What's the shortest time you have owned a particular gun?

win-lose · August 20, 2009, 10:59 AM

For me, it was 2 stinking days. I needed a good woods gun, but came home with 2" 9mm sp101. Understand, sp101's are my favorite snubbie, so when I saw it I thought, WOW I've never come across one of these... it would be a really cool addition to my 357 and 22LR sp101s. I took it to the range... It shot great, but I realized a few things.... 1) I don't like moon clips and 2) the 9mm revolver was an answer to a problem I didn't have. So, at a loss, it became trading fodder for a good woods gun (a 4" .44mag redhawk).

Willie Lowman · August 20, 2009, 11:29 AM

I had a S&W M&P .40 for about three weeks. I thought it looked cool, felt great in my hand, blah blah blah.

after shooting 500 rounds through it I couldn't get over how much better the Glock's trigger is than the M&P... I gave the M&P to my mom for her birthday.

IF they ever take the suck out of the trigger, I may get another.

Brian Pfleuger · August 20, 2009, 11:30 AM

8 months and counting. I don't generally get rid of them.

45Gunner · August 20, 2009, 11:50 AM

Tomorrow...when I pick up my latest purchase that is being shipped to my favorite FFL.

Borch · August 20, 2009, 11:56 AM

Three hours. I bought a Hi Power clone at a gun show took it immediately to the range and discovered I really didn't like the feel of it, something about the width of the grip and the trigger reach that seemed fine at the show but did not agree with me when shooting it. So I took it over to my uncle's house to see if he would be interested, as he is always looking for guns. Ended up trading the Hi Power clone for an S&W 3913 that I own to this day. And he still has the clone so I guess it worked out well for both of us.

TABING · August 20, 2009, 12:02 PM

Have a Jennings for a couple of hours.

snail · August 20, 2009, 12:08 PM

I would say that 90% of the guns I have bought I owned less than a month. I always seem to find a different gun that I want more than the one I have.

mavracer · August 20, 2009, 12:24 PM

I brokered a three way deal at a gunshow last year.Guy had a Charles Daly 1911 I wanted but he didn't want the Muzzleloader I had to trade.so I traded the muzzle loader for a mini14 and walked right back and traded the mini for the 1911.So about 10min tops

flight954 · August 20, 2009, 12:40 PM

Seecamp .32auto Never could get it to perform so I took it as a loss and used it for trading fodder as well

SilentHitz · August 20, 2009, 12:44 PM

Hi-Point...bought it cheap cause a friend needed cash...gave it away...POS stamped parts are crap.

Edit: forgot time frame...2 days

publius · August 20, 2009, 01:03 PM

Remington SP-10. about 2 months. Took it duck hunting once and it was heavy. I probably would have kept it but I needed money. Swapped it even on a Colt AR and sold it at a profit.

NGIB · August 20, 2009, 01:08 PM

Had a Glock 19 for 3 hours and traded it for a Kahr .45 I think...

hornady · August 20, 2009, 01:09 PM

Two weeks two guns. I picked up a Stevens double barrel at a gun show for $75.00 traded to a guy at work for a ruger p85. Then traded the ruger to a friend for a Savage 110 in 270. pretty good two weeks.

Boats · August 20, 2009, 01:43 PM

Five weeks on an HK USP 45c. Way better in the wanting than in the having.

I almost dumped it after the first range trip revealed just how sucktastic the trigger really was, but then I decided that was rash. Had the variant changed, Second range trip sealed its fate. Sold it at a mild loss to some other sucker.

I'll never even look at another HK unless its trigger is drawing rave reviews from several quarters on the internet. So far its been about a decade with no such noise despite four newer offerings, the LEM being considered apparently just somewhat better than the standard HK total suck.

Wleoff · August 20, 2009, 02:18 PM

About three hours. I took a friend with me to the CMP South Store to help pick out a couple of Garands. We both found nice HRAs. He didn't want to buy the one he selected, so I bought both. By the time that we drove to 160 miles home, he decided that he really wanted the one that he selected. So when I dropped him and his Garand off, he gave me a check for his rifle.

