Sellers remorse, tell your story
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madtrapper143
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Steep Rock Lake NWO
The one I regret selling was a H and R Handi Rifle with the Schnabel fore end. It was chambered in .30-30 Winchester. Have not seen one since. Even if I did I would not pay what those guns are selling for now. Mine cost 225.00 brand new.
Darryl
Darryl
I did the same thing. Some of them were irreplaceable
And I've sold everything I've bought since except an old 870
I had an STI Ranger II in 9mm. All tuned with a bunch of Wilson Combat stuff - Such a nice shooter. Sold it about 6 years ago to fund some other projects. I regretted it the moment it sold. Spent the last 6 years watching for another one to pop up on the EE. Found one last month and jumped on it. This one is staying with me forever.
A Rem 700 CDL in 35 Whelen. The walnut was not bad but it was too whippy so I dropped it into an H-S Precision sporter in Sand Web. Crazy accurate rifle, light weight, and perfect balance. Only used it to drop a bull elk and cut a couple of gophers in half. Along came a Sako in 375 and I figured I no longer had any use for the 35 so I sold it to a forum member. The regrets started when the buyer shared some pics from his goat hunt and used that same rifle for a 400+ metre, anchoring shot and clean kill on his billy. The regrets piled up that hunting season while hunting moose. I had plenty of great rifles but I was missing the 35. Then the horror. The fellow that bought my 35 sold it to someone else who saw my post - WTB 35 Whelen, and god knows what happened to it. It was rusted, scratched, gouged up and about 6 inches of barrel had been hacked off. It was an abortion. I wish I had never sold that rifle.
Not a gun but I have remembered a funnier story of a regretted sale
I had accumulated a bunch of shotgun ammo. Nice slugs like brenneke, score, federal flite control 00 buck, hevi shot ball loads, lots of pricey 3 inch tungsten goose loads. My stash for hunting on southern VI.
I moved to AB and I was having a hard time getting a job. I figured it was not as useful there and sold it at a big loss to a guy on here or fbook; we met outside an indoor range. Somehow the discussion came to the (very expensive) duck loads. I was talking about hunting with them and he said something along the lines of “ doesn’t really matter, I’m just going to go in there and blast them out of my 13 inch barrel and make some sweet fireballs”
I had accumulated a bunch of shotgun ammo. Nice slugs like brenneke, score, federal flite control 00 buck, hevi shot ball loads, lots of pricey 3 inch tungsten goose loads. My stash for hunting on southern VI.
I moved to AB and I was having a hard time getting a job. I figured it was not as useful there and sold it at a big loss to a guy on here or fbook; we met outside an indoor range. Somehow the discussion came to the (very expensive) duck loads. I was talking about hunting with them and he said something along the lines of “ doesn’t really matter, I’m just going to go in there and blast them out of my 13 inch barrel and make some sweet fireballs”
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
For a great many years on Moose hunts to the B.C. interior, sitting on the dash of my truck, I had a Ranger 2 1/2" .410 single shot. It was used primarily for 'Ditch Chickens, mainly Ruffs, on the afternoon ride back to camp. It kept us well supplied for that camp meat plus beer battered deep fried 'hors d'oeuvres' for the return trip home
. At a local gun show a couple of years back I picked up a Savage SxS M-311 .410 3" and sadly, opted to sell the Ranger. 
It just doesn't fit the need as nicely as the Ranger did. If I see another Ranger............. .- Location
- Saskatchewan
I once bought an early 1990s LH rem 70p in 30-06 with a fixed 6x leupold scope on it, orginal owner added a decelerator pad so his wife could shoot it. Still kicked too hard, so after a handful of shots, it got put back I'm the safe and never touched. It was absolutely flawless, not a single scratch or mark to be seen anywhere.
I purchased it for $400. That fall, I was drawn for elk and a buddy was also drawn in the same zone. I didn't need it for the hunt, but he didn't own anything capable of dropping an elk and I was deep into post secondary school and really needed some extra money. So I made a deal with him, I sell it to him for $400, after hunting season was over, I could buy it back for exactly what I sold it to him for, plus pay him for any ammo he had left over for it.
