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Title: Guns you've regretted selling or trading.
Post by: wence5 on May 12, 2010, 01:38:23 PM: Thought this might be interesting, or could bring forth some strong emotions. :'(

I'll start off. I bought a used Remington ADL with a Monte Carlo stock in .22-250. It was a beautiful rifle and a tack driver. Sold it (made a couple bucks on the sale) and bought a Ruger MKII in .223, because ammo was cheaper to shoot. As soon as the guy drove out of sight I knew I had made a mistake. :bash:

So what say you?
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Post by: superdown on May 12, 2010, 01:43:26 PM: mod 94 trapper 45colt that had exceptional wood also another mod 94 big bore in 356win.
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Post by: Pathfinder101 on May 12, 2010, 02:48:28 PM: WHen I was 16 I bought an old Husquavarna .270 and harvested several deer with it. In 2002 I sold it so I could buy a new .270 Rem 700. The Rem is a much better gun, but I loved that old rifle. Lotta memories. Should have kept it and found another way to come up with a couple of hundred bucks.
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Post by: Ratdog68 on May 12, 2010, 03:20:37 PM: Quote from: wence5 on May 12, 2010, 01:38:23 PM
Thought this might be interesting, or could bring forth some strong emotions. :'(

I'll start off. I bought a used Remington ADL with a Monte Carlo stock in .22-250. It was a beautiful rifle and a tack driver. Sold it (made a couple bucks on the sale) and bought a Ruger MKII in .223, because ammo was cheaper to shoot. As soon as the guy drove out of sight I knew I had made a mistake. :bash:

So what say you?

I LOVES my Remington 700 ADL with Monte Carlo stock'd .22-250 !!! That's what I have to say !! I've dropped MANY a caribou with that gun (when I lived in Alaska). Mine's a shooter too... especially with the 6-24x40mm scope I have mounted on it.

I do wish I hadn't traded off my S&W model 629, 6" .44. It was partial down payment on a Polaris snow mobile I'd acquired (as well as a Beretta 92F as down). Don't really miss the 9mm, but I would enjoy having that 629 back again. The snow mobile? Well... a few years after moving back to Seattle... a buddy of mine in Alaska wanted to buy it... so, I sold/shipped it to him. He took his little brother out when it arrived, and his little brother rolled it ! I kept that thing lookin'/runnin' SWEET too. It was ALL "black" with red accents with aftermarket suspension/track... and was one rockin' little 400 Indy
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Post by: jeepasaurusrex on May 12, 2010, 03:22:38 PM: I really hated giving up my M2 when I got out. :chuckle:
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Post by: satchel3006 on May 12, 2010, 03:38:51 PM: i had a remington 870 wingmaster with the 2.75" chambers it was my first pump gun and i shot my first pheasant with that gun but i traded it off for something else really wish i had that gun back im gonna get another one one of these days
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Post by: wapiti hunter2 on May 12, 2010, 03:51:39 PM: Remington Model 1100 12 gauge skeet shotgun, S&W model 29 44 mag, and 1950's Winchester Model 94 30-30. I sold them before I moved to Australia and now that I'm back, I have regretted it ever since. Thank god I kept my Remington 700 ADL 30-06 at my parents house while I was away.
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Post by: littlemac on May 12, 2010, 03:54:16 PM: When I was in my 20's I sold off a Browning A5 Sweet 16 shotgun that I was given by my adopted granddad. I shot my first duck with it on Hood Canal.

Always thought about the gun and really kicked myself for selling it, especially as it was at the insistance of the first wife when I really wasn't hunting much.

The only fortunate part was I sold it within the family. Tried gettting it back from time to time but never could get it back.

Can't really recall what happened but I finally got it back a couple of years ago. Traded a 12 gauge for it. Sure am glad I was able to get it.
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Post by: Rowdy on May 12, 2010, 04:05:39 PM: My first gun, a Savage over/under. It was 20 ga. under and 22lr over. My dad sold it to a neighbor so I could get a 20 gauge pump. I tried for a long time to track the neighbor down but no such luck. My dad regrets it as bad as I do but he didn't have the money at the time and I was only 12 so I didn't have any money either. Hopefully some day I will find another. I've seen one other but it was a basic model, mine had a pheasant scene engraved on one side and a coyote scene (not sure) on the other. I killed a lot of birds with that gun and it was my first.

