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Ever say "I should have bought that"?

woodsrunnerwoodsrunner Member Posts: 5,378 ✭✭
edited February 2002 in General Discussion
Today at the gun show I saw a Marlin in .219 zipper. It was pretty beat up. A few years ago I passed on a really decent one that included a set of RCBS dies and a stash of brass. Price then was $300.00 Today I found myself saying "I should have bought that". I'm wondering what gun's you guys have passed up and later regretted.WOODS
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  • legn4legn4 Member Posts: 481 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Farm auction afew years back, 1890 win real sharp 90-95% i think it sold for around 450.
    Work'n like a dog all nite
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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,342 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    NIB Colt Custom Shop Python, mid 70's ...I could have bought it 10 years ago for 550.00.That one still haunts me...
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Last week there was a 20 guage 870 express,3 inch mag ,youth model,walnut,and choke tubes,at the pawnshop.It was like new for $180.out the door,for me Went back,and it was gone. There was a new style Marlin levergun (1894CL)in 32-20,just like the one I have in .218ee.Went back and it was gone .218
    Did somebody say somethin` about bees?
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  • gap1916gap1916 Member Posts: 4,977
    edited November -1
    Back in the 80's I was looking at an AUG. I had the money but said I would rather have an AR. Well today the AUG is 3 times the price of the AR. Never thought there would be such a thing as a gun ban. I still wake up in cold sweats about a gun ban.
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  • GreenLanternGreenLantern Member Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Passed up a preban bushmaster with scope a few months back for $800. Thought that I should have bought it to make a few $$ on it but then realized I'd wouldn't end up parting with it.
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    I've said it a hundred times, and probably will say it a hundred more before it's over.
    Save, research, then buy the best.Join the NRA, NOW!Teach them young, teach them safe, teach them forever, but most of all, teach them to VOTE!
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  • competentonecompetentone Member Posts: 4,696 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In 1994 just after the ban, I could have bought--probably just about as many as I wanted--Butler Creek 25-round 10/22 mags for about $12 each.Should have bought about a thousand or two...
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  • smooth_operatorsmooth_operator Member Posts: 227 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Brand new SIG 220, with all papers etc. for $1300+tax. That same week went to a gun show and almost fell when I saw what people were asking for the used ones. Up to this day, I still kick myself in the butt for letting that deal fall through.-smooth
    Life is the leading cause of death.Everything else is just a contributing factor.
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Some years back a guy wanted to trade me a 96 Mauser pistol with stock and harness he recovered from a Jap tank. I had an Ordnance marked Savage 720 shotgun. I reneged and traded it for an ElTigre Winchester 92 copy that turned out to be a hunk of junk.BAAD judgement!
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  • beachmaster73beachmaster73 Member Posts: 3,011 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Oh yeah! About 4 months ago I went into Cabela's Gun Room and saw a fair condition 1895 Winchester in .405 for $1295. What made it special is that it had the import marks of a Calcutta, India Gun Supplier. The condition wasn't great which led me to believe that it had probably been on more than a fair share of Tiger hunts. I hesitated and went home. When I realized I was being stupid about the condition I went back and...you guessed it it was gone. Dumb dumb dumb....when I left the first time I knew in my heart I was doing the wrong thing. As old as I am I'd have thought I had learned by now. Beach
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just got home from a gun show, saw 1 Garand for 300.00, in rough looking condition, but probably should have bought it, now I'm wondering why I didnt buy it, the only thing I can figure is I really wasnt looking for one, and never wanted one bad enough to buy a junky looking one, even if I could fix it up.
    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sure. A buddy of mine had an FFL before Uncle Sam and the BATF became Big Brother. I had ordered an OA-93 AR-type .223 "pistol" wholesale through him. The price was around $400 and change. Then the word came down from the government and OA decided to stop production of the model because of the exchangeable AR magazines. They offered to send me my OA-93 from the remaining stock anyhow but wanted to charge me $800. Money was a little tight so I turned them down at what I thought was a premium price. Now, of course people are asking four or five grand for them and OA only makes a similar model with a welded magazine.
