What's the stupidist thing you've done with a collectable.

[kmichaels90]

Originally Posted by CavScoutEurope

I don't know if I really regret this or not, but.... I spent $1,400 on a VOPO Luger right before I was to leave Germany. It isn't even matching! O-well, it’s still fun to shoot! I always wanted a Luger since hearing my grandfather talk about his two Lugers that were stolen back in the late 50's or early 60's.

I feel that regardless what you pay for something as long as your happy with it you did fine. I kind of felt sick when I bought my Sig 1911 for $1000 (even though it was the cheapest I could get that particular model new it was still the most I ever spent on a gun), then after I took it out shooting the first time I knew that I had made the right choice.

[Olle]

I haven't done anything extremely dumb with a collectible (yet, anyway), the only transaction I kind of regret was a very early Colt 1903 hammerless pistol. I bought it as a basket case and restored it, and later on I traded it for an AR-15 target upper that I "absolutely needed" at the time. The Colt was a 1st generation with all the early features (even had the plunge cut serrations), and I thought that I can always find a nice, unrestored one if I'm patient enough. 4-5 years later, I haven't even seen a picture of one. Oh well, there's one out there waiting for me, somewhere...

[hansfischer007]

Well..My story isn't so bad after reading some of the ones posted.......I picked up a Smith & Wesson 36-1 with the 3" Heavy Barrel from my neighbor....who owed me $150.00.....really nice pistol....then I got the urge for an Interarms Mauser with 6" barrel.....traded the S&W Plus bunch of Cash to Gun Shop up in East Tennessee where we go camping....half the way home.......DOH.!!..wished i hadn't traded the S&W....pondered and stewed about it for the past year....then finally got to checking on Gunsamerica....found one advertised by a Dealer out in Nevada.....called him up...sent the money...he mailed it the next day to my FFL dealer here......it came in MINT....unfired..so after all the wear and tear on my brain.....I wound up with a much better S&W 36-1....and this one aint going no where..!!!!...in fact...I use it as my Carry pistol and last Sunday...went on a 3 mile hike in the Mountains....and its also my hiking pistol....(mean little sucker with snake loads)......the best part....it looks EXACTLY like the one I traded.....my wife walked by as I was cleaning it the other nite...."is that the pistol you got off our neighbor.?"......I just quietly grunted and kept cleaning........whew......slipped that one by....