Jake
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Post by: markts on May 12, 2010, 04:07:13 PM: All of them ;) Mark
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Post by: Ratdog68 on May 12, 2010, 04:20:42 PM: Quote from: Rowdy on May 12, 2010, 04:05:39 PM
My first gun, a Savage over/under. It was 20 ga. under and 22lr over. My dad sold it to a neighbor so I could get a 20 gauge pump. I tried for a long time to track the neighbor down but no such luck. My dad regrets it as bad as I do but he didn't have the money at the time and I was only 12 so I didn't have any money either. Hopefully some day I will find another. I've seen one other but it was a basic model, mine had a pheasant scene engraved on one side and a coyote scene (not sure) on the other. I killed a lot of birds with that gun and it was my first.

Jake

I had one of those in .223 and 20ga. Loved the concept... but the particular one I bought (used) couldn't group any smaller than a paper plate (9") at 25yds (with the .223) !! I traded it in on my .22-250
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Post by: washelkhntr on May 12, 2010, 04:39:29 PM: I had a Winchester M 70 SuperShadow in 7MM WSM. Had a Leupold VXIII on it. That gun, still to date was one of my best shooting guns. I loved that thing. Sold the entire package for $400 :bash: just to help with bills when I was going through my divorce.
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Post by: rasbo on May 12, 2010, 04:39:47 PM: the one Ive got for sale now
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Post by: Jason on May 12, 2010, 05:04:16 PM: My first rifle, it was a Remington 788 .308 , killed a lot of yotes with that gun.
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Post by: turkey buster on May 12, 2010, 05:53:17 PM: winchester mod 70 chambered in 270,
taurus raging bull 454 cassul
those are the two guns that I regret getting rid of
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Post by: runamuk on May 12, 2010, 05:58:59 PM: sell guns :yike: :yike: are you mad man....we buy guns we do not sell or trade guns ...we bury them if we must but we do not part with guns ;)
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Post by: NWBREW on May 12, 2010, 06:17:51 PM: Quote from: runamuk on May 12, 2010, 05:58:59 PM
sell guns :yike: :yike: are you mad man....we buy guns we do not sell or trade guns ...we bury them if we must but we do not part with guns ;)

I agree run. I have NEVER sold any of my guns....NEVER. I understand some may have to for financial reasons or whatever reason. I still have the very first gun I ever recieved and bought and I hope to god that I never get to the point where I have to sell even one of them.

OH....UM that's all I have is just that one.......yep.....just one I'm pretty sure. ;)
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Post by: MikeWalking on May 12, 2010, 06:38:45 PM: I wont list why, still bugs me...

S&W 629Classic
Ruger sp101 .357
Glock 30 .45

Bought and sold a bunch of Rifles 1894's, L1A1's .22's And a few other handguns, I sometimes forget what I used to have. Don't miss any of those but I'd love to have those 3 Hanguns back. Don't think I'll ever sell another one.
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Post by: MountainWalk on May 12, 2010, 07:38:42 PM: An older Remington m-760 in 270. It was a carbine and w/0 the ugly basketweave checkering.
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Post by: machine on May 12, 2010, 07:51:20 PM: Never sold a gun but Ive traded many for new guns with no regrets.
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Post by: chrisb on May 12, 2010, 07:53:19 PM: Savage model 112 in .223. Great bench rest varmint gun that shot dime size groups..... but i had to have that AR-15
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Post by: docsven on May 12, 2010, 08:00:09 PM: A Winchester mod. 1200 in 20 gauge pump that my dad bought for me when I was 12 for working for him all summer. Hunted a lot with it, frequently it would try to load 2 at a time from the magazine and jam. Had a beautiful stock. Regret selling it because of what it represented, not because it was a great gun. Also had a single shot .22 Savage that was the same story. Wouldn't always eject without the casing getting stuck, but it was one of those happy Christmas memories.
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Post by: 44 Flattop on May 12, 2010, 09:08:56 PM: Quote from: NWBREW on May 12, 2010, 06:17:51 PM
I have NEVER sold any of my guns....NEVER.
I have. If I didn't, I'd have 3 or 4 THOUSAND firearms. Not even MY understanding wife would understand that...... :)

