Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Why do people sell guns that they like?

I bet I've read where someone wishes they had such and such a firearm back, on this website 9 million times. Why are people selling firearms that they like? I cant think of a single firearm I wish I had back that i sold. Why are you doing this to yourselves?

I loaned a shotgun to a friend. He sold it because he needed money. I told him I would have given him all the money he needed. He is still my friend. It's only money.

I think you just answered your own question.

No matter how hard you try, you can't own em all.

Broke?

Your "friend" sold a shotgun you loaned him?

Loaned would indicate you expected the shotgun to be returned and was sold without your permission.

I'd reevaluate that friendship.

Shouldn't your thread title read......why do people sell guns they borrow?

In my youth I didn’t have any extra money. I had to sell one to buy one I thought I liked better. Hasbeen

Because every firearm like a woman has a flaw. Sometimes space reminds us how small that flaw was.

Probably because people buy things that they like in the first place.

19352012: Back 40+ years ago there were times when I needed the money more than the firearm I sold - so theres one reason in connection with your inquiry.
For the last 30 years I feel blessed to be able to afford most all the "guns" I see and want!
Haven't sold a gun in many years now, that I wish I had back.
AND... I have cured myself of EVER selling a Rifle (centerfire or rimfire) that is real accurate. These can be rare to find nowadays and I greatly admire and seek out accurate Rifles!
I buy a Rifle I like and it shoots real well then it has found a permanent home nowadays!
Not so accurate, then it has a high percentage chance of getting "traded off"!
Long live the Second Amendment.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

The only Guns I won’t sell are the ones that are sentimental to me. The guns my grandpa bought me and my first .22 rifle and revolver that I got from Dad and mom on my 9th Christmas will never be sold, everything else is negotiable. When children are young and appliances need replacing I can reach into my closet and pull out a dishwasher or dryer. Having owned a gunshop cured me from needing to own everything. Most guns are nothing more than a commodity to me but I’ve talked more than a few men from selling something that had sentimental value to them, even if I dearly wanted it.

I bought a really nice Ruger 10/22 from a guy about 3 years ago, He sold it with a big clip and it had a beautiful wood stock. As soon as I handed him the cash he was like "I'm going to regret selling this, if you sell it, give me first chance to buy it back"

and I wasn't going to talk him out of selling it to me, but on the way home I couldn't help but wonder why in the hell did he want to get rid of it.

I don't sell guns, I buy more safes.

Sold almost all of them years ago to buy a house for my family recently sold tons to be able to buy the current lake house we live in Still have lots and can buy anything I want They are only possessions - almost anything can be replaced.

Divorce ?

Sell, trade up for a better one or a project/build


Only sold one gun that flat-out needed a new home. Remington 7400. What a POS

BUT....I still have the ones I have always liked. Never dumped one I regretted.

If I don't shoot it for a year it gets replaced, except for a couple of antique wall hangers.


mike r

Usually to buy other guns they think they might like. The only 2 I want back were Remington LE Classics in 250-3000 & 257 Roberts. Not sure what they turned into, but the newer & better piece was probably sold or traded too. And life goes on...

Let's see.

I don't sell sentimental guns.
I don't sell guns I use.
I don't sell guns I might use.


I'm really tight, as much as buying guns hurts, I get a gun for my money.
Anytime if considered a sale or trade, I was going to lose money, and not
Have a gun.

I did sell a cheap inline my dad thought I needed.
Bought it cheap, new. Cheap thing, never shot it.
Paid $140, sold for $145.

Similar tale with a Savage $270.
Both sold cheap, for a very very small profit.
Both guns I didn't want, both for young kids.


No idea why someone would sell something they like.
Desperate?

I'll only keep so many.

There are ones that are sentimental, they won't be going anywhere, and there are the ones I like to use for whatever reason. My little .308 Howa is an example there.

The rest come and go, some are whims, some seemed like a good idea at the time, but I'm not particularly attached to them.

I don't do that.. only sold or traded a couple that weren't accurate by my thoughts....

I'm the type I'd rather give a firearm to a friend for free, than sell it...

I guess I feel better passing it on, and it going to a good home...

I tend to just hold onto things in life, my 32 year old 4 Runner is an example of that...

and the cars I have let go over the last 30 years, I could have gotten some money for them,

but Instead I personally gave them to someone I knew, who was in need in life...and did all the needed repairs
and maintenance they needed first, and even put new tires on them if they needed them before I gave the car away to them...

yeah, I know by most peoples standards, I'm weird....