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No one will ever shoot a belted cartridge, either.

I have known a couple of guys that bought custom military rifles that the gun show seller had priced high and talked them up as rare and something you will never see again. Both rifles were amateur custom jobs and probably werent even worth a third of what they bought them for.

Taurus tracker 357.
Guy at the counter told me they send a lot of Taurus back for repairs…. Actually more than any other brand.
My dad had good luck with his Taurus so I thought I had 50/50 chance. I should have known better as I suck in gambling.
Had To send it in twice, 3 time I got a new one sent to me

I like this thread. Makes me feel better about myself. I've always thought I was the only one that made stupid trades.

My worst purchase was my first purchase. As a kid I bought a "Monkey Wards" 22 bolt action with a 7 shot clip. It was too heavy for me, too long, and never very accurate. I shouldda saved my pennies a little longer and bought a better rifle.

As someone said above, I've made most of my stupid gun trades by selling things I now wish I'd kept: a 788 22-250 that was a good shooter, a Rem 600 in 308 that was a great shooter despite a lousy trigger, a Model 70 in 7 WSM, a collection of 2 Contender frames and a couple dozen barrels, and I turned loose of a boat paddle Ruger in 243 that I could never get to shoot better that about 1 1/4 groups. My worst mistake was trading a custom Ruger tanger in 25-06 that had a heavy 26" barrel and a wonderful trigger. Bought it cheap from the estate of a man that had been a bench rest shooter. There are probably more that don't come to mind right now.

Traded a Browning A-Bolt .30-06 topped with Weaver Classic 3-9x38 with a fast and accurate barrel for a beautiful Mauser (Heym) 3000 in .30-06. Upon shooting the Mauser I discovered it had a slow and not so accurate barrel. I had a load for the A-Bolt using a 165 NBT that was sub MOA and clocked 2900+ fps. Same load in the Mauser shot 1.5"-2" and sometimes broke 2700 fps. Various factory loads and other hand loads faired no better. All 1.5" or way more and all 200 fps or more slower than book or factory listings both barrels were 22" long. After a couple or 3 years I got rid of it.

I don't know if its the dumbest but my Daughter always wanted a Derringer so about 6 months ago I said if you buy one I will but one

We bought a pair of Bond arms
Its an answer to a question that doesn't exist

If you are going to buy one I think Bond is the way to go but pretty sure we didn't need them after you shoot them

But it was a cheap learn

Hank

I must say I never had too much regret on most of the guns I've bought. One that comes to mind is a really nice sporterized 98 Mauser that had a nice, new deep bluing job, a custom stock and it was rigged for scope use with the safety and mounts. It was a nice looking rifle and still in 8x57. I never shot it because I have so much stuff and I sold it to (or gave it to - I don't remember) a good friend for his teenage son to hunt with. A year or so later my friend and his son went hunting with me and we decided to shoot rifles sine it was hot and the hunting was slow. We could not get it sighted in and when we did, it would barely hit a 24" square piece of paper. I knew something was wrong and I looked at one of his casings and it was severly (almost blown out) at the head. It must have had a severe headspace issue or a buldged chamber. Anyway, I got him something else to hunt with.

I agree...the .30-06 is not versatile enough and will never stay on the market long.

Stoeger Coach gun 12 gauge. When I pulled the trigger it would double. I sent it back to Stoeger and they said it was operator error. Even though it was a single trigger model! I sold it to a friend for a loss

Why shoot it off the bench after sighting in? Set it up on sticks and have fun.

Remember, McDonalds makes the most popular hamburger in the US. That does not make it the best hamburger, or even a decent hamburger. It means the burger is targeted at the lowest common denominator customer. A pasty gray piece of [bleep] between two squashed buns is just right for that customer.

The same is true of the .30-06.

Chuckie....think Phil Shoemaker has a quote about this 😀

Yes He does but

Lame brains ain’t got a clue.

Jerry

I'm just having a bit of fun from the safety of my keyboard. I've never owned an '06, but have seen them in use. If I had to choose one chambering for just about everything from coyotes on up.....it would probably be one.

He's never been to McDonald's in his life either. I've never once been given a "pasty gray burger" there. He's one of these guys that talks out his ass and loves to hear himself

Mossberg 835 not that it wouldn’t shoot but I’m suffering the consequences from it now from 3 1/2 turkey loads years later

Dumbest thing I ever did was buy a legit 1/2 moa rifle. Now I get pissed when I can't get some rifles sub-MOA. Finally starting to grow out of that.

Left Handed Thompson Center Dimension. I still don't know what possessed me. From a functionality standpoint there is nothing wrong with it, but I just can't stand to look at it. It's hideous. I thought it would grow on me and it absolutely did not. Maybe I'll have a custom stock made for it, and really turn it into a money pit.

BPS 10. I was glad to see that one go.

Remington only bought Marlin in late 2007/early 2008

S&W Scandium revolver....I'd rather shoot my Freedom Arms 454 Casull.

Post 64 M70 .30-06 in '65 when there were still pre-64's around. Elmer wrote it was better. He lied.