What's the stupidest gun deal you never made?

Hal · November 18, 2012, 10:52 AM

Like in,,,I should have bought it - but - for what ever reason I passed.

Mine was a pair of blue 4" Pythons I didn't buy about a dozen years or so ago.
The dealer had had them on his shelf for over a year w/no takers.
He said I could have them for $900 - as long as I bought both.

Like an idiot, I passed.

leadcounsel · November 18, 2012, 01:03 PM

January 2009, I passed on a 4" blued Python for about $600-700 at a gun show. I had the cash, and had just returned from deployment to Iraq. It was the first gun scare and I wanted an EBR. Sooo stupid.

I could have had a great heirloom, or simply doubled my investment on that.

Joe_Pike · November 18, 2012, 03:02 PM

As my checking account will show, I didn't pass up much of anything for a while. If I thought I could afford it I bought it. Thankfully, I am not like that anymore.

sserdlihc · November 18, 2012, 07:11 PM

My brother had an AMT 22wmr that I bought for $150 bucks. I drove home with my new toy, I showed my wife and she went ballistic. To keep the flack down, I took it back and my brother gave me my money back.

Daggitt · November 18, 2012, 08:53 PM

Was at a big Gun Show in the 90's. The guy was selling a fully automatic Ruger rifle with some accessories at $1400. I bet that rifle's worth a lot more now. Also had a chance a few years ago to buy a Single Six 17hmr/17 Mach2 new for about $675. I didn't want to pay that. Wish I had that revolver.

Skans · November 19, 2012, 07:10 AM

Bren Ten for $900
Full Auto Mac 10 for $1,500
G-Series heavy barrel sear-cut Fal for $2,500

BPowderkeg · November 19, 2012, 08:39 AM

i sold a Colt SAA, 4 3/4" barrel second gen. for $600.00 in 1986AD to finance going to real estate school, that turned out to be a total loss due to a bad housing market.

i would gladly give $1,200.00 to get it back !!

sc928porsche · November 19, 2012, 04:34 PM

Passed up a matched set of colt peacemakers in 1969. Distressed sale in Carson City NV. $800. I kick myself about 4 times a year.

SauerGrapes · November 19, 2012, 09:48 PM

If I find a killer deal on ANY firearm, I buy it. Doesn't matter if I need it or want it, I buy it.
If I can flip it for a 50% profit, I buy it.

TXAZ · November 19, 2012, 09:54 PM

Barrett .50 BMG semi auto
Had the smoking deal set, daughter came in next day, literally next day, said she was getting married. Congrats, then turned to the wife, said "guess I'm not driving down to get that gun tomorrow".

Marriage lasted less than a year, should have bought the weapon

But I did enjoy walking her down the aisle.

nathanrw · November 20, 2012, 10:10 AM

Selling or trading any gun. I've traded and sold too many on a whim wanting to get something else just to wish later that I still had them.
Rem 788 .222rem
SW 22A
Ruger Single - Six
Ruger 10/22 17HM2
Even the Kel-Tec PF9

geetarman · November 20, 2012, 10:22 AM

I bought a like new Belgian BHP for $100. This was back in the 70's. Sold it a few years later for $100.

NEVER should have sold that gun.

TheNatureBoy · November 23, 2012, 08:42 AM

Wow! Don't think I've ever....

Magnum Mike · November 24, 2012, 08:28 AM

I made the mistake in 96, of selling a S&W 586 to a guy I knew.

Needed the cash. Told him if he ever wants to get rid of it to let me know.
2 months later he took it to a pawn shop and traded it for a Mossberg shotgun.

ltc444 · November 24, 2012, 08:24 PM

Traded a 30 Herrit TC Super 14 contender for a Rem XP 100 in 223. Hated the XP

Powderman · November 24, 2012, 08:45 PM

Well, I've had a few occasions to feel really stupid...

Passing up a Mateba Unica 6 revolver for $900.00. "Too much money"
At an antique show with my wife, passed on a minty Colt Trooper for $300.00.
Early on, passing on a Mauser "Red-9" semiautomatic pistol for $400.00. "Who wants that thing?"
Walking past an original TDE Auto-Mag. Seller wanted $900.00.

And, one of my crown jewels of stupid:

Walked in my LGS; seeing a REALLY nice, minty Luger pistol, about 99%, in .30 Luger. Passed it up because it wasn't a 9mm. Price was $650, on consignment.

