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ever sell a rifle or pistol and wish you didn't?

alaskanmanalaskanman Member Posts: 362 ✭✭✭
edited January 2004 in General Discussion
ever sell a rifle or pistol and wish you didn't? i still miss my ruger super single six .22lr/.22 wmr i sold to a gun store a couple years ago.

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    robomanroboman Member Posts: 6,436
    edited November -1
    Yup, sold my Norinco SKS with matching serial numbers to a friend just last year. DOH! [:(][xx(][B)]
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    "In a world of compromise, some don't."

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    SilverBoxSilverBox Member Posts: 2,347 ✭
    edited November -1
    Nope.

    selling firearms is BAD.
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    TwoDogsTwoDogs Member Posts: 2,011 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Enough to make a grown man cry...

    Colt Govt. 1921 vintage 95%
    Colt Sheriff' model 1st edition
    Colt 1911 38super pre-war
    S&W triple lock 44sp w/ivory grips
    Colt SAA mfg.1887 .45Lc w/rig

    Made good $$ on all...but now wish I had them back..

    "Always drink upstream from the herd"
    Will Rogers
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    n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    too many[V]

    Eric

    All American Arms Company

    Veteran Owned and Operated
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    shooter4shooter4 Member Posts: 4,457
    edited November -1
    Yup [V]
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    kenneth and melissakenneth and melissa Member Posts: 1,043 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    [V]

    Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let people have guns ...why should we let them have ideas? --Joseph Stalin
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    kingjoeykingjoey Member Posts: 8,636
    edited November -1
    Sold a Hakim and a SKS (both 98%+ condition) to my dad cause he had gotten the itch for military rifles. Really miss that Hakim, it was immaculate. If my old man doesn't stop eating all that junk food I'll be getting the rifle back sooner than expected[xx(]

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    BOBBYWINSBOBBYWINS Member Posts: 7,810
    edited November -1
    Don't remind me please![:(]

    BW

    IT'S WHAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THEMSELVES THAT MAKES THEM AFRAID.
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    bigdaddyjuniorbigdaddyjunior Member Posts: 11,233
    edited November -1
    The only one I truly regret is my Fox Sterlingworth. The serial number was well before the 25,000 cut off. The wood and metal was flawless. I gave it to a buddy of mine to use for antique shotgun only bird hunts. I couldn't hit anything with it and I didn't much care for the 30 inch barrels ... too heavy, but it was pretty and worth a good bit.

    Big Daddy my heros have always been cowboys,they still are it seems
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    allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,275 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Twenty years ago I had a Hi Standard derringer in .22 mag. I sold that gun for some reason, don't remember why, I knew it was the best derringer I had ever seen.
    A few years later I went to the gun store to buy another. I was told, This company is out of business. To quote Roberto de Vincenzo*, "What a stupid I am" I said to myself.
    I hounded the used gun market for a few years, and I got another Hi Standard, just like the first. What a beauty! I will not let this one go.

    *Three gold stars to anyone who can ID Roberto de Vincenzo.
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    paboogerpabooger Member Posts: 13,953
    edited November -1
    375 Marlin Lever!
    Im real close to getting my hands on a Winchester Big Bore 94 to replace it!!!

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    This was the Ancient law of Youth
    Old times are past, old times are done:
    But the Law runs true, O little son!
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    p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 25,750 ✭
    edited November -1
    Only one. An original USMC issued 1941 Johnson.

    What men call a hero...is merely a man who is seen doing what a brave man does as a matter of course.
    A man who is in love with learning is a man who is never without a bride, for there is always more. L'Amour
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    mrmike08075mrmike08075 Member Posts: 10,998 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    still own every gun i have ever aquired...the other guns might miss each other or get lonely if they were seperated. best regards, mike.