My wife never really understood that I wrote a check for two Garands at CMP, but sold one by the time that I got back to town. So much for the net sum game. She still doesn't believe me on this one.

Hornett · August 20, 2009, 02:59 PM

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Five weeks on an HK USP 45c. Way better in the wanting than in the having.

I almost dumped it after the first range trip revealed just how sucktastic the trigger really was, but then I decided that was rash.

I'll never even look at another HK unless its trigger is drawing rave reviews from several quarters on the internet. So far its been about a decade with no such noise despite four newer offerings, the LEM being considered apparently just somewhat better than the standard HK total suck.

Almost my exact same experience with an HK USPc 40.
I think I had it for 2 months.
I bought a couple of extra mags for it.
Then sold it for the initial cost without the mags, so I was out the mag cost.
I was so glad to get rid of it, I didn't care.

dev_null · August 20, 2009, 03:33 PM

About a week. Bought I nice little Taurus .38 with the "ribber" grips. Took only a dozen rounds to raise a nice blister, and only a few more to tear it off and leave me a big open sore. Bought some aftermarket grips and put them on, but by then the honeymoon was over and I sold it.

queg · August 20, 2009, 04:01 PM

Win-Lose,

Do you see what the sp 9mms are going for, IF you can find one?

I found one a couple years ago, slapped CT laser grips on, and love it. I guess

I like stuff that's hard to get. Still working on one of the Olsen twins.

BigJimP · August 20, 2009, 04:07 PM

Shortest time, from when I purchased and then sold a gun - probably 5 Years.. I tend to hang onto things / I still have a number of guns I purchased new or used in the 1970's / and a couple I was given in the late 1950's or early 60's ......

Last gun I bought - probably a year ago .....

dcobler · August 20, 2009, 04:09 PM

I bought a pistol for a friend and he paid me for it about a week later.

eppler · August 20, 2009, 04:26 PM

One week for me got a USP 40 compact next week got a USP 45 compact and gave the USP 40 to my dad.

win-lose · August 20, 2009, 05:29 PM

Queg,
Those 9mm sp's are really quite collectible. I'm not a collector, but rather an accumulator. A gun has to fill a specific shooting function for me to keep it. I talked myself into going against my grain when I bought it. As such, it felt wrong to me while I had it.

jmr40 · August 20, 2009, 06:04 PM

About 30 min.

I had a Beretta 92 that I had bought used for around $250. It shot great, but looked beat up pretty bad. A pawnshop in town had a like new Beretta for $350. The guy hated Berettas and would not trade. I drove across town to another pawnshop and traded my beat up Beretta even for a Ruger P-90. Brought the P-90 back to the 1st pawnshop and traded even for the like new Beretta.

After years of trading at local shops I have learned that dealers have guns they like and dislike and which ones will give you a good price on which gun.

Stevie-Ray · August 20, 2009, 06:26 PM

I think I had my Taurus PT-111 for less than a year. Certainly USED it for far less than that. Replaced by Glock 26. I think I kept my AMT Govt. longer than the Taurus.

CajunBass · August 20, 2009, 06:41 PM

About a month or so for a Harrington & Richardson 650 22/22 magnun revolver. I took it to the range one time and just didn't like it. Traded it back to the shop on a Colt OP 38, at a very slight loss.

I probably would have kept it, but I have a bunch of really nice 22 pistols, and no 38's.

August 20, 2009, 10:59 AM	#1
win-lose Senior Member Join Date: August 3, 2009 Posts: 509	What's the shortest time you have owned a particular gun? For me, it was 2 stinking days. I needed a good woods gun, but came home with 2" 9mm sp101. Understand, sp101's are my favorite snubbie, so when I saw it I thought, WOW I've never come across one of these... it would be a really cool addition to my 357 and 22LR sp101s. I took it to the range... It shot great, but I realized a few things.... 1) I don't like moon clips and 2) the 9mm revolver was an answer to a problem I didn't have. So, at a loss, it became trading fodder for a good woods gun (a 4" .44mag redhawk).

