What gun do you regret selling?

[Bonasababy]

None for rifles. But I wish I had kept my first shotgun I bought for myself. Ithaca 37 mid 70's version, 12 gauge. I shot it well until I had the barrel cut and put a polychoke on it. Moved it on a deer gun--might have been my big bore model 94--because I couldn't shoot it as well. Not long after I learned about replacement barrels and not too many years after that screw in options became available.

Picked up a 69 28" 37 in 16 gauge recently, and all is well again.

 

[D4570]

The only gun I ever sold was the first one I ever bought... I was 12, and I worked to save money, snow shoveling, mowing lawns, and doing a paper route. Many years later I guy I worked with for years needed a rifle for his kid who was just starting. I sold it at 30% under the going price, and I gave him all the anno I had for it. I only hunted with it for one year. It went to a good cause, but I still regret selling it.

 

[Bonasababy]

I didn’t sell it, but I think my brother did. It was my dad’s pre-64 Winchester 1894 in 30-30. The rest of my dad’s guns were there after my brother died, but not that one.

Ouch. My brother took my dads version of the same gun. To this day I say nothing ever carried as easy or came up as quick. My brother and his two boys both have taken deer with it. I think one of his grandchildren might be carrying it before long.

 

[mtmuley]

I didn’t sell it, but I think my brother did. It was my dad’s pre-64 Winchester 1894 in 30-30. The rest of my dad’s guns were there after my brother died, but not that one.

That sucks. I have my Grandfather's 94. mtmuley

 

[Nick87]

The auto industry can count on me to exhibit poor impulse control...

See you at the meeting....

 

[blackbeard]

...was it full of guns?

Lol, nope. Way cooler than any gun I've ever owned.

 

[elkduds]

None for rifles. But I wish I had kept my first shotgun I bought for myself. Ithaca 37 mid 70's version, 12 gauge. I shot it well until I had the barrel cut and put a polychoke on it. Moved it on a deer gun--might have been my big bore model 94--because I couldn't shoot it as well. Not long after I learned about replacement barrels and not too many years after that screw in options became available.

Picked up a 69 28" 37 in 16 gauge recently, and all is well again.

My first shotgun was a Model 37, 12g, mid 70s. Don't recall how it got away. 16g would have been even better.

 

[Hem]

Regret:
M77 .243
357 Blackhawk
20g 11-87

Dont regret:
Chinese SKS
12 g Benelli Nova
Savage .410/ 22
20 g Ruger Red Label (English stock)
Some other 20g S x S( English stock)

 

[Nick87]

Regret:
M77 .243
357 Blackhawk
20g 11-87

Dont regret:
Chinese SKS
12 g Benelli Nova
Savage .410/ 22
20 g Ruger Red Label (English stock)
Some other 20g S x S( English stock)

Yup

 

[hank4elk]

My 1st Win. 94 30/30. 1899 model, octagon barrel in nickle.
$50 in a Butte Woolworths,1975. Got it the day Nixon resigned. And a Beaver cowboy hat...I still have the hat.

 

[Outlaw99]

Ruger Blackhawk Hunter in .44. I bought it when they first came out. Killed a pile of deer with it. Then one day I thought I was good enough for a 200 yard revolver. Sold the Blackhawk and bought a 460 smith. Dumb dumb dumb. Too big and heavy for any kind of fast shots. Loudest firearm I’ve ever had the pleasure of shooting. Dumbest gun thing I’ve ever done

 

[TN2shot07]

I had a lever action .35 Remington for my first rifle at 12 years old. Traded / Sold at a gun show to upgrade to a Ruger M77 .30-06 that I still have. But I should have kept it! Not enough wisdom at 14 years old to keep both. Shame on my dad for letting me get rid of it. I do remember him saying... it's your money, your choice...

I just picked up a pre-safety 336 in 35 Rem. I’m pretty excited about it, thanks for reaffirming my decision!

 

[Mallardsx2]

I sold my first Winchester superx2 for extra cash to buy a piece of $hit Benelli super black eagle II.

I got rid of that hunk of junk and bought another superx2 as quick as possible.

I should have never sold the first one but I was glad to have its clone a year later.

Foolish decision of my youth.

 

[Nick87]

Sold an original benelli sbe. Dumbass

 

[wvhunter304]

Ruger M77 in 257 Roberts
11-87 sp in green leaf from the 90’s

 

[Jbotto]

.44 mag ruger redhead. Luckily @Jbotto has rectified that situation for me

Someday I might post that Redhawk on the list of regrets, but not yet. Exited for you to get it!

 

[44hunter45]

I've only ever sold one. A lawyerized tang safety USRAC 1886 reissue in 45-70. RMEF life member raffle gun.
No regrets at all. A lever gun should have a rebound hammer and a half @#)(# safety notch.

 

[Jbotto]

I’ve mostly only sold some cheaper lemons. But I had an older Sportsman 12 pump (Kmart 870 model between an Express and Wingmaster) that I sold what I paid for it. 30” fixed full choke. Wish I would have bought a different barrel for that one and used it alongside my other 870’s.

Now that I have kids, I wish I would have kept Coast to Coast 40( Marlin 60) but sold it during the 2012-2013 ammo scare. Stupid reliable and plenty accurate.

Sold a youth H&R 20gauge after I got hosed on it in a trade. After that and after I paid to get it fixed I was quick to get rid of it. But it would have been a handy little shotgun to have kept.

Sold a Ruger SBH 7.5” .44 mag that was too long of a barrel for me, and a SP101 3” .357 that I had as an edc gun for 4 years. No big regrets with those two.

 

[BAKPAKR]

I regret selling the HK91 (7.62x51) in the photo below and a 5 1/2” barrel SS Ruger Single-Six.