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The gun you regret selling

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Remington 512 X. Didn't really sell it, traded for a semi sporterized 8mm K98 because I was a college boy who wanted to be a deer hunter. That Remington was fine. Pretty wood and I shot barbs on fences to impress my friends. I'd give your left nut to have it back again.
 
Only one I really wish I had kept was a Smith & Wesson 629 Mountain Gun.

I believe I’ve mentioned it in a similar thread here or elsewhere.

Bought it off a buddy that needed some dough.

Magnums were unpleasant. For some reason I was turned off by the fact that specials cost just as much.

Didn’t know I would learn to reload down the road a piece.

I really wish I still had it.

On an unrelated subject, I sold an American Standard Telecaster on the cheap years ago so I could pay a speeding ticket.

This was a time when used American Teles cost around $400. Silverface amps ran about the same.

I don’t play anymore to speak of, and my friend that bought it was a gigging and recording musician, but I do wish I still had that Telecaster.
 
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To me, guns are tools and toys. I don't get emotionally attached to either. I've sold dozens of guns over the years because I either lost interest or found something I liked better. Very few if any regrets.

With that said, there are some decisions I made that made sense at the time, but I wouldn't make them again. If I knew then what I know now, I would not have sold:

1. A 4-inch Taurus M44 revolver in .44 magnum. I sold it before I got into reloading and learned that I could build lighter loads.
2. An accurized Remington 700 VSSF in .308. I sold it because I wanted a nice .260. Had I known then what I know now, I'd have had it rebarreled.

The only other gun I really regretted selling was a pre-lock S&W 317 kit gun with a 3-inch barrel and original iron sights--not the fiber optic/v-notch they come with now. I don't remember what I was thinking. But the seller's remorse made me buy another just like it when I had opportunity a few years later.
 
CapnMac said:
All of them, other than the ones I wanted to sell.

I don't really miss the Universal carbine I sold.
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I believe the carbine I had was a Universal. The stock had a beautiful D-Day scene carved into it, but I could never get it to run right.

Before I could figure it out times got tough and it had to go
 
I sold a Ruger KP90DC to finance a Glock 30. Man, I wish I had never done that.
My buddy had a G30 and it felt so good in my hand but he and I could never get together for me to shoot it.
Big Big mistake.

I've since gotten another KP90 but with the safety and it is a good gun but my older one would shoot < 1" groups at 25 yards and the one I have now will not. The trigger on the first P90 was superb after I worked it over and the newer one is not as good.

I let the wife shoot the G30 and she actually likes it so I gave it to her. She bought me a GSG 1911-22.
 
My early 6" Python. Paid retail, $125, and in 73 sold it to buy a 6" Blackhawk convertible 357/9 just before the surplus ammo dried up.
 
Right before our wedding, my wife lost her job, our savings were tapped out, and we didn't have a whole lot of valuable stuff, so I sold a few pieces of my collection. My biggest regret is selling my 1892 Marlin in .357.

Man I miss that rifle.
 
BlueHeelerFl said:
I believe the carbine I had was a Universal. The stock had a beautiful D-Day scene carved into it, but I could never get it to run right.

Before I could figure it out times got tough and it had to go
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I had a UniversalM1 carbine clone. It was a good little gun. That's another one of those guns that I partially regret letting go but I wouldn't replace it if I could
 
Being disabled I can’t begin to count the number of guns I wish I had back. If ive ever wanted another gun or any other toy it means I have to give up what I got to get one.
 
Early 80's Desert Eagle 357
mag as-new-in-the-box. I bought it from a friend with $$$$ I should not have spent, so I sold it, to a guy that almost doubled his money.
 
Dan Wesson 32 H&R Magnum. I can't remember the model number for it. I knew they were rare, but couldn't find a good idea of a price for it so I ended up selling it for about 1/4 of what one sold on gunbroker for a few weeks later. I still made money on it, but I would have held onto it if I realized just how rare it was.
 
I have bought, sold and traded quite a few. Usually I have no qualms about it. If I'm not using it or want something different, I have no problem getting rid of one.

I regret 2, a 4 inch Ruger GP100 and a Revelation .30-30.
Wish I still had those.
 
The first gun that I ever bought with my own money that I had earned myself was a Winchester 94/22. I ended up trading it for a very nice Remington 700BDL in .243 with scope and Harris bipod. I thought I had graduated from the .22LR into real guns. What a mistake! I shot probably a dozen rounds out of that .243 whereas I was shooting that 94/22 just about every weekend. Now, they are $1000+ on the used market if you can even find one. If I found a new/unfired specimen, I'd gladly hand over a grand for it. Biggest regret.
 
Olon said:
've yet to sell a gun. I refuse to sell a gift gun on principle and all the guns I've bought so far I use on a regular basis. Of those that I have, though, the only ones I'd sell are the black ones. Somehow I'm way less attached to those than anything with wood and blues steel...
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You and I have that in common.
 
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An IMI Baby Desert Eagle in 9mm. Not a Jericho or 941. Sold it way under market value. Really stupid.
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I had one. Traded it for a 3" GP100 with no regrets. At the time time it was lopsided trade in my favor, unsure of the prices now.
 
S&W 586 w /6" barrel. Let an ex-wife have it since I just wanted out. Probably bought it new in `85 or so.
Still kicking myself after all these years.
 
Kimber pre-Series II Stainless Target I traded an M&P9 for. Got it cheap, but traded it for an M&P9 Pro I wanted.

I didn't need another .45 (still don't), but they're kind of hard to come by and having got that one at a sweet price, should have kept it.
 
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