Handguns I should never have let go...

[oldhickory]

I'm sure we've all done it...And regretted it, gotten rid of a fine handgun to finance the purchase of of another gun. I've done it with rifles, handguns, and even a few shot-throwers. Well, here's a list of some of the ones I wish I had back. Feel free to add your own...I know you've done it too!:(


Starting with .22s, a fine accurate S&W K22 with an 8 3/8" bbl bought new in 1967, a Berretta M70s self-loader from the 80s, and a Colt conversion unit fitted to a .38Super made in 1929!

I don't know why, but a Walther vest pocket .25 from the 30s, got it in a gun show trade and never even fired it. I've often thought it might have proven itself kinda handy on a few occasions though.

A Pre-War Walther PPK, 7.65!...Nuff said...

An FN P35 made under nazi occupation, (not that I have much use for a 9mm, but I did like that one).

The 1929 commercial M1911A1 .38 Super that went with the .22 conversion unit!

EVERY darn .38spl I ever owned! Colt Police Positive Special, Official Police, and several Detective Specials!...A first year production, (1932) Colt Shooting Master!...And a few S&W M&Ps from the 30s and 40s.

A wonderfully accurate S&W M57 .41Magnum 8 3/8 nickle.

An older Ruger Super Blackhawk that would nail a paper plate every time from 100yds...Dumb...Dumb...Dumb!

A 5 screw S&W M29, 6 1/2" .44 Maggie.

A U.S. Springfield Armory M1911, (made in 1916, with history behind it)...THAT'S probably the one I regret the most!

A pre-70 series satin nickle Colt Combat Commander tuned to the point it would drive nails at 25yds...

A S&W 1917 U.S. Army, and a Colt 1909 U.S. Army

AND each and every first generation Colt Single Action Army I ever owned!

A towel please...:(

[rb dave]

guns are like fishing rods, cant have too many so i dont usually get rid of any i like. did trade a sears pump shutgun that i had $0 in for partial payment for a motorycle about 27 years ago. also bought a used cheap 9mm and it wouldnt hardly hit the ground. sold it to a buddy of the guy i got it from 4 days later for twice what i had in it and i got to keep the ammo that came with it!! have come out about $250 ahead in my 2 deals over 27 years

[lathesmith]

One of those misty-eyed threads, eh? I can unfortunately add to your list; here goes:
1) An EMF 357 mag rolling block single shot pistol;
2) A like-new Walther P-38 9mm, WWII vintage, with matching holster and spare mag (dang, I especially miss this one),
3) An old 1920's era Luger, it had been re-finished and re-blued, but whoever did the work KNEW what they were doing, and it was a fine shooter...

I'll quit here, but I could lengthen the list pretty easily....

As Cat would say, "now where's that cryin' towel?"

lathesmith

[pumpguy]

This is why I NEVER sell guns. You never see a list like this that says, "I wish I would have sold......."

[SCIBUL]

I hardly regret a S&W 627-0 with a 5.5" barrel and a non fluted cylinder :???: This one is gone for a .22LR pistol... I'll never do this again !!! Perhaps...

[Tom W.]

Add to the list a Colt Huntsman 4"
and....
An H&R 999

[hammerhead357]

How about 2 S & W model 25-5s with 4 in. barrels, a Ruger 1st model 22 auto with a 4 in heavy barrel, a Ruger SS Security Six 1976 manufactured with a 4 in. barrel, a Ruger 45 Blackhawk Con. with a 45/8 in barrel and the list goes on and on.......Wes

[Bret4207]

My Dads very early TC Contender.

[Curly James]

I start thinking about those guns and I feel like squalling like a little school girl. For starters there was the Colt Woodsman Target or the Colt Diamondback 38 Spl in nickel. Then there was the S&W wooden cased mdl 29............

I was very foolish as a young man and like to think I've learned a few things since, probably not but I do like to think it.......

[BarryinIN]

I don't know about wishing I had never sold/traded some, since it always got me something else, but...
I can think of a couple I wish I had shot or at least shot more than I did.

[HeavyMetal]

Only one gun I wish I hadn't sold: A Ruger .22 T512 Marked 200th year....

I have other Mark I's and some day another Bi centennial will come my way.

[Shuz]

S&W K-22
Ruger S47 3 screw

[felix]

45-70 trapdoor; 303 Jungle Carbine; 257 Roberts made with a German, set-trigger action, personally obtained from a dead sniper by a family friend at a Rhine pontoon-bridge crossing; 30-06 Johnson from same family friend obtained in a trade with a Canadian soldier for a Garand; 250-3000 Mod 99 with 14 twist; 300 Rem 760 pump. These were my dad's guns that were sold for his 9 childrens' college money (mainly mine). ... felix

[hpdrifter]

There's only one that I really regret. A Browning Challenger 22 auto. I think it had esp in the barrel. I'd point it at something and you'd best consider it hit.

