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There are about a dozen that come close to equaling my regret for selling this particular gun, but I probably most regret selling my H&K 91 (G3). In the late 1970s I bought one on layaway at a local military style gun store (T&T Gunnary, on Long Island). I paid at total of $600.00 when I made that last payment and was finally able to take it home.

I cannot imagine why I then sold it for what I paid shortly after Reagan left office. The really sad part was that George Bush very quickly outlawed their import (due to their being dangerous weapons of war), and their prices instantly skyrocketed. After that, I don't think you could buy a used one for less than $3,000.00.

Similar story for my Polytech Legends AK-47. I think I paid about $400.00 for it. I sold it a few years later for just a little more than that, and then their import into the country was banned, and today they go for several thousand dollars, just like the H&K 91. They are reputed to have been the highest quality AK variant ever to be imported into the country.

Batavia Baker 12 ga. SxS.
Marlin model 90
Rem 788 in 7/08
Savage 99 in 300 Savage

Savage 93 in 22 hornet. It shot patterns at 100 yards with nosler solid copper bullets. Thought it was a lemon until after I sold it and learned those bullets have a reputation for doing that. Wish I would have shot it more to see what it really could do.
Also my Marlin 256 win mag. Neat little shooter my kids would probably like to plink with now.
Oh well, life goes on.

Golden 39a is the only one.

My first rifle I bought in highschool with my summer ranching money, a 99 in 308 with a redfield scope, bought it for 100 bucks, my dad found it in the classifieds. I killed my first at least 10 bucks with it. I bought a 3006 when I started elk hunting thinking the 308 wasn't enough.

My daughter really wanted a special doll for her birthday, it was 80 bucks back in the late 80s, so I sold the 99 to buy it for her.

About 15 years ago was talking with Enrique and he had an old 99 in 308, pretty much identical to my old one, he wanted to sell, so I bought it and will pass it down to my grandkids.

Kent

PS, in 2010 I killed a cow elk with the 99 just to prove to myself I was a dumbass... again...

I gave my nephew a Ruger RSI chambered in 250 Savage. He turned into a [bleep] and sold it for drug money.

Don’t remember the model , Valmet 308 with flip up night sights and several 20 rd mags .
Got it for around 800 back then , was a shooter , but just couldn’t wrap my head around paying that much for a gun back then .
Had a Norinco AK and a Norinco 1911 .
Most accurate out of the box 1911 I ever had , trigger was rough , but accurate and would feed just about anything .
7.62x39 Norinco was around 50-60 dollars a thousand and was steel core too . Had around ten thousand rds
A milled Norinco SKS .
Dam it !
Kenneth
Thinking about it , I may have not paid 800 for the Valmet, it was around 1980 . Time flies huh ?
The SKS was around 70.00 and the 1911 was something like 179.00 , crazy cheap .

Damn, that's rough

Vintage 1911 in 38 Super. Colt of course. I am not a Colt nut - I don't know when they were shipping them in little cardboard boxes (like a cigar box with a very 50/60's era picture on the outside) but that's the era of this one.

At least this one returned.............

My late father owned a 1950s vintage Remington Model 722 rifle (.300 Savage). I was 12-years old in 1970 when my Dad was stricken with a nassive brain aneurysm the day after Christmas. Sadly, I was never able to hunt with him. My amazing Mother and some family friends filled his shoes, but that’s another story for another time.

I hunted using Dad’s rifle for one or two years, but I am left-handed and was convinced I needed a left-handed rifle. Mom listed Dad’s rifle for sale. Fortunately, one of Dad’s buddies frequently cruised through the newspaper looking for gun deals. He immediately called, urging us to not sell the rifle. Money was sort of tight and I was a persistent young boy, so he bought the rifle and I purchased a left-handed Remington.

It didn’t take too long for me to realize the error of my ways. After graduating high school, I approached my Dad’s friend asking if he’d ever part with the 722. What I didn’t know was, in the years that had passed his home was virtually destroyed by fire. By another twist of fate, prior to the fire he had sold the rifle to another of Dad’s friends as his son’s first deer rifle.

I was pleased to hear the Remington had made it through the fire. For years I would occasionally think about Dad’s rifle. Twenty years later, I contacted the new owner and inquired if he’d ever consider selling the .300 Savage. He said “no”, and my heart sank just a little bit, then he paused and said, “but I’d be willing to trade.” He had moved to Texas and was interested in a long action rifle.

I was happy to acquire a gently used Remington 700 ADL rifle which his parents shuttled to Texas during one of their visits. They returned with my Dad’s rifle which was no worse for the wear. I was almost like a 12-year old boy at Christmas again. With a tear in my eye, I was once again handling the Remington 722. It’s nothing special – the plain walnut stock shows handling marks and the bluing is slightly worn - but the rifle holds tremendous sentimental value to me. The rifle still shoots well, too. I have since harvested a couple deer with the rifle.

Thanks to a couple generous friends and some luck, the rifle returned to our family after a nearly 30 year absence. Our sons have promised to not let “Dad’s deer rifle” ever leave the family.

Browning 3 Pistol Boxed Set 9mm, 380, 25
Browning 1972 Belgium BLR 243
Win XTR Featherweight 7x57 & 257.

Ruger .44 magnum semiautomatic carbine.

M70 Classic stainless FWT in 22-250 from circa '95 or so... Damn...

LC Smith Speciality grade with 2 sets of barrels in 16 gauge, i must have bee out of my mind at the time

Rem 600 6mm

Looks for one in 20ga. You'll be happier with that.

My teeth clenched just reading that.

1942 mfg Browning HP. Tangent sight, stock slot in butt, Nazi Kreigsmarine markings. It was used after WWII by a friend that captured it in the war. My friend carried it when he flew for Air America in the Nam. He gave it to me when he passed. I had to sell it later. Still regret it.

"The one that got away"? I traded a P.O. Ackey 22/250 for a AYE Matador 20 gauge.

I don't suffer regret from any of the guns I've sold.

Its the ones I didn't buy..............