But the one I regret? A Savage M24V .357/20 gauge. I cannot remember for the life of me why I traded it off, but I did. I'd sure like another.

44
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Post by: steelyonfly on May 12, 2010, 10:00:38 PM: My first rifle, a Remington 572 Fieldmaster 22 - pump action. :bash: Loved it and learned how to shoot with it. I could shoot the eye out of a knat with that thing. Dang ... I find my self wanting to go check out GunBroker now ...
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Post by: squeeze2drop on May 12, 2010, 10:08:12 PM: supersoaker 2000, man that thing was lethal from 20ft in :'(
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Post by: ecnclan on May 12, 2010, 10:28:53 PM: Quote
S&W 629Classic
That would hurt, Love my 629 classic

The one I wish I hadn't sold was a Winchester SS M70 Classic in 300 WSM. Found it at a Walmart in AZ on sale for $499. Ran in to some lean days and sold it for the same price. It was a shooting machine. :bash:
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Post by: elkaholic123 on May 12, 2010, 11:29:33 PM: Ithaca mod. 37 featherlite 12 ga
Remington mod. 721 .270 first rifle and killed several deer
Weatherby .30-.378 accumark loved shooting it but tooooooooooooooooooo heavy!
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Post by: Lincoln4 on May 12, 2010, 11:46:31 PM: H&K Model 93. Bought for $500 in the early 80s. Just saw one somewhere for $3000. That was a sweet shooting rifle. :'(
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Post by: PolarBear on May 13, 2010, 12:29:41 AM: H&K 91 sniper model and an H&K 94, I sure wish that I hadn't traded them but I got a several guns and a bunch of cash for them when the "assault weapons" ban went into effect. Since then I have made a deal with myself to never get rid of or trade any gun.
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Post by: ICEMAN on May 13, 2010, 06:01:16 AM: Selling a gun? :yike:

I learned from others mistakes never to part with a gun...
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Post by: Kent Hunter on May 13, 2010, 03:55:16 PM: Traded my .300 WBY MKV stainless to my best friend after I bought my Sako TRGS 7.82 Warbird. My Warbird shoots GREAT, but so did that WBY. It was the very best, most accurate weapon that I have ever owned. My friend and me almost always hunt together whenever either one of us hunts and it just kills me to have to look at that WBY in someone elses hands. I will NEVER trade a weapon again. NEVER!!! My wife shoots the exact same model WBY only it's chambered in .270 WBY mag. My friend never let's a chance go bye to try and "horse trade" me out of that .270. He just don't understand that it is NEVER going to happen.
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Post by: mazama on May 14, 2010, 02:14:42 PM: A couple of Colt diamondback 22lr.,pre64 300win mag first year for that caliber ibelieve,Rem788 44mag rifle very rare,Hk93 which i kept for a week,Ruger 284 flatbolt,Rem600 350mag also 6.5mag,Sig45 auto most accurate auto that i have owned
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Post by: 6x6in6 on May 14, 2010, 02:50:46 PM: Quote from: elkaholic123 on May 12, 2010, 11:29:33 PM
Ithaca mod. 37 featherlite 12 ga

