When have you NOT regretted selling a gun?

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TEC-9 9mm. Worst P.O.S. Jam-o-matic junk I ever owned. Traded it for a T/C Contender I still have and love.
Taurus 92. On it's one and only range trip, the slide locked up after 3-4 shots and the rear sights fell off. Took it back to Bud's and got a used S&W Model-19 that I still have and love.
Ruger Model-77 in .243 that would not shoot straight. I free floated the barrel, glass bedded the action, installed a Timney trigger, tried every ammo and reload in the book and it just wouldn't shoot. Beautiful rifle, just a lemon. Traded it for a Savage Model-12BVSS in .243 which I still have and love.
 
Traded a mossberg junkster .22 and some $$$ at the local pawn shop for a used 10/22. The damn thing wouldn't shoot close to the same spot even in a rest, it was all over the place. I lost $15 on the mossy, but was glad I didn't lose more, piece of crap.
 
I've bought, sold, and traded a lot of guns over the years. I can't say I've ever really "regreted" any of them. They served a purpose at the time, then didn't later on, or I saw something else I wanted more. Sure I might later on wished I had another one like it, but I don't regret the decision I made at the time. They're just guns and can be replaced.
 
I've done plenty of sales; the only one I regret was my VEPR K; wish I would have kept that.

Like WEG, there are plenty more potential sales that I didn't do, that I regret way more than any sale that I have done.
 
A Kel-Tec P40. When it chambered a round the slide would lock I couldn't pull it back. When I eventually got the slide open and the gun cleared I dumped at my local shop and never looked back.
 
At one time, I thought it would be great to have a big safe full of guns. After getting them, one day I realized that some hadn't been shot in over 8 years.

Sold off maybe 20 so far. Just sold a really nice Marlin .45-70. I got a .458 SOCOM upper for my AR and don't need two .45 cal rifles. Selling a .22 Mag today because I haven't shot it in 10 years. Sold my Delta Elite, Colt SAA, Uberti .44-40, and some others. Used some of the money to get a Les Baer competition .45 for about 1/2 of what it's worth. Maybe I'll shoot it.

Except in a few special cases, if I don't use them, they're gone. Gave some to my friends for their kids.

For some reason, we feel the need to own "stuff" just to own it. I've outgrown that.
 
Traded a Charles Daly 1911 (a lot of FTF/FTE problems) for a 1st Gen Taurus PT145 at a gunshow. Haven't had any problems with it thus far (after about eight years).
 
Taurus PT-945. I'm a lefty. This gun just didn't work for me. Didn't fit my hand and my trigger finger would cause the mag release to operate and drop the mag.
If a righty tried it worked perfectly.

A Ruger BH .357. Absolutely hated the gun. Never bought a Ruger since.

AFS
 
When I traded my Hi Point model 995 carbine and C9 pistol towards an Inglis Hi Power. The 995's firing pin broke after less than 1000 rounds and the C9 has horrible balance. Having a small number of well built firearms is better than having a lot of poor quality ones in my opinion.
 
FNAR that I never really loved, sort of a rifle with no purpose.

XDM 9 never enjoyed shooting it, didn't find it aesthetically pleasing, traded for an M&P Pro.
 
Traded a Westerfield shotgun with 30" full choke and smooth bore slug barrel (mossy 500) that a friend gave to me. I needed to replace the action slide. It was single sided and broken. I refinished the wood, cold blued it and painted the receiver. Traded it for $125 towards a Marlin 336 30/30 for my wife to deer hunt with. She hasn't gotten a deer yet....
 
A Ruger BH .357. Absolutely hated the gun.
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Blasphemy! Kidding, to each his own.

I sold a Remington Model 11 in 16 gauge and didn't really regret it. I bought it at a pawn shop so it didn't have any sentimental value or anything. Besides it kicked like a mule. I don't mind that in rifles where you only take one shot at an animal, but going dove hunting where you may very well go through more than a box of shells, it gets a little uncomfortable. Don't regret selling it. Besides my dad insisted on buying it when he found out I was selling it, so it's still close by.
 
Browning Superposed with "salt" wood (got a good trade on a high grade .22 with scope).

Mossberg Model 144LS

Navy Arms 1851 Navy replica that shot five feet to the left at fifteen yards.

Spanish Mauser with an extremely rough action, which I had acquired after ruining the bore of a 98k with one round of corrosive ammo and not cleaning soon enough.

Ruger 7722, which shifted zero whenever it was put on its side for any length of time...
 
Around a year ago, I sold a Jennings J22, (2) Jiminez JA22s, and a Rohm RG10 to a guy..The Jennings was free to me, 1-JA22 was $100, the other was $20, and I paid $30 for the RG10. The guy offered me $450 for the lot..I asked him if he was ok with that..and he was. I did check his license and CCL, and he seemed like a nice guy..I would have never asked that, but it was his offer..

No regrets..
 
Mikee Loxxer said:
When I traded my Hi Point model 995 carbine and C9 pistol towards an Inglis Hi Power. The 995's firing pin broke after less than 1000 rounds and the C9 has horrible balance. Having a small number of well built firearms is better than having a lot of poor quality ones in my opinion.
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Agreed..
 
I have sold quite a few over the years and luckily have yet to regret a single one.

Most recent was a straight trade for a new P238 for a new HK USP w/ extra mags and ammo.
 
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