Sorry you sold it - The Firearms Forum

wolfgang2000 · 02-22-2006, 10:13 PM

What guns are you sorry that you got rid of ? I'm sure most of us are involved in buying, selling and trading. I'm not talking about bad deals, just about guns you wish you still had.

There are 3 I wish I had kept.

First is my S&W model 58. I like the 41 round and that 58 was just a nice pistol.

Second is a NM M1A. It had a 3 digit ser. number under 200. It wasn't fancy looking but it was very accurate.

The third was a H&K P7M8.

Pistolenschutze · 02-22-2006, 11:14 PM

That, I am pleased to say, is one problem I don't have. If I buy a gun, I keep it, period. The only exception to that rule occurred when I was about 16 when I traded a Rem 600 carbine in .308 I bought with my own money for a POS Win 70 in 30-06 that turned out to have a crooked barrel. I vowed then and there never to trade again, and I haven't!

ksswamprat · 02-22-2006, 11:21 PM

My brother ran a Towing Company and some vehicles he towed he would end up owning for charges and storage. In one such vehicle was a old Colt he sold to me for $125.00. It was,after checking, a 1873 SAA all orginal. Now this old girl was ruff but it was ALL ORGINAL. I fell upon hard times and had to sell (I am ashamed to admit for how little). I did make a profit (hell a idiot could have) but I do wish I had that gun back. What stories that old gun could of told.

Swamprat

57chevy · 02-23-2006, 05:35 AM

Several Pythons and a cased set of Colt Boa's{UNTURNED} comes to mind right off the top of my head.

flopshot · 02-23-2006, 07:02 AM

uzi 9mm carbine. private purchase, no 4473. damn that was dumb. it was just that holding the thing made me feel like Marlin in a bathtub full of Glocks

lead · 02-23-2006, 09:40 AM

There's two, a British Enfield, and a Win. model 50 12ga. Both were in bad shape, and I got both cheap($50 for the Enfield, $89 for the 50). I fixed them up and sold them at a nice profit, but afterward regretted seeing all my work go to someone else.

Gunfyter · 02-23-2006, 09:55 AM

A Winchester Model 88 in .308. My first centerfire rifle. I'd love to have it back. A Skeet Grade Model 1100 Remington. Still kicking myself over that one.

JohnK3 · 02-23-2006, 07:29 PM

A Rem. 700 BDL in .30-06

Hit some hard times and sold it to pay some bills. Only gun I've ever sold.

henry0reilly · 02-24-2006, 05:35 PM

I "pawned" a S&W 17 to a guy for $175 (what paid for it). Two weeks later he was wanting his money and I didn't have it. That sucked.

My boss at work brow beat me until I sold him a 4 shot derringer. He made a nice display case for it and sold it to somebody else for the same price rather than offering it back to me.

I "traded up" to S&W 29's from Ruger Super Blackhawks - wish I had kept one of the Rugers.

Sorry I didn't buy ...

There were eight guns in Grandpa's estate and I could have bought seven of them on the payment plan but I ended up with only two. I missed out on:

Winchester 94 30-30 pre 64
Colt Woodsman
M-1 Carbine

I didn't have any interest in the 7mm Rem Mag.

I did get two, another grandson got one, and a son-in-law got one.

MRMIKE08075 · 02-24-2006, 06:13 PM

MARLIN 336 .219 ZIPPER
24" OCTAGONAL BBL
95% near NIB

bought it for $225.00

one of only 2 guns i ever sold.

best regards, mike.

