You ever buy a gun and were like why did I buy this gun!!!! - Page 2

jaysouth · March 11, 2017, 07:09 PM

Luger P-08
Colt Python at a premium price

Sure Shot Mc Gee · March 11, 2017, 11:57 PM

Traded my nib 94 30-wcf back in the 60s for a Custom Fajen stocked Mauser 98. Action having a bent extractor to accommodate a 22-250 cartridge. I think its barrel was a Herters. Whole rifle had a hellava nice deep blueing job done that garnered my attention into wanting at my age of 23. "Traded my 30-30 even up for that converted battle field junker."
Couldn't hit a closed barn door at 50 paces with that so called woodchuck kill'in rifle. Eventually I sold that same 22-250 out of my trunk one night after a bars closing not to long after my poor bartering. Yes sir. Transaction took place in a taverns parking lot. 100.00 cash and a fresh/ nice shot 6 point just Registered that same evening thrown in to sweeten the deal to me.. Ate the deer. Put the 100.00 ($) back in the bank.

salt and battery · March 12, 2017, 12:19 PM

don't worry folsoh you can sell that rifle get a DPMS 308 AR and have a nice chunk of change left or sell it and get nothing

Road_Clam · March 14, 2017, 08:37 AM

Every one of my long guns purchases was deeply researched so no regrets, each one was specifically purchased for a personal need. However as for handgun, my Glock G35 was a poor purchase. Total uneducated purchase. Bought it back in 2013 when in the midst of the ammo panic. Nothing was available but .40 S&W, and of course my LGS has a mint used G35 and I bought it. Payed all the money for it and it's a very unforgiving shooter. I get trigger slap, and overall the pistol is very snappy. Not really regreting the purchase as at some point I WILL master shooting my G35. When you also have a SA RO 9mm 1911 and a FNX45T which both shoot amazingly smooth it's tough to revert to my G35...

SJCbklyn · March 14, 2017, 08:52 AM

Done that more times than I care to mention. I find I do it more with rifle accessories like scopes, stocks, add-ones etc

Hal · March 15, 2017, 03:33 PM

Beretta 950 BS in .25 acp.

Pretty little gun, with all the gold trimmings.

Bought it new back in 1987 as a birthday present to myself.

Never had the heart to fire it and get it all dirty.

GCbroker · March 15, 2017, 05:36 PM

I bought a $2400.00 Browning Sporting Clays shot gun and hated it when I got home.
I went back to the dealer and I asked him to take it back.. Reluctantly he did so I gave him $200.00 for his troubles and to be sure he didn't think less of me. I made his day! Been buying there for years.

Rangerrich99 · March 15, 2017, 08:20 PM

I haven't had this happen to me yet, not because I'm particularly smart or disciplined, just sheer dumb luck.

Until now.

For some silly reason I really want a Kel-Tec KSG 12 ga. shotgun. Which has absolutely no real world purpose that I can see. But something about that thing just keeps calling to me every time I see the thing at the LGS. I know myself and my urges pretty well, and it is with some little embarrassment that I admit that before the year's out, I probably will be the proud(?) owner of a KSG.

I can only hope that after that, it will never happen again.

jackstrawIII · March 16, 2017, 12:21 PM

For me, it was a Ruger Mini 30 in 7.62x39.

Why? I will literally never use this for anything.

dajowi · March 16, 2017, 04:06 PM

It isn't so much of a "why did I buy this thing?" as it is a "why did I trade a (fill in the blank) for this?" In one case it was a trade of a Colt Series 70 Officer's Lightweight, for a Glock Model 36. One of my dumbest trades.

Purple Bikerr · March 16, 2017, 10:26 PM

You traded a Colt for a Glock!!!

I'll buy a few Glocks and PM you.

5whiskey · March 16, 2017, 11:50 PM

Ahh... if only I had the money to have this problem...

