What gun did you pass on and regret it?

[1075tech]

I could never work at a gun store. I’d be in the poor house

For a short time I worked a part-time job at Thruway Sporting Goods back in the early 90s. They had a policy that if you worked in the gun dept (I did), you could buy any used gun for $25 over what they paid for it. I bought my Colt Officer's Model 45 in the bright stainless finish, with accessories, for $350. Bought a rifle for $50.

Could have bought many more.

 

[nortatoga]

A few years before the Safe-Act I passed on a Remington 7615 if I remember it was $550.00, Seems one just sold on Gunbroker for $1999.00 Oh Well!!

File photo

 

[fresch]

Colt 1911 in 9mil, for my 25" color tv that had even hit by lightning and still worked; needed cash not a 8th handgun at the time. Plus it was 9mil. frowned on back in 78, too weak.

 

[FLA45fan]

Don’t know that I regret passing on any gun. I do regret selling my Dan Wesson 715 in 1992 to fund another gun purchase (which I don’t even own anymore).

I have not bought a nylon 66 yet (Apache black). I have seen plenty of them some new in box but I am afraid they won’t live up to my childhood expectation of the coolest 22 rifle on the planet.

Ok, well I'm helping my good friends wife liquidate his collection. There is a Nylon 66 we can talk about reasonably. It is a Mohawk brown and certainly not NIB. Pm me if you would like to talk.

 

[@thewheels]

Oh geeze...
No particular stories of anything but it makes me sick thinking of everything I handled and their prices and then put back.

Saiga rifles in 223, 7.62x39 and 308 when they were cheap. I saw deals on them for $219. Should have bought every one.
M1 Carbines everywhere. Under $300
Cetme's and FAL's everywhere. And cheap.
Used Mini 14's for a couple hundred.
Scads of Yugo SKS's for $129
Ruger PC Carbine on sale for $400.
5.45x39 when it was everywhere and cheap as hell.

 

[Justincase]

Was just going through emails and found another one I regret with pictures to back it up.

Then:


Now:

 

[camper4lyfe]

Mosins when they were still $100

 

[stokes]

Mosins when they were still $100

I got one when they were in that range.A friend bought a half dozen at $99 ea.I ended up giving it away.

 

[Justincase]

I must be psychic or psycho, or whichever it is. I’ve been looking for a Smith 986, 5”, 9mm revolver forever. Nobody’s got them. Was kinda daydreaming last week about our trip to Ohio this weekend and how awesome it would be to go into a gun store during the trip and find one. Well, guess what. On the way home we stopped at Sportsman’s Warehouse in PA and what did I see? A 5”, 986. Holy shit. Asked the guy at the counter if they do transfers. Not now he says. Another reason to hate China.

What a store tho. My god, all the guns they had in there. Just had boxes of 9mm laying around too.

 

[S&W Fan]

I must be psychic or psycho, or whichever it is. I’ve been looking for a Smith 986, 5”, 9mm revolver forever. Nobody’s got them. Was kinda daydreaming last week about our trip to Ohio this weekend and how awesome it would be to go into a gun store during the trip and find one. Well, guess what. On the way home we stopped at Sportsman’s Warehouse in PA and what did I see? A 5”, 986. Holy shit. Asked the guy at the counter if they do transfers. Not now he says. Another reason to hate China.

What a store tho. My god, all the guns they had in there. Just had boxes of 9mm laying around too.

I’m a little slow this morning and I don’t follow. The PA gun store wouldn’t sell you the gun why?
by the way , a 986 is on my want list too

 

[Justincase]

I’m a little slow this morning and I don’t follow. The PA gun store wouldn’t sell you the gun why?
by the way , a 986 is on my want list too

He said they’re not doing transfers. Many places seemed to have put a hold on transferring guns after the pandemic for whatever stupid reason. I called back after I got home and asked if I could buy it in store and pick it up since I have my PA non resident permit and they said no to that as well. Looked on their website and they don’t have it in stock, so no matter what it’s a no go. Maybe that’s the reason we see all those smash and grab videos online.

 

[drowhawk]

Sig MPX. Local store had one for ~$2000 with optic and light. I kick myself every day for it.

 

[S&W Fan]

He said they’re not doing transfers. Many places seemed to have put a hold on transferring guns after the pandemic for whatever stupid reason. I called back after I got home and asked if I could buy it in store and pick it up since I have my PA non resident permit and they said no to that as well. Looked on their website and they don’t have it in stock, so no matter what it’s a no go. Maybe that’s the reason we see all those smash and grab videos online.

WTF ? Why bother to even sell guns then?

 

[Podmonkey]

Now that @HEX brought up Russian stuff-
I really regret not getting even one Saiga Sporter when I was in NY. I think they were $450 around the time I moved. I should have bought two, one to keep as is and one to send off for a full conversion.

 

[thegatman]

Dem days are all gone bois

 

[4WHLDRFTN]

WTF ? Why bother to even sell guns then?

got a call from a guy 2hrs away looking for someone to do a transfer ... not many doing in New Pork either

 

[S&W Fan]

got a call from a guy 2hrs away looking for someone to do a transfer ... not many doing in New Pork either

Well, thank god I know a guy who knows a guy .

 

[nortatoga]

I was board yesterday so I took a drive around the capital district and stopped in 6 shops from Saratoga down to State St. One shop had a really nice Marlin 922m in really nice shape (almost like new) for $450.00, Had I not already have a Remington 597 in 22 mag I'd have grabbed this. So not really any regret but I did pass on it!

 

[SmallGameAddict]

My (now deceased) father once offered me a revolver he had, back in the 1980's, a Colt Police Positive, 6" bbl, cal. 38 Special. Absolutely beautiful condition and action worked like a Swiss watch, smooth as silk trigger. He only wanted the $115 he paid for it. I turned it down because I didn't like the 6" barrel length.

Doh!

 

[Shoots100]

Some time ago I had a friend in PA inform me a local military collector had a Lahti L39 mounted on a trailer, with ammo, reloader and components for sale, for 3 grand.
I had the money, but WTF was I going to do with a semi auto 20mm, except brag that I owned a semi auto 20mm !
My friend had all of the special licenses to acquire it and he did.
Sold it at knob creek for triple the price less than a year later and yes, I fired a whole 10 rd magazine before he sold it.

 

[dsdmmat]

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[C3D]

AK-47 from Red Dawn (actually an Egyptian Maadi)

and a Beretta 93R.

My two regrets.

 

[S&W Fan]

AK-47 from Red Dawn (actually an Egyptian Maadi)

and a Beretta 93R.

My two regrets.

I bought an Egyptian Maadi at the Syracuse gun show many years ago, when they were reasonably priced. I sold it for twice what I paid for it a few years later. Wish I still had it now. That thing was a Beast !