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    A Remington-Rand Gov. Model .45 that I bought while working a summer job in Nebraska in 1963. No collector value since it had been reblued. Sold it for $50 when I graduated from college in 1964. I couldn't afford ammo to shoot it. I did use the $50 to buy a Ruger 10-22 that had just come out.

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    Unhappy

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    Ruger old model super blackhawk 44 mag.

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    Quote Originally Posted by longhorn View Post
    Lord, I hate this topic! How about a Ruger Single-Six, stainless, both cylinders, with a 9.5" barrel! Check with a Ruger collector to see how rare that one is.....or maybe the PPK/s in .22.....or maybe the H&R Officer's Model trapdoor......I think I'll go watch TV or something.
    !!!! If those are the ones you sold, I'd surely like to see what you have left!

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    44 Automag
    Remington 788 22-250
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    Why do y'all do this to me?

    S&W model 57--an early 60's model that shot like no other pistol I've ever owned except for
    the S&W model 29 6 1/2" that I could shoot with 22 grains of 2400 and a Keith SWC (250gr) and bounce a Coke can all over the yard with. Dang!!!!
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    I had a Remington 700 in .270win that would shoot groups less than an inch with my handloads at 100yds. I got hard up for money and sold it,still kicking my butt for that one.
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    I just had to revive this old thread to scold myself for trading off my Rem 788 44 mag. Why, oh why do I do these things? I traded it for a Ruger OM 41 mag in 99% condition + some $(cant remember how much). Yep, you guessed it, the Ruger's gone too.
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    A pair of Colt Pythons in the seventies doubled my money back then, big deal look what they cost now.

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    I miss my PPS-43c. That little thing was just plain cool. I did get a very nice Lee Enfield No. 4 MkI* as a result of selling it though, so I'm not sure if I regret selling it.
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    I nominate this as the worst thread of all time.
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    There's been quite a few I've sent down the road , A few dogs but most I dearly miss .

    70's LW 1911 commander
    Early colt agent
    My dearly beloved ruger p90
    Early 700 bdl varmit 222
    Dawoo K1A1

    There's more but I'm tearing up a little thinking about them ! Lol
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    Was surprised to see this old thread back again!
    When I think back on all the **** I learned in high school it's a wonder I can think at all ! And then my lack of education hasn't hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall.

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    Model 1917 Eddystone.

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    Really miss a S&W 3913 I had; but, sold it to a female coworker that was having "x" issues.
    Stoger .22 Luger - not an expensive gun - just a hoot to shoot !
    Colt Ace .22

    Oooh, reminiscing hurts.
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    Not many of those in my history. Generally speaking if it performs well enough to be useful I kept it.

    I've sold a few, and the few I've sold I do not miss at all. Perfect example was a really really nice Brazilian .410 side by side. Hand cut checkering, awesome walnut, nice rib. Sweet gun.

    But the right barrel shot 2 feet high at 50 yards, and the left barrel shot 2 feet right. Sold it with full disclosure, advised the buyer to have his kid shoot it at clays until he had them nailed down tight. Got out of it what I had into it and never looked back.

    What I miss are 2 rifles that I let a friend borrow, and he got caught shining a deer with them. And he lied, was too chicken to tell me so I could buy them back.

    Rem 788 in .243 win with a good 4x scope.
    Ruger .44mag carbine.

    I miss them both. Don't miss him much.

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    Too many x ten. But I really miss the Ithaca Field Grade sxs 20 ga.
    Perfect fit and I shot really well with it's 28" m&f barrels with a Bradley ivory colored bead.
    And the 1923 safe/loaded Commercial 7.65 Luger.
    I hate this thread, too.

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    Mod. 97 Winchester US marked
    Ruger .243 with steel 3-9 Weaver
    J.C Higgins .22(actually a Marlin 80)
    Crescent 20 ga. double

    Sold the 97 to pay the light bill. Tried to buy it back years later, no luck.
    Sold the Ruger(serial number low 2000's) to put 4.88 gears in the Roadrunner. Bought it back in sad shape 24 years later for $550(guy wanted a new Remington and that was the price) and spent $300 having stock/metal/scope refurbed. Cost $160 originally.
    The Ruger, JC Higgins and the Crescent were guns my Moms helped me buy - needed $$ after divorce. Later got the .22 back for twice what I sold it for. The guy with the 20 gauge woulda sold it back but he loaned it to a "friend" for his son to learn with - the friend, son, and gun moved out of state and the gun was not returned. I can ID it easily as I had 4" chopped off and the bead moved back "cause at 13 I thought that was perfect for quail . I still have the 4" of barrels !

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    Quote Originally Posted by shooterg View Post
    Mod. 97 Winchester US marked
    Ruger .243 with steel 3-9 Weaver
    J.C Higgins .22(actually a Marlin 80)
    Crescent 20 ga. double

    Sold the 97 to pay the light bill. Tried to buy it back years later, no luck.
    Sold the Ruger(serial number low 2000's) to put 4.88 gears in the Roadrunner. Bought it back in sad shape 24 years later for $550(guy wanted a new Remington and that was the price) and spent $300 having stock/metal/scope refurbed. Cost $160 originally.
    The Ruger, JC Higgins and the Crescent were guns my Moms helped me buy - needed $$ after divorce. Later got the .22 back for twice what I sold it for. The guy with the 20 gauge woulda sold it back but he loaned it to a "friend" for his son to learn with - the friend, son, and gun moved out of state and the gun was not returned. I can ID it easily as I had 4" chopped off and the bead moved back "cause at 13 I thought that was perfect for quail . I still have the 4" of barrels !
    I have an old Crescent 16 ga. double that I have never gotten around to fully fixing. It's missing the extractor, a spring for one of the hammers, the stock is cracked, hand guard missing, and the steel piece that attaches the hand guard to the barrel and keeps the gun together when you break it open is also missing. Parts are darn near nonexistent.

    Also, the 16 ga. chambering is an odd size. It's been awhile so I don't remember which size.
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    I would say there are only two that regret seems to apply to... Ruger #3 in 223 and a Ruger security six with a six inch barrel. Both were sold for what I paid for them because we needed the money. Learned over the years that the money from such sales doesn’t do much for the final balance, but you almost never recover from the surrender of the item. Gone is gone.

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    I regret the following:
    S&W mod 19 4" nickel
    Romanian PSL54......needed the money......That one still stings..
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