We've all had this conversation at one time or another in our shooting lives and there is always that gun you wish you kept. Looking back, what's the one gun you wish you never sold?
We've all had this conversation at one time or another in our shooting lives and there is always that gun you wish you kept. Looking back, what's the one gun you wish you never sold?
Last edited by WILCO; 11-23-2010 at 10:48 AM.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face!" - Mike Tyson
"Don't let my fears become yours." - Me, talking to my children
That look on your face, when you shift into 6th gear, but it's not there.
I once got rid of a JCP pump 12 ga. I sure don't wish I had it back.
Then there was a nameless 22 single shot, I don't miss it either.
I've kept all the rest, and miss only the time to shoot them. Their like children, that I wanted at the time, and wouldn't trade, now that their paid for.
This is easy, Dan Wesson model 7445 in .445 Super Magnum.
Winchester Model 75 - poor man's 52.
Echo
USAF Ret
DPS, 2600
NRA Benefactor
O&U
One of the most endearing sights in the world is the vision of a naked good-looking woman leaving the bedroom to make breakfast. Bolivar Shagnasty (I believe that Lazarus Long also said it, but I can't find any record of it.)
Every one of them. I'd like them all back, not that there's that many of them.
R.M.
The tree of liberty must be watered periodically with the blood of tyrants and patriots alike..........Thomas Jefferson
Who-boy.........one ain't enough. I don't sell any guns anymore, learned my lesson on that over 20 years ago:
1. Ruger Redhawk 7.5" .44 Mag
2. Remingtion BDL 22-250
3. Winchester Model 70 pre-64 (didn't sell this one, LENT it to a "friend" who got caught poaching and I never got it back. This was also my lesson on "lending" firearms to friends, circa 1974..........)
.................and number three should probably be number ONE..........................
”Only accurate rifles are interesting”
——Townsend Whelen
In a time of universal deceit , telling the truth is a revolutionary act
—- George Orwell
My pair of SP89's, used for downpayment on house...
Numrich Arms 45 caliber Underhammer
Ruger Bisley 45 Colt
Remington 700 BDL Varmint Spl- 22-250 & 243
Invest Arms Gallyon, 12 ga. percussion Single Shot (REAL NICE BP shotgun)
Winchester Big Bore 94 Top Eject 375 Win.
Rossi 720 44 Spl
Marlin 36-A-DL 30-30 Win. early model with 24" barrel and 3/4 tube.
And all the other 160 that I have traded off- just to trade those again for other goodies now "needed".
USMC 1980-1985
Off the top of my head nothing exotic, just darn good shooting firearms;
M58 S&W
Ruger OMBH 357
TC Hawkin .50 cal
M788 .222 Rem
35x57 on a M91 Mauser
Rem M721 '06
Larry Gibson
Zishang Sharps 32/40
First model Newton 256
Factory hard cased Rem 513S serial #100
1911 a1 Pachmayer signature
S&W triple lock 44 special
These are the most painful memories but there are many more.
Beretta 12ga PUMP (yes, pump) shotgun
S&W M-28 6"
S&W M-28 4"
S&W M-57 4"
Colt Government Model Series 70 .45 ACP
Regards,
Stew
Sig file change:
"Obi Wan Baloney"
VOTE 2012! Throw them out! Every last one of them! (Feel free to add this to your sig. Spread the word!)
"...Get a rope." Pace Picante Sauce commercial, ca. 1984
"I (did, on several occasions) swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, against ALL enemies, foreign AND domestic, and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same." And when I left, they never asked me to recant.
Awe no!..Not another one of these!
The one that haunts me the most was a 1909 Argentine Mauser in absolute new condition, but that's just the tip of the iceberg...
On second thought, I won't go into the rest. Too many to list and too painful to think about.
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
Wow! does this hurt to think about. Mosburg 20 gage bolt action shotgun
Remmy 1100 shotgun
German made 12 gage outside hammers, Krupp Stahl barrels
S&W 22 jet
S&W 38 Chief-----duty gun
COLT detective special---duty gun
S&W 41 mag.
S&W #29 44 mag.
COLT python
COLT diamond back
T/C contender 357,44 mag
S&W K 38
North American Arms 22 LR
Colt combat commander.
Ruger 77 22 hornet
Taurus 19911------------- JUNK
Remmy 700 vdl varmint 223
Colt single action --nickle 22 lr
Colt 357 Highway patrolman-duty gun
Mini 30
Colt AR-15 with under barrel tube and Unertal scope.
Ruger old army
Buck-whacker 45 conical black powder
There are more I am sure---YOUNG and foolish day's
Do I get the prize for being an A$$ hole
Hate is like drinking poison and hoping the other man dies.
*Cohesiveness* *Leadership* *a common cause***
***In a gunfight your expected to be an active participant in your own rescue***
The effective range of an excuse is ZERO Meters
Marlin 336 in 44 magnum.
I sold it to my brother and he won't sell it back to me
Pete
Don't regret any that I have given away. Some to nieces and nephews, children and grand children, kids that love to hunt and the parents didn't care, done and gone with no regrets! Biggest regret was a Model 65 Browning in 32-20, best turkey rifle I ever had. Distant secon was a pair of Winchester Model 12s, one in full and other in IC, and that's just because they were Model 12, never used them so out they went, now I do use the Ithaca Mag 10 that they were part of deal for so I guess that's a positive. Again a post that recalls fond memories and much emotion. 10 ga
10 gauge: as per Robert Ruark, "use enough gun"
MOLON LABE
"I have a list, and am prepared for widespread civil disorder!" 10 ga
Pre-64 Model 70 Varmint in .243 w/ Unertl 20x. Fired less than 100 times (about 90 by me).
Technically this was my dad's dream rifle in 1962, so it was his to sell…I just would have liked to have shot it more. But when he was laid off, it was one extravagance that he could liquidate.
Richard
Plans and dreams are what we have until life gets in the way.
XNGH E Clampus Vitus, Platrix Chapter No. 2 "Credo Quia Absurdum"
Remington 700 BDL 22-250 it was my first hi power rifle alway's regretted selling it. I don't know if this count's or not but a sold a 12ga pump in a Bob Allan case it was suede with different color's man I really would love to have that case back. FB
I traded an M1 Carbine for my 1894C. At the time, money was a lot tighter than it is today. I would like to have the Carbine back, but I do enjoy the 1894C a lot more. I suppose if it really bothered me, I could buy another Carbine...
45 Cal. Flintlock Lancaster County Squirrel Rifle, My first rifle, I miss it dearly. I built it from an early kit from Dixie Gun Works when I was a boy and sold it in the 70s to get an AR15. Now the AR is shot out and I miss my real rifle.
i din't sell guns. so
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BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
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