Guns you passed up and regret

[Lone Wolf McQuade]

Traded in a 45+ year old Browing 16 ga shotgun as patial payment on a Ruger P345. The Browing was pretty beat up as it was my waterfoul gun but functioned prefectly. DID NOT trade my Browing Sweet 16, taking that one to the grave.

 

[dhuze]

I can't remember how many M1 Carbine M1A1's I picked up and said "Who would pay $400 for one of these rattley pieces of crap". I also passed on 4 or 5 International Harvester M1's at $400- $450 because I wanted a Springfield. I even recently passed on one for $800. I went back a day later and it was gone.

 

[Lignum Vitea]

Few years back I had a S&W model 36, 4" barrel with a tag hanging on it for $200 in my hands.

I put it back on the counter, what a looser.

 

[55_grain]

Too many guns to list.

And ammo..... holy crap! If I had just invested in the $80 1000-round boxes of 7.2x39 from a few years ago, I could have retired by now.

No kidding USMA-82. My biggest regret is passing on ammo when I had the extra cash.

Another +1 on ammo! $90 cases of 7.62x39 and $24 140-round battlepacks of SA .308 that I didn't buy because they were "too heavy" to lug around the show.

There was this $400 Polytech M14S that I must have seen at 3-4 shows and mocked every time. USGI parts on a Chicom receiver. Now they're $1300

 

[Speedway]

Les Baer 1911 cheap. I did not want to charge it. Went back and it was gonzo.

 

[Skald]

Old timer had 4 Ruger .44 Carbines, NIB for $300/ea. No cell phones and friends who would have backed me were not picking up the phone, then cried when they missed out on said deal.

 

[ptanks56]

Colt SS Series 70, all factory parts for about 570.00, Later found a Series 80 in blue and had issues for 400.00, snagged that one due to the first one missed

 

[FPrice]

When I first got here (1991) I went to one of the West Springfield gun shows and saw a Barrett .50 (I seem to recall that it was the bolt action magazine model (M82?). It was priced at around $2,995.00.

 

[jasons]

Wish I bought lots of things when I still lived in AZ, but a Cpl's salary and a new baby girl forced me into sell mode vs. buy mode.

(She's worth it, just don't tell her that. )

 

[Skald]

A friend who was a police officer bought like 4 or 5 HK93's and offered to let me have one for $1,200 (this is 1991). He got these in the early 80's when they were still cheap.

 

[Boston_Shooter]

Passed on a Barrett a couple months back. It wasn't really a great deal, but the price was right, and I had the money. It was gone a couple weeks later...and so was the money.

 

[Keystone]

Nothing in particular, but prior to moving to MA from PA, I was considering buying a handful of guns that weren't on the list (XDs, Glocks, etc) as "investments." Sadly, I was flat broke (my first paycheck in MA came when both my credit cards were maxed, my bank account had 5 bucks in it, and my bills were due...), so I didn't end up going for it. Oh well...

 

[GunGrey]

I regret passing up every gun i walk past, i wish i could own them all

 

[BigMike]

Unfortunately I'm not brushed up on older guns. I can ID them, but don't know values.

If it were punk records that'd be a different story.

 

[firecontrol123]

#1 H&K USP in 9mm
#2 Sig P228 two tone model
#3 CZ-75 compact in 9mm

 

[rudiewhitebwoy]

I regret passing up every gun i walk past, i wish i could own them all

+1 I feel your pain.

 

[FLHTC]

P220

 

[william_munny]

A Colt Python for $800, 6" barrel, blued. Didn't realize that was such a good deal, I haven't seen them for less than $1k since.

 

[King1065]

Gun I sold and regretted. A Colt Officers ACP .45 in stainless for $350 about 15-20 years ago. The only gun I ever sold and have regretted it ever since.