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usmcvet
07-20-10, 00:45
I was thinking of all the guns I've bought and sold over the years. There are a few I wish I had back. My Springfield M1A1 is the gun I wish I had back. What one gun do you wish you had back?
nickdrak
07-20-10, 00:53
HK P7M8:(

I sold it....twice:cray:
khc3
07-20-10, 00:56
SIG PE57 w/ Kern 4x scope.
Belmont31R
07-20-10, 01:09
Springfield Pro Rail.....:(:(:(:(
M4Fundi
07-20-10, 01:23
Rifle: Noveske N4
Handgun: Colt Python SS 6in
Collectable: WWII Luger with Nazi proof marks
mr_smiles
07-20-10, 03:02
SF TRP full rail. It was heavy but I loved it, all others I've sold over the past haven't been missed.
ChicagoTex
07-20-10, 05:23
SIG P229.
sadmin
07-20-10, 07:33
HK P7M8:(



Same here; second was a Marlin Golden 39A due to it being the first gun I bought with my own money. I was 11 and I had rolled an entire Ozarka glass water jug of coins.
NoBody
07-20-10, 07:36
I was thinking of all the guns I've bought and sold over the years. There are a few I wish I had back. My Springfield M1A1 is the gun I wish I had back. What one gun do you wish you had back?

Ditto. Big, heavy, and accurate.
Never any doubt about "stopping power" either. :D
Spiffums
07-20-10, 08:52
Century Sporter L1A1......... FAL........... and all those cheap mags I got off cheaper than dirt back in the day..



:angry:
rat31465
07-20-10, 09:00
My 70 Series Colt 1911 in .38 Super
Colt Diamondback .38 Special
Remington 700 VS .22-250 Ackley Improved.
Nathan_Bell
07-20-10, 09:12
4" Custom Shop Python
760 Remington in 30-06.
austinN4
07-20-10, 09:18
Rifle - Rem 700 in .25/06
Pistol - Colt Commander in .45
Lumpy196
07-20-10, 10:43
Pre-94 Springfield Armory SAR48.
Pre-lock S&W 686 7-shot Mountain Gun.


I get pissed just remembering I sold those.
usmcvet
07-20-10, 11:13
Yeah that Springfield was a kit gun. Something we sold or gave to the Israelis. It had a Winchester bbl marked 1968. And I bought a WWII Bar ammo belt and filled it with brand new surplus GI mags. That was in 1993. Right before the "ban" and the dark days that followed.
TOrrock
07-20-10, 11:39
SIG PE57 w/ Kern 4x scope.


You win.
TOrrock
07-20-10, 11:47
Valmet M76F in 7.62x39mm, only about 40 ever made it in the country.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Tim_Orrock/Back%20in%20the%20Day/00000019.jpg



Couple of IMI Galil AR Model 329's (18" barreled 7.62 NATO).

Couple of IMI Galil AR Model 386's (16" barreled 5.56mm).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Tim_Orrock/IDF/MyGalil386.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Tim_Orrock/IDF/MyGalil386left.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Tim_Orrock/IDF/MyGalil386leftclose.jpg



Beretta BM-59 Nigerian Model....that thing had little "PB's" stamped all over the place, serial # less than 2K.

Those are the ones that stand out.....I've gone through a lot over the years.
Nathan_Bell
07-20-10, 12:06
Valmet M76F in 7.62x39mm, only about 40 ever made it in the country.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Tim_Orrock/Back%20in%20the%20Day/00000019.jpg



Couple of IMI Galil AR Model 329's (18" barreled 7.62 NATO).

Couple of IMI Galil AR Model 386's (16" barreled 5.56mm).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Tim_Orrock/IDF/MyGalil386.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Tim_Orrock/IDF/MyGalil386left.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Tim_Orrock/IDF/MyGalil386leftclose.jpg



Beretta BM-59 Nigerian Model....that thing had little "PB's" stamped all over the place, serial # less than 2K.

Those are the ones that stand out.....I've gone through a lot over the years.

What did you fall in love with that made you part with theValmet?
SteyrAUG
07-20-10, 13:50
My American 180.
TOrrock
07-20-10, 13:52
What did you fall in love with that made you part with theValmet?

College tuition......:angry:
TOrrock
07-20-10, 14:09
Yeah that Springfield was a kit gun. Something we sold or gave to the Israelis. It had a Winchester bbl marked 1968. And I bought a WWII Bar ammo belt and filled it with brand new surplus GI mags. That was in 1993. Right before the "ban" and the dark days that followed.

I had one of the Israeli DMR M14/M1A's. Heavy bitch.

We gave the Israelis a bunch of M14's during the Yom Kippur War. They basically rebuilt the standard rifles into DMR types. Springfield imported them as parts kits and then rebuilt them on their commercial receiver with special markings, including the Star of David on the heal of the receiver.

