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Stainless Marlin 44 mag carbine. Ouch.

It wasn't much but it sure filled a big gap in my rifle assortment.

Ruger boat paddle stocked M77 stainless 30-06. It wasn't pretty and had scracthes up and down. But I used it for a rough weather rifle and it worked like a champ.

I've got no regrets, so far. Maybe I haven't done this long enough.

Sold a Savage 11 - didn't fit, didn't shoot. No regrets.

Sold a Post 64 Model 70 in 7x57. Almost too beautiful to hunt with, and LOP didn't work for me at all. I didn't cry, because I already had a 700 MR in 7x57 that fits like a glove.

Actually, I regret buying some rifles. I've got 3 in the safe right now that I'd be glad to sell, but not 'til the gun market crawls back out of the [bleep].

FC

Only one that I really regret. A Sako varmiter in 222 Rem Mag. I just HAD to have a mini 14. Boy was I a dumb azz.

BCR

Remington Model 700 mountain Rifle..7x57....

Ingwe

I let a Rem 760 pump in .30-06 go to the friend of a friend for cheap. It was a tackdriver, that I never respected. At one time I had a brace of High Standard Double Nines .22's with the fax ivory grips. I cannot even remember what they were traded for. I must be pretty lucky for these three to come to mind.

I had an 8" Colt Anaconda camo .44mag with matching factory scope that I traded for a NIB Win X3 auto 3 1/2" 12ga. Not one of my better trades, but I needed a goose gun and I have always been happy with the X3.

Sold a Ruger #1 25-06. It was heavy barreled. Great shooter,
but I was tired of carrying it. Killed lots of deer with it and still would be if I'd had a lick of sense back then.

stumpy

I sold a Savage bolt-action 30-30 for $110, which was $20 more than I'd paid for it new, and I thought that I was a real smart guy. Ya, right. It would have been a perfect first deer rifle for my son now.

Where to begin...

BSA Monarch featherweight deluxe (IIRC) 30-06 in mint condition;
Belgian Browning Safari 30-06 in mint condition;
Pre '64 (1947 transition) Win M70 30-06 in 95% condition;
Ruger M77 243 (most accurate rifle I ever shot);
S&W M25-5 with <7# DA trigger pull;
Weatherby MkV Deluxe lightweight 30-06;
Ruger M77MkII 30-06;
Savage 1899 30-30;
Winchester M70 Classic featherweight 6.5x55;
Fox Sterlingworth 16 ga.

There's more, but that's enough.

Immaculate TCR 83 - 223. Traded for Rem 700 22-250.
Not the best move I ever made!

Jim

Springfield Armory M1a Bush Rifle.

I also sold or traded in a Marlin Maurader in .35 Rem. Like the very next day, the rifle became a collectible and prices soared. Sort of how I trade stocks: buy high, sell low.
I allowed an as new Browning BLR in 7mm-08 to slip through my fingers. I traded an additional Marlin 336, also in .35, which I just replaced, having found a very clean and original condition walk-around at a local gun show.

Then there was the Winchester Model 92 I bought for $15.00 and sold for $25.00, thinking I made a killing. Funny, I don't remember the dealer telling me to turn around and bend over. A very sweet Browning auto-5, Light-20 that never left the safe got unloaded for something else.

For a mini 14...OUCH!!

We have a winner, ladies and gentlemen! Grin!

DJ

I had a Browning A-Bolt 22 rifle that I sold that just makes me sick to this day. It was very accurate but it had no bolt lock when it was on safe; it would climb open all the time when it was slinged on the shoulder. I still wish I had kept it as it matched my other A-bolts and ammo is awful expensive now so it would be cheap to shoot.

ive got one of them and i'm not too impressed with it..

Too many to count but some have been:
Marlin 444, Marlin 35 Rem, CZ 452 FS, Rem 7600 Carbine, Weatherby 308 Carbine, Weatherby 25-06, S&W Mod 19 6" 357, Marlin 32-20, SKB 686 O/U the list goes on and on.

At one time, me and the wife were struggling when we first got married. I sold alot very cheap.

But that is being a gun nut..guns come and guns go

weatherby fiber mark 30-06 and a remington mountian rifle dm .243

Rem MTN Rifle in 260AI, DM and all, with a Leupold VXII 3-9x40, It was BEAUTiFUL. Had the same in 280 also, sold that one too. Something about a short action that is just better.

I couldn't agree more. My first rifle was a Rem 700 BDL 308 Winchester. I sold it & of course, through the river of trades since then I wish I had it back. I was able to find the same last year & snatched it up.

I am more happy for what I have now & that is a Sako 85 in 300 WSM. Eventually & hopefully next year I plan to have a custom 300 WSM built by Borden.

College.....Sold off all my guns for $75 each (1983). Miss a Winchester model 66 -70's production- most of all.