Same!
:(
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Post by: grundy53 on May 14, 2010, 03:24:59 PM: i have never sold a gun or traded one.... but i had a remington 700 in .243 that got stolen. i killed my first buck with it. it still pisses me off to think about >:(. i know my dads one regret was giving me his winchester mod 70 featherweight .270 for xmas one year.... he bugs me all the time trying to buy it back. :chuckle: no way.
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Post by: MightyWhite on May 14, 2010, 04:01:19 PM: Had bought a 70's vintage model Ruger 7mm from my Gramps for 100.00 .I could drive tacks with and it had the heavier barrel.Killin machine but it would kick my ass so bad.I was hurting for cash later and it really didnt have much sentimental value to it so I sold it.I kind of miss it now.Hard to find accuracy like that.
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Post by: ADAMS on May 14, 2010, 08:04:53 PM: I gave my brother my Mini-14 and a really nice Makarov pistol chambered in .380 as well as a .44Mag Ruger Super Blackhawk, a Ruger 10/22 and a High Point .380. I really just miss the first two.
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Post by: TONTO on May 14, 2010, 08:21:39 PM: I had a Winchester mod 52 Bull Barrel Sporter 22lr. The gun defined the term "tack driver" best damn 22 ever made in my opinion. When I was 17 I traded it for a bluetick bitch :bdid: :bash: stupid stupid stupid :bash: :bash: :bash:
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Post by: bearpaw on May 14, 2010, 08:32:25 PM: tonto I made a similar stupid trade.

I had a 257 WTBY that had a few rounds through it. I should have rebarreled it, but instead traded for a walker female that was supposed to be a good dog, she ended up being totally worthless. :chuckle: :bash:
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Post by: fremont on May 14, 2010, 11:17:27 PM: Two carry S&W revolvers

2.5" Model 66
2" Model 60

(But, gave me room to replace them with a M13 3" .357 "FBI Gun" and 2" M642 hammerless aluminum .38 ;))
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Post by: halflife65 on May 14, 2010, 11:45:44 PM: My first shotgun - 870 Wingmaster. It was an old one that only held 2 3/4 inch shells and I sold it to buy my next shotgun when I was in college (bought a S&W 1100, sold that to buy a Beretta, sold that to buy a Benelli but only really regret that 870.)
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on May 15, 2010, 12:16:31 AM: I sold a Spielding catalog bolt action 12-gauge for $50 in 1983. Polychoke, 2 shell mag, incredibly accurate to 50 yds.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on May 15, 2010, 12:43:48 AM: i got rid of my shotgun that i shot for years and had many great memories with. it was not my first i still have my first shotgun but i kinda regret getting rid of it. because of the hundreds of birds that fell to it over the years. it was a remington 870 express super mag a turkey gun that i made into a everything gun from doves to turkey.
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Post by: jdb on May 16, 2010, 10:22:03 AM: ive traded and sold many many guns and really dont regret most of them. they were normally traded or sold to up grade or replaced as soon as the funds allowed. I did sell off a t/c renagade to fund builing a varmit rifle and I think it would have made an excellent elf rifle. I also sold a taurus .44 special w/ a 3" barrel and adj. sites that I kinda miss. Some of my biggest regrets are good deals that I passed over the years.
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Post by: WDFW-SUX on May 16, 2010, 10:28:08 AM: I sold a 375 H&H and bought a 375 ultra mag... I lliked the H&H better. Im thinking of trading the ultra for a 300WSM :dunno:
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on May 16, 2010, 10:33:13 AM: Quote from: jdb on May 16, 2010, 10:22:03 AM
ive traded and sold many many guns and really dont regret most of them. they were normally traded or sold to up grade or replaced as soon as the funds allowed. I did sell off a t/c renagade to fund builing a varmit rifle and I think it would have made an excellent elf rifle. I also sold a taurus .44 special w/ a 3" barrel and adj. sites that I kinda miss. Some of my biggest regrets are good deals that I passed over the years.

