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A boatload of JM stamped Marlins to resell in todays market.

About 20 years ago, I picked up a Marlin 336A 30-30 waffle top with either (can't remember for sure) a Redfield or Lyman receiver sight. It was all original, untapped and VG+ condition. Price was $179.00. Even back then that was a good price. For some ignorant reason I put it back on the shelf. About a week later a co-worker was talking about a 30-30 he almost bought. It was the same gun. When we run into each at retirement get togethers, we always bring that gun up.

There has been others, but that one always stands out in memory.

Damn, that one even hurts me. I love my old SKB made Weatherby Orion in 12 gauge. Bought from a fellow Tennessean who had it listed here years ago. We met at a gas station/truck stop as he was driving through town.

That is an goofy assed rifle IMO. Why are they worth so much? I know it's an H&K so they are expensive, but damn - do they shoot that good? I do like that QD scope feature, excellent German engineering there.

LGS a few years back had on consignment two Ruger NO 1s. 45-70 and 7x57. $750 each was the asking price. Stupid!!!!!

Trust me................ "Athena 20" is one of my saved searches on GunBroker to this day. But at current money, I'm likely to just run to the end of my chain and bark forever.

Easy peasy. A new gunshop opened up nearby. 20 miles from where I lived. He had some beautiful remington mountain rifles chambered in 270 and 280 and one in 30-06. He wanted $350 each. I should have bought them all and said nothing, but told him that they were worth much more than that. He was ignorant and I was stupid for not buying them, but I don't like 700's.. . Damn...

You're one of those guys too I see. I don't want it so screw the next guy

Haha

Any 1st generation Colt SAA when they could be had for $800-$900.
Couldnt afford it then, but wish I could have.

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At least 3 GOP House members has been implicated in helping the Terroists who attacked last week.

One was even tweeting where other House and Senate members where hiding.... so the terrorists could find them.

Sure have but there are some I should have walked and not grabbed also.

A Winchester 21 16 gauge 26" skeet/skeet. Amazing wood. Just couldn't at the time pull the trigger. Pun intended.

First year of college I walked into a gun shop just to kill time. After speaking with the owner found out he would do layaway. I put a
25-06 Remington BDL on layaway. It was my most wanted. He ordered it the next day. After 6 weeks I had paid it off and he had not been able to find one with his distributors. A few weeks later still no go. After getting impatient I told him to get whatever he could. A .270 Win promptly arrived. Over the years I have acquired multiple 25 chamberings and even a 25-06 but in a Ruger. Still don’t own that BDL. Sometimes I think back and wander if the wonder lust in rifles would have been prevented if I had waited for my dream rifle to show up.
GreggH

I really regret not buying one of several Marlin 39A’s that I thought were just a bit too expensive at the time (~$250 — $300!) and I also regret not buying one of the Springfield ‘O3s or 03A3s from the CMP when they had a huge bunch of them for sale a while back (8 — 10 years?). 😖

Remington Model Seven XCR

In a gun shop about 50 miles from the house I grew up in there was a Rem 700 mountain rifle in 7x57…. Decades later I still wonder what if….

Then there was a Ruger#1 in 218


And a sako bull barrel 222mag…

I think the 7x57 hurts the most though.

1. I should have picked up a couple of LH Weatherby Classicmarks when the wholesalers were dumping them in the early '90's.

2. I bought two LH Sako AV Classics in 1995. Wished I'd kept those and bought a couple more.

Grice gun shop Clearfield, Pennsylvania in 1998, I held in my hands a Winchester Model 70 Classic Stainless 270 Weatherby Magnum, If I recall correctly , the price was $649 or $699. At the time, that kind of money was hard to come by , they even offered me layaway and I walked away.