Worst gun trades/deals?

JerryBobCo

We've done best trades, so how about worst ones?

I bought a Savage 99 .243 for $200 at an auction.  It had the cartridge counter, so it had to be fairly old.  I really didn't want it, but no one was bidding on it, so why not.

On my way out of the auction, I was stopped by someone who told me he had a friend who might be interested in it.  I gave him my name and phone number, and told him I would let it go for $240.

The following Monday I did exactly that.  Looking back, I can only wonder what the heck was I thinking.

earlyagain

25 or so years ago I special ordered a Remington KS model Seven rifle in 223 Rem. I was impetuous and impatient. After several weeks I traded the yet unrecieved rifle to the LGS owner that ordered it form me for a Remington 700 BDL VLS in 22-250.. The later got sold a long time back. The model 7 would never have left my warm living hand.

Jayhawker

Beyond selling a few guns for a fraction of their worth when I was younger in order to pay bills...every trade I have made since was done with full knowledge of what I was doing...
Last time I had a guy offer me one of my grail guns...A Marlin 1895 .45-70 Cowboy...a gun I had been searching for for better than 20 years...so we made a trade...he walked away with one of my safe queens,a Browning High Wall in 7mm Rem. Mag. With a 28" round to octagon barrel
The value between the two was substantial, however, we both walked away happy...

Linefinder

I've sold only one gun in my life, and just wish I'd held out for $100 more, but no big deal. 
The barrel was going south way too early in it's life to be a reliable pdog rig. Told that to the guy I sold it to, but he didn't care. He was going to use it as a 'yote rig, and it had years of life left for that. (Funny, you can kill a pdog barrel in a single outing if you're inattentive, but for most other endeavors it usually takes some time). Can't say it was a bad deal, but it was worth a good bit more than I sold it for.

OTOH, I've given away a few firearms that I wish I'd put a bit more thought into.

Mike

rberglof

I sold a Marlin lever in 44 mag, wasn't totally enamored with it  but should have kept it. Saw it a few months later in a gun shop for $100 more them I sold it for. I did buy another Marlin later in 30-30 for $100 less then I sold the 44 for.

jbp-ohio

A few years ago I saw a 4'' Diamondback .22LR in it'd cardboard box for $600...... and I thought, ''Boy that's expensive.''

Linefinder

jbp-ohio said:

A few years ago I saw a 4'' Diamondback .22LR in it'd cardboard box for $600...... and I thought, ''Boy that's expensive.''

Possibly my only grail gun. What a deal!

Mike

RugerFan

I did an even swap: a SBH for a MkII gov't model. I shoot the .22 way more than that .44.

Remembered another one: 

Swapped even a SRH in .480 w/scope(brand forgotten) for a M77 in 7 mag and a Bushnell scope  for my son. I don't reload, couldn't afford to shoot the SRH enough to be proficient for hunting and I needed a deer rifle. May not have been a smart trade but I don't regret either trade. 

Gene L

I sold a Colt Python made in 1963-64 in 99% condition for $700.  I'd had the gun for probably 20 years and didn't remember exactly what I paid for it, and I made money but lost my mind.  It was probably a $1500-$2000 gun.  I should have checked on GB, lesson learned.  Thanks for reminding me of this, now I'm going to lean against a tree and kick my own ass. )

GunNut

Gene L said:

I sold a Colt Python made in 1963-64 in 99% condition for $700.  I'd had the gun for probably 20 years and didn't remember exactly what I paid for it, and I made money but lost my mind.  It was probably a $1500-$2000 gun.  I should have checked on GB, lesson learned.  Thanks for reminding me of this, now I'm going to lean against a tree and kick my own ass. )

I guess the physical therapy is working then? 😁

GunNut

I don’t recall ever losing money on a gun deal.  I have however, sold guns to friends at well under market value, but I’ve never thought of that as a bad deal.

bobbyrlf3

Back before I understood how pawn shops work, I went to my local one, which is also my LGS, and bought an HK USP in .45acp.  I hated it, and took it back two weeks later to trade in on a Springfield XD tactical.  They gave me just over half of what I paid for it to go towards the new gun.  Never did that again.