What guns have you sold/got rid of, and why?

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Sold several: a compact 1911 that- even after a gunsmith worked on it- had trouble w/ JHP rounds (lots of failures to feed), an LCR in .38 sp, a few others...
But the 2 that I wish I hadn't sold- a Romanian SKS with a immaculate barrel and smooth trigger and a Ruger NMB in .41 Mag. Sold the SKS to have funds for a lever action Marlin, that I love, so I guess a wash... Have kicked myself over the Ruger ever since though...
 
Due to arthritis and end stage kidney disease I no longer hunt so I sold off half of my gun collection. Kept several pistols, all my rim fire guns and concealed carry stuff.
 
Only sold two guns in my life, an AMT Govt. model .45, which was unquestionably the worst of the AMTs for reliability-the Hardballer was considerably better, and the Longslide the best. Wish I had it back now, as I'd make it work at all costs. It was a lovely gun and quite accurate when it worked. Replaced it with a Colt Mark IV.

Taurus PT-111 Millennium, a small compact, seemingly a perfect carry weapon, but it's underwhelming accuracy and it's penchant for dropping it's mag into my hand due to it's far-too-touchy mag release, caused me to replace it with a Glock 26 that completely outclassed it in every respect other than girth.

Have considered selling my Redhawk, as I don't use it anymore, same with my HKUSP45C. Will see.
 
I wish I could have kept all my hand guns.
I sold or traded.,S/W 39. Colt trooper 22lr,colt 1911,45. Ruger red hawk 44 mag,1916 Luger.I told my buddie.I'm done giving my guns away.no more trading handguns away.I have 12,22 rifles, and I won't be selling or trading any of them.
 
Couldn't even begin to make a list.

Ever since the first one which went away in High School - a truck load.

Trades (that first one), upgrades, purchase regrets due to quality or use issues, favors to friends... all kinds of reasons.

One thing though, is it was never really to raise funds outside of the trade version of that.

When I was in the Army, if I got really tight on cash, a couple-three times I pawned a pistol. I ALWAYS made certain to use my Gold Cup because I knew I would never leave that one there rather than pay off the nut.



Todd.
 
1. Sold a Winchester Model 70 Black Shadow that my brother gave me. It was in .270 Win, I don't deer hunt and at the time I didn't reload. I lookeds at ammo prices and said, "Nope, can't afford to shoot it" No regrets, it was cheap and ugly plastic rifle.

2. Sold my CZ75 SP-01. I kept it a year, liked it but wanted a S&W 625 more, so I sold the pistol to finance the more expensive S&W. I bought the CZ for $599.00, shot it a year and sold it for $900.00 duirng the last shortage when there were no guns available. So I did well financially, but regret selling it a bit, it was a great pistol.

3. Just sold Russian SKS, Turkish Mauser, Enfield No 5 MKI, Ruger SR22, CZ50. I was not attached to any of these guns and needed the funds for the wife to buy some furniture. No regrets.

4. Sold my Vector Uzi Carbine. Loved how it looked but it weighed a ton (11lbs!!!) was boring to shoot, 16" barrel and wood stock, not the cool folding one (no SBRs allowed in California). Neutered sub guns are just boring, learned that lesson. Uzi are a blast to shoot full auto but as a semi carbine, bleh. No regrets.

I don't like to sell my guns but sometimes it is necessary.
 
Forgot all about my first pistol! Ruger p89. Great gun that ran perfectly but after a while carrying it i gravitated to larger calibers. Definately not a ccw gun also which i needed.



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KelTec P3AT:
Not reliable enough. Hard to shoot anyway, too small.

KelTec P32:
Bad taste in my mouth from the P3AT, decided .32 was just too anemic to carry, kind of hard to shoot due to size anyway.

Glock 20:
Grip was just too big to properly fit my hands (was no SF or Gen4 yet), ammo expensive and hard to find, too big to properly conceal most of the year so rarely carried.

Glock 30 SF:
It would not reliably feed JHP ammunition, even after a trip back to Glock. Swapped it with Glock for a 21SF.

Glock 21SF:
I decided to consolidate my semi auto handguns all on 9mm for its advantages and the logistics advantages of having fewer cartridges. It also didn't fit my not-so-large hands very well and was so big I rarely carried it concealed, which meant I rarely carried it. I hoped the SF frame would fit where the standard had not in the past, but it still just wasn't a good fit.

Bushmaster Carbon 15 (AR15 type):
Got it early on in 2013 banic as a backup AR since I only had one, but after shooting it once I decided it really wasn't up to standards, and I was confident in no ban of any kind, so I sold it at profit and waited out a good deal on a BCM upper to make a backup rifle instead.
 
