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Have you ever sold a gun you regret? I had a Rem700 C grade, heavy barrel, in 25-06. Needed money. I have been kicking myself in ass for years. Dumbass!!!

Yes, mine was a Model 77 in .257 Roberts, barrel stamp "made in the 200th year of American Liberty" starving college student at the time, about 40 years ago

Oh please! if I had a nickel for every time I did that!

Marlin 1894p .44 Mag

Matt

have committed more sins of commission and omission related to guns compared to anyone. so many i should i have bought but didn't. so many sold that shouldn't have been.

A heavy-barrel 77 Ruger .25-06 that shot 75 grain Sierra HP's into bugholes at obscene speeds; a pre WWII 94 Winchester .32 Special that was like new/no box; a Belgian Browning A5, 3" 12 gauge

After those I quit getting rid of guns except to give them to family and friends.

Sell a gun! That's blasphemy!

Guns are not to be sold... you only buy guns.

Sold every .270 Win that I won in a drawing or took in on trade, but never suffered any remorse.

Sold a few but never looked back. Sold one of them twice but it came back after a few months. It never shot factory ammo well, but hums with handloads. Such is life.

Yes to:
1422 Anschutz match 54 action
1949 Brno model 21 7x57
1956 Brno ZG47 .270
1920's era Waffen Fabrik Oberndorf 7x57 single square bridge factory fitted with Zeiss Zielvier in Akah claw mounts
numerous 1958 Brno model 5
Brno model 4
1920's era Mauser 22lr
Select fire Colt AR15 with Colt scope
1960's era Brno ZKK in .243 with factory pop-up peep sight
Kimber 82 in 22lr
Beretta 410 poachers gun
numerous early Tikka and Sako

Do not regret the sale of any of the Remington, not even the two 40XBR's and the XP100 action.

My regret to the OP's question was a 270, a beautiful 100% condition 1962 year model Browning Safari Medallion, it was flawless, along with it's little gloss 2-7 Leupold in the factory engraved rings, would bughole 150 gr Partitions in calm winds.

I've gotten rid of very few guns, but one trade haunts me. Back in the early '90s American Arms imported a limited run of their over/unders in 24ga and 32ga. Basically low end Fausti's. I bought one of each with a case of ammo for each. Other than the gauges, there was nothing special about them and they were pretty cheap looking. I just love odd-ball stuff. I shot clays with them some and a few doves and squirrels. About 10 years ago, a fellow co-worker at our gun shop was pestering the crap out of me to sell them to him. I kept turning him down. He offered to trade me a pre-64 Winchester in .338, then a Weatherby .224 and I was tempted but passed. Then one day we got in a sales flyer that listed Weatherby Ultra-Lights in .338-06 on closeout. I had wanted one but they had all dried up. The flyer said they had two left but my fun money was shot. I showed it to Tom and told him if he was game, I'd trade him the two shotguns for it and two boxes of ammo. He took it back to the boss man, they made a call and the deal was done. He kept them awhile then traded them off to somebody else. I really like the Weatherby but regret getting rid of those shotguns because they were so unique. If I ever get rich, yeah right, I'll have a pair of high end guns made in 24 and 32....

Savage 24
I sold 2 -- then they stopped making them

A Marlin 336RC in 30-30 (an early one)... the gun I used when I first started deer hunting... needed safe room. UGhh!!

1902 half octagon barreled Savage 1899 in 30-30.. yeah, I regret that one.

I hunted with a Remington 700 ADL 30-06 for thirty years. It was pretty beat up. One day I decided that I owed myself a new rifle and I sold the old war horse. I regret selling that rifle. I should have saved it to give to my grandson. I bought him a new rifle but it would have been fun to pass down that old relic and create a family heirloom.

KC

I found one of those old waffle top 336's with the Ballard cut rifling in a gun shop a few years ago. It even had an old steel Lyman receiver sight on it. I had to bring it home with me.

I traded a nice DWM Luger for a new Mini-14 back when they first came out.

I wish I had that back.

Sako AII 22-250 with gorgeous wood I carried for 25 years.

Savage 99EG 30-30.

Too many more to remember.But like they say, you can't have your cake and eat it too, so it's the gun or the money but not both.

I generally don't look back, but occasionally think about that 4 digit Ruger #1 in .243...

Don't even remember what I traded it for. I'm sure I thought it was the thing to do at that time...

DF