What Guns Do You Wish You Had Bought?

[Tex929rr]

The “guns you regret selling” made me think of this. Ones I wish I had bought back in the day:

Ithaca Mag 10 Road Blocker
Mossberg 500 Line Launcher
Ruger 44 Carbine
S/W 696

I’m sure there are more. All guns I figured I’d get around to owning one day and then they were gone, or only available used for crazy money. Oh, and I wish I’d bought a Thompson when I first started looking at them 20 years ago. I thought the prices were too high then. Shame on me.

 

[rp-]

I had a chance to buy a gyrojet once. It came with 12 rockets I think. I figured I'd probably be stupid and shoot them all off so I passed on the pistol. I would have sold it during my divorce anyway but I still wish I bought it. Instead I got a sporterized 1903. Boy was I dumb.

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[Lonesome Dove]

1rst gen Colt SAA Bisley. 32/20
Worn out except for rifling but it looked cool. $$700

 

[Charlie]

I wish I had "kept" my HK P7M8 and my P7PSP.

 

[Maverick44]

I wish I had bought a Eastern European SKS and a K31 when they were both still under $350. Both are now $600-$700 guns.

I also wish I had bought a SVT-40 when they were $700 and a PSL when they were $1100. Both are now $2000+ guns.

 

[scgstuff]

Smith and Wesson Model 15-3. This is my father in laws gun. It fires so well! It is mine and my daughters favorite gun, maybe one day I will find 2 so we can each have one.

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[MTA]

Ruger Deerfield

 

[rl96ss]

All the milsurp pistols and rifles I paid too much for.

 

[IXLR8]

As many MP5’s as I could find in 1984.

 

[Texan-in-Training]

Pedersoli 1874 Sharps a friend was selling...

 

[Coiled]

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Easy, for a few dollars more I coulda had a Python.

 

[gll]

A nice Garand, a Savage 99, and a Python. Something full auto after I turned 18 in 1973...

 

[jbanzai23]

All the preban AKs from the 80s/90s

 

[benenglish]

Limiting myself to guns I actually had a chance to buy, there are several. The top two would be the SIG AMT and a Sokolovsky pistol.

Back in my teens, I ordered a SIG AMT at my LGS, a sizable place that assured me they could obtain anything. My dad wanted to get it for me and his checkbook was open. That LGS turned out to be lazy shitheads who never lifted a finger. I ran out of patience and wound up buying a very, very nice .308 bolt gun that I still have.

The Sokolovsky called my name from the first time I held one and talked to the designer. By the time I had the money, the manufacturer had basically failed and shut down. I should have sacrificed more and scraped the money together faster.

Bonus - I should have listened to my mom who told me to buy several of "those surplus Russian rifles," i.e. SKSs that were stocked deep by a local gun store. I ignored her because I figured they'd always be cheap. I was such a dumbass...

 

[gll]

It's hard to live and think for the future when you are struggling in the present... I've done a few things right, but not many!

 

[rp-]

I forgot about the days when you could get a yugo SKS for $150. Some company was selling them by the crate. Almost bought a crate but bought a guitar instead. Sold the guitar during the divorce though.

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[no2gates]

Wish I had bought at least 1 Mosin back when they were like $100-150 each.

 

[Haystack]

I had a chance to get a Barrett .50 cal in the late 90's. Still had teenage kids, and couldn't bring myself to spend that kind of money on myself.

 

[digger]

M1 carbine when they were selling for less than 100.00 late 50s early 60s

 

[Big Green]

Should have bought a CMP Garand in ‘09.