Seriously though, I have been quite pleased with almost all of my firearms purchases. My least favorite is a Kahr CW9. And it works well and serves a purpose, I just don't "enjoy" it. It's a tool to carry and be seized should I ever need it in SD. No regrets, but it's awful hard to get excited about it.

Areoflyer09 · March 17, 2017, 08:11 AM

Just did this in the early February.

Went in looking for a bolt action .223 and somehow left with an AR. I don't regret the AR so much as it just wasn't what I was looking for and the bolt action is still in the list. So I spent more on the AR than I would have for what I wanted and I'll still end up buying what I originally was looking for at some point. Oops.

Husqvarna · March 17, 2017, 01:57 PM

I recently sold/traded my rossi92

like the calibre, like the action but I bought the long-long octagonal barrel

I kinda never took it hunting it was so heavy and long

RickB · March 17, 2017, 02:19 PM

S&W 539.
I'm no fan of DA/SA, but it was one of those guns I'd wanted since I was a kid, and I had an excuse.
The gun is absolutely beautiful, one of only 1500 in factory nickel plating, but DA/SA is just as awful as I thought it would be, and the gun hasn't left the safe in a year.
I had sold a gun that I never shot to fund the purchase of another gun that I never shoot.

Itsa Bughunt · March 17, 2017, 03:15 PM

It takes me so long to save for a new gun, I have a lot of time for research. My last intended purchase was for a Rem 700 30-06. During the research phase I found I'd much rather have a Savage Axis II in .308. The next was to be a .223 bolt ~something~ and that's been switched to 22-250 bolt something. Maybe by Christmas time.

stuckinthe60s · March 18, 2017, 05:13 PM

a whitney wolverine 22.
what a piece of junk. sold as soon as i test fired it. cleaned it...sold it to a guy at the range who said...wow what a cool gun. i smiled. wheeew.

gbclarkson · March 18, 2017, 07:33 PM

A S&W 439, lightly used. Didn't need it - already had 2 9mm pistols. I thought the single stack design would suit my small hands, and it does; but I hate the trigger and the sights. I get hula-hoop sized groups at 25 yards. I can't wait to get rid of that thing in a trade for something else I won't need and will likely nitpick.

pete2 · March 18, 2017, 10:40 PM

Yes, I bought an AR 15 before the election, named it Hillary. Would have rather had a new CZ .22 LR ( got the CZ a couple weeks ago). Still don't know if I'll ever seriously shoot the AR. Oh well.

Life is good.

Itsa Bughunt · March 19, 2017, 10:02 AM

As a family we'd go to the range fairly often, and the ones the kids like to shoot most were the 10/22 and the Mk IV. I bought a used Chipmunk .22 and my kids were like "really Dad really?" I sold it pretty quick.

Mike38 · March 19, 2017, 03:26 PM

Yep. I bought a Remington Custom Shop Model 700 Alaskan Wilderness Rifle chambered in 7mmSTW. This was back 20+ some years ago when the 7mmSTW changed from a wildcat to factory produced. I've maybe shot it 100 times in the past 20 years. I did use it to harvest an Antelope in Wyoming at 429 yards, so I guess it wasn't a total waste of $3000.

larryf1952 · March 20, 2017, 04:55 PM

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Yes, I bought an AR 15 before the election, named it Hillary. Would have rather had a new CZ .22 LR (got the CZ a couple weeks ago). Still don't know if I'll ever seriously shoot the AR. Oh well...

+1 Yep, me too. I'm not a rifle guy. I haven't shot a rifle, or had a place to shoot a rifle in almost 20 years. I've never owned an AR-15 before, and I had no real desire to own one.

I resisted for a long time, but, I ultimately succumbed to [...] the "if I don't buy one now, I might not EVER be able to buy one" hysteria. I don't know why it would have mattered then, since it had never mattered before. But, just before the election, I wound up with an M&P Sport 2.

