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Hanco: Back before it was commonly known exactly how rare Winchester pre-64 Model 70 "African" Rifles were I bought, kept for a few months, and then sold a MINTY example.
I thought I was so cool making a two hundred dollar bill on that gun/transaction!
Had I known then how rare they were/are I would have kept that Rifle - today I could have realized a profit of around four thousand dollars on it!
That is my biggest regret "dollar wise".
My biggest regret "coolness" wise was an outstandingly beautifully stocked Ruger #1-B in caliber 6m/m Remington - it was a VERY early gun (first year production?) and had serial number 1,300!
A left handed friend of mine tormented me for years to sell him that Rifle and finally I gave in to him.
Wish I hadn't as he sold it for a nifty profit a couple years later!
My bad.
In all I recall selling about 40 or 50 Rifles and pistols "I wish I hadn't"!
One more (as long as we are kicking ourselves in the butts over this type thing!) I sold an elderly friend of mine a MINT condition pre-64 Winchester Deluxe Model 71 with bolt-peep and swivels in caliber 348 Winchester!
Yeah I wish I had that one back not so much as it was rare but it WAS in stone cold MINT condition - those are HARD to find anymore.
Live and learn I guess.
Hold into the wind
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Two I wish I still had! A Ruger 77 red pad, tang safety from about 1979 in 257 Roberts Imp, and a JP Sauer & Sohn in 300 Win mag.
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I have a few that I regret. The one that really made me sick was my Browning LH A-Bolt II SS stalker with boss in a 30.06.
I sold it in 2007 and started looking for the replacement in 2014. As luck would have it a found one on Armslist in California couple of weeks ago....hard to believe I would of bought a gun from the liberal left coast. Happens the guy really did not know much about guns and he bought it from a buddy. I got the gun for $500 with a leupold scope. I have seen a few for over $1200 but this was manufactured right around the same time and its the exact replacement. I almost feel like the world is back in order now. I just got it a week ago.
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Kingfisher: Good for you on replacing one that got away!
Indeed that was a good deal for you.
Enjoy.
Hold into the wind
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