- Jul 29, 2014
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To sell my engage AR-15?
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ARMatt
Active Member
The amount you know about this stuff scares me. Thank you!
ARMatt
Active Member
Sounds tragic I'm sorry for you loss....... lol
If it ever gets to the point of mass confiscation only thing ATF will hear is "I lost them in a boating accident" in which they'll reply "you don't even have a boat" haha
clandestine
AR-15 Savant
The boats were irrevocably lost too, I swear.
How much?
I kid, I kid!!!
Apparently too much, it's still for sale!!
I figure it is priced a bit high based on how prices have dropped since the election.
If it doesn't sell, I'm not going to cry myself to sleep over it.
It's the one I built in the first SOTAR class I took and I put too much time and money into it to let it go for next to nothing.
Blacksmith101
Grumpy Old Man
- Jun 22, 2012
- 22,280
Talk to gun owners (not dealers without an FFL) about the guns they have owned and almost every one has some, sometimes many, that are "I wish I had never sold that one". Lots have bought a gun then sold it then bought the same thing again for more money because the grass may be greener but it doesn't taste any better. Then there are the ones whose replacement doesn't shoot as good as the one they got rid of; and no I won't sell it back to you.
travistheone
Usual Suspect
if you don't shoot it- sell it to buy training/ammo.
if you do shoot it- keep it.
don't need talismans laying around.
if you do shoot it- keep it.
don't need talismans laying around.
In principle I have no issue with anyone selling/bartering old stuff for new stuff. If I bought a firearm only to discover I didn't like it or I otherwise had no use/room for said firearm, I would get rid of it.
That said . . . so far I have not sold any firearms. I've purchased several only to find things I don't like about them, but I enjoy the tinkering and upgrading process, so I can't say I have any I don't love to shoot right now.
BigSteve57
Ultimate Member
- Feb 14, 2011
- 3,245
I don't sell anything.
To do so would be an admission that it was not a good decision to buy it in the first place and I can't live with that.
I buy guns that I want and I even buy guns I don't want just to buy guns.
Buying guns & gun accessories makes me feel better.
I guess I have issues.
To do so would be an admission that it was not a good decision to buy it in the first place and I can't live with that.
I buy guns that I want and I even buy guns I don't want just to buy guns.
Buying guns & gun accessories makes me feel better.
I guess I have issues.
- Jul 29, 2014
- 50,025
I'da know. Needs change. Lives change. That said, I sold one gun years ago in order to buy another. I regretted it ever since. It was a good trade-off, but I really loved the gun I sold. Wife told me after that, "Next time, we'll find a way without selling a gun you like...". Keeper!
Gun is perfect. Buy accessories and swap out parts to make gun more perfect. Gun is awesome, owner remains infallible. Makes perfect sense to me.
Depends what your goals are. I sold a few things to buy a SCAR. Was it because the scar was somehow more reliable than the guns I sold? Not necessarily, I just like to mix it up now and again. This is a hobby for me and I don't always purchase guns with the zombie apocalypse in mind. I say, if you're bored with your current rifle and want to try the LWRC, then go for it.
ARMatt
Active Member
I just like having lots of guns haha
This is coming to become an addiction.
Luckily I don't drink, do drugs, or gamble. That counts for something right lol
BigSteve57
Ultimate Member
- Feb 14, 2011
- 3,245
Wow. That resonates. My wife the farmer's daughter who hunted got me into hunting and shooting. Talk about a keeper.
Think neckties.
I have 8,453 neckties. Some are wide, paisley, striped, solid, long, short...all combinations.
What's in style one year or decade is out the next.
Guns=neckties in that regard.
So.
Just buy guns.
Biggfoot44
Ultimate Member
- Aug 2, 2009
- 33,199
Overall there are a variety of aproaches.
Some people have a stragey of progressively trading up.
Shooting/ hunting partner #2 and his wife ( full blown gun person in her own right) change guns like I change socks.
Guns I sold- sold one hand with fingers left over. There have been occasions I essentialy fixed up a friend with a specific gun, but they also gave me some money . I have gifted more guns than I sold.
But I am haunted by the ones I didn't buy, usually because I thought I couldn't afford them at the time, but in hindsight I should have. ( Triple Lock, USMC marked M1909, HK P7, Several 1st Gen SAA, anything FA in 1985, etc)
Some people have a stragey of progressively trading up.
Shooting/ hunting partner #2 and his wife ( full blown gun person in her own right) change guns like I change socks.
Guns I sold- sold one hand with fingers left over. There have been occasions I essentialy fixed up a friend with a specific gun, but they also gave me some money . I have gifted more guns than I sold.
But I am haunted by the ones I didn't buy, usually because I thought I couldn't afford them at the time, but in hindsight I should have. ( Triple Lock, USMC marked M1909, HK P7, Several 1st Gen SAA, anything FA in 1985, etc)
The money from every gun I've ever sold has gone directly to upgrade to another gun. And it's done quickly, before the wife thinks the money should go directly to groceries.
Sold a S&W Sigma, bought a Glock 19 Gen 4
Sold a Winchester 1400, bought a Winchester SX3
Sold a S&W 15-22, built a BCM AR15
Sold a Marlin Model 60, bought a Savage MKii BTVS
Sold a S&W Sigma, bought a Glock 19 Gen 4
Sold a Winchester 1400, bought a Winchester SX3
Sold a S&W 15-22, built a BCM AR15
Sold a Marlin Model 60, bought a Savage MKii BTVS
DJones2987
Active Member
I've never sold one. I just wait until I can afford the next one.
Magnumite
Ultimate Member
I had several 1911's at one time. Sold off over half which were duplicate applications, to cull the herd. Now I am just couple away from being where I was before. I think they are being fruitful and multiplying. I slipped birth control to the pair of AR's. But I think the one is already pregnant. Too late...
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