    What other dungeon is so dark as ones own heart, what jailer so inexorable as ones own mind.
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    bambihunterbambihunter Member Posts: 10,694 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Almost all of 'em! [:D]

    Seriously, I had to sell a lot of great shooters, a lot of great collectables, etc when I hurt my back and over the years. I got up to 72 guns, now I have 13... [V]


    A few that I can think of that I want back -
    Bren Ten 10mm
    Remington 700 VSSF in .220 Swift
    Desert Eagle .44 mag and .50 AE
    Benelli M3 with pistol grip (but always wanted a folder)
    Marlin 444
    Remington 552 BDL
    custom .458 mag based on BRNO action
    Daisy VL Presentation w/5000 rounds of ammo

    A few that I DO NOT want back:
    Mossberg bolt 16 gauge
    AR-7 (ANY OF THEM!)
    I had a cheap 9mm pistol that I keep forgetting who made it...
    Fanatic collector of the 10mm auto.
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    deputydondeputydon Member Posts: 706 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Once had a Hi Standard Sport King with Birdseye Maple grips. Was a great looking and great shooting gun. I was young and stupid and it got away. Now days I consider carefully before prying my fingers off one.[:I]



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    When they pry it from my cold dead fingers.
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    bambihunterbambihunter Member Posts: 10,694 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don, do you sell on GA?
    Fanatic collector of the 10mm auto.
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    dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 31,956 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes sir.

    "Right is Right, even is everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it"
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    bambihunterbambihunter Member Posts: 10,694 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Then I think I remember your H.S. pistol, I just put two and two together... I remembered a listing that had your username as the seller. It must've been it - it was like 750-850 range right? I had a buddy that was over looking for nice target pistols like that.
    In fact, it's still in my favorites under his name, is this it: http://www.***********.com/guns/976425319.htm


    Small world, here ya live in a town I frequent and I looked at your listing without knowing it was you. [8D]
    Fanatic collector of the 10mm auto.
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    njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
    edited November -1
    YES, and it will never happen again.......live and learn! [:(]



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    Charlie

    "It's the stuff dreams are made of Angel"NRA Certified Firearms InstructorMember: GOA, RKBA, NJSPBA, NJ area rep for the 2ndAMPD. njretcop@copmail.com
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    deerhntrdeerhntr Member Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes too many to list here[:(] The One i TRUELY REGRET the most
    was a Ruger 77 in 35 whelen[V] that one went for a truck insurance payment.

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    gap1916gap1916 Member Posts: 4,977
    edited November -1
    Benelli M121
    Colt 1911 Model 70
    Colt 9mm sporter
    Ruger Mini 14 modified by Chief AJ
    just to name a few
    [8D]

    Greg
    Former
    USMC
    ANGLICO
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    crims40crims40 Member Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    All of them......[V][V]
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    old06old06 Member Posts: 577 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes the list goes like this. S&W 686 that was a joy to shoot, Ruger Blackhawk in 357 4 5/8 just something felt good in the hand, Ruger 44mag carbin I dont like to talk about this one, Ruger 10/22 200th year of American lib model just because what it was, not one but 2 Ruger Mark I 22 target auto pistol 5 1/2 in barrel if you've had one you know, Remington 870 12ga couldn't miss with it, Remington 760 in ought six with the corn cob forarm quick pointing, Remington 11-87 12ga best auto shotgun I've had on the target range, Marlin 39 D model the rabbits I shot with that gun still can't believe I trade it, Marlin model 36 (1947)year befor the 336 came out it was in 98% honest got it from the first owner, Whitworth 2506 it would put them into one hole on a regular basis, Savage 24V 30 30 over 20ga with the best looking stock it made me smile when I picked it up, and that about does it, this has been a depressing subject [:(]

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    springer1springer1 Member Posts: 647 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    YES I think most people will have to make this very very Hard[xx(]choice some time in their life,still there will always be another gun at another time
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    HappyNanoqHappyNanoq Member Posts: 12,023
    edited November -1
    No.

    But there are some, that I'd want to replace in the same model, but different caliber.

