Just Curious

Arizona Slim · 12-09-2012, 10:45 PM

Of all the firearms that you have owned in the past and sold or otherwise let go, which one do you most regret not keeping?
For me it was a very nice nickel plated Colt Python .357 Mag. I liked the gun but it had a barrel that was shorter then I prefer. Just wondering. Lon

ripcord810 · 12-09-2012, 11:12 PM

Mine was a Colt Commander I bought many years ago. Bought it at a gun show for $250 then sold it a year later for $400.. Sure wish I had that one back....

GySgt1811 · 12-09-2012, 11:43 PM

"For me it was a very nice nickel plated Colt Python .357 Mag."

Exactly! Me, too! I sold it for $400 but was able to get it back years later for the same price. I made an oak presentation box for it and gave to my daughter for her 21st birthday. She still has it. (She better!)

Ron Wood · 12-09-2012, 11:46 PM

I have two. A virtually mint 1896 Bergmann #3, the finest I have ever seen. The other was a Mauser Conehammer that looked unfired.

LWaali · 12-10-2012, 01:41 AM

A like new in box Astra .357... I still kick myself for it

alvin · 12-10-2012, 06:19 AM

Don't know others, but I feel gun related hobby needs "activities", either shooting, or buying, or selling (other collectors might also do reloading, gunsmithing, etc). It's hard to sit there reading book only without performing above mentioned activities. So, some guns that should not have come came to home, and some guns that should not have gone went away. In this busy mode, then I have lots of fun.

So far, I setup two rules for myself: (1) Don't sell pre-1899 antique firearms; (2) If it's a really very nice C&R, it should only be sold at its lover's price, no bargain.

apis mellifera · 12-10-2012, 07:45 AM

Colt Peacemaker that was a Christmas present from my Dad. Sold it to buy an engagement ring. Still have the wife; wish I had the gun too.

MikeP · 12-10-2012, 08:10 AM

Model 12 pigeon grade my gramp bought me before I was born.

He died as I graduated high school and the farm was being sold off.

I left for college and the army and traded it off.
It was unfired I believe .

CJS57 · 12-10-2012, 08:33 AM

Prewar S&W Registered Magnum, 1 of 1 shipment to Mexico City with the first ever recorded Smith factory synthetic "ivory" grips, all per Roy Jinks, S&W Historian. Purchased it cheap as a "M-27" for $800, sold it quick for about $1800. I was into cars right then. Oh well.......I still have the 1957 Chevrolet Belair 270 hp.

alanint · 12-10-2012, 08:44 AM

A correct, all early featured M1A1 Paratrooper carbine. I did ok on it but shudder at what they are going for today.

wlyon · 12-10-2012, 10:42 AM

A 1941 byf with 2 matching mags and holster. Sold while in college for groceries. I got $40 for it. Which is what I paid for it while in the Navy. Bill

padredan · 12-10-2012, 11:57 AM

after being on this forum , each and everyone of the lugers i have owned and traded for .

Arizona Slim · 12-10-2012, 12:20 PM

After reading the above replies I don't feel nearly so bad as I can easily replace that Colt Python and it had no sentimental value but I had to cringe when I read some of these stories, many can never be replaced and others with great difficulty and a whole lot of luck.

saab-bob · 12-10-2012, 03:52 PM

Alanint
I am the same situation as you. Sold my slam fire RPB Ingram M10 with the full SWAT kit,for the money to buy a set of rare Saab alloy wheels.

Felt Ok on the deal.
Now the the kit is worth huge money and the wheels never got mounted on a car!

