The one that got away...which gun do you most regret selling/never buying?

[TonyNorCal]

Which gun (or guns) do you most regret selling...or never buying when you had a chance...?

What are the ones which got away?

[Blue]

Back in '02 a fun shop had a Bushmaster 22. I didn't know jack about AR's other than that I wanted one, but I didnt have the $750 the shop wanted for it. I remember telling the guy I wanted an AR and he said "I've got this, it'll take a standard upper but you're too young for a felony" something like that.

[ghostrider4evr]

I regret not buying a Colt Sporter when I was 18, before the ban hit.

[sargenv]

Colt or Bushmaster AR-15 Lower or complete rifle.

Browning Model 92 Lever action in 357 magnum (Only available used).

Any model AR-10 lower or complete rifle.

Any other rifle on the banned list that fired a military cartridge that was unique as a rifle in it's own right.. H&K, Steyr AUG or USR, Valmet, etc.

Two tone Desert Eagle in 41 magnum..(that other thread got me thinking) (edited to add this one) .

hmmm.... Almost all of the handguns I want are still legal so I really don't have one at the moment that I'm sorry I sold.. Same goes for shotguns since most of what I want are still available.

That's about it for me.

Vince

[NeoWeird]

A couple weeks back the local Turner's had a FiveseveN in the display case. I immediately asked about it and they said they had a couple in and that there was no indication that more were coming back in. I asked to get it but their computers were down (this was during their inventory move to Chino Hills) and they couldn't do any transfers. I went back in the next day to find them all gone. I keep kicking myself for not grabbing the display model (they needed the computers for the serial, but the display had a serial so they could sell it). I also waited on a K98 with swastikas intact that went for $400. I really wished I had gotten it, but I didn't know it had the swasitkas until after it sold (the seller wouldn't return my emails and I was afraid it was another one of those "German markings intact!" just to find it pinged with the eagles there).

Hard to chose between those two.

[Turbinator]

In 1999, I got on the wait list for TWO SW5's. At the time, there was a lot of hype and rumor about the company (which of course subsequently went out of business). The time came and they asked me for $500 deposit each - $1000 total. That was a lot of money to me at the time, and I didn't want to risk it, so I backed out. Later, one came into the shop, looked pretty good, but it was too late - I had already backed out and they were only filling pre-orders at the time. 2000 came and bam, my chance went away. In hindsight, I should have fronted the dough and gotten them.

Turby

[TMC]

There used to be a local gunshop that always had lots of interesting stuff because they used to buy estate sales. Well just before the guy went out of business (due to the CA list of approved guns which cut into his business) he had a mint Broomandle Mauser with $600.00 on the tag. The owner told me he'd sell it to me for $500 (I was a god customer). I told him I'd think about it and the next day when I decided to buy it, it was gone.

That and the STI frame with the 6 hi-cap mags for $650 in 1999 that I also didn't buy. Basically I couldn't afford it back then.

[Pulsar]

can't really say I've passed anything up that I regret. Though I do have some purchases I regret. Remington 700 I'm building into a .338 Lapua shooter has been eating my wallet away to the price of almost $2000. I've gotta get a sako style extractor installed into the bolt and I can finally shoot the damn thing, and of course it still needs a finish and the stock needs a lot of work. Ang the way I'm hurting for money I'm probably gonna wind up having to sell it

[RJ Dunn]

When I turned 18 I bought a norinco Ak-47 a year later the Stocton school shooting happened. And the talk of a aw ban started. So, like a fool I went and traded it for 2 hunting rifles .243 and a 30-30. I still kick myself in the *** for that.

[chickenfried]

The assault weapon stuff is a given.....

A NIB supermatch M1A from a dealer with a black Mcmillan stock and krieger barrel for $2000 and I had the money but passed on it

[anotherone]

When I turned 18 I bought a norinco Ak-47 a year later the Stocton school shooting happened. And the talk of a aw ban started. So, like a fool I went and traded it for 2 hunting rifles .243 and a 30-30. I still kick myself in the *** for that.

You and me both man... many of us sold our "Assault Weapons" rather than register them. If registration comes along again I won't be selling this time. However, the DOJ seems bent on attempting to circumvent the registration requirements of the Roberti-Roos act and confiscating/forcing reconfiguration.

[krim]

P7M13 w/ 4 mags... $1250

one other..
VP70 with stock/holster $650 used... probably wouldn't be legal to use the 3 rd burst w/ the stock mounted though.

[xenophobe]

Israeli Defense Force M36... a bullpup M14 made by Armscorp nearly 20 years ago. The owner was going to sell one of only 3 that they were able to import into America, and I had a deposit on it... Ended up changing my mind and loosing the deposit. It was a sub MOA gun at 1000y, and came with Isreali documentation... It was $4600 at the time.

[3rd_gear]

Hi all,
Long time lurker, recently registered, first post.
Back in '99, I had a chance to purchase an AUG with grey furniture for $2300, didn't have the cash, and decided not to charge it. I should've charged it because my chest hurts everytime I think about it.

[phish]

SP89 at Trader's when they were a real gunstore long ago. I should've just charged it, but wussed out.

Garands, Springfields, and assorted rimfires from the CMP.