Buying & Selling Binge: Part II

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I went on a little buying and selling binge awhile back when I decided to refine my collection a bit. I just completed round two of the collection "refining" and thought I would post the results. :)

I sold my Colt Government .380 and bought a Beretta 92FS Compact.

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I sold my H&K P2000SK and bought a Glock G30SF.

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I sold my Ruger Alaskan and bought a S&W m629.

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I put my Ruger .45colt Redhawk up for sale and bought a S&W m624.

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I sold my S&W m645 and ordered a Sig P220 Carry Elite Stainless.

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...continued from previous post.

I sold my EMF Hartford and my NAA MiniMag and bought a Glock 32.

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I sold my Stoeger Coachgun and my Henry Golden Boy and layed-away a Colt Delta elite.

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Hate to say this, except for the HK P2000SK .357 SIG for the G30SF, I would have kept them the same.

You traded guns that were pretty equivalent to each other. In most of these cases you've sold two and got one equivalent. Sold one and got another equivalent. Unless you're trading for specific needs or consolidating to a few types or caliber, always trade up. Only sell to get something much nicer (like a semi-custom 1911, Freedom Arms Single Action, SIG P210 etc). It just seems like you got bored with some of them and wanted something different. There's a good chance you're gonna get bored of the new ones too. If you get something of superior manufacture, design, or craftmanship there's a better chance you'll want to hold onto it.

I've done my share of buying and trading in my life. Sometimes it was fun. Sometimes it just felt like I was re-shuffling the deck.
 
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Would have kept the .45 Redhawk vs. a 624 and the 2 western action longarms vs. the Delta, but otherwise not bad tradeoffs. The stainless Beretta is a beaut with those grips!
 
Sounds like OCD. Seriously -- not that there's anything on earth wrong with that. If it's what you enjoy doing, there's not a single thing the matter with cycling these thing through.

It appears on the surface that you have some faint "idea" in your head about what you "need" to have, and you are constantly adjusting your cache, looking to catch lightning in a bottle.

Now that may not actually be the case, but that's sure how it looks to me.

I don't understand why on earth you moved the S&W 645 out. I've heard you shower praise on that one in other threads... yours is gorgeous, you know they don't make them, they don't even make 3rd's anymore and yours was a sharp 2nd Gen. While it's not specifically scarce, it's also very much long out of production. Doesn't make sense to me why you'd move it.

The long arms like the Golden Boy and the coach double are niche guns. Fun, sure, I can see why folks like them... but they serve a very narrow purpose (especially the coach double) so I'm not sure why you ever had them in the first place unless they filled a particular need. If they filled a particular need, what has changed that they must be sent out?

Like I said, there's nothing wrong with this constant cycle if it's what keeps you interested... but it sure seems like some kind of a pattern that could be clinically diagnosed.
 
For previous posters, keep in mind that PBP has a number of other guns and the buying and selling has to be considered in that context. In addition, everyone has different tastes. For me, I would never have "traded" the Colt Government .380 for the Beretta 92 because I love the 1911 style guns and the Beretta grips are a bit thick for my hands. But, as I said, everyone has different ideas on guns. Otherwise, there would only be two or three models.
 
I can't believe you sold the Mustang.
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It is actually the Government model, but I bought it in pretty bad condition for a cheap price. I then fixed it up to like new and sold it for a huge profit. I figure I can do that again if I want to do so. :)

The reason I did not keep it was that I did not use it. It was suffering from a case of the "not as goods." Meaning it was not as good at being a small carry .380 as my Seecamp or Rohrbaugh.
 
The long arms like the Golden Boy and the coach double are niche guns. Fun, sure, I can see why folks like them... but they serve a very narrow purpose (especially the coach double) so I'm not sure why you ever had them in the first place unless they filled a particular need.
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For a short time, before I discovered paintball, I was interested in CAS. After losing interest in CAS, I had no real need of those guns.
 
Bet you have a few autocockers to show off. Paintball is a real money pit.
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I need to update my rpaintball weapons now that spring has rolled around. I am still using a two year old gun (I refuse to call them "markers"). :(
 
The Ruger to S&W revolver trades were definitely a step up (pre lock 629's and 624's aren't exactly common). The others are out of my territory.
 
I also sold a bunch and bought a few.

Sold Glock26 and SigP226, bought Galil.

Sold HKP2000 and Mini14, bought M4

Sold AK74 and Ak74SU, bought M4

Bought Zigana Full Auto

Bought MP5 A3

Bought 2 fresh Chinese Ak47s

Oredered: L85A1, UZI (Iranian), Glock 18, Styer AUG, and FaMas
 
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I see a definite trend towards Glocks and more stainless steel. I'll bet you'd go for a stainless steel slide on a Glock, if this were available. Have you considered hard chroming the slides on the two Glocks you just bought? They would look distinctive that way.

That new Sig is a real looker.
 
This sort of thread just reminds me how everybody is different.

I'm 47 and been buying guns my whole adult life. Got quite a few but I'll decline naming a number.

Here is my list of guns I've traded or sold over the years:

After Bush 41 put an import ban, the value on my Steyr AUG went way up. I felt guilty when I took it to the range to shoot it. I was afraid I would mess it up somehow. It was like owning a brand new 4WD SUV and being unable to talk yourself into taking it over road. So I took it to a Tulsa gun show and sold it for a pile of money. Which I then invested in two other guns, a scope, and a bunch of reloading stuff.

OK, I'm done. That's the only gun I've ever owned in my lifetime that I don't still own. And I still mourn that gun and I'm irritated with myself for selling it. I've been considering a US made AUG ever since they hit the market.

I'll sell most things. But I'm only going to sell guns if my family is financially desperate. No job, etc. Otherwise it will never, never, never happen! Guns aren't just objects to me like chain saws. They develop a personal history. Some modern guns less so since a Glock 17 is pretty much like any other Glock 17. But to sell something as personal as a 1911 is heresy of the worst sort!

Yes, I have guns I never shoot. Guns that weren't what I was hoping for when I bought them. But I'm still not selling them!

Gregg
 
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