Bob

alvin · 12-10-2012, 05:22 PM

I really appreciate this topic. It helped me avoiding another mistake. I just dropped one ad of selling. Quite a few times, I went into selling mode, then one after one was gone, until switching back to buying mode. In the cycle, there were some mistakes. Now I am balanced. No need to sell anything anymore

rhuff · 12-10-2012, 05:53 PM

For me it was a LNIB Browning Hi Power T Series. A friend still has it and refuses to sell it back to me!!

policeluger · 12-10-2012, 06:31 PM

I was just checking internet sales for a friends (from his wife) Christmas present, he wants a Colt duel cylender 22/22mag revolver.....wow sure glad I never sold mine even if it cost several months saving way back, $150.00, can't do that again.....on the other side of life I will starting the first of the year selling a part of my Wiemar police Luger collection.....moving on.

lugersrkewl · 12-10-2012, 08:45 PM

saiga ak47 about 7 years ago, and a colt hbar ar-15 about 7 years ago, when the guy at the pawn shop gave me the price I wanted( what I paid for it) and didnt haggle at all I should have known right there I sold to low

alvin · 12-10-2012, 10:10 PM

Since it's still mine, I will post a picture. The gun being "saved" was not a Broomhandle (that's also the reason considering selling it). Probably a gun should be kept is a gun that caused that type of thinking: what if someone really wants it.... Better de-list it then

goldwing · 12-10-2012, 10:10 PM

Browning FN 1922 32 cal. My first gun, a bring back, I bought it in 1947 for $5.00, when I was 13, can't remember when I sold it. BIll

12-09-2012, 10:45 PM	#1
Arizona Slim Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 706 Thanks: 1,026 Thanked 409 Times in 225 Posts	Just Curious Of all the firearms that you have owned in the past and sold or otherwise let go, which one do you most regret not keeping? For me it was a very nice nickel plated Colt Python .357 Mag. I liked the gun but it had a barrel that was shorter then I prefer. Just wondering. Lon

12-09-2012, 11:46 PM	#4
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,022 Thanks: 1,090 Thanked 5,178 Times in 1,703 Posts	I have two. A virtually mint 1896 Bergmann #3, the finest I have ever seen. The other was a Mauser Conehammer that looked unfired. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

12-10-2012, 10:42 AM	#11
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,635 Thanks: 3,174 Thanked 2,556 Times in 954 Posts	A 1941 byf with 2 matching mags and holster. Sold while in college for groceries. I got $40 for it. Which is what I paid for it while in the Navy. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

12-10-2012, 11:57 AM	#12
padredan User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: louisiana Now, but from the Rebublic of Texas Posts: 937 Thanks: 429 Thanked 316 Times in 182 Posts	after being on this forum , each and everyone of the lugers i have owned and traded for . __________________ In this world nothing is free, except the grace of God

12-10-2012, 03:52 PM	#14
saab-bob User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: So Cal Posts: 459 Thanks: 774 Thanked 143 Times in 87 Posts	Alanint I am the same situation as you. Sold my slam fire RPB Ingram M10 with the full SWAT kit,for the money to buy a set of rare Saab alloy wheels. Felt Ok on the deal. Now the the kit is worth huge money and the wheels never got mounted on a car! Bob __________________ "I think,therefore I own guns"

12-09-2012, 11:12 PM	#2
ripcord810 User Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 139 Thanks: 146 Thanked 23 Times in 16 Posts	Mine was a Colt Commander I bought many years ago. Bought it at a gun show for $250 then sold it a year later for $400.. Sure wish I had that one back....

12-09-2012, 11:43 PM	#3
GySgt1811 Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 237 Thanks: 1,238 Thanked 126 Times in 84 Posts	"For me it was a very nice nickel plated Colt Python .357 Mag." Exactly! Me, too! I sold it for $400 but was able to get it back years later for the same price. I made an oak presentation box for it and gave to my daughter for her 21st birthday. She still has it. (She better!)

