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Forgot this one,a CZ 550 American .416 Rigby.

I sold a 270 I got for a payment. Thank God there. Hate 270s.

But guess what the only gun I ever won is.... yep...

I sold a ruger redhawk to finance a 329PD. Much easier to carry, very accurate. And I got rid of a Ruger to piss Bill off. LOL.

OTher than that I"ve never sold a gun.

There have been many.......

I am still kicking myself....I sold a very nice Colt Commander.

I had 4 crates of NEVER FIRED French MAS-36 rifles, only dropped once.

Every one of them.

Rem. 788 in 6mm and a T/C Contender Carbine in .223

My biggest regret....

A Smith and Wesson Model 17 that my parents bought me for a birthday years ago.

I have too many smaller ones to list....

Weatherby Fiberguard that I had rebarrled to 358 win. Sold it before I got to shoot it because I lost my job.

I also regret selling 2 other Weatherby Fiberguards. One in 270 and one in 308.

Weatherby Mark V Super Big Game Master 300Win Mag

Remington 700 Cabelas Mountain Guide 308Win

Winchester 1300 NWTF 12ga

I only regret one, an Ithaca Model 49 .22 rimfire I had as a kid. Sold it and took off hitchhiking across the western US with the proceeds - all $8 worth. (They were $21 new in 1961.)

Was gone for a month.

Ruger M77RS carbine 358 WIN.

A Kimber M82S 22 Hornet. Crazy wood with two inletted ears on the rear, inletted and checkered grip cap, quarter rib... Swapped it for a 28 gauge Citori.

My Dad's Weatherby Vanguard deluxe 7RM that was his only big game rifle during my childhood. Really nice piece of wood and that deep deep Weatherby blued steel. He killed a LOT of animals with it, but it developed a "bulge" in the barrel toward the muzzle when I was in high school. He had it lopped off, but a ~20" 7RM wasn't his cup of tea. After it sat in his gun case for a couple of years, as I was just getting into guns, he told me to take it to the gun show and get what I could for it. If I had the knowledge I have now, I would have had it rebarreled for him.

Ruger #1BBS in 270. I read where there were only a handful made

A tang safety Ruger in 6 mm Remington. Sold to a distant relative who still has it, wonder if he would swap it for a Ruger American in 243...

Dale

The list is long, but a couple I particularly liked:

Sako Vixen heavy barrel 222 that was most accurate factory rifle I have ever seen

Ruger 77 tang safety 243 that shot itty bitty groups. I just liked it a lot and killed many deer with it. But my bud's son shot his first deer with it this year, so it's all good.

I let a couple M70 Featherweights and Supergrades go that I kinda miss....

I was moving from Michigan to CA in the early 80's and heard that Ca was strict on gun control so I sold some that I had accumulated.

Browning Olympian Grade 243 unfired It was beautiful
Browning Safari Grade 300 H&H
Colt Single action blue 4 3/4 38 Special
Colt Single action nickel 5 1/2 45 long colt
Colt Woodsman 4 1/2 97% w/ original box, instructions, and shoulder holster
Winchester 43 bolt action 32-20
Winchester 92 restocked with beautiful wood and rebarreled to .357
Fox Sterlingworth Deluxe 16 GA
Winchester 88 308
And 20 years ago I bought and stupidly sold a Parker Repo 3 Barreled set 2-28+410 that I never fired

Guns,rifles in particular,pass through here on a regular basis. It's just who I am. The one that tops the list I guess was a M70 XTR 270. First year production that I bought with my part time job money back in 80. Or was it 79? One or the other,it was a while back. By todays standards it was a strange looking thing. High gloss,big Monte Carlo comb,square forearm. I'd take that old rig back in a heart beat. But,my 327 needed rebuilt,and there was this girl. The Nova is gone as well,but the girl sits here with me now. I guess it all worked out.

The other was another M70. A first run stainless classic featherweight set in a nice walnut stock,chambered in 30/06. A lapse of judgement.A fella with a bunch of cash. Oh well,live and learn I guess.