Left the store, thought about it, went back two hours later. Already sold.

dajowi · November 25, 2012, 09:43 AM

This is way easy. Trading a Colt Officer's LW for a Glock 36. When I got home my wife couldn't believe that I traded my "beautiful" Colt .45 for the ugly Glock. I couldn't believe it either.

cornbush · November 25, 2012, 11:11 AM

Weatherby mark V Deluxe in 416 weatherby.

Sat on the shelf for about 2 years, covered in dust behind a divider on their rack.

I was a regular customer, offered it to me for $575, (10 years ago).

I was filling out the forms and looked at the price of ammo, didn't get it.....HELLO stupid you have a reloading press!!!!!!!!!!

Glenn E. Meyer · November 25, 2012, 12:04 PM

Before the first magazine ban, I thought I should buy an extra mag or two for my Glock 19. We knew the ban was coming. So I bought two at double standard price. However, the dealer offered me a bag of new ones (some dealer level shipping package). I turned it down and they went to $120 a piece.

Sold a SW 651 for $300. They have doubled in price.

Chris9472 · November 28, 2012, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Passed up a matched set of colt peacemakers in 1969. Distressed sale in Carson City NV. $800. I kick myself about 4 times a year.

You should kick yourself 12 times a year, one for each cylinder.

Chris9472 · November 28, 2012, 12:39 AM

I foolishly sold the first handgun I ever bought, a mid 90's blued Colt Detective Special, to a LGS at a loss a few months after I bought it after getting nervous about having a gun and never firing it. Turned out to be the last run of Detective Specials Colt ever produced. I recently saw the identical gun I had online new in box and selling for 3 times what I paid for mine. I was young and foolish then, I'm different now.

Moral of these stories? Do not ever sell any guns you acquire unless other then to flip for profit, and learn to recognize that once or twice in a lifetime deal when you see it, and act accordingly.

therealdeal · November 28, 2012, 01:50 AM

buddy wanted to sell me his 44mag snubby that was an ultra light version. he was really insistent on different occaisions hoping to sell this (already bought used) firearm. He even mentioned it might have some issues due to its weight but is a good firearm. I passed. The firearm would'nt have been a good buy in my opinion.

aarondhgraham · November 28, 2012, 09:50 AM

20 years ago I traded a very clean 7.7mm Japanese Arisaka,,,
For a beat-up no-name mandolin.

I regretted it 5 minutes after the trade.

Aarond

.

K_Mac · November 28, 2012, 10:50 AM

I bought a pristine Remington model 1100 20 gauge for a very good price many moons ago. I used that gun for several years and loved it. I was in a bind for cash and sold the thing for about what I originally paid for it. The few bucks from it made little difference in my financial situation, and I would love to have one like it. It would be a fine shotgun for one of my grandkids...

Dead · November 28, 2012, 01:04 PM

Free Beretta 92FS w/ night sights... Friend turned it into the NYPD before I talked to him

. Too much $$$ to keep an active license in that hell hole...

November 18, 2012, 10:52 AM	#1
Hal Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 1998 Location: Ohio USA Posts: 8,563	What's the stupidest gun deal you never made? Like in,,,I should have bought it - but - for what ever reason I passed. Mine was a pair of blue 4" Pythons I didn't buy about a dozen years or so ago. The dealer had had them on his shelf for over a year w/no takers. He said I could have them for $900 - as long as I bought both. Like an idiot, I passed.

November 18, 2012, 03:02 PM	#3
Joe_Pike Senior Member Join Date: December 30, 2010 Posts: 1,581	As my checking account will show, I didn't pass up much of anything for a while. If I thought I could afford it I bought it. Thankfully, I am not like that anymore. __________________ Stay Groovy

November 18, 2012, 07:11 PM	#4
sserdlihc Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2008 Location: S.C. Posts: 1,454	My brother had an AMT 22wmr that I bought for $150 bucks. I drove home with my new toy, I showed my wife and she went ballistic. To keep the flack down, I took it back and my brother gave me my money back. __________________ Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration. Aupleius If someone doesn't like you, that's their problem! Milton Childress

November 19, 2012, 04:34 PM	#8
sc928porsche Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2008 Location: now living in alabama Posts: 2,433	Passed up a matched set of colt peacemakers in 1969. Distressed sale in Carson City NV. $800. I kick myself about 4 times a year. __________________ No such thing as a stupid question. What is stupid is not asking it.

