Why do we trade guns???

[Lurker66]

I almost traded away my S&W 640 today. It's my favorite Carry gun. I had a different on back in 97, traded it away. Regretted it for years until I bought this one back in 07. I swore I'd never get rid of it. But earlier today I offered it in a trade that fell thru.

Why do we do these things?

 

[becker_atc]

We think that there is something cooler or more useful. Most every gun I've traded I've regretted


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[dennishoddy]

Other than a Rem 1100 I bought just because it was too cheap and resold in the 80's, I've never sold a gun from my collection.

I buy, never sell.

 

[ronny]

I would make a list of all the great guns I've let go, but then I'd be even more depressed than I already am.

 

[streak]

Other than a Rem 1100 I bought just because it was too cheap and resold in the 80's, I've never sold a gun from my collection.

I buy, never sell.

Same here, Bought a normal priced AR during the scare and sold it at cost to a buddy. ONLY gun I have ever sold.

 

[mightymouse]

Many times I've found myself short on cash and long on guns I don't shoot very much, and then something comes along (like a custom Mauser, for instance) that I really, really want. So, I sell guns and/or trade guns and end up with the custom Mauser.

 

[druryj]

I dunno why many of us are afflicted with the desire to do this. I traded a guy here back and forth like 3 times for the same pistol. I wanted it; he wanted it; I wanted it; he wanted it back; I wanted it back again...etc. It's crazy. I think he finally sold it to somebody else to stop the madness. I must have traded off like 3 Glock 26 pistols already and here I am wanting another one! I gave my Walther PPK/S to my daughter and now here I am , wanting another one! I need help...

But, I have a sweet Ruger MK III that shoots like a dream I have had for quite awhile...so...

 

[surjimmy]

I love trading and selling, but to be brutally honest. Most of the time it is due to bills. I'll buy a gun and get to play with it for a bit, and then something will come up and I have to sale.
MM got my last one I wish I could get back.lol but I know it will be well taken care of.

 

[mightymouse]

MM got my last one but I know it will be well taken care of.

Yessir! I've got only one rifle that I would NEVER sell--you know which one it is, too! But, hey, Lurker66 has got a lightweight BHP he's thinking of selling....

 

[Shadowrider]

Sometimes it's because we just find a better mousetrap.

I sold my 442 and don't regret it a bit. Nothing at all wrong with it, but I found that I just like the Ruger LCR a whole lot better, so that's what I got. Also we just change our methods too. For instance I have a Marlin lever action for sale right now in the classifieds. What's replacing it? An AR15 variant because at a 3gun match I realized that I can make far longer shots with ease in a platform that's just more capable, versatile and lighter. A little bulb went off when I was making shots pretty easily with my AR that I don't think I could even make at all with that lever action. I've got zero interest in the levergun listing it so I'll likely be keeping it afterall, which doesn't hurt my feelings as it's still a cool gun, it's just a different kind of cool.