Ever regret selling a particular gun?

shilowar

Several months ago I sold a  NIB Colt LE6920.  It didn't take to long to regret doing that as it was a month or so later that Colt announced suspending civilian sales.  Well I corrected that error yesterday, I picked up a LE6920 on private sale (even better, bite me Northram) that is lightly used...which is a plus because now I have no guilt about shooting the piss out of it!  Plus I picked it up for much less then I sold the last one.    So have you ever sold a gun you regretted and picked up the same model not long after to correct that error?

spasmcreeksrun

i sold a uberti factory engraved Henry clone in 44-40 to a friend for what i gave for it...never could get warm and fuzzy with that caliber....never shot it....now i could have got much more...

NeoBlackdog

What is this 'selling a gun' that you speak of?
Once they're in my possession, they don't get to leave!!!

mogley98

LOL HOW MANY TIMES!

Don McManus

Have only sold a few over the years.  Other than a couple of ARs, I sold items I did not enjoy shooting, or, in the case of a CC piece, was not comfortable with.

No regrets.

So far.

m88.358win

A Dirty Harry S&W M29 in a presentation box and a never fired Colt 1911 Government. What was I thinking.

bpost

When I went through my first divorce in Alaska and became a single parent I sold a Smith Corona 1903A3.  That rifle got me my Expert card with battle sights.  It was an amazingly accurate rifle that ate thousands of rounds of 30-06 loaded with the 174 grain Government match bullets pushed by 46 grains of IMR 4895.  I regret selling that rifle to this day but needed to feed my kids, in the end it was a good choice.

jimdeere

A like new in box Glock 31 357 Sig. My brother in law bought it at a flea market for $365. He offered it to me for the same. I sold it back to him for the same about a year later. Wish now I’d kept it.

Ditch-Runner

 very sadly yes too many along with several + cars  especially when younger but when cash flow stops something had to give and it was always my hobbies that had to go to paying bills and eating come first ,

I try to not think of it but when you see one like you had bringing in a nice chunk of change .. 

jimdeere

Mike! What were you thinking!

asphalt cowboy

 Hated doing it, but had to sell both my 16 gauge. An A5 and Husqvarna Mod 20. Looking to replace both with one gun. Either a Darne Halifax or Husqvarna Mod 51 in 16 gauge.

gearheaddad

Many Many times........However, I try to never look back on a good profit.
I'm a collector. I'm always wheeling and dealing guns. Sometimes I get things in a package deal I can turn quickly and make my some/most/all my cash back. And some times I move them too damn fast!
It keeps it fun and interesting!

He Dog

Nope, but there are several I regret buying.

Grasshopper

  Back in the day, trading was very popular. I can't count the items I HAD that I traded away but got a lot of stuff to try that I would not have.
 Th old timers really got me once, the worst ever, my Winchester 42 for a NEW Zebco 202 rod and real plus 5 dollars.:s

savage170

I sold a Python about 5 years too soon

roswellnative

I sold a Steyer AUG for back when I needed to Pay the bills, trigger was lousy but it was a pre ban import. Wish I didn’t solely because it wasn’t a face to face buy and big daddy didn’t know about it. And the bull pup was cool

gearheaddad

Grasshopper said:

  Back in the day, trading was very popular. I can't count the items I HAD that I traded away but got a lot of stuff to try that I would not have.
 Th old timers really got me once, the worst ever, my Winchester 42 for a NEW Zebco 202 rod and real plus 5 dollars.:s

Ouch! Not even a Zebco 404 or 33?!!
I have a Mint Pre War Model 42 Skeet, English Stock, Solid Rib my Dad bought in the mid 60's from a coworker(Ron) he never really ever got along with for $40.00.
It went something like:
My BIL wants sell a Winchester 410 pump for $40.00. I told him you might be interested. It's in my car."
My Dad said, sure. I'll take it sight unseen. Handed him $40.00 and they walked out to the car and put it in my Dads trunk without even looking at it.
Later, my Dad had to go see it, and couldn't believe it was a Mint Skeet model! He was considering giving Ron more money.
BUT!
Later that afternoon, people kept coming up to my Dad saying how bad Ron screwed him. Ron was bragging to anyone who would listen. His BIL only wanted $25.00 for it! And he screwed Ed out of $15.00!
After 5-6 people and Ron himself taunted my old Man, he wrote the information down and said here. Call Bells(Local LGS) and ask IF they can get a 42 Skeet Model, how much?
Then Ron screamed, "You screwed me!"
And..........I still have that gun 50+ years later!!

serf

I had a 33 sneak German Luger with waffen eagle only no swastika with deactivated safety. I sold it but heck it was in 50% NRA value,I hope Ralph Shattuck liked it.

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Grunt2

.380 Browning made in Belgium under German occupation...Military holster and extra mag...appeared unfired...Paid $90 bucks for it (from the Vet that brought it back from WWII... Great shooter! Sold it for $150 and was feeling pretty good about it until my wife bought me a book "Handguns Of The World" Nice picture of the same weapon in 9mm... Article stated they have not been able to find a .380 version for a photograph...Got hold of the the guy I sold it to but...He had traded it for a set of tires!...

sharpshooter039

Once upon a time I got on a 1911 kick,, I purchased one of the very first Dan Wesson 1911 ever produced .. single digit serial number with exp behind it for experimental. I think it was 003exp . Never fired it.. I have about 20 1911’s and live down the road from Wilson Combat here in Arkansas so I have 3 of them and just never got it out,, Somebody offered me over 3x what I paid for it and I let it go,, regretted it ever since.