The only place where I can shoot this gun is the range where I go to shoot handgun. They also have a 50 yard indoor rifle range. But, so what? 50 yards for an AR-15? What's the point?

To make matters worse, I spent over $300 on 1500 rounds of ammo for it. That I will probably never use. Ever.

Every now and then, though, I pull it out of the safe and strike a Rambo pose in front of the mirror. Standing there in my polo shirt and khakis, it makes me look evil, so at least that's entertaining.

15plus1 · April 1, 2017, 09:19 AM

Bought a Marlin 795 that I didn't really like (would have preferred a 60) just before 22lr ammo became nigh on impossible to find in my area

Thought I needed a decent .22 in my safe, haven't shot it but once in several years

loknload · April 1, 2017, 09:27 AM

Yes I did and it was a S&W CS45.

Don't know why I bought it except for the fact it carried the Chiefs Special name? But after a while I really couldn't stand it. Now My son took a liking to it so I gave it to him!

Case closed I thought? Well he traded it in on a new Glock 33 and it turn gave that one back to me!,,,,Go figure?

tx_2_pa · April 2, 2017, 07:33 AM

Yep. Neither one was super expensive but:

S&W 686 4" for ~ 700. Brand new, beautiful stainless finish. But I could never get into revolvers, bought it for IDPA shooting and never got comfortable enough with it (despite putting a few hundred rounds through it, speed loaders and practicing speed reloading).

Glock 35 - Bought it used and it came with drop in 9mm barrel. Fired less than 100 rounds through it.

Both were bought on a whim at a local gun shop.

March 14, 2017, 08:37 AM	#29
Road_Clam Senior Member Join Date: November 21, 2013 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 1,695	Every one of my long guns purchases was deeply researched so no regrets, each one was specifically purchased for a personal need. However as for handgun, my Glock G35 was a poor purchase. Total uneducated purchase. Bought it back in 2013 when in the midst of the ammo panic. Nothing was available but .40 S&W, and of course my LGS has a mint used G35 and I bought it. Payed all the money for it and it's a very unforgiving shooter. I get trigger slap, and overall the pistol is very snappy. Not really regreting the purchase as at some point I WILL master shooting my G35. When you also have a SA RO 9mm 1911 and a FNX45T which both shoot amazingly smooth it's tough to revert to my G35... __________________ "To be old an wise you must have been young and stupid"

March 15, 2017, 05:36 PM	#32
GCbroker Member Join Date: March 6, 2017 Location: RI Posts: 51	I bought a $2400.00 Browning Sporting Clays shot gun and hated it when I got home. I went back to the dealer and I asked him to take it back.. Reluctantly he did so I gave him $200.00 for his troubles and to be sure he didn't think less of me. I made his day! Been buying there for years. __________________ www.mightyarmory.com Wayne

March 16, 2017, 12:21 PM	#34
jackstrawIII Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2016 Location: Upstate NY. Posts: 901	For me, it was a Ruger Mini 30 in 7.62x39. Why? I will literally never use this for anything. __________________ In God we trust. Last edited by Evan Thomas; March 16, 2017 at 01:48 PM. Reason: removed off-topic comment.

March 17, 2017, 02:19 PM	#40
RickB Senior Member Join Date: March 1, 2000 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 8,518	S&W 539. I'm no fan of DA/SA, but it was one of those guns I'd wanted since I was a kid, and I had an excuse. The gun is absolutely beautiful, one of only 1500 in factory nickel plating, but DA/SA is just as awful as I thought it would be, and the gun hasn't left the safe in a year. I had sold a gun that I never shot to fund the purchase of another gun that I never shoot. __________________ Runs off at the mouth about anything 1911 related on this site and half the time is flat out wrong.

March 17, 2017, 03:15 PM	#41
Itsa Bughunt Senior Member Join Date: March 3, 2017 Location: Red Sector A, Colorado Posts: 118	It takes me so long to save for a new gun, I have a lot of time for research. My last intended purchase was for a Rem 700 30-06. During the research phase I found I'd much rather have a Savage Axis II in .308. The next was to be a .223 bolt ~something~ and that's been switched to 22-250 bolt something. Maybe by Christmas time. __________________ A ship in the harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are for.

