Don’t Get It

I’m kinda a due-diligence gunnie. Most of the guns I own I’ve wanted for YEARS, or at least MONTHS of intense obsessing. One example is my CZ-52, a gun I rarely shoot, but because of the cartridge it shoots and it’s interesting history and mechanical action, as much as I don’t like this gun, I really do like it, and I won’t be selling it. A better example of a gun I knew I’d love is the Beretta 21A. I handled my friend’s in .25 ACP, and I was impressed, but I prefer a gun in .22 LR over .25, and doing a bunch of obsessive reading, a few months later when one showed up in my local shop I bought it, and it is one of my favorite guns.

With holsters I’m the same way. When I was waiting for years before I could get my carry permit I had plenty of time to think about how to hide a gun, and what worked best for me. I settled on pocket carry and shoulder carry, and SURPRISE I was right. The holsters that make up my Box of Holsters (TM) are the ones I’ve acquired for no cost over the years.

There is ONE gun I regret buying over the years, and it was my WASR-10, great gun, and the new owner is 100% happy with it, but it just wasn’t for me. I sold it and used the money to help buy an FAL which is the gun I should have bought in the first place.

This is all a round-about way of wondering why one would SELL a gun, then buy the same, or similar gun again. I’ll never buy another AK again. There are better examples of the Kalashnikov design, but in the end it just isn’t for me.

Have any of you done this? Maybe I just don’t have that impulsive gene. I mean I shot my first 1911 in 1999, and I’ve been obsessed with them every since, and still to this day a 1911 in .45 ACP is my favorite gun to shoot.

Same with the FAL, been in love with them for years, and while the SCAR 17 is a really cool gun, the FAL is still a favorite.

What say y’all

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13 Responses to Don’t Get It

  1. Alan says:

    I have a AK-47 and a couple of SKSs but I don’t care for them that much. They’re pretty crappy guns. I recently bought a Ruger Mini30 that was on my wish list for years and I like a lot better. (Now if I could only find magazines for it at a non-nosebleed price)

  2. Joel says:

    I dunno, maybe it’s a question of whether you’re buying a rifle to own or to use. I’ve got an AK I carry the hell out of and it shows. It’s not very accurate and I’m not all that impressed with the cartridge but it’s very reliable and those other factors are good enough/good enough and most of all it’s light and handy and I don’t mind scratching it up and so I carry it around.

    OTOH I have a Springfield Armory M1A which is my pride and joy and rarely leaves its case. I’ve had a FAL and an HK91 and they’re both fine rifles (the FAL is better) but I prefer the M14. But I don’t carry it because it’s big and heavy and I can’t afford to lose or damage it.

    So which is better? The AK or the M14? 🙂

  3. James says:

    Shooting firearms, nothing better puts a bigger smile on my face than expending 5-10 mags out of my G-1 FAL. In 3gun, it’s much slower than AR 5.56 and 9mm but it’s just so fun in heavy metal class.

    I have 2 more kits to build up that I bought 10+ years ago. Then next configuration will make me even happier.

  4. McThag says:

    I’ve never sold a gun I disliked only to buy one like it again later.

    I’ve overspent on things and sold guns to pay the bills because they could be liquidated easily. Then I have purchased the guns back or ones just like them; because at its heart, I did want the guns after all.

    I think the reasons for selling matter here.

    • Geodkyt says:

      Exactly.

      If the first drink tasted bad, why go back to the same well again?

      If, on the other hand, the reason you’re going back to the same well is you’ve sweated away all the water you had last time, that makes sense.

      • Weerd Beard says:

        Yeah I’ve never found myself turning back from a gun. I thought the Walther PPS might be a nice replacement for my J-Frame, and given that it is Mass Legal it would have been a LOT less bother than all the hoops I had to jump through for my Kahr PM45.

        Until I held it. The magazines are wonky with an overhang in the REAR of the mag rather than the front like every other magazine, and like the SIG P290 the gun is ALL SLIDE and no grip. I haven’t looked back to that gun since I held one.

        I just don’t get how you can have a gun, and not really like it, so you sell it and buy another.

        Again if you sell the gun because you need the money, or even sell the gun to “trade up” and realize you made a mistake, I get it. Or maybe I can even see buying a gun you didn’t like…but also didn’t HATE if you get it for a SCREAMING deal. Like if somebody sells or GIVES me an AK, I’ll take it. They aren’t bad guns, but there IS a high probability I’ll just sell that one too later.

        • McThag says:

          When I was learning what I liked I discovered several guns that felt great in the shop but were misery for me to shoot.

          When I moved out of the restrictive North and got to carrying, the process started all over because many of the guns that were fun to shoot were odious to carry here in the summer.

          I guess the main difference is I kept the hard to carry guns where I ditched the bad shooting guns back when.

          Thinking back on it, there are guns you cannot GIVE me.

          • Weerd Beard says:

            Such as? I don’t know if I could turn down any gun for a gift! Even a shitbox Hi-Point I can sell off for $20 with no problem, and a taking up a little room in the safe isn’t THAT big a deal.

          • Geodkyt says:

            I would love to literally shoot a High Point pistol to death. Just to find out exactly how long they last. But I don’t care enough that I am willing to pay for the privilege. {grin}

        • Geodkyt says:

          That’s how I ended up with a Beretta 96D — I was surprised at how much better the trigger was than the Beretta 92F/M9s I was familiar with, and the price was too low to ignore — the same price as police surplus M64 .38’s were going for.

          It’s not a bad gun. In fact, I have it as my “0-Dark-30” pistol because 11+1 rounds of .40S&W from a DAO I can shoot well is a pretty good choice when the bump in the night wakes you up.

          But I don’t see myself buying ANOTHER one, if for some reason I had to replace it — not unless it was available at a stupidly low price.

          • Weerd Beard says:

            Neat! Also interesting that the 96 is another 11 round double-stack! Just like the S&W4006 and related guns, they had to re-tool to make a magazine that held ONE LESS! to comply with the Federal Assault Weapons ban!

            How has the gun worn for you? I’ve heard that .40 really pounds the bejesus out of the locking block.

          • Geodkyt says:

            I’ve got a skosh over 500 rounds through it (and an unknown amount before I got it – it is very obviously a police trade in pistol). Most of the ammo has been 155gr Silvertips, with some 180gr FMJ and JHP (both from Georgia Arms) through it. I haven’t noticed any significant wear, but then, I wouldn’t after so little.

            I just shoot it enough to maintain proficiency, honestly. I did find one really wierd thing about it — it is the ONLY pistol I have had where I preferred the Hogue panels over checkered wood (in this case, stock factory wood grips), because the pistol likes to twist around during recoil when I have wood grips on it. Normally, rubber type grips just piss me off with their grabbiness.

          • Geodkyt says:

            NOTE — I’ve been using the Silvertips as practice ammo, because I got two cases of it in a swap deal. Now that I’m most of the way through one, I’ll slow down on shooting “the good stuff”.

            Luckily, I just got a loading press. . .

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