I found that I regret selling guns later, but have a couple of exceptions. Sold a LC9 that the wife thought she wanted, until she shot it. We both disliked it immensely, so I turned it quickly for a M&P 9c - which the wife loves.
Second - which happened yesterday - was a Glock 17L. These are unicorns in California lately. I'd bought it slightly used in 2013, shot it a few times, and found that I preferred my G34. I posted advice in a 9mm Glock thread on another forum, and mentioned that I didn't really love my 17L. My PM inbox got some traffic with inquiries to sell it, and I thought it over for a couple of days. I realized that the only attraction to it for me was it's rarity in California, and Glocks are supposed to get shot. The first guy who contacted me about it got the first right of refusal on my offer to sell, and he was delighted to buy it at my fair-for-CA asking price. Met up halfway at a FFL yesterday and put the gun in jail and a pile of cash in my pocket. The buyer was thrilled to get it - he'd been looking for one for a while. I converted the cash to a third RSC, which will really help free up space. Everybody left happy.
 
I have been extremely lucky in my retirement to have the money to go after and buy some of the guns I sold in previous years. (hundreds) There were a handful I really regretted selling to include; A Webley Mk VI, a broomhandle Mauser, a Remington 1902 rolling block in 7mm, an 1891 Argentine Mauser and an HK 91 with a five pound trigger (YES!) that shot dime sized groups at 100 yards with issue sights.

I have replaced all but the latter. And in every case my replacements are in far better shape than the originals. The Argentine is a 99% gun and one of the two broomies I have was never fired after proof testing.

Still looking for a good HK 91.
 
tark said:
I have been extremely lucky in my retirement to have the money to go after and buy some of the guns I sold in previous years. (hundreds) There were a handful I really regretted selling to include; A Webley Mk VI, a broomhandle Mauser, a Remington 1902 rolling block in 7mm, an 1891 Argentine Mauser and an HK 91 with a five pound trigger (YES!) that shot dime sized groups at 100 yards with issue sights.

I have replaced all but the latter. And in every case my replacements are in far better shape than the originals. The Argentine is a 99% gun and one of the two broomies I have was never fired after proof testing.

Still looking for a good HK 91.
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Okay so apparently I have sold more guns than I can remember. Also adding to my list I sold a Turkish Mauser with a straight bolt in 8 millimeter. There was really nothing for me to do except punch paper with it so that's why I sold it, however it really had appreciated in price from where I originally bought it.

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I found that I regret selling guns later, but have a couple of exceptions. Sold a LC9 that the wife thought she wanted, until she shot it. We both disliked it immensely, so I turned it quickly for a M&P 9c - which the wife loves.
Second - which happened yesterday - was a Glock 17L. These are unicorns in California lately. I'd bought it slightly used in 2013, shot it a few times, and found that I preferred my G34. I posted advice in a 9mm Glock thread on another forum, and mentioned that I didn't really love my 17L. My PM inbox got some traffic with inquiries to sell it, and I thought it over for a couple of days. I realized that the only attraction to it for me was it's rarity in California, and Glocks are supposed to get shot. The first guy who contacted me about it got the first right of refusal on my offer to sell, and he was delighted to buy it at my fair-for-CA asking price. Met up halfway at a FFL yesterday and put the gun in jail and a pile of cash in my pocket. The buyer was thrilled to get it - he'd been looking for one for a while. I converted the cash to a third RSC, which will really help free up space. Everybody left happy.
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And that got me thinking "What else do I own that I don't shoot?", and I listed a LNIB G41. Now someone who really wanted one is happy, and I got turned a safe queen into two shooters and some cash.
 
In my youth I sawed off the barrel on my Remington 870 LW. Dremeled it right down to the endcap, 10 inches! A blast to shoot but took me awhile to find ammo that patterned well. The day I finally found ammo that worked well, the DNR showed up.
Officer: "Son, is that gun legal?"
Me: "Umm... I think so."
Honestly neither of us knew the specific laws regarding sawed offs, so he called it in and asked. That may have been why he let me off with a warning. I promised to take it straight home and buy a new barrel for it. Once I found out what I could have been charged with, I scrapped the whole gun. I don't regret getting rid of it, but I sure do miss it. Now that short barreled shotguns are legal in my state, I'm considering recreating it through proper means.
 
A combination of trouble with the law/courts, baby on the way, finding a home, and just being financially irresponsible about 4 years ago, I had to sell practically all my guns, aside from a bolt action shotgun and 2 .22LR. I miss them all alittle, but especially a Marlin 336CS .35 Rem that was the production year the cross-bolt safety was an option (82 or 83?) that had a synthetic stock, and a sweet little Savage Model 11 in .243 I had a Burris 4-12 scope on. That thing was a tack driver.
 