Included a drop bag, Nimrod scope and mount, and stock.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Tim_Orrock/IDF/IDFM14left.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Tim_Orrock/IDF/IDFM14right.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Tim_Orrock/IDF/IDFM14Scopemount.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Tim_Orrock/IDF/IDFStarofDavid.jpg
Nathan_Bell
07-20-10, 15:55
College tuition......:angry:

So nothing important then? :p
ryan
07-20-10, 15:59
Colt Delta Elite 10mm
MarshallDodge
07-20-10, 16:37
Colt 70 series government. I am not a huge Colt 1911 fan but they were pretty well made back then. I made a $100 on it when I sold it but I still miss it. It was complete with box and manual.

Sendra A1 style AR15. My dad bought it in the 80's and it sat on the gunrack in my bedroom as a teenager. He lost interest and gave it to me and I sold it to fund another AR project when the prices skyrocketed after the ban. My son likes the A1 style and wishes I still had it.
usmcvet
07-20-10, 17:05
College tuition......:angry:

Been there. Freaking bills. I sold a remington 7600P in .308 to buy a tank of heating oil. Some time ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
usmcvet
07-20-10, 17:15
I had one of the Israeli DMR M14/M1A's. Heavy bitch.

We gave the Israelis a bunch of M14's during the Yom Kippur War. They basically rebuilt the standard rifles into DMR types. Springfield imported them as parts kits and then rebuilt them on their commercial receiver with special markings, including the Star of David on the heal of the receiver.

Included a drop bag, Nimrod scope and mount, and stock.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Tim_Orrock/IDF/IDFM14left.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Tim_Orrock/IDF/IDFM14right.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Tim_Orrock/IDF/IDFM14Scopemount.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v613/Tim_Orrock/IDF/IDFStarofDavid.jpg

Hey that is cool. I bought mine minus the receiver from a guy who worked at Springfield Armory. I think i saw it in Shot Gun News our pre internet source that and the Gun List. I had a local gun smith build it on a Springfield reciver. Now that I think of it the freaking receiver went from$ 450 to$ 650 over night. The ban had just passed. Im not sure if it was in effect yet but the gouging started. That was a ton of money for me as a college kid.

That was the first stock I reinished it was georgous when I was done. I sprayed oven cleaner on it to get the cosmoline off the stock I used an iorn and wet cloth to raise most of the dents out of the stock.

Man i like my M4's but there is something pretty sweet about that wood and steel and that big ass round.
halo2304
07-20-10, 18:20
I miss my Sig P228, S&W 686 w/ 2.5" barrel and, on occasions, my Springfield Armory Officer's in 9mm.
variablebinary
07-20-10, 20:18
M1A
MC Operator

I will resolve both these losses in 2010.
SW-Shooter
07-20-10, 20:26
SIG P220 Elite. I traded it for a S&W M&P 9c and a SIG P229R, I regret it so much now. I will likely never be able to afford a new one exactly like it again.http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g259/nkissel/elite4.jpg
nickdrak
07-20-10, 20:53
Ahh! You reminded me of yet another that I miss dearly....

S&W 686+ 2.5"bbl with custom ebony wood grip from Eagle grips with a stainless S&W inlay:sad:
Joe R.
07-20-10, 22:12
I didn't have it long, but a pristine Smith & Wesson model 27-2 3 1/2". Bought it and my truck died about 10 days later. Had to sell it to put $ towards repairs.
Mark71
07-20-10, 22:27
I have sold a lot of guns throughout the years but the only one I really miss is my H&K P7M13. The grip wasn't was comfortable as my P7M8's but I shot it very well and liked having it in the collection. I got it for a good price and sold it at a profit to help pay for some other things. I didn't really need to sell it and should have kept it. I doubt I would ever find one again in the condition it was in and at the price I got it for.

:sad:
TOrrock
07-20-10, 22:31
I didn't have it long, but a pristine Smith & Wesson model 27-2 3 1/2". Bought it and my truck died about 10 days later. Had to sell it to put $ towards repairs.

Damn.

G. Gordon Liddy Special.....
Joe R.
07-21-10, 05:06
Yea, that one hurt.
Honu
07-21-10, 05:49
HK91 with paratrooper or collapsing stock whatever you want to call them :)

pistol ? hard to say
for fun shooting my ruger old army
but for fun and cheap my high standard military trophy
ra2bach
07-21-10, 19:46
the gun I miss most is the old J C Higgins shotgun I sold at a garage sale right after I got married. my new wife was nervous around guns and didn't want it in the house. I had a shitty job, she was in school, and we had a baby on the way. it seemed like the right thing to do at the time.

it wasn't special or worth very much but it was handed down to me as belonging to my father. he was a master sgt. in the army and he came back from Korea on a medical and died of colon cancer less than one month before I was born.

I don't have much of his to know him by, just a couple of pictures, the flag from his coffin, and a handlaid bamboo fly rod that he picked up on one of his leaves in Japan.

right now I'd gladly pay 10 times what I sold it for to get it back. live and learn...
M4Fundi
07-22-10, 03:16
That is a tuff one, but I'll bet he is proud of you anyway. Sacrifices made to raise a family... well its the tuffest job a man will ever have. Sorry for both of your losses.

God Bless Him, You & Your Family