March 11, 2017, 07:09 PM	#26
jaysouth Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2001 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 787	Luger P-08 Colt Python at a premium price

March 11, 2017, 11:57 PM	#27
Sure Shot Mc Gee Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2012 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,876	Traded my nib 94 30-wcf back in the 60s for a Custom Fajen stocked Mauser 98. Action having a bent extractor to accommodate a 22-250 cartridge. I think its barrel was a Herters. Whole rifle had a hellava nice deep blueing job done that garnered my attention into wanting at my age of 23. "Traded my 30-30 even up for that converted battle field junker." Couldn't hit a closed barn door at 50 paces with that so called woodchuck kill'in rifle. Eventually I sold that same 22-250 out of my trunk one night after a bars closing not to long after my poor bartering. Yes sir. Transaction took place in a taverns parking lot. 100.00 cash and a fresh/ nice shot 6 point just Registered that same evening thrown in to sweeten the deal to me.. Ate the deer. Put the 100.00 ($) back in the bank.

March 12, 2017, 12:19 PM	#28
salt and battery Junior member Join Date: September 24, 2016 Location: ny Posts: 112	don't worry folsoh you can sell that rifle get a DPMS 308 AR and have a nice chunk of change left or sell it and get nothing

March 14, 2017, 08:52 AM	#30
SJCbklyn Senior Member Join Date: September 25, 2016 Posts: 102	Done that more times than I care to mention. I find I do it more with rifle accessories like scopes, stocks, add-ones etc

March 15, 2017, 03:33 PM	#31
Hal Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 1998 Location: Ohio USA Posts: 8,563	Beretta 950 BS in .25 acp. Pretty little gun, with all the gold trimmings. Bought it new back in 1987 as a birthday present to myself. Never had the heart to fire it and get it all dirty.

March 15, 2017, 08:20 PM	#33
Rangerrich99 Senior Member Join Date: March 20, 2014 Location: Kinda near Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,254	I haven't had this happen to me yet, not because I'm particularly smart or disciplined, just sheer dumb luck. Until now. For some silly reason I really want a Kel-Tec KSG 12 ga. shotgun. Which has absolutely no real world purpose that I can see. But something about that thing just keeps calling to me every time I see the thing at the LGS. I know myself and my urges pretty well, and it is with some little embarrassment that I admit that before the year's out, I probably will be the proud(?) owner of a KSG. I can only hope that after that, it will never happen again.

March 16, 2017, 04:06 PM	#35
dajowi Senior Member Join Date: November 2, 2005 Posts: 1,196	It isn't so much of a "why did I buy this thing?" as it is a "why did I trade a (fill in the blank) for this?" In one case it was a trade of a Colt Series 70 Officer's Lightweight, for a Glock Model 36. One of my dumbest trades.

March 16, 2017, 10:26 PM	#36
Purple Bikerr Member Join Date: March 24, 2013 Posts: 31	You traded a Colt for a Glock!!! I'll buy a few Glocks and PM you.

March 16, 2017, 11:50 PM	#37
5whiskey Senior Member Join Date: October 23, 2005 Location: US Posts: 3,652	Ahh... if only I had the money to have this problem... Seriously though, I have been quite pleased with almost all of my firearms purchases. My least favorite is a Kahr CW9. And it works well and serves a purpose, I just don't "enjoy" it. It's a tool to carry and be seized should I ever need it in SD. No regrets, but it's awful hard to get excited about it.

March 17, 2017, 08:11 AM	#38
Areoflyer09 Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 2017 Posts: 300	Just did this in the early February. Went in looking for a bolt action .223 and somehow left with an AR. I don't regret the AR so much as it just wasn't what I was looking for and the bolt action is still in the list. So I spent more on the AR than I would have for what I wanted and I'll still end up buying what I originally was looking for at some point. Oops.

