The gun trade you regret the most.

[gunman42782]

A post on another forum got me to thinking about this. What is the gun trade you most regret. I can tell you mine real fast, without even thinking about it. (Actually, I hate to think about it!) Anyway, I bought a Colt Anaconda .44 Mag for the then princely sum of $400. Had it maybe a year. One of the local gun shops had a Browning A bolt Medallion .223, that for reasons I can not explain, I just had to have. I traded my Anaconda even for that gun. The Browning turned out to be the most god awful shooting gun I ever owned! On a pie plate at 100 yards it would do good to keep 6 inch groups. Needless to say, I didn't keep that one long. But, I have wanted that Anaconda back ever since. Maybe 3 months after I traded, Colt stopped making all double action revolvers, and of course the price of one went through the roof! Now that same gun would cost me well over a thousand bucks to replace. OK, I told on myself. What about you guys? What trade do you most regret making?

[TAB]

Sell gun = bad

[Big Frank]

I never traded and I only sold one. I don't regret it.

[PegLeg45]

No regrets here....I've only ever traded three guns in 20+ years and all were trade-ups to better guns.

Traded in a Taurus Model 66 .357 (first brand new gun I bought when I turned 21) for a NIB Colt 1991A1 .45 ACP at a gun shop. I paid $200 for the Taurus NIB and the Colt was $425. The store owner gave me $250 credit on the Taurus because he wanted it for himself (after shooting it and feeling the trigger job I did for PPC matches) ......so I wrote a check for $175 and made the deal.
Traded a Taurus Model 85 .38 spl for a Ruger Super Blackhawk....this was an even trade, initiated by the other party and everyone went away happy.....I had only paid $125 for the Taurus.

The third was a Savage 110 in 30-06 for a Browning A-Bolt Stalker back in the late 80's. The Savage was a good gun, but I wanted the composite stock and Browning was the way to go back then (since they started the production/composite craze). I wish I still had the Savage, but I don't regret the trade because the Browning is a great gun....still shoots well.

[fightingquaker13]

Right there with you gunman. I traded a Colt python on a Glock 17 during the first AWB scare. It was a pretty even money swap at the time, an NIB Glock vs a used cops python with holster wear, but then colt stoped making them and Glocks weren't banned (thank you to the asshole who shot up that Lubys in Killeen ). As it is, I traded the best handgun I've ever touched, much less owned, in on a "good enough for government wort" semi auto. I lose.
FQ13

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[MikeBjerum]

Parker Wyoming Arms 1911 in 10 mm that I traded for an American Western Arms with spur hammer in .357 mag.

Don't regret getting the AWA, but I wish I still had the Parker.  It was my first 1911.  Only problem was that it took Colt Delta magazines, and I couldn't find them anywhere at the time.

I currently have a Barretta 9000 for sale, had it sold but guy that wants it ended up with two rush weddings in the same year (both new sons-in-law shipping out to the sandbox suddenly).  Plan to buy a 92 with the cash.  Don't think I'll regret that, because I have my xd and m&p that fit better already.

[ellis4538]

I ain't tellin'...!

Richard


PS:  Yes, it's that bad!!!!!!!

[Pathfinder]

Had a Marlin 336RC in .30-30 that I had gotten at a ranch auction. Looked NIB, slight wear around the loading gate. Checked the s/n, looking NIB but mfg'd in 1952!

Had it scoped, and it became my ranch rifle over the Ruger Mini-14 I just had to have. Sold the Marlin when I sold my ranch, and as I handed the buyer the rifle, I was already regretting it.

Very bright silver lining - I regretted it so damn much I started prowling pawn shops until I found another. More beat up, some dipstick carved initials and a number into the left side of the frame (          ). Paid about $150 for it due to condition and probably cuz it was a lever action in an AR world. Got it home, checked s/n and it was made in 1948 - original model year for the Marlin 336RC!

Turned out better than OK, but that regret was awful until I replaced it.

[FSBARAK]

I traded a 1 of 1k Colt Custom Shop Government Model .45 (#027) for a chinese ak variant in .223.  
Don't ask why, but it seemed to be a good idea at the time. 1993ish.

[tt11758]

I sold a S&W Model 29 .44 Magnum for the money to buy my wife's engagement ring.  (A man can't love a woman more than that)


And no, I don't regret it.