November 19, 2012, 09:48 PM	#9
SauerGrapes Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2009 Location: S.E.PA. Posts: 920	If I find a killer deal on ANY firearm, I buy it. Doesn't matter if I need it or want it, I buy it. If I can flip it for a 50% profit, I buy it. __________________ NRA member, DCF&S member, PAFOA member, USPSA member, NSCA member R.I.P.____Murphy

November 18, 2012, 01:03 PM	#2
leadcounsel Junior member Join Date: September 8, 2005 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 2,119	January 2009, I passed on a 4" blued Python for about $600-700 at a gun show. I had the cash, and had just returned from deployment to Iraq. It was the first gun scare and I wanted an EBR. Sooo stupid. I could have had a great heirloom, or simply doubled my investment on that.

November 18, 2012, 08:53 PM	#5
Daggitt Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 2011 Posts: 321	Was at a big Gun Show in the 90's. The guy was selling a fully automatic Ruger rifle with some accessories at $1400. I bet that rifle's worth a lot more now. Also had a chance a few years ago to buy a Single Six 17hmr/17 Mach2 new for about $675. I didn't want to pay that. Wish I had that revolver.

November 19, 2012, 07:10 AM	#6
Skans Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2008 Posts: 11,132	Bren Ten for $900 Full Auto Mac 10 for $1,500 G-Series heavy barrel sear-cut Fal for $2,500

November 19, 2012, 08:39 AM	#7
BPowderkeg Junior member Join Date: September 27, 2011 Posts: 382	i sold a Colt SAA, 4 3/4" barrel second gen. for $600.00 in 1986AD to finance going to real estate school, that turned out to be a total loss due to a bad housing market. i would gladly give $1,200.00 to get it back !!

November 19, 2012, 09:54 PM	#10
TXAZ Senior Member Join Date: September 5, 2010 Location: McMurdo Sound Texas Posts: 4,322	Barrett .50 BMG semi auto Had the smoking deal set, daughter came in next day, literally next day, said she was getting married. Congrats, then turned to the wife, said "guess I'm not driving down to get that gun tomorrow". Marriage lasted less than a year, should have bought the weapon But I did enjoy walking her down the aisle. __________________ Cave illos in guns et backhoes Last edited by TXAZ; November 19, 2012 at 10:24 PM.

November 20, 2012, 10:10 AM	#11
nathanrw Member Join Date: August 29, 2012 Posts: 37	Selling or trading any gun. I've traded and sold too many on a whim wanting to get something else just to wish later that I still had them. Rem 788 .222rem SW 22A Ruger Single - Six Ruger 10/22 17HM2 Even the Kel-Tec PF9

November 20, 2012, 10:22 AM	#12
geetarman Senior Member Join Date: November 18, 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,157	I bought a like new Belgian BHP for $100. This was back in the 70's. Sold it a few years later for $100. NEVER should have sold that gun. __________________ Geetarman Carpe Cerveza

November 23, 2012, 08:42 AM	#13
TheNatureBoy Senior Member Join Date: September 6, 2007 Posts: 1,204	Wow! Don't think I've ever.... Last edited by TheNatureBoy; November 24, 2012 at 08:27 AM.

November 24, 2012, 08:28 AM	#14
Magnum Mike Senior Member Join Date: December 24, 2007 Location: Rochester, MN Posts: 347	I made the mistake in 96, of selling a S&W 586 to a guy I knew. Needed the cash. Told him if he ever wants to get rid of it to let me know. 2 months later he took it to a pawn shop and traded it for a Mossberg shotgun.

November 24, 2012, 08:24 PM	#15
ltc444 Senior Member Join Date: March 3, 2011 Location: Vernon AZ Posts: 1,195	Traded a 30 Herrit TC Super 14 contender for a Rem XP 100 in 223. Hated the XP

November 24, 2012, 08:45 PM	#16
Powderman Senior Member Join Date: September 7, 2001 Location: Washington State Posts: 2,166	Well, I've had a few occasions to feel really stupid... Passing up a Mateba Unica 6 revolver for $900.00. "Too much money" At an antique show with my wife, passed on a minty Colt Trooper for $300.00. Early on, passing on a Mauser "Red-9" semiautomatic pistol for $400.00. "Who wants that thing?" Walking past an original TDE Auto-Mag. Seller wanted $900.00. And, one of my crown jewels of stupid: Walked in my LGS; seeing a REALLY nice, minty Luger pistol, about 99%, in .30 Luger. Passed it up because it wasn't a 9mm. Price was $650, on consignment. Left the store, thought about it, went back two hours later. Already sold. __________________ Hiding in plain sight...