March 17, 2017, 01:57 PM	#39
Husqvarna Senior Member Join Date: May 7, 2012 Location: Sweden Posts: 1,000	I recently sold/traded my rossi92 like the calibre, like the action but I bought the long-long octagonal barrel I kinda never took it hunting it was so heavy and long

March 18, 2017, 05:13 PM	#42
stuckinthe60s Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 2017 Location: Va., Ct., Mo.. Posts: 877	a whitney wolverine 22. what a piece of junk. sold as soon as i test fired it. cleaned it...sold it to a guy at the range who said...wow what a cool gun. i smiled. wheeew. __________________ Retired Military Aviation Former Member Navy Shooting Team Distinguished Pistol Shot,NRA Shotgun/Pistol Instructor NSSA All American, Skeet/Trap Range Owner

March 18, 2017, 07:33 PM	#43
gbclarkson Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2014 Location: None of yer business, sonny Posts: 440	A S&W 439, lightly used. Didn't need it - already had 2 9mm pistols. I thought the single stack design would suit my small hands, and it does; but I hate the trigger and the sights. I get hula-hoop sized groups at 25 yards. I can't wait to get rid of that thing in a trade for something else I won't need and will likely nitpick.

March 18, 2017, 10:40 PM	#44
pete2 Senior Member Join Date: May 15, 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 2,566	Yes, I bought an AR 15 before the election, named it Hillary. Would have rather had a new CZ .22 LR ( got the CZ a couple weeks ago). Still don't know if I'll ever seriously shoot the AR. Oh well. Life is good.

March 19, 2017, 10:02 AM	#45
Itsa Bughunt Senior Member Join Date: March 3, 2017 Location: Red Sector A, Colorado Posts: 118	As a family we'd go to the range fairly often, and the ones the kids like to shoot most were the 10/22 and the Mk IV. I bought a used Chipmunk .22 and my kids were like "really Dad really?" I sold it pretty quick. __________________ A ship in the harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are for.

March 19, 2017, 03:26 PM	#46
Mike38 Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 2009 Location: North Central Illinois Posts: 2,710	Yep. I bought a Remington Custom Shop Model 700 Alaskan Wilderness Rifle chambered in 7mmSTW. This was back 20+ some years ago when the 7mmSTW changed from a wildcat to factory produced. I've maybe shot it 100 times in the past 20 years. I did use it to harvest an Antelope in Wyoming at 429 yards, so I guess it wasn't a total waste of $3000.

April 1, 2017, 09:19 AM	#48
15plus1 Member Join Date: March 5, 2017 Posts: 57	Not the most expensive, but Bought a Marlin 795 that I didn't really like (would have preferred a 60) just before 22lr ammo became nigh on impossible to find in my area Thought I needed a decent .22 in my safe, haven't shot it but once in several years

April 1, 2017, 09:27 AM	#49
loknload Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 1999 Location: PA. USA Posts: 1,869	Yes I did and it was a S&W CS45. Don't know why I bought it except for the fact it carried the Chiefs Special name? But after a while I really couldn't stand it. Now My son took a liking to it so I gave it to him! Case closed I thought? Well he traded it in on a new Glock 33 and it turn gave that one back to me!,,,,Go figure?

April 2, 2017, 07:33 AM	#50
tx_2_pa Junior Member Join Date: February 27, 2017 Posts: 8	Yep. Neither one was super expensive but: S&W 686 4" for ~ 700. Brand new, beautiful stainless finish. But I could never get into revolvers, bought it for IDPA shooting and never got comfortable enough with it (despite putting a few hundred rounds through it, speed loaders and practicing speed reloading). Glock 35 - Bought it used and it came with drop in 9mm barrel. Fired less than 100 rounds through it. Both were bought on a whim at a local gun shop.