The one that got away...

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Michael

Michael

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Be it a hardship, another hobby, or something simply collecting dust... most of us have sold something that we regret selling. But how often do you get a chance at getting it back?

In 2013 I purchased a Steyr LG110. In search of the ultimate accuracy I sent it off to Allan Zasadny and told him to "give it the works". And did he ever!

At the time I was living in Hawaii. Most of my airgunning revolved around hunting wild boar, so the allure of low-powered ultimate accuracy faded rather quickly. 

In 2014 I sold the Steyr to someone in Arizona, let's just call him Fred.

Fast forward to present day and I find myself living in Texas and wishing I still owned that airgun.

So, I located Fred's contact information and sent him a message that went something like this, "Hey Fred, it's Michael Wendt. Do you still have that Steyr I sold you way back when? If so, LMK what you want for it! I'd love to bring it home".

A few weeks later an LG110 (complete with the original paperwork) in nearly perfect condition arrived on my doorstep. Turns out that it was Fred's safe queen and he was happy to sell it back to me. ☺

I did a quick barrel polish with JB Bore Bright, a few pull throughs with a Patchworm and Gunzilla, wiped down the metal surfaces with VP90, and applied a touch of linseed oil on the wooden stock. 

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

Well that's my story, I'd love to hear yours.

-Michael
 
The gun that got me in to tuning and mods was a flying dragon PCP. HPA conversion of an XS60C Co2 rifle closely related to the QB guns. Mine was then converted to .30cal via a cheap Winchester Model 100 .308 takeoff barrel I picked up for $15. Was never a powerhouse but could fire 5 JSB 44.75gr pellets at just over 50fpe and did it pretty accurately. I sold it to fund my next project and regret set in soon after. A few years later I was helping the same gent who had bought it get a new rifle and made the offer of taking the old 30cal XS60C in on trade to lower his cost and he agreed to my surprise. I don't really shoot her much but thrilled she's back home. 
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HA! I placed a WTB ad for a Beeman R7 on here. Got a message from a guy and met up with him. Saw some familiar blemish marks on the stock, so I looked back at some old pictures I had of it, and turns out I just inadvertently re-purchased a Beeman R7 from the same guy I sold it to. And it was almost 3 years to week on top of that.

Wouldn't call it the one that got away, but odd enough story.

BTW Michael, what part of Texas are you in? I'm in Ft. Worth.
 
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HA! I placed a WTB ad for a Beeman R7 on here. Got a message from a guy and met up with him. Saw some familiar blemish marks on the stock, so I looked back at some old pictures I had of it, and turns out I just inadvertently re-purchased a Beeman R7 from the same guy I sold it to. And it was almost 3 years to week on top of that.

Wouldn't call it the one that got away, but odd enough story.

BTW Michael, what part of Texas are you in? I'm in Ft. Worth.
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Love it!

I'm just South of Austin in the Hill Country 
 
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The gun that got me in to tuning and mods was a flying dragon PCP. HPA conversion of an XS60C Co2 rifle closely related to the QB guns. Mine was then converted to .30cal via a cheap Winchester Model 100 .308 takeoff barrel I picked up for $15. Was never a powerhouse but could fire 5 JSB 44.75gr pellets at just over 50fpe and did it pretty accurately. I sold it to fund my next project and regret set in soon after. A few years later I was helping the same gent who had bought it get a new rifle and made the offer of taking the old 30cal XS60C in on trade to lower his cost and he agreed to my surprise. I don't really shoot her much but thrilled she's back home//www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%20210%20140%22%3E%3C/svg%3E
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I have two that I wished I never sold. A .25 wildcat and a .22 prod both extremely modified and both sold to Yo. I contacted Yo about buying back the prod but was told a lot of his pcp's were stolen out of his car. I don't why he had all those expensive airguns in his vehicle in the first place or he just didn't want to sell the prod back to me
 
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Oh man, good for you Michael. I remember your posts and video of that gun, many years ago. I even remember when you sold it, because I wanted it so bad!

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Thanks Jimmy, you've been a good friend for a long time to remember that! Let's hope she still shoots as good as she looks. 🍻 
 
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My first high end airgun was a FWB124Deluxe, it had a beautiful dark walnut stock. I paid 334.00 for it which in 1984 almost made me sick for paying so much for an airgun. At the time I didnt know about the importance of good pellets and was using whatever I could find, sometimes dumping all the different pellets in one container to use. Anyway I was disappointed with the accuracy and traded it for a firearm. Now I know pellets can make or break a guns ability to group well. That FWB would now be a collectable classic. I wonder where it is now and if the person appreciated what it is.
 
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I regret selling all three of my custom made FILARMS rifles that I had made while in the Philippines. I sold them over 10 years ago when Uncle Sam sent me to Canada for 3 years. Canada had such strict rules about air rifles that I was not about the spend my time jumping through the hoops and kept only my Air Arms S410 Classic.

I sold them really low (about what I paid for them) on the Yellow and I regret it ever since because they were one of a kind each, They had the to-the-side-flip loading port like the Thomas Air Rifles and one of them had an externally adjustable hammer spring. I saw one of them surface on the Yellow a couple years later in someone's collection. Unfortunately, FILARMS bring up a lot of bitter memories for many in the airgun community, so maybe it's better that they are gone now.
 
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