What was your dumbest firearms related purchase?

[jsalcedo]

Most of us have made a bad purchasing decision at one time or another.

Bought a jennings, davis or lorcin before we knew better.

A nifty ramline plastic magazine that broke first time it was used.

What is your dumbest firearms related purchase?

 

[Monkeyleg]

I bought a new S&W 629 Classic, then sold it almost immediately to buy an engraved Ruger Blackhawk. Not being factory engraved, it wasn't worth anything near what I paid for it.

Second dumbest was buying a pistol-gripped Mossberg 500. Only shot once.

 

[Kodiak AK]

I bought a PPK second hand , and later learned from a third party it was hot so I turned it over to the police .

 

[AJ Dual]

Remington Viper .22

 

[NRA4LIFE]

A few come to mind:

1) Ramline (insert anything)

2) SKS (thinking that it would actually be worth more than I paid for it someday)

 

[sm]

Estate State so I bought the whole "lot".

Llama .45, I sold that right quick to a fella that needed the gun for parts for his Llama.

Stupid me made the mistake of keeping and using a gun case with a famous makers name associated with tactical stuff. Yep all that did when a robbery occurred was to lose a rifle that was in it, and get the place trashed.

I have since discovered the T ball size bat bags are great for some carbines,and shotguns. Wilson, Spaulding...innocent and discreet to and fro. Just headed to the ballpark folks.

What guns ?

 

[ReadyontheRight]

Unissued Yugo SKS for $299 when they first came to US.

 

[Smoke]

Llama and a Firestorm.

Sheeeeeeshhh.

Smoke

 

[Boats]

Buying at inflated prices lots of full cap 9mm magazines after the mag ban for a variety of pistols. I finally wised up and just dumped the caliber and all the pistols designed to shoot it while losing myself some money in the process.

 

[Dionysusigma]

A Fobus holster for a PPK... the BB version.

Winchester 1911SL. Too afraid to try shooting it... too many bad stories out there.

A 100-shell box of Wally World Winchester for 15.00, for use with the 1911SL.

 

[Standing Wolf]

A beautiful gold-plated High Standard Victor that doesn't feed, fire, or extract.

 

[ID_shooting]

Bought a $100.00 mystery gun

A shop here used to have a closed case at the counter with a "$100.00 mystery gun" He used to say it could be a $1000.00 custom rifle or a POS BB gun, you never know.

Well, Somone musta snuck sucker pills into my coffee that morning and I gave him my $100.00 and I ended up with a nice vintage sears singleshot .22 bolt action that was rusted up and beat to heck :banghead:

I scrubbed it as clean as I could get it and sold it for $25.00 via a different shop.

I guess I learned my lesson, han't boughten any more mystery guns since

 

[Wanderer]

Threads like these make me happy that I don't have a buncha money to expend, or I might've made some of these same mistakes.

 

[QuarterBoreGunner]

Dumbest? Or just impractical?

COP .357 Magnum four barrel derringer

I don't regret this at all (always wanted one since I saw it in BladeRunner... about a hundred years ago.) but I've only shot it once and may not again... trigger pull is terrible

 

[twoblink]

SKS,

my only purchase regret. And I sold it..

 

[pbhome71]

SKS receiver cover scope mount.

 

[TechBrute]

Fobus holster. Junk.

 

[Politically Incorrect]

A Rexio .38 revolver that I bought used for $100 and it shot three feet high at 25 yards with fixed sights. I then traded it and a Mini-14 for a Beretta Elite II, which was traded later for a DPMS AR-15, which was then sold and I used that money for a nice looking Inland M1 Carbine, which I won't trade.

 

[Sylvilagus Aquaticus]

Halfway decent Walther P38, BYF and Nazi marked, mid 1980's for $335. USD about a month and a half before they started coming in by the container load for $168 in better condition.

My little brother beats my story, though. He bought an RG revolver, .38 Special, new. At retail. He never successfully fired it in the 5 years he admits to have owned it. It probably would have kaboomed if it had.

Regards,
Rabbit.

 

[strambo]

Galco tuckable IWB holster, uncomfortable as heck and it makes me look like I have a tumor on my hip.

Also my former Para P13...not a dumb purchase per se becuase they had/ have? a good reputation (how could I have known...gun rags?) , nevertheless it jammed more than a Jennings even with hardball and continued even after a gunsmith polished the ramp and throated the barrel. Ditched it for a Kahr K9, it hasn't even thought about jamming in over 500 of every type of 9mm round...I sure did like the idea of havin' 14 .45s on tap though!

 

[Josey]

My one semi-custom Springfield Armory Ultra Compact V10 45 ACP. I bought it and had it worked over and Tritium night sights installed. I never did get it to function. A Jennings/Davis/Bryco would have been better. I finally traded it off to a suck...uh, dealer who thought I was an idiot for trading the SA for a BHP MKIII in 9MM.

 

[Chipperman]

Bought a 1000 round case of American Ammunition.
The only stuff that has ever been able to jam my P7M13

 

[tc300mag1]

A Sks and 2 llamas from same guy a 45 and a 44 neither have given me probs but cant get anything for them to sell um so they gather dust basically

 

[Ala Dan]

Um, my dumbest firearms purchase was-

an 8-snot "burgo model" .22LR revolver made in Germany.
Probably a division of RG Industries? At any rate, I bought
it when I was young and dumb, from K-Mart for the sum of
$42.50. It was so heavy, it would have best served as a
boat anchor.

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

 

[Moparmike]

Czech VZ 24/47 in 8mm. I just had to have a gun, couldnt wait until I got some extra cash.... :banghead: