Attached to your toys?

[cw9 covert]

Do you ever get attached to any of your guns? Sold a gun and wished you didn't?
I'm back in the loop again. I have two 1911s in 45, one full size, one commander. Money is tight so it's hard to shoot both plus I enjoy shooting the full size more than the commander.
What was your situation and how you dealt with it?


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[Bawanna]

I'm attached to all my guns. I've sorely regretted every single one I ever parted with. Some I look back and say to myself, how could I have been so dumb.

I only do it when I desperately want something I can't afford which is most all the time but I try to avoid parting with guns any way I possibly can.

I've been pondering thinning the herd a little and have a little cash on hand for when major wants appear. Thinking if I do it when I'm not in urgent need I'll be more selective.

Kind of like grocery shopping when your starving, you buy way more than you should.

[Longitude Zero]

Kinda...Sorta.

If I traded or bought and sold up then the one that was gone will be missed about as much as a case of the hemmorhoids. I have only made one sale I regretted and only because the weapon I sold up for did not live up to the hype.

Beyond that a gun is a tool. Nothing more...Nothing less.

[XDGenerate]

I've only sold one to get a better one.. Then traded that one for a WAAAY better one. Can't say I don't miss them but they were replaced always with something better. If I just outright sold one and spent the money on crap with nothing to show for it at the end.. I'd be missing them.

[Buzzard45]

I`ve never sold a gun i liked. a cr^ppy bolt action rifle, sure, a sloppy pump shotgun, sure. All my guns are either sentimental keepers or good shooters, some both.

As for shopping while hungry and buying too much, if that were a crime i`d a been locked up long ago (i`m a chocoholic)

[Popeye]

I've bought, sold, and traded quite a few over the years. I've had many that I liked and shot them for a few years, then decided when I didn't shoot them as much as I used to there must be a reason. So I looked for something else. There have been a few I never thought I'd ever trade /sell. However times change and so do the pistols. Where I once was a all steel pistol type of gun owner, I slowly went into the polymer world of pistols. Now years later I find myself slowly drifting back to all Steel/Alloy pistols again. I have also owned two 1911's. One RIA's full GI 45 ACP model, and one smaller size Springfield Champion 45 ACP.. It sure was a pretty pistol but owning that gun taught me one thing. I'm not a fan of a 1911 that isn't full size. I still own the Rock. I like it a lot and I'd say I'll never trade it but, My past history shows that if the right deal comes along at the right time it's gone.
There is only one firearm that I absolutely will not sell, And I have been offered some pretty ridiculous numbers for it, and that is my M1 Garand. I could never forgive myself if I sold it.
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[Bawanna]

"Beyond that a gun is a tool. Nothing more...Nothing less."

Blasphemy I say, blasphemy!

Popeye, that's a fine looking Garand right there. I bet you've been offered a ton for it. Very nice.

[cw9 covert]

how about using the money to buy ammo and/or a training class?
would you do it?

[downtownv]

I learned to never get attached to tangible things.One day someone can knock on your door and simply take them away.... but they will be hot, dirty and the mags will be empty.

[muggsy]

The only gun that I regret selling was a Winchester Model 12 20 gauge pump shotgun that was given to me by my father on my 14th birthday. A lot of great memories were attached to that gun, but at the time that I sold it I desperately needed the money.

[Longitude Zero]

"Beyond that a gun is a tool. Nothing more...Nothing less."

Blasphemy I say, blasphemy!

Emotion talking here. Not a bad thing but not the I way roll. Different strokes for different folks. I simply refuse to attach emotion to an inantimate object.

[jocko]

Emotion talking here. Not a bad thing but not the I way roll. Different strokes for different folks. I simply refuse to attach emotion to an inantimate object.

please never KEY my harleys or push it over.I cannot describe the emotion that will come out of that. It will not be pleasant, and I don't give a fokk how big u are :Amflag2:

trust me, these are not emotions just talkin. Just sayin

[TheTman]

My Precioussss.......... as Gollum would say.

I have a very hard time letting a gun go once I have it. I really regret trading my CW45 away, but It ended up being the one that I thought would be more easily replaced, and yet get me the cash I needed, plus there seemed nothing Kahr could do to make it feed from the 7 round mags, I sent it back twice. So, I thought I'd try a different CW45, and see if it would feed from the 7 round mag. Then I seen the CM45 was coming out, so I decided to wait on it, but I guess the CM380 pushed it back a few months. So maybe that will give me a chance to get a lever action .357 or .44. while I wait on the CM45.
Guns Have been the best investment so far that I've run across, that is also so much fun. The best I've done is buy and old P-17 for a crazy low price, and then saw one just like it at a gun show, going about 10 times what I paid for the P-17. It's a real nice shooter too.

[b4uqzme]

how about using the money to buy ammo and/or a training class?
would you do it?

this is just me talking --- no, I can wait and save up for ammo and training --- even if that means not shooting for awhile. I cannot say enough about getting good training and it is worth saving for. Make it a priority. Meanwhile hang on to that gun if you can. Or like the others say, use it to trade into something you like better. It's every man's personal call. I have been very careful selecting my firearms to date. Considered selling one and now am VERY glad I didn't...

Best of luck.

[Longitude Zero]

please never KEY my harleys or push it over.I cannot describe the emotion that will come out of that. It will not be pleasant, and I don't give a fokk how big u are :Amflag2:

trust me, these are not emotions just talkin. Just sayin

I'd never do that. HD's self destruct to easily all by themselves as oil leakers. Like hound dogs they love rides in pickup trucks. If you absolutely positively have to get somewhere don't trust a HD.

[jocko]

not really worth a comment. U do seem to have all the answers..

[b4uqzme]

I'd never do that. HD's self destruct to easily all by themselves as oil leakers. Like hound dogs they love rides in pickup trucks. If you absolutely positively have to get somewhere don't trust a HD.

that was the old days --- nowadays they ride in enclosed trailers... just jokin':o

[les strat]

I regret selling my first H&R .410 shotgun my dad bought me (after I begged and begged - he was not a gun guy). I killed many doves with that thing, and when I stepped up to a 20 ga, I could hit anything that moved.

The rest of my firearms, I traded up. I do miss my 642 I traded in on 15/22 last year, but figured I'd have a bigger chance of buying another 642 down the road than a 15/22 that was on Feinstien's blackball list.

[Barth]

Only sold one handgun in my life and I still regret it.
http://www.tacomaworld.com/gallery/data/500/medium/USP_45_C.jpg

[Popeye]

not really worth a comment. U do seem to have all the answers..
Yes Jocko it is hard, if not almost impossible to argue with someone with so much wisdom.http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww173/prestonjjrtr/Funny/ROFLSmiley.gif

[QUOTE=Bawanna;247153

Popeye, that's a fine looking Garand right there. I bet you've been offered a ton for it. Very nice.[/QUOTE]
Thanks Bawanna I have been offered a pretty substantial amount of money for it, But the Garand in that pic looks nothing like the Garand I originally bought . I did a lot of work on that rifle to bring it back to the shooter it is, and what you see in the picture. It was a true labor of love. There are many M1 Garand's like it, and like so many others are it's not perfect, but this one is mine and it holds it's own special place in my heart that no other firearm I own could possibly fill.

[yqtszhj]

that was the old days --- nowadays they ride in enclosed trailers... just jokin':o

:popcorn:

[XDGenerate]

Old Harley's leaked oil. New ones are really nice.

[XDGenerate]

http://www.harley-davidson.com/en_US/Motorcycles/iron-883.html

THIS is a bad ass machine. I'd trade a gun or 2 for it.. lol

[Barth]

http://www.hdforums.com/forum/attachments/sportster-models/140860d1285254116-lets-see-you-48s-harley-davidson-sportster-c.jpg

[cw9 covert]

Thanks for all your inputs. Gun will be sold tonight !
Do you guys worry about counterfeit money?

[bulletdodger]

Never sold a gun. Had two stolen though. Ruger 10/22 and a cheap russian single shot crackback 12 gauge. I refinished the stock to bare wood with polyurethane on the Ruger and looked forward to giving it to my younger Brother before it got stolen. I miss them both. Hope the crackhead that stole them dies face down in a gutter.

[Jeremiah/Az]

I have only sold one gun in the 50 some years I have been buyin' & shootin' guns. That was a trap gun when I quit shootin' trap.

[melissa5]

I've sold 20+ guns and only regret selling 2. Both were .45's...a Colt Series 70 1911 and a OD Glock 36 with a G30 slide. I sold them to invest in an AR10 if I remember correctly. i really like my AR10 but occasionally think about those two pistols.

[TheTman]

I've never gave counterfeit money much thought. Doesn't seem to show up round these parts very often.

I've sold some clunkers, and never regretted it, but I have trouble parting with a nice shooting firearm.

[jocko]

IMO, if it is fake enough that u can't see it, then tha tis ur fault. If itis a good fake, then indeed just pass it on to anutter sucker. Lets the banks figure it out, they are fokkng us every day anyhow. Just sayin

[Bawanna]

I've sold 20+ guns and only regret selling 2. Both were .45's...a Colt Series 70 1911 and a OD Glock 36 with a G30 slide. I sold them to invest in an AR10 if I remember correctly. i really like my AR10 but occasionally think about those two pistols.

I think of that Colt all the time Melissa. I thought about seeing other people for awhile, but I got over it and your still just the best.

[melissa5]

Bawanna, I plan to get another series 70 eventually. ;)

[Bawanna]

Bawanna, I plan to get another series 70 eventually. ;)

Don't do it for me honey, I love you unconditionally. But good for you if you get one.

I'm working a guy that my son works with for his 70 series. So far he's not budging much but it ain't over yet and since I don't have any marbles time is on my side. Maybe I will when I get him broke down.

He had a guy give him 8 bricks of 22 and he won't part with a single one.

I made him grips, son does all sorts of stuff for him but not giving up no 22.

I've not met him, he's 70 and still working on boats, sounds like a great guy and fun to harass by text message for me and in person every day for my son.

He's only got a week to go and then he's starting training to work for the railroad. Hope that works out, good money. He just bought a new VW Golf last night since he has to commute a long ways for the training.

Nice to be young, single with no ties, and living at home for free.

[jocko]

nuttin wrong with being 70: Just sayin

[Bawanna]

nuttin wrong with being 70: Just sayin

nuttin right with it either unless it's an improvement from 60.

While it's far better than the alternative, getting old kind of sucks. Maybe it's just me.

[ltxi]

nuttin right with it either unless it's an improvement from 60.

While it's far better than the alternative, getting old kind of sucks. Maybe it's just me.

When I turned 60 I had a, like, really important job, a serious program and a whole lot of folks really dependent on me, was on a flight to somewhere or another two or three weeks a month, was stressed to the point wife person was 'most out of her mind with worry, and I was making a lot of money.

As I turn 70 I'm an old guy senior adviser to my successor, nothing is any longer technically my fault or problem, I travel nominally once every month to month and a half, work a laid back half time at the moment, and I make a lot of money.

What 'chu think be the better deal, Louis?

[ltxi]

More on topic, though....there are three guns I regret selling over the decades. First and foremost....a customized Star PD .45. I have no idea what I was thinking when I sold that gun back in 1980. Second and third, not as serious, regrets are a Bauer .25 and Phoenix HP22....both mid to late '70's production.

[Bawanna]

I played with a Star back in that era, I really liked it and tried to get one but never pulled it off, they had mixed reputations but the ones I knew of had no problems.

[Bawanna]

When I turned 60 I had a, like, really important job, a serious program and a whole lot of folks really dependent on me, was on a flight to somewhere or another two or three weeks a month, was stressed to the point wife person was 'most out of her mind with worry, and I was making a lot of money.

As I turn 70 I'm an old guy senior adviser to my successor, nothing is any longer technically my fault or problem, I travel nominally once every month to month and a half, work a laid back half time at the moment, and I make a lot of money.

What 'chu think be the better deal, Louis?

I like the part about making a lot of money. Where do I sign up for that. Maybe I should a stayed in skool?

[ltxi]

I played with a Star back in that era, I really liked it and tried to get one but never pulled it off, they had mixed reputations but the ones I knew of had no problems.

It was a really great gun. Especially slicked up. Something I didn't fully appreciate 35 years ago. It was the first(?) of the production ultra lightweight .45s and, to my utter shame now, I found it difficult to control then. Back in the days of "If it ain't steel, it ain't real." I am/was such an idiot. . :7:

[ltxi]

I like the part about making a lot of money. Where do I sign up for that. Maybe I should a stayed in skool?

I really have no idea how the money thing happened. It sure wasn't there at $69/month plus room and board as a military recruit back in the early '60's.

Perhaps professional fancy dancin' as I think I mentioned elsewhere.

I will say this....the reduced stress is far more important than any of the rest. Had I not I bailed from "important" about the time I did I'd most likely be dead by now.

And, thanks to Cialis, I actually care about not being dead.

[JFootin]

I've let a few guns go that I wish I still had: A Colt Mustang 380, a Beretta 84 380 with checkered wood grips, a PSP 25acp (Baby Browning clone) and more recently a Budischowsky TP-70 25acp pocket gun.

[Bawanna]

I really have no idea how the money thing happened. It sure wasn't there at $69/month plus room and board as a military recruit back in the early '60's.

Perhaps professional fancy dancin' as I think I mentioned elsewhere.

I will say this....the reduced stress is far more important than any of the rest. Had I not I bailed from "important" about the time I did I'd most likely be dead by now.

And, thanks to Cialis, I actually care about not being dead.

Yup, lack of stress and Cialis is a good thing.

[jocko]

Humm: I wonder if Michael Jackson knew about cialis he would have made his hit song BEAT it with a different name. Just sayin
semper vulgare

[Ace22]

I sold my CW40 a few months ago (offer I could not refuse)....regretted it, so I bought a brand new cw45! This one stays with me...

[ltxi]

Humm: I wonder if Michael Jackson knew about cialis he would have made his hit song BEAT it with a different name. Just sayin
semper vulgare

There was no Cialis back then. But prolly not since he was still too young to most likely need it.

I gave my current prescription to still much younger wife as a Mother's Day present. Jury's still out on whether this was a good or bad thing. :hippie: