Guns you wish you hadn't sold/traded/gave away

nighthawk2099 · Mar 6, 2009

In line with other thread "Guns you have/had that you don't like" I'd like to know what you owned but got rid of and are now wishing you hadn't.

Mine was a S&W 59 (not the 5900, 59XX) Blued. It was an original WonderNine as they were called. The first line of 9mm pistols to have double stack (15) mags. I was the second owner and it was beautiful. It was my very first handgun purchase (paid $250 for it) <sniff, sniff>. I had it for about 5 years, then was out of work and needed the cash bad. Stupid me, sold it back to the gun shop for the original $250 I paid. I now own many more guns, but it sometimes hard to get over your first.

Man, I wish I could find another one in MD.

fivepointstar · Mar 6, 2009

My first pistol I bought when I turned 21 was the Ruger P85 (pre recall), I think it was 1989. The frame was way to large for me so I swapped out for a smaller S&W 669 and that was a POS. That's another pistol I wish I never owned but I ended up selling it to get my Glock 19. Oh those were the days when FTF sales didn't involved an FFL.

ps...sorry you sold your S&W 59. I bought one over the summer, you can find them @ $250 on Gunbroker, thats what I paid for mine

IcedC · Mar 6, 2009

If anyone has any guns they wish they had not bought, please PM me, I will reluctantly take them off your hands

toyoyoman · Mar 6, 2009

I wish I had not sold my rem. 300 savage I loved that gun.

vette97 · Mar 6, 2009

I parted with my S&W Mod 27 .357 Highway Patrolman with 6" barrel for about 6 months but bought it back. Other than that, I've never parted with a gun I owned.

kalister1 · Mar 6, 2009

I had the same S&W #59. Bought it from Bob's Coins & Guns in Annapolis. All I could do is string my rounds straight up the target. I could not hold on to that thing, even with Pacmyer(sp) rubber grips. I also had an AMT hardballer Long Slide 45 ACP, long barreled Stainless Steel.

GNLaFrance · Mar 6, 2009

In chronological order: Winchester Model 12 12 gauge, Ruger Mk I with 10" bull barrel (tackdriver!), Marlin 45 Camp Carbine, Taurus Model 605 .357 Mag. SS, Sterling .22 autopistol SS (yes, I'm serious, it never failed to work), Ruger Old Army SS, Navy Arms (Zoli) Remington Model of 1863 (the "Zouave" rifle), 70 Series Colt's Combat Commander .45 ACP matte nickel, Armi Sport 1861 Springfield rifle-musket, Howa 1500 .30-06, Remington Model Five.

Jeez Louise, I'm an idiot.

Boondock Saint · Mar 6, 2009

GNLaFrance said:
In chronological order: Winchester Model 12 12 gauge, Ruger Mk I with 10" bull barrel (tackdriver!), Marlin 45 Camp Carbine, Taurus Model 605 .357 Mag. SS, Sterling .22 autopistol SS (yes, I'm serious, it never failed to work), Ruger Old Army SS, Navy Arms (Zoli) Remington Model of 1863 (the "Zouave" rifle), 70 Series Colt's Combat Commander .45 ACP matte nickel, Armi Sport 1861 Springfield rifle-musket, Howa 1500 .30-06, Remington Model Five.

Jeez Louise, I'm an idiot.

That's a lot of regrets. You sure you won't feel the same way about that fine revolver you have listed in the classifieds? :innocent0

GNLaFrance · Mar 6, 2009

Boondock Saint said:
That's a lot of regrets. You sure you won't feel the same way about that fine revolver pistol you have listed in the classifieds?

Actually, no. It was a desperation buy just to have a single action in a "cowboy" caliber for a shoot out in Iowa. What I really want is a Remington copy. Now the Iowa trip looks extremely unlikely for a number of reasons, the economy being the biggest, so I'm pulling in, selling the gun and the rest of my western action shooting stuff, mostly clothing.

Which reminds me of a Rossi copy of the 1892 Winchester in .44 WCF (.44-40), I really regret selling that one.

I'm out of this thread before I do some real damage to my forehead :banghead:

Johnthetoolguy · Mar 6, 2009

S&W model 39
Colt Third generation 2nd dragoon
Colt Third gen. 3rd Dragoon
Colt 1860 army in stainless!.......Damn!
Mauser HSC
Parker Hale 7mm Mag, (model? long long time ago)
S&W modle 36 made a nice carry gun when I had a permit
Colt Officers' Model made even a nicer carry gun
Maybe a couple others.....

trickg · Mar 6, 2009

There were a few guns of my Dad's that I wish had never been sold.

Marlin 39A - my sister was supposed to take this, but screwed it up, and now it's gone
Inland M1 Carbine
Colt First Gen (1910) SAA, .45 LC
S&W Model 57, .41 Mag
S&W Model 27, .357 Mag
Remington 1903A3 Sporter
Winchester Model 97, 12 Gauge

Most of the things I would have wanted I either got, my sisters got, or they were purchased by friends of my Dad, so that's ok.

wlc · Mar 6, 2009

never sold a gun, still have them all

SCARCQB · Mar 6, 2009

Taurus PT-22 pistol,
Had a Slamfire the first time I chambered a round into the pistol.This was caused by someone dry firing the pistol at the dealers 'and caused a burr in the breech face which acted like a firing pin. Good thing the muzzle was pointed in a safe direction.

I returned it to the dealer and traded it for a beretta 83

This is the only accidental discharge I had in 30 years of firearms handling.

I wanted another one today as it would make a nice host for a 22LR.

trickg · Mar 6, 2009

wlc said:
never sold a gun, still have them all

Dad regretted selling or trading some of his guns throughout his life (although he kept more than he sold, hence the 125+ gun accumulation at the time of his passing) but in his last few years, he made a point to acquire several of those guns, such as a Ruger .357 Blackhawk Flat Top, and a 9-shot H&R .22 revolver that was just like the first one he ever bought. He also bought a couple of old Daisy BB guns - one was a Buzz Barton and the other one was a Buck Jones.

Cochise · Mar 6, 2009

two that come to mind are
1) my first gun purchase, a Colt model 1903 32 acp in nickle with pearl grips. It wasn't a good first gun choice but it was a great little gun, I wish I still had it.
2) I really miss my old Colt Python 4" blued. I never should have sold that one either.

BlackBart · Mar 6, 2009

Where to start, 03A3 Springfield, a pre WW2 near mint 30/30 Winchester, .375 Big Bore 94, countless Mausers you name it, I was dumb enough to get rid of it.

Threeband · Mar 6, 2009

All of them. That's why I hang on to what I have, even the junk.

Specifically, I miss my beloved S&W Model 19 Combat Magnum, 4" barrel: the first "modern" handgun I ever bought. (In Dallas, 1983).

Also I wish I'd kept my mixmaster 03-A3 with the scant stock (man that thing was brutal on the bench!).

HisCombatMama · Mar 6, 2009

When I took my "half" of everything during my divorce I wish I'd taken the ex's Browning Buckmark .22... and it wasn't registered! :innocent0

05dodgedaytona · Mar 8, 2009

I wish I didn't sell my remington 30.06. I miss that rifle.

F-Stop · Mar 8, 2009

S&W 686 8-3/8" was young and dumb. LOL.

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