Guns you gave up and now can't find or can't afford.

[mrmeval]

Mine is the Webley Mark VI that had the cylinder cut. It was a heavy chunk of steel and I'd have loved to do a proper loading in proper brass for it but I'm long past that.

[Butzbach]

- pre 64 model 94 Winchester 30-30
- pinned and recessed S&W Model 29, 4” nickel, with factory trained smith “grommet” trigger job
- Ruger Blackhawk, .45 Colt / .45 ACP convertible 7.5”
- Walther PP, .380
- Browning Hi-Power
- Colt Gold Cup .45 ACP

[cptjack]

model 88 win

[Jim567]

Smith and Wesson model 1917.

[gaseousclay]

Winchester 9422 xtr. Paid about $700 and some change for a nice one about 12 yrs ago. Nowadays they’re easily fetching twice as much $

[Shadow9mm]

Mosin Nagant 91/30. Bought her back when they were $99, and a spam can of 440rnds was just $80. Had to sell her as I was tight on cash. Now they are up around $400 and I just can't justify it.

[Geezerbiker]

Mine was an 1894 Winchester. They're selling for crazy prices now and I don't have that much money for something I don't really need.

Tony

[Pathfinder45]

Yes, I have, and it's not just guns.... It's a common human problem of not fully appreciating what you've got 'til it's gone.

[Eddiejoe]

Steyr AUG
Springfield Armory Range Officer in 9MM
Every Smith M28 I ever had
Every Ruger .357 revolver I ever had
Remington Nylon 66

[Ed4032]

All of them.

[Skans]

The one gun that I sold decades ago and that I cannot replace is an INA "Tiger" nickel plated 38 special. It was a Brazilian knock-off of a S&W Chiefs Special.

Actually, a fairly well made pistol - shot the heck out of it and it always fired perfectly.

[ballardw]

Not "gave up". More along the lines of "my budget won't let me get this now" and then not available when I had the money.

Taurus Raging 30 and/or Raging Bee
Too many military surplus rifles to name (want not need...)
Medusa revolver
High Standard Citation
Ruger .38-40 / 10mm convertible

[44 AMP]

Guns you gave up and now can't find or can't afford.

every damn one I ever sold or traded, except for two Llamas....

[berettaprofessor]

Mosin Nagant 91/30. Bought her back when they were $99, and a spam can of 440rnds was just $80. Had to sell her as I was tight on cash. Now they are up around $400 and I just can't justify it.

Me too. Sold it for what I had in it, but I'd like to have it back.

More vexing is that I decided to get rid of my 7.62X39 firearms since none of them were really that accurate. Sold a Russian SKS for $400, again what I paid for it but soon after they went past $1000. Also sold a Saiga 7.62X39....I regret it but I can't tell you really why since I sold it because it was a 5 MOA gun no matter how carefully I loaded or handled it.

[Scorch]

Lots of them. Too many of them. 1911s, BHPs, Auto-5s, Winchester Model 70s, Model 12s and 1894s, a really nice Winchester 1886 takedown model, a Howa 1500 in 223 that shot amazingly well, Colt New Service revolvers, Colt Pythons and Diamondbacks, Police Positives and Official Police Colts, Charter Arms Pugs, a couple of Lugers, Mauser K98ks, Ruger 77s, 77/22s, 10/22s, Mark Is and IIs, Sauer 100 switch-barrel, the list goes on. But at the time it always sounded like a good idea or I needed the money.

[edm1]

In college you could buy a SKS and a tin of ammo for under $150.
I used to be into H&R handi rifles. Get one or $200 used.
Winchester 30-30s were in every pawn and gun shop for under $300 in the early 2000s
Finn Mosins were under $350
Regular Mosins were $49
I was buying rack grade Garands for $395
Woodless Danish Garands from the CMP were $295
M1 Carbines were $450

Besides the SKS that was less than 15 years ago.
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[41 Magnum]

A model 788 Remington in 6 mm Rem. Someone should have been kicking me when I decided to sell it
If I remember correctly I think I bought it new for $229.00, & look at them now, if you can find one.
Also sold a 6.5 X 55 Swedish Mauser short carbine ! Dumb, Dumb, Dumb !!!

[BarryLee]

Colt Cobra 2nd Generation or whatever the 1970s early 1980s model is referred to as. Really loved that little gun which was in pristine condition. Still can't remember why I sold it.

[natman]

In the 90's M1 Carbines were cheap and plentiful. I traded a nice IBM carbine for an excellent Martini-Henry. At the time this was an excellent trade. I figured I could always find another IBM carbine. Alas, I never did and soon thereafter M1 Carbines prices skyrocketed and now go for about 6 times what they did then. I wish I'd paid cash.

[L. Boscoe]

Heckler and Koch P9S 45acp. Had the grip cocker, 4 in barrel
better shooting than a tricked out Colt Gold cup that I am not sorry
I sold.

[BornFighting88]

Luger in 9mm. So many 30 Luger models available. Colt New Agent Officer’s 1911 with the trough sights.

[longrangeshooter]

H&K 91, Remington 700 PSS in .308, Savage Scout in .308, EAA Witness polymer in .45, S&W 681, several others.

LRS

[FITASC]

Original Ithaca 37
WWII Garand from CMP
Ruger No.1 RSI in .243 - major regrets there
Remington XP-100 in 7mmBR - still have brass and Rem BR primers

A few I passed on then:
Steyr AUG with LH and RH bolts for $450 NIB
Every damn Lew Horton S&W special run
M1 carbines for $69 all day long
S&W 25-2 for $600
JM Marlin 357 carbine for $500

I used to drool three times a month when the Shotgun news showed up at my door

[bamaranger]

I traded away a very nice 6" M27 S&W, pinned and recessed, for a more recent 6" M29, and eventually traded the M29 away as well. I wish I still had both.

I bought a Mini14, new, traded it on a Mini30, also new. Still have the Mini30, but Mini's in general are priced through the roof and .223 ammo is still very common. I don't see how Ruger can keep selling Mini14's given the price v.

Traded away a Rem 870 Express in .410 when I quit raising beagles for rabbit hunting. I came out ahead in the deal, I'd bought the .410 quite a while back, but .410 Remingtons are now very desirable.

[doofus47]

Arisaka type 44 and Arisaka type 2.
G43.
Those would have been cool to have. Now they're ridiculous.