Great Thread topic-The question pops up-all the time-you can absolutely get carried away-you want a lot of stuff for different reasons-I had to start defining the reasons and purposes and limiting factors-(money being the biggest). Recently one that bugs me though-and ranks high on the stupid meter-I got rid of my Hi-Point 995. (Ok-reason-I needed room in the gun cabinet) Granted early on I had some problems with it-but after the factory and CS worked their magic(Great CS and lifetime transferrable Warranty)-it was great-and cheap to shoot-accurate and effortless -Well yes the easy fix would have been to buy another or larger cabinet-But I would have had a lot of "splainin" to do to Lucy,
 
What guns have you sold/got rid of

Original Trapdoor Carbine. I was in college and had a date for a beach party with a good looking blonde and I needed money for the weekend.:banghead:
 
Years ago I sold an FNP45. I shot it better than just about anything, but rounds would regularly jam in the mags and it drove me nuts.
 
Only sold one gun: a Ruger SR45. Sold for a few reasons. I really wanted a Glock 19. Here in Massachusetts those are a big deal (kind of). Also didn't want to have to stock two different pistol calibers. The 45 went and the 9mm stayed.

Only other gun I've gotten rid of was a Remington 870. It had a couple issues ejecting shells so I traded it for an sks.
 
Colt gold cup NM-stupid
Colt model 357, 1954-fund another purchase-stupid
Taurus 85 snub, held the black at 50', nice trigger-fund another-stupid.
Smith 442, to fund another gun-stupid.
Smith 25-2 back to original owner-stupid
New Taurus model 66? Blue 357 mag replaced by factory-not accurate-good riddance.
 
As soon as my M&P Sport gets back from S&W, I'll be trading it off. It became a single shot last weekend, something let go after 2000 rds. I'm not confident in its long term durability, so its going bye-bye.

Scored a killer deal on a complete PSA rifle for $470.

About 10 years ago, I traded a Ruger P-94 40 cal for an XD-40. Didn't regret that decision one bit.

Sold a 22 magnum bolt action because ammo has been un-available for a long time. Also traded a Ruger 22/45 for a Colt 1911-22. The Colt is an awesome gun and 100% reliable. Easy to take-down too!
 
I got rid of a:
Marlin 336 30-30. Sold it to my brother because I never shot it.
Mossberg 500 12ga. Got tired of shotguns.
Ruger SP101 .357. Too heavy to CCW. Sold to my dad.
Glock 22. Got it just to try out a Glock. Didn't like it.
Springfield armory XD40sc. Reliability issues.
S&W M&P .40. Replaced by CZ75.

I still have:
Ruger 10/22. Cheap/versatile.
Savage 10 30-06. Deer gun.
Romanian AK47. Fun gun.
CZ75b. My favorite affordable autoloader.
S&W 9mm Shield. Current CCW.
 
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I tend to only keep guns that I really like so I've sold lots over the years. All were sold for one or more of the following interrelated reasons:

1. They weren't built well enough for me to respect or appreciate them. (It's been many years since I acquired one that fell into this category because I'm more selective on what I buy.)

2. I had another gun(s) that serve the same purpose that I'd much rather shoot.

3. Nothing necessarily "wrong" with them but they simply did not appeal to me, had features or characteristics that I did not like, and I simply didn't want to own them.

Most recent ones to get the hook:
- Kimber 1911 for reason #2: It'd never see the light of day because I much prefer the CZ 97 B if I'm shooting .45 ACP.

- CZ 452 Ultra Lux for reason #2: Great gun if you want a 28.6" barrel, but I prefer shooting any one of my other 452s because they are more perfectly balanced and just as accurate so the UL rarely got any time outside the safe. I kept it for a while because of how quiet it is with that long barrel and I enjoyed shooting with open ears.

- HK P2000SK for reasons #2 and #3. My first foray into polymer guns, I bought this gun based on on-line reports and too-little handling at the LGS. After getting it home I couldn't find any interest whatsoever in owning this gun. By a wide margin, this was the biggest mistake in gun-buying judgement I've made in 30 years. There's not even the slightest chance that I'd take this gun out of the safe instead of the CZ 75 D PCR. Other than the horrible DA trigger pull (feels like it stacks to about 20 pounds before finally breaking) there's nothing defective or wrong with the gun but it showed me that polymer guns ain't for me. However, I might try a CZ P-07 or P-09 before I write them off entirely.
 
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Guns come but few have gone. Regret trading my Blackhawk 6/1/2" .357 for a 7 1/2 " Blackhawk stainless 44. This .44 then traded for a Redhawks .44 in 5 1/2" preferred DA revolvers.

I traded a Marlin 22 Mag for a weaver 2.5X7 scope in 1969. The scope is still going.

Sold two M1 but still have a national match left.

It would have been nice to have the 357 Blackhawk when I started competing in SASS, however this gave an excuse to purchase seven more SA's.


And so it goes!
 
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