wesson .357 with 4 & 8" barrels.
 
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