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Bad Deals you have made
#8093469
12/17/20 09:36 PM
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MO
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My Uncle traded a pre 64 Winchester model 70 in 30 06 for a Remington 740 ( maybe 742 ) in the same caliber. Time has proven this a very bad trade.
back in the mid 80's , I sold several pieces at the gun show to fund the first home computer I bought. That computer is in a ground fill somewhere, but I sure wish I had held on to the Ruger # 3 22 hornet and the other pieces I sold that day.
MO
MY BACKYARD , 20,000 ACRES , NO MOWING
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8093481
12/17/20 09:45 PM
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syncerus
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Well, I sold my AMT Longslide for peanuts, sold my SPAS 12 for about 1/4 of what they go for now, and sold my Valmet 76 for about half what they're going for now. Then there's my .338 Lapua that shoots 2.5" groups ... another great buy.
NRA Patriot Benefactor & DSC Lifer
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8093491
12/17/20 09:58 PM
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The Dude Abides
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Bought an HK-94 in 1987 from Don's Guns in Indianapolis, IN for $580 and sold it in 1988 for what I paid for it. Headed across the pond to serve Uncle Sam thinking I could get one when I came back in 1993. How wrong I was...the "assault weapons ban" was in full force. Sux to be me...
Last edited by TXGUNNER308; 12/17/20 09:59 PM.
I am still looking for the perfect apron, one with reinforced knee areas would be perfect.
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8093493
12/17/20 10:00 PM
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Blank
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Well, there was one mid-60's Colt Python in 6" that I didn't like the balance on, so traded for a S&W Mod 19 and $50.............
Beer and whiskey, 'cause you can't drink bacon!!
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8093512
12/17/20 10:19 PM
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TSU99
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8093583
12/17/20 11:07 PM
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Biscuit
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Sold a Henry in .45 colt I wish I had back
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8093633
12/17/20 11:56 PM
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Adchunts
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Couple of ex wives that fit that description.
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: Adchunts]
#8093655
12/18/20 12:13 AM
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Creekrunner
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My Uncle traded a pre 64 Winchester model 70 in 30 06 for a Remington 740 ( maybe 742 ) in the same caliber. Time has proven this a very bad trade. And those genes run in your blood. Couple of ex wives that fit that description. Just one for me. Highschool sweetheart. Dam them headlights.
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8093738
12/18/20 01:18 AM
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J.G.
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800 Yard Steel Range Precision Rifle Instruction Memberships and Classes Available
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8093741
12/18/20 01:21 AM
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Chickenman
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Sold a Sub2000 gen 1 glock model. I miss that gun.
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8093799
12/18/20 02:15 AM
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Big Fitz
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In college, I traded a S&W 686 for a TZ75. I just had to have a 9mm and couldn't afford another pistol.
I was wrong...on anything technical. Fitz............. is right, ya know............
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8093804
12/18/20 02:20 AM
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JCB
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Had a mint 6” Python. Sold it for $650 (that was good at the time). But I sold it to buy a Glock 20 10mm. I don’t regret buying the Glock but do regret selling the Python to do it.
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: JCB]
#8093847
12/18/20 02:52 AM
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Had a mint 6” Python. Sold it for $650 (that was good at the time). But I sold it to buy a Glock 20 10mm. I don’t regret buying the Glock but do regret selling the Python to do it. I sold my 10mm too and also regret it
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8093865
12/18/20 03:09 AM
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txtrophy85
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Only gun I regret selling was a slicked you Ruger stainless Blackhawk in .357 mag. Had a hammer and trigger kit and shot like a dream.
Sold it to a buddies dad for $250 to get some working capital for a business venture ( too young to know what a pyramid scheme was at the time). Hated to sell it but I hated the situation I was in much worse and was desperate to find a way out.
Would love to have that gun back but I can’t bring myself to ask him to sell it back to me.
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8093887
12/18/20 03:36 AM
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huntwest
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I have sold several I regret but bought and own more that I cherish. That’s gun trading!
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: huntwest]
#8093922
12/18/20 04:05 AM
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duckhunter175
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I have sold several I regret but bought and own more that I cherish. That’s gun trading! Aint that the truth!!
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: J.G.]
#8093973
12/18/20 05:21 AM
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QuitShootinYoungBucks
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2nd happiest day of your life!
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8093978
12/18/20 05:27 AM
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patriot07
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I haven't made a really bad firearms deal. I sold my Rock River AR years ago after not shooting it for a long time. I think I got $750 for it not long after Trump was elected. Bought a Ruger a couple years later (after realizing that every man should own at least one AR-15) for $500 and still have it, so all is not lost. But the Rock River was a nicer gun in every way, and I wish I still had it. Other than that, I don't really have any horror stories.
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8093980
12/18/20 05:29 AM
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Bee'z
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Yall are just trying to make buzz cry by Christmas....
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8093987
12/18/20 05:59 AM
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ImTheReasonDovesMourn
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I traded a Browning Hi Power 9mm and a $350 AR for a mint 1980s Beretta Silver Pigeon 20 gauge. I missed about 400 birds with it this dove season. ImTheReasonDovesDieOfOldAge.
Haha yea I polished that thing for hours.
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8094000
12/18/20 06:21 AM
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ImTheReasonDovesMourn
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Also, my first shotgun was a Wingmaster 20 gauge that my dad traded 2 Superman comic books for in the late '60s.
Haha yea I polished that thing for hours.
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8094007
12/18/20 06:49 AM
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Earl
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The NIB HK94 I bought (and sold) in 1986 for $450. HK was nice enough to send me promotional stuff after I had registered the warranty card with them for like 15 years just to remind me how stupid I was.
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8094011
12/18/20 07:00 AM
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Reinke
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Have made a lot of bad deals with guns. Should have bought a bigger gun safe. Maybe 4 or 5 of them.
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8094026
12/18/20 10:46 AM
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redhaze
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Was broke in the early 90's living in Las Cruces, NM, in a trailer park. Tranny went out on my primary vehicle, haw to pawn a Sako 30-06 (lh), a Remington 1187 (lh), Winchester Model 70 - 30-06, Savage 99E in 243 and a couple of pistols to get the $. Finally went back to "de-pawn" them and the @#@$%^ pawn shop told me that they had a break in and my stuff was stolen.....filed a police report, that was a lol. Sigh, miss that 11-87 and the Sako, I had worked hard to pay for those guns then.. But thing are good now.
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Re: Bad Deals you have made
[Re: MO]
#8094075
12/18/20 12:42 PM
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snake oil
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Sold my machine and submachine guns in early 2000, should have held on to them.
"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas".
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