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1918 Lewis Machine Gun

Tony

H&K P7-M13 that I sold to finance my purchase of a very early Freedom Arms .454 Casull.

Ed

Remington Mohawk 222

A simple synthetic stock Remington 7600 30-06. It was the first gun I bought myself when turning 18. A few years later having a decent collection of rifles I used more, I sold it cheaply to a "friend" who wanted to go deer hunting with us. Said "friend" became a raging drunk and pawned it off for either beer money or lawyer money for one of his DUIs. Have since acquired a few of the same gun but not that actual "one".

Mine all got lost in a boating accident.

My replica 1863 Zouave with Numrich 7 groove barrel that I used to set a couple records at the NMLRA nationals way back in the day. I also used it in offhand and bench matches around the midwest. I made a mount to put a Redfield rear and drilled the barrel for a Lyman aperture front sight for the tough matches.
Couple of deer, many trophies and cups, a freezer full of meat and I got talked out of it.
Minie, roundball, and a Pickett from a mould I made. Shoot em all.
Still looking for another Numrich barrel.

45arc: Oh let me count them ALL up!
But two of them really stick in my craw the painiest.
Back when I was kind of new to "collecting" and I was thinking "short-term" and "making profits" more than rarity or upper-end collectability, I came across and bought 2 (two!) pre-64 Winchester Model 70 Supergrade Africans!
Foolishly I let myself be talked out of them, for a pittance of profit, before I knew just how very rare these collector quality Africans were!
If I recall correctly I made $100.00 on the first African and $150.00 on the other.
They would be worth 8 to 10 times today for what I sold them for back then!
I have been trying to replace an "African" into my Model 70 collection for the last 50 years or so now!
Lesson learned there - I now know that only 0.21% of ALL pre-64 Winchester Model 70's were/are Supergrade Africans (only 1,226 of them ever made!).
Long live The Riflemans Rifle.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Damn, Orion. I feel your pain on that one. Heck, I would have bought it from you.

1957 vintage pre-29 S & W 4".

3 Nylon 66's - green, brown and black all at the same time.

Shy of sentimental guns or extremely rare ones, all I can really say is go out & replace the regret.

We have so many avenues to look for guns these days. Yep the gun that got away might cost more than what it did when you parted company with it, but hope you're making more than in those times.

I saw everyone else was unarmed , so because of basic human nature, I layed my guns down and walked away.........

Marlin 444 Marlin that I bought new in 1982.

1917 US Enfield (Eddystone) that I had cut/trimmed, flattened, blued and made a new stock for - and it shot lights out with a 6x Weaver scope. Long ago at a gun show in Prescott - saw something I thought that I liked more. Dumb.

Rem 788 in 22/250 - bought used, cleaned it up, shot 60 gr. like magic, easy to handle, not fussy, so much great shooting rifle for the money. Friend wanted a simple and not so expensive varmint rifle - I weakened.

98 Mauser 243 Douglas barrel Bishop stock deer killing machine.

1970s model Remington 700BDL in 6mm Remington.

450 Marlin guide gun. First edition

I traded a model 721 in 300 HH and a 660 mohawk in 243 for a Sedgley Sporter. I sure like that sporter and it was the primary rifle of one of the best big game guides in Alaska but I liked the feel of that 721 and I probably could have found something else to trade. On the other hand I have traded off many pawnshop finds for higher class rifles. I traded a LAW 300 Win with a Swarovski Z3 scope for a Steyr MS 1952 deluxe in 30/06 with a akah mount and a 2-8 Nickles and Marburg scope. The LAW shot nice it was serial number 123 and fulled bedded like the first ones were but I probably could find another LAW rifle if I looked but I doubt that I would find a literally unfired Steyr like that with engraving.

These days I am in my prime.

Weatherby Fiberguard 223
Ruger Hawkeye stainless 223

Sako Forester L579 in .243. I bought it as my oldest sons first deer rifle and killed my biggest buck to date with it. The most accurate rifle I have owned. The wood, fit, and finish were superb. It sat in my safe for some 6 or 8 years unused and I traded it in on an H&K p2000. I went back to the gun shop 4 days later to buy it back and it was already gone.