Sold many, bought more <L>, but only one real regret comes to mind... years ago, as a sub-contractor on a huge project, we got ripped off (not paid) and I sold some guns and other stuff to pay my contract labor. One gun was my wifes favorite, a 6" 586 that she could hit a dime with at 25 yards. When we recovered I tried to get it back, but the guy I sold it to was burglarized earlier that week and it was no more! Wife still talkes about that gun 20 some years later.
A poll for those of us that have ever sold one of our firearms
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Pappy John
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Stuff I've sold over the years...
M1 Garand (owed the IRS some dough that year)
Pedersoli 1874 Sharps replica (beautiful and fun, but too darn heavy to be practical)
6" S&W 686 (transitioned to bigger bore revolvers)
3" S&W 696 (just got too valuable on the market and couldn't resist the money they were bringing)
Customized Ruger MkII Govt. (replaced a 6" gun with a 4" gun that shoots equally well)
.44 mag Vaquero (fun, but I was starting to have too many .44s in the safe by then)
Winchester 88 in .243 (inheritance piece, but I'm a .30 cal. and up kinda guy)
Rem 700 in .222 (see above)
.45 Thompson replica (heavy as hell for what it did...if only it had been full auto I might have kept it)
Kimber Combat Carry (fell out of love with 1911s in general)
They were all fun and all, but I feel I have a more useful collection now overall.
The only one I really miss is the Garand, and even there....I never quite warmed up to the enbloc clips. Box mags make for a more practical gun.
M1 Garand (owed the IRS some dough that year)
Pedersoli 1874 Sharps replica (beautiful and fun, but too darn heavy to be practical)
6" S&W 686 (transitioned to bigger bore revolvers)
3" S&W 696 (just got too valuable on the market and couldn't resist the money they were bringing)
Customized Ruger MkII Govt. (replaced a 6" gun with a 4" gun that shoots equally well)
.44 mag Vaquero (fun, but I was starting to have too many .44s in the safe by then)
Winchester 88 in .243 (inheritance piece, but I'm a .30 cal. and up kinda guy)
Rem 700 in .222 (see above)
.45 Thompson replica (heavy as hell for what it did...if only it had been full auto I might have kept it)
Kimber Combat Carry (fell out of love with 1911s in general)
They were all fun and all, but I feel I have a more useful collection now overall.
The only one I really miss is the Garand, and even there....I never quite warmed up to the enbloc clips. Box mags make for a more practical gun.
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I have traded 3 guns, every time I walked into the store with one gun and left with another, 2 of em I no longer liked and the other had frame damage that required the mag release to be moved to the lefty position. I don't regret the trades, but the guns were of low quality or broke so they aren't things I will ever get sentimental about.
2cooltoolz
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Yes...that is correct.
When I only owned a few...
...I used to get really wrapped around the axle at the thought of selling one.
I've gotten a little more jaded since then.
Out of the hundreds I've sold, I only really miss a couple, and even then it's not crushing.
They're just guns, after all.
...I used to get really wrapped around the axle at the thought of selling one.
I've gotten a little more jaded since then.
Out of the hundreds I've sold, I only really miss a couple, and even then it's not crushing.
They're just guns, after all.
I traded my Ruger P90 in on a Dan Wesson Pointman Seven. Love the Dan Wesson - it's my first 1911 - and only traded the Ruger to make the purchase price a bit easier. Even though the DW is the better gun, I still miss the P90 and regret getting rid of it. Especially because what they gave me for the trade-in value wasn't all that great.