Worst Oops Made When Buying A New Toy?

[DaveInOroValley]

I guess mine would have to be not seeing little letters at the end of the weapon description on the online ad "lh".....

Had to spend another 150.00 to have a new right side bolt and the manufacturer do the work to convert it to a "right hand" model. I guess in almost 5 decades of purchases that's the worst I'm not doing too bad but I still felt really dumb.

But could have been worse I guess. What's yours?

[9mmContagion]

My first handgun purchase.. failed to notice the Sig Sauer SP2022 tag said .40 S&W. Didn’t realize till pick up when the salesman asked if I wanted any ammo…
it didn’t last long as I prefer 9mm.

Then I bought a Glock 17! That might have been an even worse mistake It was at that point I learned you gotta pay to play. It’s been 9mm 1911s/2011s and CZs since then

[Doghouse_Riley]

I once bought a Mini-14 that on the first time I took it to the range, an open shooting range in the ANF (anyone remember Middle Range off Angeles Forest Hwy?) I left it behind. Didn't figure it out until I got home. Drove an hour back up to the range. It was gone (of course). This was before cell phones. When I got home there was a message on my answering machine (remember those?) from my shooting buddy that he saw I had left my new rifle at the range and had picked it up and kept it for me. Talk about relieved.

[Doghouse_Riley]

I did the same except the other way. The .40 S&W was the hot new caliber on the block and S&W had just come out with the Sigma. I thought I had bought a Sigma in .40 S&W but when I got it home I realized I had bought the 9mm instead. Young and dumb. I ended up keeping the Sigma and never did buy anything in .40 S&W.

[beerman]

I once bought a 1898 30-40 Krag carbine not knowing it was a cut down rifle. Fortunately I was able to sell it for what I paid years later with proper disclosure.That’s when I started researching the heck out of what I was interested in BEFORE going shopping.

[Full Clip]

Buying a new gun is like buying an ink-jet printer.
It's not the printer that's going to cost you, it's the ink.
So buying that .50 Beowulf was not my smartest move.
The ink is pricy.

[DaveInOroValley]

Buying a new gun is like buying an ink-jet printer.
It's not the printer that's going to cost you, it's the ink.
So buying that .50 Beowulf was not my smartest move.
The ink is pricy.

This is exactly what stopped my Barrett buying.

[BigStiCK]

This is exactly what stopped my Barrett buying.

.22 is the new .50!!!!

Just picked up a new CZ 457 MTR and after the inevitable ups/scope I’ll be in about $1,500. Add match ammo and all day shooting is affordable.

[Barang]

listening to "experts" then finding out later it sucks!

[The King]

common error on my way home. "I have already owned and sold this pistol, twice"

[sealocan]

Great thread question and I want to play but I can't think of anything other than a big oops that I think almost everyone makes.

We all don't buy a lifetime supply / lots of ammo in the caliber of the firearm that we are picking up new, right in the same store at the same time we are getting that new gun.

Of course there's reasons for that happening, like you spent all your available money on the gun and don't have leftover for Lots of extra ammo.

Or you're new to this caliber or type of gun so you don't want to invest in lots of ammo until you decide if it's for you.

Or maybe you just think you'll pick up your extra ammo later and focus on the gun purchase and the normal procedure of a few boxes of ammo right at the moment.

But I think that's a mistake.
Because history has shown us that you're never going to know when you're going to need extra ammo or when ammunition is going to skyrocket in price or become unavailable or hard to find at any price.

And if you do buy extra ammo you'll always be able to sell it when and if you sell the gun that goes along with it, even if it is some kind of Wildcat or Oddball cartridge.

To sum up.. buy a gun, buy lots of ammo to go with it, at that same time.

[SilveradoColt21]

listening to "experts" then finding out later it sucks!

Same I started off listening to FUD then later on found out most "experts" don't even know what they're talking about

[rromeo]

I bought my Glock 20 in Summer of 2020, because 9mm ammo was unobtainable, and 10mm was plentiful and $24 a box. For some dumb reason I didn't buy all that they had.

[FLIGHT762]

Buying a re-weld M-1 Garand in the 1970's and paying non re-weld prices. That is when I learned how to tell if a Garand has been re-welded.

No problems since.

We all learn from getting screwed at some point.

[tawadc95]

S&W 645….just had to have one and it was the worst shooting handgun I’ve ever owned, couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn. At 25 yds nobody who tried it could put a round on a 8.5x11 piece of paper, I could do that all day with my 1911’s.
It kept me away from S&W semis for 30 years until I tried a Shield 9 and my beloved 2.0c 9’s