02-22-2006, 10:13 PM	#1
wolfgang2000 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Mountain Grove MO. Posts: 542	Sorry you sold it What guns are you sorry that you got rid of ? I'm sure most of us are involved in buying, selling and trading. I'm not talking about bad deals, just about guns you wish you still had. There are 3 I wish I had kept. First is my S&W model 58. I like the 41 round and that 58 was just a nice pistol. Second is a NM M1A. It had a 3 digit ser. number under 200. It wasn't fancy looking but it was very accurate. The third was a H&K P7M8. __________________ Guns are like Jello, there is always room for more! -->

02-22-2006, 11:14 PM	#2
Pistolenschutze Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 13,094	Re: Sorry you sold it That, I am pleased to say, is one problem I don't have. If I buy a gun, I keep it, period. The only exception to that rule occurred when I was about 16 when I traded a Rem 600 carbine in .308 I bought with my own money for a POS Win 70 in 30-06 that turned out to have a crooked barrel. I vowed then and there never to trade again, and I haven't! __________________ --Pistolenschutze (Pistol Shooter)

02-22-2006, 11:21 PM	#3
ksswamprat V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 91	Re: Sorry you sold it My brother ran a Towing Company and some vehicles he towed he would end up owning for charges and storage. In one such vehicle was a old Colt he sold to me for $125.00. It was,after checking, a 1873 SAA all orginal. Now this old girl was ruff but it was ALL ORGINAL. I fell upon hard times and had to sell (I am ashamed to admit for how little). I did make a profit (hell a idiot could have) but I do wish I had that gun back. What stories that old gun could of told. Swamprat

02-23-2006, 05:35 AM	#4
57chevy Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 4	Re: Sorry you sold it Several Pythons and a cased set of Colt Boa's{UNTURNED} comes to mind right off the top of my head.

02-23-2006, 07:02 AM	#5
flopshot V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 294	Re: Sorry you sold it uzi 9mm carbine. private purchase, no 4473. damn that was dumb. it was just that holding the thing made me feel like Marlin in a bathtub full of Glocks __________________ take a kid shooting... they are the next vote

02-23-2006, 09:40 AM	#6
lead Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,522	Re: Sorry you sold it There's two, a British Enfield, and a Win. model 50 12ga. Both were in bad shape, and I got both cheap($50 for the Enfield, $89 for the 50). I fixed them up and sold them at a nice profit, but afterward regretted seeing all my work go to someone else. __________________ The best things in life, are not things.

02-23-2006, 09:55 AM	#7
Gunfyter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Western Maryland Posts: 1,956	Re: Sorry you sold it A Winchester Model 88 in .308. My first centerfire rifle. I'd love to have it back. A Skeet Grade Model 1100 Remington. Still kicking myself over that one. __________________ Anything worth shooting once, is worth shooting again. If it ain't broke, break it. Someone needs the work

02-23-2006, 07:29 PM	#8
JohnK3 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 1,636	Re: Sorry you sold it A Rem. 700 BDL in .30-06 Hit some hard times and sold it to pay some bills. Only gun I've ever sold.

02-24-2006, 05:35 PM	#9
henry0reilly Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Indiana Posts: 553	Re: Sorry you sold it I "pawned" a S&W 17 to a guy for $175 (what paid for it). Two weeks later he was wanting his money and I didn't have it. That sucked. My boss at work brow beat me until I sold him a 4 shot derringer. He made a nice display case for it and sold it to somebody else for the same price rather than offering it back to me. I "traded up" to S&W 29's from Ruger Super Blackhawks - wish I had kept one of the Rugers. Sorry I didn't buy ... There were eight guns in Grandpa's estate and I could have bought seven of them on the payment plan but I ended up with only two. I missed out on: Winchester 94 30-30 pre 64 Colt Woodsman M-1 Carbine I didn't have any interest in the 7mm Rem Mag. I did get two, another grandson got one, and a son-in-law got one. __________________ The only Thing necessary for Evil to Triumph is that Good Men do Nothing. Recruit someone for the NRA today!

02-24-2006, 06:13 PM	#10
MRMIKE08075 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 384	Re: Sorry you sold it MARLIN 336 .219 ZIPPER 24" OCTAGONAL BBL 95% near NIB bought it for $225.00 one of only 2 guns i ever sold. best regards, mike.