24hourcampfire.com
24hourcampfire.com
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
Hop To
Page 3 of 4 1 2 3 4
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 13,888
Campfire Outfitter
Offline
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 13,888
Because I've owned over 150 firearms. If I had all those now I don't know what I'd do with them?

BP-B2

Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 21,618
Campfire Ranger
Offline
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Sep 2014
Posts: 21,618
I'll add another thing, I goes with my being tight.
We live frugally. Well, we don't make many purchases over
$50/item that are not needed. Haven't borrowed in 20 years,
so...We really don't need money.

Thank God it has stayed that way.
I often mentioning selling some stuff, but why.

It eats nothing, value climbs, and the money would just get
spent. Wasted.

If I ever actually am in need, 1/3 or more could leave.
Easily. Before those with meaning would even be in danger.


Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 8,413
T
Campfire Outfitter
Offline
Campfire Outfitter
T
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 8,413
Originally Posted by hasbeen1945
In my youth I didn’t have any extra money. I had to sell one to buy one I thought I liked better. Hasbeen


+1, 'cept it didn't stop in my youth.

Sometimes I sell stuff 'cause I realize I have more [bleep] than I need, more than I'm using, and it becomes an anchor, a dead weight pulling me down. I get rid of it. Then some time later I realize the need has returned. While yeah, I wish I still had that first one I got rid of, I really did have to get rid of it or I wouldn't have made it to the place where there was a need again.

Tom


Anyone who thinks there's two sides to everything hasn't met a M�bius strip.

Here be dragons ...
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 8,840
Campfire Outfitter
Offline
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 8,840
To me they are objects and tools. I don't fall in love with any inanimate object. Some, I like better than others. I buy them, try them out, enjoy them and then, usually, end up selling them and trying another. I guess, for me, that's as much my hobby as reloading, hunting, fishing, etc. I get as much enjoyment out of buying, testing and then re-selling gear as I do other hobbies.


_________________________________________________________________________
“Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.”
John Steinbeck


ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 3,442
Campfire Tracker
Offline
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Mar 2018
Posts: 3,442



I try to buy two of everything, when possible.


Don't ask me about my military service or heroic acts...most of it is untrue.

Pronoun: Yes, SIR !
IC B2

Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 10,039
R
Campfire Outfitter
Offline
Campfire Outfitter
R
Joined: Feb 2018
Posts: 10,039
I sold a few because I needed the money at the time. Two I regret, the others, not so much. I recently traded a 1895 Marlin 45-70 that I loved for a 336 and some cash, because my neck can't take the jolt, and I couldn't force myself to reload them with cat sneeze loads....there's just too much room for powder in there!. I had the 336 re-bored and chambered for 38-55 and now I can handle it. I call it my "mini 45-70. Sometimes things in your life change and you have to make some tough choices.....but this one turned out pretty sweet...

Last edited by reivertom; 11/26/20.
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 29,786
J
Campfire Ranger
Offline
Campfire Ranger
J
Joined: Jun 2007
Posts: 29,786
Originally Posted by 19352012


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.




News for you sport, that is no friend.


These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 13,888
Campfire Outfitter
Offline
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 13,888
Originally Posted by T_O_M
Originally Posted by hasbeen1945
In my youth I didn’t have any extra money. I had to sell one to buy one I thought I liked better. Hasbeen


+1, 'cept it didn't stop in my youth.

Sometimes I sell stuff 'cause I realize I have more [bleep] than I need, more than I'm using, and it becomes an anchor, a dead weight pulling me down. I get rid of it. Then some time later I realize the need has returned. While yeah, I wish I still had that first one I got rid of, I really did have to get rid of it or I wouldn't have made it to the place where there was a need again.

Tom

Pretty much describes me too

Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 10,125
Campfire Outfitter
Offline
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Sep 2015
Posts: 10,125
because they are insane.

Joined: Jul 2020
Posts: 5,182
Campfire Tracker
Offline
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jul 2020
Posts: 5,182
I've sold a few guns I wish I hadn't. I just wasn't shooting them at the time (and I probably still wouldn't be today, but I still want them back! laugh ). This is why I have a rule now. NEVER SELL A GUN. Ever.

A friend of mine will sell ANYTHING. He often sells guns that he wishes he hadn't. But that's just the way he is. He now has a Ruger rifle that is insanely accurate (yes... a Ruger! ), and he says he'll never sell it.... we'll see... laugh

IC B3

Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 3,945
Campfire Tracker
Offline
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 3,945
Driving down the road I saw a flashing sign outside a gun shop " Buy Sell And Trade " . Im thinking who can resist that ?

Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,258
J
Campfire Regular
Offline
Campfire Regular
J
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,258
Buying, selling or trading firearms over the last 45 years, has enabled me to play with just about everything out there, at least the firearms I wanted to. Had 3 that had much sentiment, and gave those to my son so they stay within the family. Ive owned literally hundreds, hell, Ive owned around 18 AR type rifles over the years, and now, don't own a one.
Like one guy mentioned, it has been like reloading to me, a hobby and I had a ball getting new ones, shooting them, altering, refinishing etc, then traded off or sold, to get another one or two. My old trading partner and I at one time late in the night, had 13 firearms laid out in the gunroom, made a swap, five for eight as I remember.
Are there a few I wish I had back, hell yeah; some really unique ones, custom ones, and very accurate ones. Only reason I'd like em back, is they would be worth a mint in todays world and I could really make some equitable trades or sales in my favor!

Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 14,169
H
Campfire Outfitter
Offline
Campfire Outfitter
H
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 14,169
Sometimes I go on a buying binge.Too be able to afford that sometimes I go on a selling binge.I like to try new stuff.


Its all right to be white!!
Stupidity left unattended will run rampant
Don't argue with stupid people, They will drag you down to their level and then win by experience
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,358
D
Campfire Tracker
Offline
Campfire Tracker
D
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 6,358
In my case it has been a temporary lack of good judgement, which comes back to haunt me when I think of some of the ones I sold.

drover


223 Rem, my favorite cartridge - you can't argue with truckloads of dead PD's and gophers.

24hourcampfire.com - The site where there is a problem for every solution.

Joined: May 2011
Posts: 56,126
Campfire Kahuna
Offline
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: May 2011
Posts: 56,126
Because of the gun show loophole. Too hard to resist.


_______________________________________________________
An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack

LOL
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 31,400
M
Campfire 'Bwana
Offline
Campfire 'Bwana
M
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 31,400
I know there's more....

12BVSS 22-250 Just too damned accurate? LOL
243 SS Mtn Guide Lost spike buck at 30 yards somehow.
308 SS Mtn Guide ONLY shot 5/8" 3-shot groups.
Husky HVA 30-06, brain fart
6.5 Creedmoors: T3xSS, Howa 1500, Ruger Hawkeye Pred., to get others
Glock 26, brain fart



Marlin 39A
T3X CTR 6.5 CM
RAR Pred 22-250
Weatherby VG2, 308, 270, 30-06
(For house down payment money)



S&W 686 about 1990 model
6.5x55 Swede CGS pristine 1907 model
Rem 700 22-250 BDL Custom Deluxe 1980 model
Rem 700 Classic 7RM 1983 model
Interarms Mark X 30-06
Rem 7 7-08 SS
Rem 7 7-08 Camo
Rem 700 Factory camo 7-08
Rem 700 XTR 270
Rem 700 XTR 270 WSM

Gets the cash..


Rem tube fed bolt 22LR w/peep, gave to a friend..


"I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!"
--- Kid Rock 2022


Holocaust Deniers, the ultimate perverted dipchits: Bristoe, TheRealHawkeye, stophel, Ghostinthemachine, anyone else?
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 4,773
1
Campfire Tracker
OP Offline
Campfire Tracker
1
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 4,773
Originally Posted by Fireball2
Because of the gun show loophole. Too hard to resist.

Great answer.


Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 45,002
R
Campfire 'Bwana
Offline
Campfire 'Bwana
R
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 45,002
Very few make it to core group status with me.
All others in orbit are subject to being sent down the road.
I would probably have about 85 95 pistols, rifles, and shotguns if I held onto all of em.
Do I regret selling some .
In ways yes
In ways no

I have 6 currently.
Need 4 more
10 is a good # and will cover all bases for me.

Joined: May 2004
Posts: 55,889
Campfire Kahuna
Offline
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 55,889
Some guns are meant to be shared. It ain't complicated.


I am..........disturbed.

Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain


Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 6,755
D
Campfire Tracker
Offline
Campfire Tracker
D
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 6,755
Originally Posted by JSTUART
Originally Posted by 19352012


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.




News for you sport, that is no friend.

Good answer. My take is that the "friend" is a thief.


He who joyfully marches in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

- Albert Einstein
Page 3 of 4 1 2 3 4

Moderated by  RickBin 

Link Copied to Clipboard
YB23

Who's Online Now
366 members (007FJ, 06hunter59, 01Foreman400, 10Glocks, 160user, 12344mag, 37 invisible), 2,295 guests, and 962 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Forum Statistics
Forums81
Topics1,187,731
Posts18,400,884
Members73,822
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023


 







Fish & Game Departments | Solunar Tables | Mission Statement | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | DMCA
Hunting | Fishing | Camping | Backpacking | Reloading | Campfire Forums | Gear Shop
Copyright © 2000-2024 24hourcampfire.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5
(Release build 20201027)
Responsive Width:

PHP: 7.3.33 Page Time: 0.102s Queries: 15 (0.004s) Memory: 0.9013 MB (Peak: 1.0530 MB) Data Comp: Zlib Server Time: 2024-03-29 11:39:44 UTC
Valid HTML 5 and Valid CSS