A poll for those of us that have ever sold one of our firearms

When you sold a gun did your regret it? Did you use the funds to replace it?

  • I DO regret it. I DID NOT use the funds for a new gun.

    Votes: 73 29.6%

  • I DO regret it. I DID use the funds for a new gun.

    Votes: 61 24.7%

  • I DO NOT regret it. I DID NOT use the funds to buy a new gun.

    Votes: 23 9.3%

  • I DO NOT regret it. I DID use the funds to buy a new gun.

    Votes: 90 36.4%
  • Total voters
    247
I have sold/traded a number of handguns and long guns over the years. Most of the time I simply wanted something better suited for a particular use, and there were often no regrets. Only once was I forced to sell a gun - needed work done on my car 30 years ago and sold a Marlin 336 w/Tasco scope to raise the money. I still think about that one.
As others have said, there have been more regrets for the ones that got away - hesitating on the decision to purchase something that shows up on a dealer's shelf.
 
or it could simply be that you want to try every one that piques your interest, and you don't mind the fact that it costs money to buy guns, sell them for less than what you paid, and forward the balance to the next one
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I think you hit the nail on the head there.

I shot my first .45 around 1964 (my dad's WWII 1911), owned my first .45 around 1982, and then wanted to try 9mm and subsequently 40 cal. I've had a bunch of each since. Somewhere along the way I got into revolvers (only 4 years or so ago, actually, but I've more than made up for lost time) and these days there are more revolvers in my safe than semi-autos.

However, there is always something I want. Currently, it is a pre-lock 625 or better yet a 4" M-25-5 in 45acp. I will have to sell something I currently own in order to finance this purchase, but I will do so without reservation. The good news is, I generally buy used, buy smart and seldom lose much if anything on my buy-and-sell transactions.

Yes, I suffer a bit from "Holy Grail" syndrome :) But I have owned, shot, enjoyed and sold some really neat firearms along the way, and the best news is... I almost never go back and re-buy what I once sold. (Exception to this rule seems to be HK P-7s. Although I am currently without one, I have had at least six over the last 20 years and am still drawn to them...)
 
I voted no regrets and did use funds for new gun ... but I still miss my Taurus .22 mag revolver ... that was a fun gun ... the rest were just passing through, and have led me to better weapons ...
 
Many years ago I sold a Remington Rand 1911 that I had purchased used when I got out of the Army. Dumb, Dumb, & Dumber.:eek:

I did use the money later to purchase a new Colt 1911 (I still have)....so not all bad.
 
I do not regret it ever. I have a rule and I stick to it...

I do not use "personal" money(ie: finance/bill/family money) to buy guns. So when I sell a gun, I buy a gun. I have no regrets. Sometimes for me it's the only way. As long as I am buying something I want, I don't care. The closest regret I had was selling an AR15-A2, if I knew then, what I know now, I'da kept it. But, since I have 2 others, I sold it, allowing me to buy something different
 
you don't put a lot of thought in to your purchases and it doesn't take you a long time to figure out that you don't really want it, need it, or it's not as good as whatever you hope to replace it with
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Think that one fits me pretty well.
I'm working hard to get past it.
 
Like others, I made it a rule to use gun money for other guns or ammo and accessories. I have seen too many people sell their guns ad blow the money on other stuff. I have a couple of small regrets but my biggest regret is not knowing what I was buying in the first place as stated above. I have bought numerous guns because they reviewed well, looked neat etc., only to find they weren't what I wanted at all.

Sometimes I have bought a gun only to realize if I waited another year or so, they would have released the model I really wanted. My 1985G comes to mind. I would have much rather had a stainless one.
 
I sold 4 of my guns about 10 years ago. I did not use the funds to buy another firearm and I did not regret it until now. For a while my interests in guns was on the back burner and I did not do any shooting, reloading, or hunting for a few years.
Now, I regret that I sold my S&W Model 27 .357 Magnum with a 5" barrel.
 
For a while my interests in guns was on the back burner and I did not do any shooting, reloading, or hunting for a few years.
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Same thing happened to me, because I didn't have a decent place to shoot. Thankfully, I didn't lose any of my guns in that lapse, and I've rectified the problem! But I was in a similar spot.
 
Huge Regret!

The only gun I've ever sold was my first one; a S&W 19 w/ 6" barrel. I'd had target trigger and hammer put on it, and all I'd ever shot through it was 148 gr. .38 wadcutters. I had a serious ear infection and corrective surgery and the doc said "no loud noises" for 6 months, and I just got out of the range habit.

Then I got married and broke at about the same time and sold it. That was 30 years ago, and I think the family of the guy I sold it to (he's since died) may still have it. I put in "first dibs" if it ever turns up in their house somewhere; no one there remembers it ever being sold and they've seen it since he died 20 years ago.

Dang I want that gun back!

All the best,
Rob
 
No regrets and money always went back into my slush fund for whatever pleases me, be it pool sticks, bows, fishing gear or more guns. I trade or sell what didn't work out as planned. Simple as that. I see little sense into holding on to firearms that I erred in purchasing and don't shoot. Not everything is as it seems, so move on.

There are a few for sentimental reasons will never be sold, the Colt 1911 from my father-in-law that flew over Normandy, the old Kentucky Long gun (circa 1860) from granddad, or the Winchester shotgun passed on to me by my Dad.................................ck
 
Sold a single shot Rossi .410 I got cheap for some additional funds towards a 1971 C series Hi-Power..........I think it worked out well.
 
I once sold a gun long ago to finance a Christmas present for my then fiance. She was later to become my wife, and even later to become my ex-wife. I regretted selling that S&W 686 "no dash" almost immediately after she didn't really care for the hugely expensive leather coat I purchased for her although she gushed over it weeks earlier in the store.

Mistake. Lesson learned.


Much Later, I sold a S&W 410 which was a good gun, but just never warmed to it as I prefer to shoot 1911s and revolvers. I used that purchase to finance a Colt 1911. No regrets there at all.
 
Usually I regret guns I should have bought, that are now illegal in Kali. These include:
Macs, M1A with 20 round magazines, AR-15's, and most black rifles, Beretta 950 22lr.etc.

I generally like guns I can shoot well, so, a PPK/S that weighed 30 oz and shot like a shotgun, same with S&@ 63 22lr, ok. Colt Trooper III 22lr, slight twing, #25 Linebaugh/Seville, sold to finance a FA 83 .475 and .510 Ruger Max, liked the gun, but....

REALLY regret selling my Detonics Mark VI...
 
I sold a 586 and a Redhawk during hard times back in 94. I don't regret it, because it was necessary to keep the rent paid, and food in the fridge. I do miss both guns terribly, though. The 586 was my first, and remained my favorite, even as I acquired a few more. It was a blued 6 incher. The Redhawk was a blued 7.5 incher. These are no longer available new. Sold em both complete with Bianchi 5BHL holsters. That guy got a pretty good deal.

Anyway, I have since replaced them (sort of). I now have a Ruger GP100 - 6 incher in stainless, a Redhawk 7.5 incher in stainless, and as a kicker, I have a model 29 in 6.5 inch blued configuration. These pretty much make up nicely for the earlier sacrifices....:)
 
Both:

I DO regret it. I DID NOT use the funds for a new gun.

I DO regret it. I DID use the funds for a new gun.

And if I still had them, I'd probably be eyeballing them with thoughts of selling them.
 
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