I've had a couple of bottom feeder 22's since then and I'm just not enamored with them. I'd like to have me old Ruger 4 5/8 heavy barrel back, but it just seems to me that them thangs got no soul, so I'd probably trade it off again. I much prefer my H&R 999 and the newer Taurus Raging Bull 22. I traded a Ruger Single Six convertable off once, kinda like to have it back, but I don't really care for a 22 in the single action mode. Now if it were 8 or 9 shot I might enjoy it a bit more.

Yep, the Challenger is the onliest one I regret as fer as pistolas go.

Now, rifles, there's quite a few. A almost pristine O3A3, Ruger M77 in 308, an old Mossberg rifle in 308, the list can go on and on.

I once had a Ithica 12 double I'd really like to have a second chance on also and especially a 20 gauge Winchester 101.

I gotta go, my eyes are getting to watery from the allergies.

[Jim]

Oh, Lord. I'm too ashamed to admit what I've traded off or sold.

[mag44uk]

S&W Model 52............................sigh

[Tom W.]

The nice thing is that while I traded off a Colt Series 70 Government model and a S/S Ruger Security Six 4", I managed to get them back after several years... And now they will stay home , at least until I die....

[stubshaft]

Brand new High Standard model B military - S&W Mdl 25 - 3 Screw Ruger Blackhawk 41 mag. - Original XP-100 .221FB that would shoot 1/2"@100yds all day long!

[Terrier]

Every one I ever got rid of. In particular, Colt Officers Model Match .38 Special, and 1952 date K-22 that I picked up NIB in 1969.
Terrier

[462]

I've sold two guns. The first was a 6" S&W Model 28 to help subsidize the purchase of a Randall Service Model in .45 ACP. The Randall is worth tons more than what I paid for it. The Model 28 has appreciated in value, too. A bad trade? I don't know, for sure. The Randall is a rarer gun, though. And, .45 ACP speakes for itself.

The second sale was a Blackhawk in .45 Colt so I could buy a S&W Lew Horton Special 3" Model 24. A better trade off, to my thinking, but I missed having a single-action revolver.

Recently, I remedied the problem of not having something in .357 and single-action by buying a 6" Ruger Blackhawk. Kind of like killing two birds with one stone.

[Naphtali]

I am a revolver person. But I owned a stainless steel Colt (series 80) Officers Model 45 ACP, slightly customized with porting & throating and ambidextrous safety. For my small stature and hands, this was near perfection. I have no idea why I was out to lunch and gave it to my father-in-law.

[crabo]

I'm glad this thread isn't about guitars and basses.......

[7br]

I had a stainless 1911 officers model that I wish I had back. S&W 657-2. 6 3/8 barrel, non fluted cylinder. Waaaahhhh.

[James C. Snodgrass]

Mod. - 27 , 8 3/8 bbl , target sights,hammer,trigger . Perfect condition !!!!

[jh45gun]

Where do I start. My First Single Six and my First Blackhawk 44 Mag both were shooters I foolishly traded them off in a case of gunitis and got other guns I desired. Later I bought an other of each and both shot for crap wish I would have kept the first ones I had. This taught me that if you have a good Ruger keep it as you might not get an other good one I did'nt. A Norinco 45 Colt Clone my Ex bought me it shot very well when we got divorced I got rid of it since she bought it. Dumb mistake letting my emotions get the best of me it was a good gun even though it was a chinese copy. They could not have been too bad Jan Libourel thought they were a good basis for a custom gun build.

[S.R.Custom]

I'm glad this thread isn't about guitars and basses.......

No kidding! Why I let that pearl-white Gibson ES-335 go, I'll never know...

Wait, I remember... It was so I could buy that BushMaster AR15 right before the last assault weapons ban. Don't you know, I don't have that anymore, either. :roll:

[alamogunr]

I've got two that I regret. The first was a S&W Kit Gun, .22 LR with a 2" barrel. I bought it when I was in high school and sold it when I needed money for something forgotten. The second was a Remington Rand 1911 that had been polished and reblued. Still had the "Property of US Government", or something to that effect, on it. I sold it when I was graduating from college and couldn't afford to shoot it. I bought one of the first Ruger 10/22's with the proceeds. I don't regret the Ruger(still have it) but I wish I had kept the 1911. These transactions took place in the late 50's and early 60's. I haven't sold much since then and the safe attests to that.
John
W.TN

[shdwlkr]

I let an almost new browning high power made in the 70's go and a s&w escort go to please the second wife she was so happy that a few years later in the divorce she relieved me of all my firearms.
that will not happen again I have spent to much money getting back what I lost. I think I have spent 2-3 times what the first ones cost to get the replacements.