Grasshopper

gearheaddad said:

Grasshopper said:

  Back in the day, trading was very popular. I can't count the items I HAD that I traded away but got a lot of stuff to try that I would not have.
 Th old timers really got me once, the worst ever, my Winchester 42 for a NEW Zebco 202 rod and real plus 5 dollars.:s

Ouch! Not even a Zebco 404 or 33?!!
I have a Mint Pre War Model 42 Skeet, English Stock, Solid Rib my Dad bought in the mid 60's from a coworker(Ron) he never really ever got along with for $40.00.
It went something like:
My BIL wants sell a Winchester 410 pump for $40.00. I told him you might be interested. It's in my car."
My Dad said, sure. I'll take it sight unseen. Handed him $40.00 and they walked out to the car and put it in my Dads trunk without even looking at it.
Later, my Dad had to go see it, and couldn't believe it was a Mint Skeet model! He was considering giving Ron more money.
BUT!
Later that afternoon, people kept coming up to my Dad saying how bad Ron screwed him. Ron was bragging to anyone who would listen. His BIL only wanted $25.00 for it! And he screwed Ed out of $15.00!
After 5-6 people and Ron himself taunted my old Man, he wrote the information down and said here. Call Bells(Local LGS) and ask IF they can get a 42 Skeet Model, how much?
Then Ron screamed, "You screwed me!"
And..........I still have that gun 50+ years later!!

 Serves him right. I mean you took the deal and he made money and your dad made a LOT of money if being sold. Stuff like that happens all the time.

Brookwood

Regrets? I've had a few, but in the end, I did it MY WAY!  

shilowar

LOL so not a single person that sold a gun that regretted went and bought the same model gun again a short time later?  Apparently most only read the title instead of the OP. 

gearheaddad

shilowar said:

LOL so not a single person that sold a gun that regretted went and bought the same model gun again a short time later?  Apparently most only read the title instead of the OP. 

Countless Times.
Browning Safari Grade 30-06
S&W M29 Blued 6" in Presentation box
Colt Peacemaker 22
Ruger Bearcat
All I can think of at the moment....

William81

A little over 20 years ago, my wife was diagnosed with cancer.  Some dark days then, young children, lousy insurance coverage and a stack of bills about a month before Christmas.....
Easiest sale for me were several firearms to keep the wolves away from the door and make sure Christmas was as normal as possible......

20+ years later, she is healthy...the children are all grown up and I have purchased similar firearms to some of the ones I sold and actually was able to buy back an early S&W 66-1  2.5"....it took me 10 years to get that one back....
I actually found the Forum during those dark days.....been here ever since....

mohawk600

2 Detonics Combat Masters and 2 Star PDs...........long story.....but hell yes I regret those................SAR-8 and Norinco Mak 90 also......haven't replaced any of those

mmppres

Sold a set of 3 Winchester Model 24 shot guns 12. 16.20 gauges. was out of work an had back surgery need to feed kid.  Now see the prices an just shake my head. But the kid is big an healthy working on his own. Dam proud of him

shilowar

William81 said:

A little over 20 years ago, my wife was diagnosed with cancer.  Some dark days then, young children, lousy insurance coverage and a stack of bills about a month before Christmas.....
Easiest sale for me were several firearms to keep the wolves away from the door and make sure Christmas was as normal as possible......

20+ years later, she is healthy...the children are all grown up and I have purchased similar firearms to some of the ones I sold and actually was able to buy back an early S&W 66-1  2.5"....it took me 10 years to get that one back....
I actually found the Forum during those dark days.....been here ever since....

I've sold many guns over the years when finances got tight.  

asop

35 years ago a S&W Dirty Harry new in box.  Just needed the $$$

4205raymond

Sold a NM Garand in 1963 for less than $100 to get a little money for our honeymoon. Took a whole months military pay for first grocery shopping. Woke up day after wedding and snowbound 24". Been with my bride now 56 years.

dok2u

Yea, just a few.  In 2005, I rented a truck, packed everything up and took it all to an auction house.  At about 73K, got more than I expected.  Now, the price on those items has gone up so much that I can't afford any of them, but that's ok because my broker has managed to loose all that an more to the tune of about 900k in the last three weeks.  To say that I'm sick, is an understatement

jimdeere

Ouch!

yoshmyster

No regrets yet. I guess with my modest accumulation. Only sold a S&W 1076 civilian model with magazine removal thing deactivated so it'll pop off a round if one round was chambered. I threw in 4 magazines or was it 5 but that was decades ago and I didn't lose money since she went to my bro in Washington State. Then there was the Hi-Standard 6.5" "Space Gun" that was clean and I found a muzzle brake that I added with 7 or 8 switchable barrels? One was a Clark Victor barrel I never shot through. This sale I made money.

Then there's the Kahr K-40 that's still sitting at the local that was put on consignment to fund the "White Feather". She's coming up on a second year at the shop in September? She went in right after .40S&W lost favor with the public. I think I'll take a cup cake and couple candles to mark the date. I'd take her back but I don't wanna do the DROS all over again and to add insult they raised the fees. I may have to take the spare 7 round magazine and a Hart's recoil reducer to sweeten the deal. Hell I may have to pay for the DROS to get it done. But maybe the pandemic got the sale done? Panic buying you know. Be jacked up if the K-40 is sitting there with the shelves and cabinets emptied. Like a fat kid getting picked last for Dodge Ball.