August 20, 2009, 11:29 AM	#2
Willie Lowman Senior Member Join Date: March 5, 2009 Location: Uh-Hi-O Posts: 3,006	I had a S&W M&P .40 for about three weeks. I thought it looked cool, felt great in my hand, blah blah blah. after shooting 500 rounds through it I couldn't get over how much better the Glock's trigger is than the M&P... I gave the M&P to my mom for her birthday. IF they ever take the suck out of the trigger, I may get another. __________________ "9mm has a very long history of being a pointy little bullet moving quickly" --Sevens

August 20, 2009, 11:30 AM	#3
Brian Pfleuger Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Austin, CO Posts: 19,578	8 months and counting. I don't generally get rid of them. __________________ Nobody plans to screw up their lives... ...they just don't plan not to. -Andy Stanley

August 20, 2009, 11:50 AM	#4
45Gunner Senior Member Join Date: August 8, 2009 Location: Boca Raton, FL Posts: 1,902	Tomorrow...when I pick up my latest purchase that is being shipped to my favorite FFL. __________________ 45Gunner May the Schwartz Be With You. NRA Instructor NRA Life Member

August 20, 2009, 12:08 PM	#7
snail Senior Member Join Date: July 6, 2007 Location: Tennessee Posts: 260	I would say that 90% of the guns I have bought I owned less than a month. I always seem to find a different gun that I want more than the one I have. __________________ Everything falls apart, even the people who never frown eventually break down.

August 20, 2009, 11:56 AM	#5
Borch Senior Member Join Date: July 28, 2008 Location: Minnesota Posts: 202	Three hours. I bought a Hi Power clone at a gun show took it immediately to the range and discovered I really didn't like the feel of it, something about the width of the grip and the trigger reach that seemed fine at the show but did not agree with me when shooting it. So I took it over to my uncle's house to see if he would be interested, as he is always looking for guns. Ended up trading the Hi Power clone for an S&W 3913 that I own to this day. And he still has the clone so I guess it worked out well for both of us.

August 20, 2009, 12:02 PM	#6
TABING Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 1999 Location: White Mountains, AZ & Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Posts: 663	Have a Jennings for a couple of hours.

August 20, 2009, 12:40 PM	#9
flight954 Senior Member Join Date: November 1, 2006 Location: Cypress, Texas Posts: 933	Seecamp .32auto Never could get it to perform so I took it as a loss and used it for trading fodder as well

August 20, 2009, 12:44 PM	#10
SilentHitz Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 2008 Location: Ms. Posts: 1,984	Hi-Point...bought it cheap cause a friend needed cash...gave it away...POS stamped parts are crap. Edit: forgot time frame...2 days __________________ Guns don't kill people, husbands who come home early do. http://k5fv.com/ Last edited by SilentHitz; August 20, 2009 at 01:07 PM. Reason: forgot time

August 20, 2009, 01:03 PM	#11
publius Senior Member Join Date: January 25, 2005 Location: Mississippi/Texas Posts: 2,505	Remington SP-10. about 2 months. Took it duck hunting once and it was heavy. I probably would have kept it but I needed money. Swapped it even on a Colt AR and sold it at a profit. __________________ "Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress, but I repeat myself." Mark Twain

August 20, 2009, 01:08 PM	#12
NGIB Senior Member Join Date: November 30, 2007 Location: Ft Stewart, GA Posts: 932	Had a Glock 19 for 3 hours and traded it for a Kahr .45 I think... __________________ Proud to be a veteran. (USAF Retired, Army Civilian) I'm old, grumpy, and jaded - still vertical though...

August 20, 2009, 01:09 PM	#13
hornady Senior Member Join Date: April 6, 2009 Location: SWPA Posts: 428	Two weeks two guns. I picked up a Stevens double barrel at a gun show for $75.00 traded to a guy at work for a ruger p85. Then traded the ruger to a friend for a Savage 110 in 270. pretty good two weeks.

August 20, 2009, 01:43 PM	#14
Boats Junior member Join Date: September 15, 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 964	Five weeks on an HK USP 45c. Way better in the wanting than in the having. I almost dumped it after the first range trip revealed just how sucktastic the trigger really was, but then I decided that was rash. Had the variant changed, Second range trip sealed its fate. Sold it at a mild loss to some other sucker. I'll never even look at another HK unless its trigger is drawing rave reviews from several quarters on the internet. So far its been about a decade with no such noise despite four newer offerings, the LEM being considered apparently just somewhat better than the standard HK total suck.

