A Rant! Handguns You Got Rid of That You Wish You Hadn't!

[Texasgordo]

Glock 17 gen 2 but only because I needed the money. I'm sure itchin is enjoying it now but I liked the grip and no rail. Now I have a gen 3 that's nice but I prefer the gen 2.

 

[Charlie]

I had a Glock 19 Gen. 1 many years ago ................ and like an idiot, sold it to a friend. Wish I had it back also!

 

[outdare]

I sold a Desert Eagle 50AE couple of years ago and wish I kept it.

 

[Charlie]

I sold a Desert Eagle 50AE couple of years ago and wish I kept it.

Yep! That would have been a keeper!

 

[Hoji]

Snub nose Colt Python. Got it cheap, sold it for 3x what I paid for it, but really wish I had kept it.

 

[Charlie]

I know the feeling! Any Colt I get from this point on will be a keeper!

 

[Jakashh]

Snub nose Colt Python. Got it cheap, sold it for 3x what I paid for it, but really wish I had kept it.

Oh man. They only get more expensive every year huh.

 

[Hoji]

Oh man. They only get more expensive every year huh.

I paid $250 for it in a pawn shop about 25 years ago. Near perfect condition. Sold it for $750ish about 3 years after I bought it. Saw one on GB for almost 7k.

 

[Jakashh]

Damn!

 

[45tex]

S&W 581 .357 mag. In stainless. ( it was before stainless had to have a 6 in the model number ) Carried from '78 to '87 sold to fund my beloved 4506.

 

[Hoji]

Damn!

Had the box and all. Damn is right, lol.

 

[crackpot]

Sold a gen 2 glock 19, crossbreed holster, and 5 pre-ban u-notch magazines. I have never liked carrying striker fire DA guns so took advantage of first Obama gun scare to make some money to fund other purchases. Behind enemy lines, pre-bans means $50-$75 a magazine where elsewhere it just means old.

Also sold a Star B 9mm that I purchased C&R since I had gotten two off GB for the purpose of picking the better one.

Beyond that, the collection only grows...

 

[ROGER4314]

This is a silly tale but I'm guilty of pining over a 1911 that I sold to a neighbor around 1980.

The 1911 was a parts gun built on an Essex frame with a no name slide. It was so loose that it rattled like a can of spray paint! It had the usual GI minimal sights but my gosh, that pistol shot great! The poor thing had almost no finish but instead of looking like a pistol "in the white", it had patina from years of shooting and carrying. The pistol showed personality and character.

I tried to buy that pistol back at a handsome profit many times but never succeeded. I've had a embarrassing number of 1911's in my life, but why that particular one stuck in my head is a mystery.

Also sold a Star B 9mm that I purchased C&R since I had gotten two off GB for the purpose of picking the better one.

I had a Star Model B and dumped it, too. Those are terrific guns and it had a fantastic trigger. I dry fire everything and the reputation of the Star for having brittle firing pins prompted me to trade it. Yup, that decision to trade it was probably not a good one.


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[LoneStarTX]

I bought and sold a gun in my never learned much 60's: Ruger GP100 .357 Magnum 4" stainless. I just fixed that and bought another one.
I know the thread was about handguns but I just couldn't let go of the memories of guns of my youth I stupidly traded off:
Winchester model 55 auto eject single shot, Ithaca model 49 Saddlegun single shot, Ruger No. 3 .22 Hornet single shot.