    For instance,I sold a Steyr Mannlicher in .308Win.
    I'd want to replace that in .223Rem or .243Win. either in regular Scout or Scout Tactical.


    Don't do anything that I've allready done - That'd be just plain STOOOOOOPID.
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    pack rat633pack rat633 Member Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sure, at least once a year! Sometimes it's because I took a bath on the price, other times because what I traded for an't no better than what I had. Mostly, I miss the guns I traded in my youth[:(!][:(!][:(]

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    earlwellmanearlwellman Member Posts: 645 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    And you always have that * across the counter offering you $20 less than you ask; all this while you almost cry to see "her" go.
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    chorkiechorkie Member Posts: 2,477 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had a set of 6 Colt .45 auto commeratives of WWI and WWII battles, all with the same serial #'s and all still in their original factory shipping cartons. I sold the set in the mid 80's for $3500 and I would really like to have them back. There have been others, but those I regret the most.

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    zr700zr700 Member Posts: 2,430 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by mrmike08075
    still own every gun i have ever aquired...the other guns might miss each other or get lonely if they were seperated. best regards, mike.


    Same here nerver sold one never will

    Jason
    Proud NRA member
    "The constitutions of most of our states assert that all power is inherent in the people; that...it is there right and duty to be at all times armed."
    Thomas Jefferson 1824
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    jsergovicjsergovic Member Posts: 5,526
    edited November -1
    Only one I miss, and one I should have kept for the heck of it.
    And a few more I don't miss.
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    Gibbs505Gibbs505 Member Posts: 3,175
    edited November -1
    Not all but most of them. One I really miss was a Winchester M70 in 7 mm rem mag. Beautful shooter![:(]

    Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
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    mateomasfeomateomasfeo Member Posts: 27,143
    edited November -1
    quote:ever sell a rifle or pistol and wish you didn't?

    I feel that way about ALL of the ones I've sold...even the Walther PPK...



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    "I am what I am!" - Popeye
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    elect1mikeelect1mike Member Posts: 4,585 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    [V][V][V][V][V][V][V][V][V][V]
    Yea all of them I just sold down to the last one and check is on its way for it. Damn I am depressed.

    col elect1mike Illinois
    volinters RRG
    I am a man but I can change if I have to,I guess.
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    v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    An unfired 1940 Mauser Luger w/holster
    Tanner Jaeger flintlock w/gold touch hole
    1886 45-90 deluxe, half mag, half hex bbl
    1894 Marlin 32-20
    Mint 1896 Mauser pistol
    1911A1 govt
    1903A4 sniper Springfield
    2 M-3 snooperscope carbine receivers
    2 T-3 Snooperscope carbine receivers
    PPSH41 North Korean manufacture SMG w/chrome barrel,drum, tools and sling
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    pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mostly no.
    A few yes.

    The gene pool needs chlorine.
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    Mike291Mike291 Member Posts: 33 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Only sold two guns in my life - my old Marlin 336 .30/30 lever action that I never used. I really miss it now.

    Also sold a S&W 559 9mm. Don't miss that one too much.
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    select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,453 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Colt Woodsman Match Target
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    mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Only 2.
    1)Winchester model 1873 in .38-40 with octagon barrel. Sold in 1959 for $125. AAAARRRRGGGHHHH
    2)DCM M1D. AAAARRRRGGGHHHH again.

    Mudge the tearful

    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
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    juddroyjuddroy Member Posts: 204 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I pick up good deals all the time, and resale em, take the profits when they add up, and buy what I want.One I wish I would have kept, was a beautiful 03-A3 .I just had to have this 220 swift.Oh the pain of it all ;(
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    gogolengogolen Member Posts: 1,619 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nope the only ones I have ever sold were a smith and wesson 629 had to get rid of that gun I know they are great revolvers but man was that an uncomforatable gun to shoot for me. And a t/c scout muzzle stuffer needed to upgrade and I am happy with only one muzzleloader darkening a corner in my safe.
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