Which firearm do you most regret having sold? Among all of those you sold, which is the one you wish you still had today? Perhaps of sentimental value.
Perhaps you needed the money or opted to replace it with a different model.
I sold mine mainly because I found another model which I was more accurate with and could use the money. But I miss it, for its look, and feel — it seemed of high and solid quality.
Sold a few off, but my regret was a .38 special Colt Night Cobra, made in the USA, before Colt was purchased. It was all black steel with a non stick black grip, bobbed/stubbed hammer, 6 rounder, with a white night glow florescent front sight. It felt well balanced, and the trigger was smooth.
Nice Colt. Can’t say I’ve ever sold any of my firearms, and still have them. I’m thinking of looking into the S&W 317 Air Lite 22LR 8rd Revolver, or S&W 43c 22LR 8rd Revolver.
If I could pick one sold/traded gun to have rather than not, an M1 Garand from the CMP. Non matching with post war serials and the newer orange stock but still an original mid 40’s M1 essentially
An Original Winchester Model 12. Shot thousands of rounds of trap with it as a kid and adult. Sold during my drug dayz. Got a pretty good price for it but still wish I hadn’t sold it.
I don’t understand this concept of “selling guns”. I waited too long to get started collecting them, not gonna get rid of them except in my will to my son and nephew.
I have sold a couple over the years. Once when money was tight. And other times when I wasn’t in love with what I had and wanted something a little better.
The only one I sorta regretted was selling an LCP 1. I never really liked the trigger or the sights on that little pistol but I did miss having a micro sized pocket option after I sold it. I eventually got the LCP Max when it came out. It’s a smidgin bigger and heavier but with much better sights, grip and trigger. So now I don’t miss the LCP 1 at all.
The concept for many is about new firearms being created, and not having enough disposable income to just keep buying all the new ones while keeping old ones that don’t get used any more.
For example, many of us had Smith and Wesson Shield pistols. But then Smith and Wesson came out with the Shield Plus which is exactly the same thing, but better in every way. Better grip texture, better trigger, higher capacity, identical size even works in the same holsters. It’s easier to afford upgrading your pair to the Plus if you sell the originals along the way.
It also might be that you don’t truly know the gun, and whether it is the perfect fit for you, until you own it. Sometimes you think it’s going to be the cat’s meow, and then it’s not. Nothing wrong with cutting your losses and moving on to something else.
If you can afford to keep them all just-because, though, that’s also great. More is more!
…A Savage bolt action in .17 that I thought would cure my rimfire itch
…LCR .38 wheelgun that I liked at first, seriously considered for CCW, but ended up taking a backseat to semiautos.
Also, the matter of cost: $500 to some is a drop in the bucket, it’s almost a week’s pay to others.
Trading in makes upgrades more manageable.
Mine was the LCRx version with external hammer.
I admit I didn’t spend much time with it in the range.
I sold it at the same time as the Single Six, moved on from wheelguns completely.
Actually I regret having sold several of my guns and wish I had them back. The first was a Colt Woodsman, the second a nylon Remington .22 rifle, the third a Walther PPK/S, the Fourth a Kragg rifle, the fifth a Springfield Trapdoor and the 6th a Winchester 12 gauge 1897 shotgun. All were trades for other guns but I miss them.
