Gun regrets, "the one that got away".

[mjp28]

Gun regrets, "the one that got away".

I'm sure we all have had a few times in our lives that we were going to buy or could have bought, swapped or picked up a great deal on a special piece that just got away.

I've had plenty like years back maybe around 1975 or so...before all the tighter gun laws and good computer tracking...I was in a bar (lot of good stories start that way).

I was talking to this guy, didn't really know him, got around to talking about guns he later said could use the money and had a gun to sell, a chrome S&W Model 29 said "it was never fired", hmmmm, well I said maybe.

He went out to his car and brought it in (the bar owner was a relative, no sweat there) well it was immaculate!! Set in a beautiful case, all the extras, cleaning brushes the works.

Wanted $400, went down to $200 and I had the cash.....but I kept thinking is it hot or whatever, I passed.

Geezzzz, did I let a gem get away? I think about it every time I see a big .44.

[S&Wshooter]

I could have bought a used Springer instead of my shitty High Standard. I only saw the Springfield AFTER I had Bought the High Standard, even though I had walked around the whole gunshow looking for a 1911. I should have looked harder before I bought something

[predator20]

WWII Colt M1911A1 for around $550, it had been modified. adjustable sights, different trigger etc, but nothing that couldn't have been reversed. I had the money for it at the time, but decided to wait for a better one. Ones in worse condition, sell for more nowadays.

Colt Series 70 Combat Government for $600 or 650, it was well used. But still good for the price. A customer who owned us money was supposed to come by in the morning to pay us, the auction didn't run out until lunch, but the guy didn't show up until the afternoon after the auction had already ran out. Didn't want to risk bidding and have to borrow.

Just recently a satin nickel SIG P226 for for $490, waited too long and someone else got it. But I think I ended up with something better.

[Spades of Columbia]

Mine was a Magnum Research Baby eagle .380 that I sold for $400 so I could buy a glock 19...I regret it almost every day since...but i still like my 19

[Gunmaster45]

Originally Posted by Spades of Columbia

Mine was a Magnum Research Baby eagle .380 that I sold for $400 so I could buy a glock 19...I regret it almost every day since...but i still like my 19

Wait, they make a Jericho in .380? Or do you mean a Micro Desert Eagle?

[Spades of Columbia]

Originally Posted by Gunmaster45

Wait, they make a Jericho in .380? Or do you mean a Micro Desert Eagle?

Yes...i mean the Magnum Research "Micro" eagle. It just fit in the pocket so nice...the Glock 19 conceals easy enough with a inside the pants holster but nothing like a pocket gun.

[Spades of Columbia]

Originally Posted by Spades of Columbia

Mine was a Magnum Research Baby eagle .380 that I sold for $400 so I could buy a glock 19...I regret it almost every day since...but i still like my 19

Friday the 20th was my 5 year anniversary and when i got home there was a present on the kitchen counter...when i opened it there was a Magnum Research Micro eagle in it and my wife told me she remembered how regretful i was over it...

[S&Wshooter]

Originally Posted by Spades of Columbia

Friday the 20th was my 5 year anniversary and when i got home there was a present on the kitchen counter...when i opened it there was a Magnum Research Micro eagle in it and my wife told me she remembered how regretful i was over it...

That is awesome. How are the Micro Eagles?

[funkychinaman]

Originally Posted by Spades of Columbia

Friday the 20th was my 5 year anniversary and when i got home there was a present on the kitchen counter...when i opened it there was a Magnum Research Micro eagle in it and my wife told me she remembered how regretful i was over it...

I'd call her a keeper, but you're already five years in. Congrats on the pistol (and having a great wife!)

[bunni]

I was in the LA Gun Club in '06 and they had a Sig P228 9mm used range gun for sale - I held it and it was the first pistol that ever fit me like a glove. It was perfect - smooth as butter. I pulled the barrel and it was spotless. $400

I was broke. Couldn't afford it. A few months later it was sold and I was never able to find another P228 that I could afford, they were all $800+ used. I ended up buying and selling a P6 building my P229 trying to replicate it - but neither was as perfect as that P228 - the one that got away.