I should have about 6-7 more in inventory now. Don't want to name them or it will make me cry..............
Only 1 I DIDN'T regret selling: About 14 years ago, a Springfield "Loaded." Something was really not right with it - I tried and tried but was not going to spend additional $300-$400 or more to get it right. Bought it new. Could NOT get through even 1 magazine without multiple problems. With my adult ADD I was just not interested in getting it right.
Now, before anyone starts, I am NOT putting the bad mouth on Springfield - just THAT particular gun. I actually think they produce a nice product otherwise.
Pat
I regret selling a stainless Ruger Mini 14 I had.
Dammit.
The only reason why I regret selling a gun is because they are worth more money now than they were when I sold them.
I also regret buying a few guns that are now worthless POS.
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I'm with my_old_glock on this one!
I sold a Colt Delta Elite, recent production, back in the summer and haven't thought about it twice.
The only one I hate that I DID sell were 6 Norinco SKS rifles that I bought in 1993 or 1994, it has been too long. :( Anyway, I bought them at a local gun store, Uncle Lees, and they had them 1 for $89.99 or 3 for $69.99! There were 3 in a 'Hay Crate' and fresh off the boat! Matching numbers, pristine, and factory new condition.
Through the years I let 2 or 3 go, and then another one or two. Now I only have 1 of them left, and the market on them has quadrupled what I bought them for! :( The last one I sold was right after Sandy Hook, and the guy offered me $250 for one. I thought he was crazy, but I didn't think twice about it since he was happy and I was happy!
I was in Louisville a couple of months ago, and saw a beater Norinco SKS sell for $500 at a gun show!
When I was going through my divorce, my lawyer told me that the judge was going to split up all guns bought during the wedding between my ex wife and I. So right before I filed for divorce I sold a few I didn't need at the time, and "sold" a few to some "friends." My biggest regret was "selling" a Winchester model 94 30-30 and a S&W 1006 to a friend that would sell them back to me when my divorce was final. It never happened. He transferred to a new duty station and I never heard from him again. I regretted those big time. But as far as not regretting, only one, and that was a Taurus raging bull. It was clunky, inaccurate and never felt right shooting it.
Ruger P90. Insanely high bore axis, low mag capacity, heavy as a boat anchor, terrible DA trigger. Good riddance.
There is probably a gun that I have sold that I wish I hadn't but I can't think of one at the moment. I've sold a lot of guns off, but I've bought a lot also.
There are certain guns that I'll never sell and then the rest I'll sell or trade for the right deal and not give a second thought to.
A gun i don't regret getting rid of but still miss it when it did fire and cycle some rounds was my Witness Compact Steel 10mm after rounded slide was replaced by current newer slide thats squared off. Tried every thing to get it to work and it just was not meant to be. Accurate as all.
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Ruger P90. Insanely high bore axis, low mag capacity, heavy as a boat anchor, terrible DA trigger. Good riddance.
A friend of mine has a P90 in 45ACP, and loves it. I shot it, and think it is a POS like everything else Ruger makes.
He likes all the guns I hate, and vice-versa - except we both like 357 S&W revolvers.
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I've sold many guns over the years, and while there are some that I regret selling, it's a bell that can't be un-rung, so to speak. Two that stand out were an early 1960's Smith & Wesson Model 29 44 Magnum, with a 6 1/2" barrel, and a Detroit Police Department issue Ithaca Mag 10 Road Blocker 10 gauge, with an 18" barrel. It weighed around 11 lbs, and still kicked like a mule with FP loads. :-\
I never sell guns. I gave two away as presents, but only because one was a Taurus .357 Mag over 35 years old, and I had just bought a Dan Wesson pistol pack with 4 different length barrels. And the worst POS pistol I ever owned, a Hi-Point .45 ACP that never could shoot a magazine without multiple failures to something. Other than them I have only TRADED pistols for other guns. And only if I had a duplicate caliber gun with it.
I also had a Springfield loaded that was junk i bought it used tho so who knows what its story was. 2Guns i wish i kept just for accuracy reasons are a sti Spartan and a naa black widow. Ive learn my lesson tho never sell a gun that shoots good.
I regret giving my son a Remy 700. He pawned it. That was several moons ago and now he's a Captain in the USAF. I have given him several guns lately, new .. Bought him a Baretta shotgun for this Channukka/Christmas. I have replaced the 700 for myself same .270. I know this isn't what you asked but, got rid of a Taurus and glad I did.
Calco M200 in .22lr
I never could keep the compression spring in time to keep the rounds flowing. The very rare times I did, shooting a smooth, continuous streem of 100 rounds of .22 minimags was a blast. Eventually I got tired of firing one or two rounds, unlock spring, rewind spring, jack in new round, rinse repeat. Later there was a recall on spring.