12-10-2012, 01:41 AM	#5
LWaali User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Washington State Posts: 99 Thanks: 67 Thanked 20 Times in 9 Posts	A like new in box Astra .357... I still kick myself for it

12-10-2012, 06:19 AM	#6
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Don't know others, but I feel gun related hobby needs "activities", either shooting, or buying, or selling (other collectors might also do reloading, gunsmithing, etc). It's hard to sit there reading book only without performing above mentioned activities. So, some guns that should not have come came to home, and some guns that should not have gone went away. In this busy mode, then I have lots of fun. So far, I setup two rules for myself: (1) Don't sell pre-1899 antique firearms; (2) If it's a really very nice C&R, it should only be sold at its lover's price, no bargain.

12-10-2012, 07:45 AM	#7
apis mellifera User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: WV Posts: 149 Thanks: 3 Thanked 24 Times in 8 Posts	Colt Peacemaker that was a Christmas present from my Dad. Sold it to buy an engagement ring. Still have the wife; wish I had the gun too.

12-10-2012, 08:10 AM	#8
MikeP User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ILL Posts: 686 Thanks: 36 Thanked 452 Times in 198 Posts	Model 12 pigeon grade my gramp bought me before I was born. He died as I graduated high school and the farm was being sold off. I left for college and the army and traded it off. It was unfired I believe .

12-10-2012, 08:33 AM	#9
CJS57 User Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 224 Thanks: 0 Thanked 81 Times in 41 Posts	Prewar S&W Registered Magnum, 1 of 1 shipment to Mexico City with the first ever recorded Smith factory synthetic "ivory" grips, all per Roy Jinks, S&W Historian. Purchased it cheap as a "M-27" for $800, sold it quick for about $1800. I was into cars right then. Oh well.......I still have the 1957 Chevrolet Belair 270 hp.

12-10-2012, 08:44 AM	#10
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	A correct, all early featured M1A1 Paratrooper carbine. I did ok on it but shudder at what they are going for today.

12-10-2012, 12:20 PM	#13
Arizona Slim Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 706 Thanks: 1,026 Thanked 409 Times in 225 Posts	After reading the above replies I don't feel nearly so bad as I can easily replace that Colt Python and it had no sentimental value but I had to cringe when I read some of these stories, many can never be replaced and others with great difficulty and a whole lot of luck.

12-10-2012, 05:22 PM	#15
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	I really appreciate this topic. It helped me avoiding another mistake. I just dropped one ad of selling. Quite a few times, I went into selling mode, then one after one was gone, until switching back to buying mode. In the cycle, there were some mistakes. Now I am balanced. No need to sell anything anymore

12-10-2012, 05:53 PM	#16
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,291 Thanks: 2,709 Thanked 972 Times in 717 Posts	For me it was a LNIB Browning Hi Power T Series. A friend still has it and refuses to sell it back to me!!

12-10-2012, 06:31 PM	#17
policeluger RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ca. Posts: 2,141 Thanks: 8 Thanked 89 Times in 54 Posts	I was just checking internet sales for a friends (from his wife) Christmas present, he wants a Colt duel cylender 22/22mag revolver.....wow sure glad I never sold mine even if it cost several months saving way back, $150.00, can't do that again.....on the other side of life I will starting the first of the year selling a part of my Wiemar police Luger collection.....moving on.

12-10-2012, 08:45 PM	#18
lugersrkewl Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ussr Posts: 425 Thanks: 198 Thanked 75 Times in 58 Posts	saiga ak47 about 7 years ago, and a colt hbar ar-15 about 7 years ago, when the guy at the pawn shop gave me the price I wanted( what I paid for it) and didnt haggle at all I should have known right there I sold to low

12-10-2012, 10:10 PM	#19
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	Since it's still mine, I will post a picture. The gun being "saved" was not a Broomhandle (that's also the reason considering selling it). Probably a gun should be kept is a gun that caused that type of thinking: what if someone really wants it.... Better de-list it then Attached Thumbnails

12-10-2012, 10:10 PM	#20
goldwing User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Upper South Carolina Posts: 92 Thanks: 9 Thanked 13 Times in 8 Posts	Browning FN 1922 32 cal. My first gun, a bring back, I bought it in 1947 for $5.00, when I was 13, can't remember when I sold it. BIll