By the end of hunting season, we hadn't even seen a single elk, let alone got a chance to kill one. I went and handed him $400 to get back this 30-06 and he goes "actually, I'll just keep it." That was the end of our friendship right then and there. But the worst part? He hasn't hunted since that season. So all it does is sit in his safe, collecting dust. But still absolutely will not part with it.
I purchased it for $400. That fall, I was drawn for elk and a buddy was also drawn in the same zone. I didn't need it for the hunt, but he didn't own anything capable of dropping an elk and I was deep into post secondary school and really needed some extra money. So I made a deal with him, I sell it to him for $400, after hunting season was over, I could buy it back for exactly what I sold it to him for, plus pay him for any ammo he had left over for it.
By the end of hunting season, we hadn't even seen a single elk, let alone got a chance to kill one. I went and handed him $400 to get back this 30-06 and he goes "actually, I'll just keep it." That was the end of our friendship right then and there. But the worst part? He hasn't hunted since that season. So all it does is sit in his safe, collecting dust. But still absolutely will not part with it.
had this beautiful No1 Mk3 sporter commercially done, and traded it in at gagnons for a store credit
big mistake
Diemaco LE upper 6920 with carry handle, side sling attachment and 14 slot weaver upper
Didn't know at the time what I actually had!
even a bigger mistake!!!
big mistake
Diemaco LE upper 6920 with carry handle, side sling attachment and 14 slot weaver upper
Didn't know at the time what I actually had!
even a bigger mistake!!!
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
I've regretted letting some guns go, but the biggest regrets come from having to let them go due to crowded out hunting areas & BS gun laws that go with that overcrowding.
I've regretted letting some guns go, but the biggest regrets come from having to let them go due to crowded out hunting areas & BS gun laws that go with that overcrowding.
I hear you - I'm tempted to sell a couple of hunting rifles because I no longer use them because finding good areas that are not crowded is getting to be a gong show around here. Hunting is slowly going the way of the dinosaur.
I probably won't sell them largely because I probably won't get what I've put into them.
Johnn Peterson
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Chemainus B.C.
I've regretted letting some guns go, but the biggest regrets come from having to let them go due to crowded out hunting areas & BS gun laws that go with that overcrowding.
True enough, and there's another item that factors into things. And that, for the last few years, is the restricted access by the locked gate policies of some logging companies. The main one on the island is one my buddy calls MOSAIC 19, the biggest virus in the present B.C. forest industry.
Sold a unfired 1983 browning micro medallion in 7-08, about 7-8-9 years ago, by far the nicest stocked factory rifle I had owned. I really wanted a Sako finnlight, so I reluctantly sold the micro medallion to fund one (asked $1200, lasted 1/2 a day).
Right away, I sent the E transfer for the finnlight, only to find out he was a scam artist. Lost $1500, my micro medallion, not to mention my PAL and DL. The bastard keeps trying to use my ID still to this day.
Huge seller remorse!
On that note, if anyone recognizes this rifle (I believe I sold it on here) I’d buy it back in a heartbeat, even if it has been fired.
Not trying to be a smart azz but curious as to how he got hold of your PAL and DL.
Sig X-Five Classic .40
Smith & Wesson 686 4 inches barrel ( sold it just a bit too early to get my 12.6 ) BIG mistake
Garand paid $650 in 1980’s
New production Springfield Garand - was new
FA .454 Premier grade
Smith & Wesson 686 4 inches barrel ( sold it just a bit too early to get my 12.6 ) BIG mistake
Garand paid $650 in 1980’s
New production Springfield Garand - was new
FA .454 Premier grade
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It's actually buyers remorse, not sellers when you end up with a firearm that does not perform as expected, people online hammed it up to be something it's not, etc.
When you sell these, there is no remorse, it actually is the best feeling to unload something you didn't want on someone else.
When you sell these, there is no remorse, it actually is the best feeling to unload something you didn't want on someone else.