November 25, 2012, 09:43 AM	#17
dajowi Senior Member Join Date: November 2, 2005 Posts: 1,196	This is way easy. Trading a Colt Officer's LW for a Glock 36. When I got home my wife couldn't believe that I traded my "beautiful" Colt .45 for the ugly Glock. I couldn't believe it either.

November 25, 2012, 11:11 AM	#18
cornbush Senior Member Join Date: September 29, 2008 Location: The retarded place below Idaho Posts: 1,408	Weatherby mark V Deluxe in 416 weatherby. Sat on the shelf for about 2 years, covered in dust behind a divider on their rack. I was a regular customer, offered it to me for $575, (10 years ago). I was filling out the forms and looked at the price of ammo, didn't get it.....HELLO stupid you have a reloading press!!!!!!!!!! __________________ The best shot I ever made was an accident

November 25, 2012, 12:04 PM	#19
Glenn E. Meyer Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2000 Posts: 20,064	Before the first magazine ban, I thought I should buy an extra mag or two for my Glock 19. We knew the ban was coming. So I bought two at double standard price. However, the dealer offered me a bag of new ones (some dealer level shipping package). I turned it down and they went to $120 a piece. Sold a SW 651 for $300. They have doubled in price. __________________ NRA, TSRA, IDPA, NTI, Polite Soc. - Aux Armes, Citoyens

November 28, 2012, 12:39 AM	#21
Chris9472 Member Join Date: November 26, 2012 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 99	I foolishly sold the first handgun I ever bought, a mid 90's blued Colt Detective Special, to a LGS at a loss a few months after I bought it after getting nervous about having a gun and never firing it. Turned out to be the last run of Detective Specials Colt ever produced. I recently saw the identical gun I had online new in box and selling for 3 times what I paid for mine. I was young and foolish then, I'm different now. Moral of these stories? Do not ever sell any guns you acquire unless other then to flip for profit, and learn to recognize that once or twice in a lifetime deal when you see it, and act accordingly. Last edited by Chris9472; November 28, 2012 at 12:47 AM.

November 28, 2012, 01:50 AM	#22
therealdeal Senior Member Join Date: September 15, 2010 Posts: 627	buddy wanted to sell me his 44mag snubby that was an ultra light version. he was really insistent on different occaisions hoping to sell this (already bought used) firearm. He even mentioned it might have some issues due to its weight but is a good firearm. I passed. The firearm would'nt have been a good buy in my opinion. __________________ NRA Distinguished Life Member "Abraham Lincoln freed all men, but Sam Colt made them all equal." (post Civil War slogan)

November 28, 2012, 09:50 AM	#23
aarondhgraham Senior Member Join Date: December 1, 2009 Location: Stillwater, OKlahoma Posts: 8,638	20 years ago,,, 20 years ago I traded a very clean 7.7mm Japanese Arisaka,,, For a beat-up no-name mandolin. I regretted it 5 minutes after the trade. Aarond . __________________ Never ever give an enemy the advantage of a verbal threat. Caje: The coward dies a thousand times, the brave only once. Kirby: That's about all it takes, ain't it? Aarond is good,,, Aarond is wise,,, Always trust Aarond! (most of the time)

November 28, 2012, 10:50 AM	#24
K_Mac Senior Member Join Date: September 15, 2010 Posts: 1,850	I bought a pristine Remington model 1100 20 gauge for a very good price many moons ago. I used that gun for several years and loved it. I was in a bind for cash and sold the thing for about what I originally paid for it. The few bucks from it made little difference in my financial situation, and I would love to have one like it. It would be a fine shotgun for one of my grandkids... __________________ "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Benjamin Franklin

November 28, 2012, 01:04 PM	#25
Dead Senior Member Join Date: June 5, 2000 Location: AoW Land, USA Posts: 1,968	Free Beretta 92FS w/ night sights... Friend turned it into the NYPD before I talked to him . Too much $$$ to keep an active license in that hell hole... __________________ Dead [Black Ops] www.therallypoint.org

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