Curing Seller's Remorse

[wunbe]

I have divested most of my collection of number #1s in recent years, just keeping a few factory-made favorites and many of the custom models I have had made.

I have not missed any of them much -- except for the .375 H&H black pad with classy wood that a buddy of mine snatched up. I have had a bad case of lingering second though s over that one ever since it left the door and its companion, 300 H&H, looked so alone in the safe. (More to the point my fantasy Africa hunt rested on those two rifles and the missing .375 was an inescapable constant reminder that it would most likely never happen.)

Sooo, on learning that my buddy was also cutting back, I made him an offer he couldn't refuse and he agreed to sell it back. He came to my house with it yesterday and I mentioned I was taking my 1B rechambered to 338 Federal 1B to the gun show for sale on Saturday and he took it in trade rather than the cash I offered. So much for cutting back....

Hurray! Now if I win the lottery and get my knee fixed....

I'll not miss the 338 Federal as I still have a .338 06.

wunbe

 

[rugerjunkie]

It's funny what some of us cling to isn't it? I cured my sellers remorse last winter by buying a pontoon boat. I thinned out quite a few from my collection to put one heck of a down payment on it. I sold off my larger calibers , all but one belted mag , duplicates , and ones that had not seen daylight in 15 years. Don't miss any of em yet.

Most of mine are/were bolt actions with most of them being 77's. Currently I only have two No.1's. a stainless 1B 25-06 and a 1A 7mm-08. Can't see parting with either of them! The A is too handy and the B is too accurate to get rid of.

 

[WoodsQuest]

The only gun I regret getting rid of is an S&W 4566 I traded for a crummy xD45c. Right now I have buyers remorse more than sellers remorse lol. Sometimes wish I had bought my 77 UL in 7mm-08 instead of .243. Thought I would really regret trading my AR15 for a Mini 14, nope.

I thinned my stash a few years back. I still have some safe queens but I can't find a reason to get rid of them! I am really interested in .338 Federal. Don't understand why it never really caught on. Probably because there isn't much it can do that a .308 can't.

 

[buckeyeshooter]

Whe. I retired I sold 200 guns, many long out of production and many new unfired guns. Everyday, I regret selling some of them. I still have a reasonable selection left. Bur, most can not be replaced and I will never see one like it again. I kept my ruger 77 set for my main hunting rifles, 77r in 30-06, 338wm and tropical in 458wm. These I bought new in the 80's.