August 20, 2009, 02:18 PM	#15
Wleoff Senior Member Join Date: June 6, 2008 Location: North AL Posts: 380	About three hours. I took a friend with me to the CMP South Store to help pick out a couple of Garands. We both found nice HRAs. He didn't want to buy the one he selected, so I bought both. By the time that we drove to 160 miles home, he decided that he really wanted the one that he selected. So when I dropped him and his Garand off, he gave me a check for his rifle. My wife never really understood that I wrote a check for two Garands at CMP, but sold one by the time that I got back to town. So much for the net sum game. She still doesn't believe me on this one.

August 20, 2009, 03:33 PM	#17
dev_null Senior Member Join Date: June 23, 2002 Location: Austin TX Posts: 615	About a week. Bought I nice little Taurus .38 with the "ribber" grips. Took only a dozen rounds to raise a nice blister, and only a few more to tear it off and leave me a big open sore. Bought some aftermarket grips and put them on, but by then the honeymoon was over and I sold it.

August 20, 2009, 04:01 PM	#18
queg Junior Member Join Date: August 24, 2006 Posts: 9	Win-Lose, Do you see what the sp 9mms are going for, IF you can find one? I found one a couple years ago, slapped CT laser grips on, and love it. I guess I like stuff that's hard to get. Still working on one of the Olsen twins.

August 20, 2009, 04:07 PM	#19
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	Shortest time, from when I purchased and then sold a gun - probably 5 Years.. I tend to hang onto things / I still have a number of guns I purchased new or used in the 1970's / and a couple I was given in the late 1950's or early 60's ...... Last gun I bought - probably a year ago .....

August 20, 2009, 04:09 PM	#20
dcobler Senior Member Join Date: December 30, 2008 Location: Oklahoma, America Posts: 286	I bought a pistol for a friend and he paid me for it about a week later. __________________ "Be kind, be courteous, and have a plan to kill everybody you meet."

August 20, 2009, 04:26 PM	#21
eppler Junior Member Join Date: August 17, 2009 Location: TX Posts: 14	One week for me got a USP 40 compact next week got a USP 45 compact and gave the USP 40 to my dad.

August 20, 2009, 05:29 PM	#22
win-lose Senior Member Join Date: August 3, 2009 Posts: 509	Queg, Those 9mm sp's are really quite collectible. I'm not a collector, but rather an accumulator. A gun has to fill a specific shooting function for me to keep it. I talked myself into going against my grain when I bought it. As such, it felt wrong to me while I had it.

August 20, 2009, 06:04 PM	#23
jmr40 Senior Member Join Date: June 15, 2008 Location: Georgia Posts: 10,809	About 30 min. I had a Beretta 92 that I had bought used for around $250. It shot great, but looked beat up pretty bad. A pawnshop in town had a like new Beretta for $350. The guy hated Berettas and would not trade. I drove across town to another pawnshop and traded my beat up Beretta even for a Ruger P-90. Brought the P-90 back to the 1st pawnshop and traded even for the like new Beretta. After years of trading at local shops I have learned that dealers have guns they like and dislike and which ones will give you a good price on which gun.

August 20, 2009, 06:26 PM	#24
Stevie-Ray Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: The shores of Lake Huron Posts: 4,783	I think I had my Taurus PT-111 for less than a year. Certainly USED it for far less than that. Replaced by Glock 26. I think I kept my AMT Govt. longer than the Taurus. __________________ Stevie-Ray Join the NRA/ILA I am the weapon; my gun is a tool. It's regrettable that with some people those descriptors are reversed.

August 20, 2009, 06:41 PM	#25
CajunBass Senior Member Join Date: May 6, 2005 Location: North Chesterfield, Virginia Posts: 4,767	About a month or so for a Harrington & Richardson 650 22/22 magnun revolver. I took it to the range one time and just didn't like it. Traded it back to the shop on a Colt OP 38, at a very slight loss. I probably would have kept it, but I have a bunch of really nice 22 pistols, and no 38's. __________________ For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (NKJV)