I did sell off a t/c renagade to fund builing a varmit rifle and I think it would have made an excellent elf rifle

dang i didn't know there was a elf season :lol4: :spank_butt:

also that is a good point on the biggest regrests being deals i passed on mainly because of funds but they were good deals not great but i always think what if i had that gun. i passed on a 338 win when i traded some guns in and i love and shoot my fathers sako A 7 in 300 win mag so really not need for it but for my close range bear calling and timber gun under 300 with a 200 grain bullet that 338 would be sweet been thinking about it for years but i got my fix yesterday and i bought one from a guy :IBCOOL: another new gun :bash: was a great deal a little cash and some trade items that i was not using or had not used in years i am very happy and he was also
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Post by: jdb on May 16, 2010, 10:42:09 AM: dang i didn't know there was a elf season :lol4: :spank_butt:

there isnt, elf's are considered unclassified wildlife like coyotes or sage rats and can be killed year round. To my way of thinking that .54 caliber maxi ball would put them down in there tracks! you dont want to have to follow a wounded elf in to the thick stuff ya know!
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on May 16, 2010, 10:52:09 AM: can get dangerous when you get in the thick stuff and have to get on there level on your hands and knees to crawl threw it :chuckle:
mmmmm elf the other white meat :drool: :chuckle:
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Post by: Jekemi on May 17, 2010, 02:01:07 PM: Dang, I could kick myself. I once had a beautiful little Winchester model 1400 20 GA semi-auto shotgun. It was a bear to clean but was so nice for upland birds. I sold it to buy a Mossberg over & under. What a mistake that was. I'm sure O/U shotguns are very nice and all and this was the cheapest O/U you could buy but I just didn't like it. Wish I still had the Winchester 20 GA.
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Post by: 257 Wby Mag on May 17, 2010, 08:02:06 PM: 2 that come too mind, first one being a Ruger 77 "200th year of american liberty" 250 SAVAGE, the other being a mint 99 savage, with the shell counter 358 win. Every time I think about the 250, I wanna puke..... Also miss my old BAR 270 Wby Mag, not that I like BAR's, mostly cause it was a blood thirsty killin machine. Lotta good memories with that rifle.
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Post by: Jamieb on May 17, 2010, 08:24:33 PM: I've let a few get away that afterwards I sorta regretted but none of them were rare or irreplaceable. I've never sold a hand medown or anything like that so I really don't have any regrets about selling any of them. Rifles are just inanimate objects, like tools. I use them or replace them.
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Post by: wadu1 on May 17, 2010, 08:49:22 PM: Well I have a lot, the only 870 that worked I traded my first rifle for .303 Brit Savage that I took my first deer with, should not have done both. My 1911 Union Switch and Signal I got for $150 shot the crap out of it and sold for $300 now over $1K. My custom M1A1 I built from a NM barreled action to a great shooting auto that would take any ammo. And not but lease my Valmet O/U and single that I traded for a outboard motor, I won most of my class shoots with that shotgun. And after I sold it a matching set of O/U 30-06 barrels hit the street at a good price.
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Post by: 509er on May 17, 2010, 08:52:29 PM: Colt Tactical Elite, one of a thousand from the colt custom shop.
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Post by: Blacklab on May 24, 2010, 10:43:17 AM: Sold 3 a little more than 25 yrs and been kickin my own ass ever since. H&R 12ga, 5 shot 22 marlin, and a old ruger 22 mark11. The ruger 22 is my biggest regret. It could knock the pubic hair off a nat at 25 paces :'(. As of last year I finally filled the void and bought another one a Mark 111 target hunter which I really enjoy. But I still miss that old ruger and with 20/20 hindsight it will never happen again I guarantee it ;)
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Post by: NRA4LIFE on May 24, 2010, 11:19:23 AM: I don't know and never want to know. I have separation issues when it comes to guns. Hell, I got some that don't even work anymore.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on May 24, 2010, 11:25:34 AM: :chuckle: i think they call that hoarding isn't there a show for that :chuckle:
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Post by: Hillbilly270 on May 24, 2010, 07:52:26 PM: i was going to sell this so i could get another lens for my camera. It was a graduation gift from my father and after I pulled it out of the safe i realized how nice of rifle it is and I changed my mind. glad i did. its a M70 Winchester 338 Mag.
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Post by: MuleySniper on May 24, 2010, 07:55:13 PM: Sweet rifle! Yeah, it would of taken about three minutes after selling that one to regret it.
MS
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Post by: MikeWalking on May 24, 2010, 08:07:12 PM: shame shame shame on you for thinkg about it... :chuckle:
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Post by: cohoho on May 25, 2010, 12:42:24 PM: Have had some nice guns come and go and I am more like Monty Hall "Let's Make Deal" and really don't treasure any objects, but do got to admit the .357 S & W 686 that Mom and Dad bought for me when I turned 18 isn't going anywhere too soon... Or my Kimber.....
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Post by: JackOfAllTrades on May 25, 2010, 01:20:09 PM: I'm not a big Taurus fan, but I worked the trigger of a Model 66 Nickle 6" 357mag some 25 years ago that I sold to a friend about 8 years ago. It is by far the most accurate revolver that I've ever fired. I'd put it up to my Kimber comp gun any day.