    "The 2nd Amendment is about defense, not hunting. Long live the gun shows, and reasonable access to FFLs. Join the NRA -- I'm a Life Member."
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  • CAndres35CAndres35 Member Posts: 453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    So many times i cant remember all of them,but i do recall a chance to buy a mdl12 win. in 28 ga. for 1800.00, in 95-98% condition. had beautiful wood was all original etc. etc. NOw the cheapest one i have been able to find the guy wants 5000.00 for. i have been looking for years to find one for 2500.00 or less even in less than perfect condition. CARL
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Happend twice....a Browning Renaissance .22 caliber pistol for $900, needed a house for the new family worse...saw one go recently for $2800A Winchester Model 52 sporter for $1300....can't find a decient one now for less than $2500...(Then there was that 57' T-Bird that had a bad engine for $1500....to a poor high school kid, just as well have been 15 million dollars....sigh....)
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  • SXSMANSXSMAN Member Posts: 2,616 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    In the late 70s I looked at a Fox Sterlingworth,nicely engraved.I passed at $150.In the late 80s the stock market took a dump and a customer needed money real bad.Price keep coming down.I told the boss I'd be a player at 15k,sorry he said,I just bought it for 13 grand.Lambo V-12 400 GT.Boss sold it less than a year later for 225K.I guess that one I didn't pass on,but just missed.Still have a bad taste in my mouth though.........and that's how my luck runs.
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,078 ******
    edited November -1
    1962 panhead in running shape, $800 because the owner did not want to move it cross country.1956 Thunderbird for $1550.1958 Vette for $800.1967 Chevrolet Biscayne 2-door, with a 427 completely tricked out, $1600.Darne 20 gauge shotgun weighing about 5 pounds, $300.Smith & Wesson Model 28 cop trade, $80.Ruger #3, 200th year, caliber .45-70, $165.Of course, most of these opportunities came to me when I was much younger and had NO money. Funny how these chances don't seem to show up when you can afford them.
    Certified SIG pistol armorer/FFL Dealer/Full time Peace Officer, Moderator of the General Discussion Board on Gunbroker. Visit www.gunbroker.com, the premier gun auction site on the Net! Email davidnunn@texoma.net Jesus is Lord!
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    Gew. 43 semi auto with original scope and sling going for $350Dutch Beaumont Vitali for $100Lee-Metford for $75
    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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  • royc38royc38 Member Posts: 2,235 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Bren ten 550.00. Need I say more?
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  • edharoldedharold Member Posts: 465 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Model 1973 Win. 38-40 if I remember right. I was appraising guns in an estate and this fine old rifle came out. I did not want to seem to be taking advantage of the situation. I found out later the rifle I appraised at $1100 sold for $350.
    "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"Benj. Franklin, 1759
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  • sandman2234sandman2234 Member Posts: 894 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    CARS? Way too many of them, passed on. But the one that sticks in my craw was a '65 vette, one year after I bought my '66.(1982).It was not drivable, but almost. Body was rough, and the interior was almost non-existant. But it still had the original motor in it. For you 'vette guys, it was a 396 cu in motor. sick, sick, sick
    Have Gun, will travel
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Sandman,Some years ago I rebuilt a 65 vette with the 375HP 396....front was completely gone, rough interior, some jerk tried to remove what paint was left with a grinder...destroyed the gelcoat and rest of the body. Took two years and about $50,000 to make her perfect again....next to the 57 Fuelie, that's a very sought after car...
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  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Shelby Cobra for about $10,000. Now worth $500K.Ferrari Berlinetta for $5,000. Needed a clutch (about another $1,000) and I passed on it 'cause the 5 grand was my max available after begging and borrowing.Mudge the depressed
    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
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  • niklasalniklasal Member Posts: 776 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    2 things....a S&W 29, factory chrome, 6.5" bbl., early seventies production, never fired, NIB, no reserve. It sold for $470second, a SigPro 2340 NIB for $360. I just didn't have the dough.
    NIKLASAL@hotmail.com
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