[bobthenailer]

my brother in law bought a standard model ruger 22 semi auto in the 60s for 55.00 in the late 70s he sold it to a friend of mine to buy a hi standard victor . over the years he allways said he regretted selling the pistol as it was his first pistol , well after 25 years i decided to try and locate that old friend which had moved away from my area and persuade him to sell it ! well it cost my sister & me $350.00 for the ruger ! but his reaction was priceless when he opend the oversize box with the ruger inside ! for his 63 birthday in the same condtion as 25 years ago with the box & papers .

[shdwlkr]

bobthenailer
that is just supper, I wish that I could get back some that I have sold or lost. The first rifle I had that my dad bought me would be great but would have to go look it up to even know what it was called. Now you have me thinking time to go do some looking.

[AnthonyB]

Five inch S&W M27 in the wooden presentation case went to pay for my honeymoon. It was a great decision at 22 years old; idiotic now that I'm 42. Amazing how your perspective changes.... Tony

[Heavy lead]

Anthony, that rings a bell, the first handgun I ever owned was a Virginian Dragoon in 44, sold for same reason as you when I was 22, I'm now 43, small world. Guess looking back she was worth it, but I'd like to get it back.

[oldhickory]

I guess the one I really miss on my list would be the satin nickle Colt Combat Commander. It was tricked out by a retired Navy Admiral turned gunsmith in his later years. It locked up like a bank vault and shot one ragged hole at 25yds, yet was still set-up for combat shooting, high profile fixed sights, stippled fore-grip, ambedextrious safety, lowered ejection port, match grade barrel, beveled magazine well, and pinned grip safety. It was 100% reliable and 100% accurate, the worst part is...I don't remember what I traded it for!:confused:

[bobthenailer]

i also had a 70 series satin nickel combat commander in 45 acp , with some modfications, s&w adj revolver sights melted in the slide , and the usual modfications and a 1917 army 1911 in 85% condtion i got from a older shooting buddy, i doubled my money but at todays prices it woud be worth 10 times what i paid for it

[Old Ironsights]

My 7" .454 Casull (1990s FA Field Grade with Rosewood grips)
My 6" Ruger Old Army.
My Custom (built by me) CCO/XO 1911...

I actualy liked my .40 Star PD & CZ 50 .32acp but I rust blue carry guns so badly I couldn't keep them...

[lathesmith]

that will not happen again I have spent to much money getting back what I lost. I think I have spent 2-3 times what the first ones cost to get the replacements.

What, on the wives or the guns? Or both?!!
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[curiousgeorge]

Fortunately only one - a Colt new frontier .22 4.75 barrel that my wife of 32 years bought me when we were dating in high school (even had to have her Dad sign for it). Traded it for my first centerfire, a Ruger Security Six back in '79. Thank God that I was at least smart enough to not let the wife get away! And yes, she has never let me live it down and never will.

[NoZombies]

I've made some dumb trades, no doubt, but the ones I really miss are the ones that got stolen...

My grandad's war trophy p.08 in 7.62 comes to mind, as well as the 03-a3 and almost complete pederson device I got from my other grandfather (I know!) the rest of them were replaceable, but not all of them have been...

I was 19 when they got stolen, and I then realized that saving money by not buying a safe, so I could afford to buy more guns, was false economy. Now most everything is locked up unless in use or transit.

[BD]

Only one for me as well. My 2 3/4" SS Ruger Service Six. It was a good reliable handgun that rode along in an ammo can tied down on the row frame on quite a few WW raft trips. It was an easy thing to keep under wraps in sorts of situations.

22 years ago, with finances crimped by a new baby and wanting something bigger to carry while baiting bears, I sold it to buy a Redhawk.

BD

[looseprojectile]

In 1962 I traded a seven and a half in barreled U.S. marked Colt single action .45 with one piece ivory grips for a six inch Merwin&Hulbert .44 40. Was the nicest condition single action I ever had. Don't remember where the .44 40 went.
Wouldn't it be great if we could know what stuff would be worth in the future?
I still kick myself a lot over that one trade.
Life is good

[Major Tom]

Twenty years ago, I sold my entire collection of firearms. Included was: Devine M1A, Colt AR-15, Ruger 3-screw 41 Mag., Ruger 30 Carbine, Ruger 3-screw 44 Mag, Ruger 44 mag w/10 inch barrel, Ithica 600 20 gauge over/under, Colt Trooper 357 w/4 inch barrel, Colt 38 Super auto and Colt government 45 acp.

[Potsy]

I feel everyone's pain.
Not to change the subject, but the only thread that could be any more depressing is what you should have bought, but didn't.

[badgeredd]

.................
Not to change the subject, but the only thread that could be any more depressing is what you should have bought, but didn't.

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