Miss that revolver. If I still had it, I'd be competing for my Distinguished Revolver Medal with it.

edit:
OK, maybe not the most accurate one I've ever fired. My Dan Wesson is damn accurate. But that thing just fit my hand quite well and was a tack driver 'in' my hand.

-Steve
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Post by: phishisgroovin on May 26, 2010, 04:35:10 PM: Quote from: markts on May 12, 2010, 04:07:13 PM
All of them ;) Mark
except my RG23 :rolleyes:
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Post by: Hyde on June 24, 2010, 10:13:01 PM: Being a lefty has always resulted in challenges, especially with guns. The few manufacturers who sold left hand models (weatherby excluded) offered few caliber options. My elk hunting mentor carried a 338 Win Mag, and that thing accounted for more meals at our table than any other gun in the cabinet. I used lever guns and finally got my first left hand bolt when I graduated from HS, but it wasn't the gun that I longed for. Some years later I finally decided that I could afford a custom built dream elk gun. I acquired a presentation grade left hand Savage 110 in 7 mag and sent it off to my gunsmith. He re barreled it to 338 win mag and added a removable muzzle brake. He fluted and bedded the barrel, and I had the whole thing plated. I topped it with a new 3x9 Redfield Illuminator. This was back in 1986, long before the craze for stainless guns and muzzle brakes. I took several elk with it, and then became fed up with hunting in my home state of Oregon. I decided I was done hunting and actually didn't go for several years. I was trying to fund my then latest hobby of fly fishing and a trip to the Florida Keys for tarpon, so I sold the damn thing for half of what it cost me to have it built. It didn't happen immediately, but there came a time that I began to regret it. I think about that rifle often now and only hope it has gone on to many more adventures. I'm looking to have another one built in my favorite 338 win mag caliber. Probably on a 700 action this time. As I get older, I agree with those that say caliber isn't nearly as important at learning to shoot well. But there's just something about that 338 win mag that screams "Elk".

Side note on the removable muzzle brake, I used it once at the range and took it off. That was $300.00 down the drain. Those things are not for me.
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Post by: Phantom Gobbler on June 24, 2010, 10:48:41 PM: When I was 21, my 69 Opel Cadet Rallye engine froze up and I sold it for to a neighbor (who rebuilt the engine and then drove it for years). That summer I traded a Remington Model 742 Woodsmaster, Canadian Centennial Special Edition in .308 (that I had received from my Dad) to a friend for a Black 62 Chevy SS Impala with Red Interior. I really got the better end of the deal, but when the tranny (Powerglide Slushbox) went out two years later I made the mistake of giving ithe 62 (Black Beauty) away for practically nothing. My friend still has the .308 and has shot several elk and deer with it. I have never gotten around to picking up another .308 and I really wish I still had the classic Impala muscle car! >:(
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Post by: markts on June 26, 2010, 09:42:29 PM: i was going to sell this so i could get another lens for my camera. It was a graduation gift from my father and after I pulled it out of the safe i realized how nice of rifle it is and I changed my mind. glad i did. its a M70 Winchester 338 Mag.
Your dad would have kicked your arse. I would have helped him.