Any Regrets? (Airguns you wish you hadn’t sold)

[Chuck-in-Ohio]

FX Royale 400 .177

I traded it in on a Crown in .177, that is a great rifle in and of itself, but it is not THAT Royale.

Wood stocked Slavia 634.... should kept it..........

 

[Septicdeath]

At one time I had five Mendoza rifles but have sold two of them. Every time I shoot one of my remaining ones. I think to myself the mistake made.

 

[1BadDart]

Nope, the only rifle I've sold was a Diana 48 in .22, great rifle. But I don't miss it one bit.

 

[rwsmike]

When I sold my two gen 1 mrods I didnt think much of it but looking back I wish I kept them ....they were tack drivers.

 

[Perle]

RWS 350

TX200

R1


I was moving to a smaller place and I didn’t want any heirlooms I’d have to worry about.

Kept my lesser springers but got rid of these classics

Big regret/ here ...

 

[Zmonster]

AA ProElite and ProSport. Both missed dearly.

 

[phillip]

About 15 years ago I had a nice FWB 103 that I enjoyed shooting. As the years progressed, it became apparent to me that a single stroke pneumatic 10 meter pistol would be undesirable and merely a curiosity. Something to be pulled out from time to time when not shooting PCP pistols.

The darned thing was in perfect condition and I happened to find a very decent fellow who lived within driving distance who was interested. We struck a deal and off he went with the beautiful 103.

It wasn’t too long after I’d sold it that I really started to regret my decision (sound familiar?), so I kept attuned to all the classified sections of the firearms forums I frequented at the time. And Lo! after a few years of periodically searching, another FWB 103 in beautiful condition came up for sale at a reasonable price. I very quickly pounced on it and have no plans of ever selling this one.

And thus the cycle has been completed.

 

[EzyE]

No real regrets but there were a few I wouldn’t mind still having around:

.20 ProSport
.20 TX200HC in a beautiful Jan Kraner maple FT stock
.177 SLR88 FT Imperator

 

[Mickshooter]

View attachment 202069 I wish I would have hung on to the AA ProElite I bought from a friend. I got ansy , and she will never come back.

I feel your pain, I did the same.

 

[OldSpook]

I had two Sheridans I bought in 1976 when I got back from my first tour in Korea. I wish I had never sold those. Since then I have not sold one gun. I have sometimes given them away or lent them out. I had an R10 that I lent to my brother. It died. I regret that. I had a BSA Lightning .25 spring (not a GRT) rifle that I gave to one of my sons. He gave it away. I regret that. From now on it is, "from my cold dead hands".

 

[unionrdr]

A Daisy long barreled carbine I bought when I was 8 years old with some pop bottle money I saved and delivering buddies newspaper routes while they were on holiday. Looked basically like a Red Rider Carbine No111 Model 40, but with this odd color paint. Like silver metallic with a squirt of bronze in it? I sold it a couple years later, saving for the Crosman 760 Powermaster variant 1 I still have. Bought it the summer of 1970, maybe a month or so after it was built and shipped. I still haven't seen another one like it anywhere?

 

[rj222]

View attachment 202069 I wish I would have hung on to the AA ProElite I bought from a friend. I got ansy , and she will never come back.

YEP

 

[Deleted member 49222]

HW97K in .22 pre-owned from AoA. Slapped a new hawke scope on and dead on with no adjustments. That has never happened to me before and yet to repeat. Just seemed like that rifle and I were in sync.

 

[T-Higgs]

7 years later and I am totally twitterpated with my new (old) acquisition.



End of story



-Michael

It is not often one truely feels twitterpated, it’s a magical feeling. I bet when you hunt with that rifle you feel like the prince of the forest and I bet it’s a real thumper.
In all seriousness, that’s a great story with a fairy tale ending.

 

[T-Higgs]

I’ve passed on a few good one for sure; Diana 54, Webley tracker walnut stock, HW97 K .20 cal, Feinwerkbau 102, crosman 6500 (Anschutz 335) but the one I regret the most was a Feinwerkbau 300s universal in perfect walnut left hand stock that I sold for a friend. I wanted that rifle so badly but it was just not a good time for me financially. I still talk to the current owner once a year or so. He is still on an airgun forum I frequent. I hope to buy it from him some day. Packing that rifle up and shipping it off was a real kick in the pants. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to sound whiny! I recovered from that crappy time. I have more rifles then I need But that feinwerkbau still haunts me a fair bit.

 

[kingfisher61]

Regrets....I've had a few!!

All of the many Theoben rifles I've sold. Several Double Set Trigger rifles. All of my many R1 variations. All of the Custom rifles I ever sold.
Many, many regrets. Lol
Only consolation is that I always seem to find more!!!

 

[holo07]

Quackenbush ball shooter. Still have 2 of the shotshell pistols, but should have kept his one.

Plus this Beeman dont miss it, but should have kept it because it is rare. At least I made great money selling it. LOL

 

[uglymike]

Walther LGV .22. I'd give 5x what I sold it for to get it back.

 

[Deleted member 49222]

Left to the buyers market to decide by which was purchased first ... HW77K sold and HW97K to stay.

 

[madeintheuk]

My leshiy 2 22 cal. It was the first generation of the repr reg, and I took it everywhere with me. I should never have sold it, but I did. Then 2 months later I bought another used, and paid more for it than I paid for my brand new one. Lesson learned I guess.