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I feel that pain exactly.

Yes they are. If I broadened my list out to 20 guns one of the ones I've owned over the years would be included. I've got a 94-22 and it's a fine weapon, but so is the Marlin.

Aforementioned Colt Pocket Conversion in 38 Colt.

Hastings, I'm glad I bought the one I have when I did. Originally bought it for my Dad many years ago and he passed it back to me when he felt his time was getting short.

A USFA Flattop Target 44 Special/Russian with beautiful English walnut grips.

I sold my Ithaca Mag-10 to my uncle to help pay for my first guided hunt. To this day I wish I would have found another way to come up with some cash. Oh well....................

I have never owned many and sold only one, a parkerized marlin in 44mag. A sweet little gun!

I've heard good things about the 94-22, but never shot one.

I bought each of my kids one. I gave one to my daughter when I thought she was ready. I asked my boy if he wanted the other one or if he'd prefer the 10-22...a good gun but I explained to him it wasn't worth as much. He still picked the 10-22.

Savage model 24

22LR over a 20ga

Nothing fancy about it
Was a cool gun for a kid, wish I still had it

Good deal Richard.

Not quite as good as you still having it....but better than nothing!

They were beautiful guns......that generally would not outshoot a Henry.

I passed up a 39a from a member here. He offered it direct to me.

We were busted and saving to send the wife on a visit home.

Wish the timing had been different......and that we were not perpetually broke.

Model 47 Winchester that was my first firearm
Model 13 Smith and Wesson
Model 64 Smith and Wesson
Model 788 in .243
Colt Peacemaker .22/.22 Magnum (either one of the two)

A Colt Thunderer in .41 Long. Sold it at a pawn shop about 30 years ago to pay a bunch of bills. Sumbitch was close to mint.

Nothing I sold was as bad as the gun I could have bought, but didn’t for $800.

Savage 1899H in 25-35. Takedown

Three k-22’s one of which was a like new 1960’s model, my first handgun.

Multiple 629’s in both 6” and 4”. Also one 3”.

A great shooting 6” 657.

A couple of 4” 624’s, one of which I sold here in the classifieds.

Too many rifles to even list.

What a fool I was! But all left either because of a monetary need or to purchase some other gun I thought I needed more!

Many, I’m an impulse buyer and seller. These I wish I had not sold, but the list could be longer.

Kimber model 82in 22H
Kimber Super America 22LR
Cooper 22 mag
Custom Sako in 20 VT
Citori feather in 16 ga
And many more.

Don't know what you are looking for but someone posted these imports the other day, he got a couple and was pleased with them

https://www.royaltigerimports.com/product-p/m1car001.htm

A pristine pre '64 Win .264 Westerner I bought used in '73 for $ 550 which is less than half of what they are now from the few I've seen listed.

Sold a few rifles that were collecting dust in the back of my safe to pay for my daughter's wedding that I wish I had back...

Custom Pre 64 Model 70 Featherweight with a gorgeous fiddleback maple stock checkered in the Pre 64 supergrade style...
Pre 64 Model 70 375 H&H with a Claro Walnut stock on it
Remington 700 7 Rem Mag I bought the first year I was in the Army in 72- may have been the most accurate rifle I've ever owned.. brother bought it and now his son carries it elk hunting...

Also, my father in law was short of money and needed to sell some rifles and asked me to sell them for him. At the time I was out of work and didn't have any spare cash to buy them myself so had to move them along. In slight consolation, they were in pretty poor shape- most of them had swiss cheesed actions from mounting various side mount scope mounts over the years, but they were cool none the less-
Winchester 92 44-40 rifle with a factory double set trigger and very nice factory wood
Marlin 39A take down- this one was in very good shape and a good friend still has it so I still get to shoot it once in a while...
Springfield Trap door 45-70 with original stock with a clear cartouche and in reasonably good shape
Swedish Mauser 96 in 6.5 x 55 with a barrel shortened to 16" - accurate as can be, but the muzzle blast with that short barrel was ridiculous