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Post by magman on Jan 2, 2016 8:59:12 GMT -5
No real regrets here. I was once at a gunshop, saw a 10 1/2" 357Max Ruger. Said if it was there next time, I was gonna get it. 3weeks later went back, it was gone. Funny thing on Christmas morning, it was under the tree for me.
I guess of the ones I sold, just wish I had onto them longer and gotten more from them.
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Post by 375supermag on Jan 3, 2016 9:16:16 GMT -5
Hi...
I had to sell a few guns due to a divorce back in 1989.
Miss the guns yet today...the ex, not so much!
Biggest regrets...A Sako L579 Forester in .243, a custom Remington Model 700 in .30/06, A Browning A500 in 12 gauge, a Rem760 in .30/06, an Ithaca 12ga M37 and a Ruger Super RedHawk with a 9-1/2" barrel and 2x scope.
Never really replaced any of them, other then the Rem760 and the Ithaca.
Haven't owned another .243 since then. Would like to get another L579, but the prices are crazy.
I have easily bought at least 50 guns since then for myself and probably a dozen or more for my son, but my interests have been focused more on handguns than acquiring a large number of rifles and shotguns(although I have a fair number of each).
With retirement looming in the near future, I still have a fair number of firearms I would like to acquire to fill my retirement shooting needs. I doubt I will be buying many guns after I retire, so I need to get what I want before that blessed event occurs.
I have a constantly evolving list of needs and wants, mostly regarding SA revolvers, lever-action rifles and a couple/three bolt-action rifles and a growing desire to have my son build me an AR in .223 and maybe another in .300 Blackout.
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Post by edk on Jan 11, 2016 6:57:17 GMT -5
4" Anaconda in 45 Colt - $750 I bought one for even a little less that I let go  Yeah, some sellers remorse on that one. My rationale was that the throats were huge and the bullets rattled like crazy in the cylinder... at least I try to console myself with that reasoning! |
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Post by theoldredneck on Jan 11, 2016 8:17:14 GMT -5
Bought lots of guns over my life time and sold, traded or gifted most. Have basically what I want with a few like to haves that I'm working on. Selling or trading things I don't shoot for what I will. Figured out that what an old friend said about " Shoulda, coulda, woulda profits nothing because yesterday is gone and can't be relived. Enjoy the blessings you have today and believe for a great tomorrow." He was a believer that those that looked for better found better. He saved so he would have what it took to buy better when he found it. Some of the best advice I was ever given.
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Post by sixshot on Jan 11, 2016 13:52:13 GMT -5
Magman, hope that 357 Maximum wasn't in Wickenburg, Arizona. I spotted one there 3 years ago & it was new, unfired, no box! But Roger said he would take $650 out the door & I passed! Bummer! Another was a 6" Colt Python that I picked up for $300, my son Shane completely rebuilt it while he was in Gunsmithing School in Colorado along with a model 41 S&W 5 1/2" target 22. One day, using those 2 guns I shot 183 ground squirrels offhand, couldn't go back in that pasture for a week it smelled so bad but the rancher loved me!
Dick
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Post by BigBore44 on Jan 11, 2016 18:27:38 GMT -5
Magman, hope that 357 Maximum wasn't in Wickenburg, Arizona. I spotted one there 3 years ago & it was new, unfired, no box! But Roger said he would take $650 out the door & I passed! Bummer! Another was a 6" Colt Python that I picked up for $300, my son Shane completely rebuilt it while he was in Gunsmithing School in Colorado along with a model 41 S&W 5 1/2" target 22. One day, using those 2 guns I shot 183 ground squirrels offhand, couldn't go back in that pasture for a week it smelled so bad but the rancher loved me! Dick LOL, stinky huh?!!  I gotta say, sounds like a Super fun day was had that day.... BigBore44 |
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Post by chris623 on Jan 11, 2016 20:30:02 GMT -5
The only firearm I regret letting go was my Presentation Blued 6" Colt Python. Gave it up in trade for the last $500 of my debt to a banjo maker. I miss that revolver more than words can express. That was back in 1980 and today I couldn't afford to pick up a nasty one.
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Post by kings6 on Jan 12, 2016 0:26:21 GMT -5
A python was my only regret gun as well. Not because I miss it but because it was the gun my son wanted for his graduation present when he finished at the Air Force Academy. I stupidly traded it for a then new Ruger bisley hunter in 41 mag which was so big and ungainly I got rid of it before ever shooting it. The python was brushed stainless and a dream to shoot.
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Post by magnumwheelman on Jan 12, 2016 6:51:28 GMT -5
OK... you guys can all call me crazy, stupid, or insert a favorite... In my defense... I was young & dum  I worked for a small farmer one spring, who owned the local hardware store, picking rocks, in a field that had more rocks than dirt... one of those "leave the base ball sized rocks, or the roots won't have anything to attach to" kind of fields... hauled out many, many hay wagons full of rocks out of that field... after a month or so, I was paid, in an early Marlin 30-30... farmer said "pre-war" & it was in perfect condition... ... a couple years later, about graduation time, I traded it for 23 channel CB radio...  |
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Post by chris623 on Jan 12, 2016 8:57:04 GMT -5
OUCH!
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Post by jayhawker on Jan 12, 2016 9:36:46 GMT -5
The several nice first generation Colt SAs I sold 28 years ago to come up with the down payment on our house.
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Post by contender on Jan 12, 2016 9:53:59 GMT -5
I think it's safe to say we all have had times we wished we had more money to buy something,,, or the foresight to know what to buy when offered a good deal. As we've all aged,,, so have we gained wisdom.
I will relate one kinda funny story about a gun I bought & sold. Kinda regret it a bit now,,, but back then,,, I felt I did good.
I was at the public gun range on Ft. Hood back in 1978 enjoying shooting a bit. A couple of spots past me,, a guy came in & set up. I really didn't pay him much attention. Soon after when it was a hot range, he started shooting. KABOOM,,,,, (cursing a bit,) KABOOM,,,, (more cursing,) followed by 4 more of the same. A full cylinder of ammo on a Colt Python. His cursing was the attractant. His ammo was a bit hot from what I could tell too. After those 6 shots, he got up, slung the Colt at the back wooden wall, it fell to the concrete & he said; "First hundred dollars picks it up!"
I quickly said "DONE!"
I went over, dug out a hard earned $100, and picked up the Python. A 6" blued one as I recall. That afternoon,,, I called a Warrant Officer I knew & told him I had a Python for sale. (He liked Colts, & I was more into SA's.) It had a few scratches etc,,, but he bought it quickly for $300.00 that day. I figured I made a healthy profit for a very short term investment.
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Post by chris623 on Jan 12, 2016 10:35:24 GMT -5
Man, that story hurts. I can't imagine throwing ANY kind of firearm in anger. Glad you had the $100 to relieve him of it. He didn't deserve to have it in the first place.
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Post by contender on Jan 12, 2016 22:50:03 GMT -5
Yeah,,, I was lucky to have the money on me as I only made about $100 a week after taxes being a lowly enlisted man. But,,, since I wasn't the party type,,, I always had some extra money. I always wondered if the guy was shooting reloads,,, or he just couldn't handle a 357 magnum.
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Post by mhblaw on Jan 18, 2016 17:18:40 GMT -5
Ones that got away...
High Standard Victor
'70 Gold Cup
Kimber 218 Mashburn Bee, single shot
Nickel Browning HP
Remington 40-XBR, 6x47
S&W Model 52
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Yeah, some sellers remorse on that one. My rationale was that the throats were huge and the bullets rattled like crazy in the cylinder... at least I try to console myself with that reasoning!
