Two that I still kick myself about, years later, are very well done sporterized military rifles: a 6.5×58 Portugese Vergueiro, and an ’03 Springfield in 333 OKH.
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February 5th, 2010 at 4:20 am
About 20 years ago I passed on the chance to buy an 1873 Winchester "One of One Thousand"
February 5th, 2010 at 4:20 am
10 M1 Garands in 1979. Any full autos before 1986.
February 5th, 2010 at 4:20 am
Yeah — This guy I know lost his job, unemployment ran out and he called me to ask if I wanted his Ruger Mini 30 rifle….. He needed rent money…..
He was asking $275 for it and it was in fine shape…. I hesitated… Called him the next day and it was gone!….
I wont make that mistake again!….
February 5th, 2010 at 4:20 am
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February 5th, 2010 at 4:20 am
A Remington 700 bull barrel .308 custom made by a local gun smith, exact same thing he carries for deer hunting from the sling to the scope, $3000 in the store, could have had it for $900, but lent my buddy $900 instead, and he still has the rifle and is back on his feet. DAMN
February 5th, 2010 at 4:20 am
tactical mossberg 500
nothing special but i still wish i went for it
February 5th, 2010 at 4:20 am
It was a Colt Lightning carbine in 44-40 made in the late 1800s. Every winter people in my area that don’t have a steady income get hard pressed for cash. This is typical for construction workers. There aren’t any pawn shops here so when they need some fast cash they sell what they can part with. That Colt Lightning was worth around 3 to 4 thousand bucks. He was selling it for $1200. I had the cash but this was a friend. And I told him $1200 was not enough that he should sell it online and get more. But he was not computer savvy and just sold it the next day for the $1200 to a local. I was flabbergasted! Here I was trying to help him get more cash for it and screwed myself in the process! He simply did not believe me that it was worth more than that and he just wanted money fast for a used snowmachine for his daughter. All I could say was wow!
February 5th, 2010 at 4:20 am
Once went to a gunshow in Virginia about 15 years ago. There was a couple with a table there that was selling the woman’s father’s gun collection (her dad passed away and they had no use for any of the guns). There was a post-64 Winchester model 70 rifle there with a 4x Leupold scope, 99.9% condition, for $450. Stupid me. I merely took their name and phone number and decided to call them afterward to see if they had it left over. I called…and the man said, "We sold everything we had on the table over the weekend. So I guess everyone was happy with the prices." Yeah, for sure.
February 5th, 2010 at 4:20 am
* A Browning Twelvette Semi- Automatic two shot (2*) 12 gauge shotgun.*
February 5th, 2010 at 4:20 am
My reply is for C_F_45….How could you turn down a Winchester 73′ One in One Thousand
I’m going to buy one my self one of these days….a One and One Hundred if I win the lotto lol
February 5th, 2010 at 4:20 am
There was a Krag Jorgensen carbine that I could’ve gotten for around $350 a couple years back. The thing was totally unaltered, but had a couple of dings… otherwise it locked up like a vault and had a pretty good bore.
I passed it up for a little while. Really wish I bought it. A friend of mine let me borrow his for awhile…
It was the best brush gun *ever*, and I really wish I had bought that one when I could’ve.
February 5th, 2010 at 4:20 am
Winchester 1895 takedown in 30-40 krag, I had a chance to buy one a decade ago for $350 and turned it down. You know what that rifle is worth now???
February 5th, 2010 at 4:20 am
Yes! The big blunder was when (years ago) I was in a sporting goods store when a gentleman brought in a pre- 1964 Model 70 270 caliber Winchester to trade in on a new gun. I listened as the negotiations for the worth of the Model 70 took place. The salesman told him how old the gun was and in the used condition it just wasn’t worth much. I backed away waiting for the lightning bolt to strike him. But he gave the gentleman $125 for the gun. Since I knew the amount of money the salesman had in the gun, I felt that I would get it fairly cheap since I knew what he had in it. As he got the new gun for the gentleman ready I walked around the store and looked around waiting for him to get finished. When I saw the gentleman leave the store, I walked to the gun counter. Another customer had just came up to the counter and spied the Model 70. Naturally he asked if it was for sale. Then I couldn’t believe my ears. The gun that was worthless and old 30 minutes ago, had just become a hard to get collectors item and was almost priceless.Needless to say, they negotiated and the guy bought the gun. And all I have is a memory. I wanted the gun so bad because I had grown up reading about Jack O’connor’s adventures in Outdoor life, and his pet gun was a Model 70 .270 Winchester. He had killed all manner of game with it in Africa on everything but the big " 5"
And I was just a minute away from owning one.
February 5th, 2010 at 4:20 am
yes.
February 5th, 2010 at 4:20 am
I would have liked to have bought a Marlin 9mm Camp Carbine when they were in production.
Guns I’d like back: Mossberg 500 with 18.5" barrel (grew legs), Ruger Mini-14 (had to hock it), Ruger 10/22 (grew legs), Marlin 1894 in .357 Magnum (had to hock it), M-1 Carbine (had to hock it).
February 5th, 2010 at 4:20 am
almost 15 years ago
I found Savage 99 in 308 at a pawn shop for $200
Not knowing anything about the gun I went to another pawn shop customer that has heavily into hunting rifles and asked him
Like an idiot I told him where I found it
I had three more accounts to service before I could get back to the shop with the gun and as I was pulling in my "friend" was pulling put of the parking lot with the rifle
He sold it for $400 the next day
February 5th, 2010 at 4:20 am
Oh wow, this just brought back one of those "painful memories" for me.
I was at a gun show 10 years ago and spotted a like new Colt Python with a 4 inch barrel, royal blue finish on a table. This thing was MINT! The asking price? $350. I started talking to the man behind the table and he explained that it wasn’t his table and he was merely watching it for another guy while he went to use the restroom. Fine. I walked away about 15 feet but kept my eye on the table and the handgun. About 5 minutes later the table owner comes back….and…someone else just happens to walk up to the table at the same time. Hmmm…Mint Colt Python with 4 inch barrel in royal blue….I think I’ll buy that….says the newcomer. There it goes!