"I Should Have Bought..."

[Metonymy]

I should have bought an STI Omni several years ago.

I should have bought the CZ TS2 Racing Green when I stumbled upon it early last year.

But noooooooooo... I didn't want to spend the money. And now they're both unobtanium.

I really gotta stop talking myself out of buying firearms I want. I have money set aside to buy a unicorn when I find one, but that's 2x now I've talked myself out of it, not knowing they'd become unicorns. "Oh, I'll just get one later." Yeah, so much for that plan.

What's your "I should have bought..." gun?

 

[Bradu]

Axmc when they were being sold at a decent price.

 

[91Eunozs]

A stack of giggle switches, RDIAS, and M16 lowers in the early 80s

 

[Alphatreedog]

Bought em already and sold when money was tight . But my one shoulda in reloading . Edelman's was closing a store . Everything marked way down . Lyman 8 station loader and kit $135.00 .
Leslie Edelman closed his stores but bought Kimber around 94 or so . Maybe earlier .

 

[Huskydriver]

Axmc when they were being sold at a decent price.

Lol what's a decent price?

Have you seen what new axmc le cost?

 

[rtB]

More ammo

 

[Electric B]

More primers

 

[ironman56]

Primers when they were 10.00 a thousand.

 

[Ronws]

Bought em already and sold when money was tight . But my one shoulda in reloading . Edelman's was closing a store . Everything marked way down . Lyman 8 station loader and kit $135.00 .
Leslie Edelman closed his stores but bought Kimber around 94 or so . Maybe earlier .

Oh man, I am kicking myself in my own butt and I wasn't even there.

That's got to hurt.

 

[Mister Ridge]

A Remington M24 when Eurooptic had the run of 500.

A Ford Superduty instead of my old Wrangler.

A replica FN49 sniper instead of my various 1903 Springfields. (I didn't miss an opportunity but still).

 

[Basher]

Primers and powder, baby. And as many friggin’ HK P7s and other milsurps as I could possibly manage.

 

[Ronws]

I have thought that I should have grabbed the 450 Thumper from Windham Weaponry. I already love two of the bing bangs I have from them. The Dissipator M4 A3 in 5.56 X45 mm NATO (.223 Rem) and the R16SFST-308 in 7.62x51 mm NATO (.308 Win).

Their 450 Thumper is in .450 Bushmaster with a Magpul PRS Gen III stock, which I really like. I put one of those on my R16SFST-308.

450, like .350 Legend, is good for close timber hunting. At 300 yards, it has dropped 5 feet. So, it is a good 100 yard to 150 yard gun and there are a few SFP scopes out there designed for these straight walls. Leupold VX Freedom 350 and Vortex Crossfire II Straight Wall.

But I did not get one because I figured I could get the same results with slugs out of my shottie.

 

[Alphatreedog]

Primers and powder, baby. And as many friggin’ HK P7s and other milsurps as I could possibly manage.

Man I bleed for the days when Midway sold 5000 small pistol primers with free hazmat and shipping for $135.00 . Didn't know what I didn't know .

 

[Bradu]

Lol what's a decent price?

Have you seen what new axmc le cost?

They were down to $5800 at one point if I remember correctly

 

[Thumper580]

A stack of giggle switches, RDIAS, and M16 lowers in the early 80s

A friend of mine bought a transferable M16 stripped lower in 1984 for $1000.00. I thought he was insane!! a $1000.00, holy crap. I have no vision... I also didn't have a $1000.00 to toss away then either....

 

[n2ishun]

I should have bought an STI Omni several years ago.

I should have bought the CZ TS2 Racing Green when I stumbled upon it early last year.

But noooooooooo... I didn't want to spend the money. And now they're both unobtanium.

I really gotta stop talking myself out of buying firearms I want. I have money set aside to buy a unicorn when I find one, but that's 2x now I've talked myself out of it, not knowing they'd become unicorns. "Oh, I'll just get one later." Yeah, so much for that plan.

What's your "I should have bought..." gun?

Why does this come across to me as a very subtle and honestly pretty damn well done GlowDog post ?

Just sayin....

 

[GTOJOSH]

Land.

 

[TicTacTex]

Fed bois gonna get a boner when they see this thread on Tuesday morning.

 

[acudaowner]

I say na na never regret a buy enjoy it take it outside and shoot it . and if in the future you see the other gun buy it as well . the time to buy almost anything is when you see it if you can afford it . regret bringing home the kids if you have any but not a firearm you never know when or which gun might just save your life .

 

[Aaros143]

Cant think of a gun I should've bought. But I had a chance when I was 18 to buy a 1971 Ford Bronco for $3500 with 18K original miles

 

[Bacarrat]

More primers. Last time I bought primers were 20 bucks per K and I thought that was a lot back in 09.

 

[DarnYankeeUSMC]

Bit Coin when it was $1,000. Would have sold it when it hit $45,000.

 

[Srgt. Hulka]

Walmart, when it was $0.70 a share in 1984.

 

[Jrb572]

Should have bought several McMillan return stocks. Weren’t they $100 when first offered?

 

[pmclaine]

A replica FN49 sniper instead of my various 1903 Springfields. (I didn't miss an opportunity but still).

Blasphemer!

 

[Redmanss]

I have more guns that ended up being bad buys because they turned out to be turds than I regret not buying. There’s really nothing out there I “have” to have, return A1 stocks and Unertls included.

For every item I “missed out” on, I come across five others I can get, and life goes on just fine.

 

[pmclaine]

The things that are supposed to be yours are yours.

The other things were not meant to be yours, those are someone else's.

 

[Marinevet1]

A 1963 split window Corvette in 1972 for $1200.00

A Winchester 1901 lever action 10 ga. shotgun at a yard sale some where in Iowa in the mid 70's for $200.00.

The list is long.........

 

[diggler1833]

A "USMC" roll marked M45A1 when they first came out at $2,100, and one of the decommissioned ones when they hit the market.

 

[TheBigCountry]

Lol what's a decent price?

Have you seen what new axmc le cost?

 

[Hobo Hilton]

Pre-pandemic dump trailer @ $4,000.... Currently $12,000

 

[Hobo Hilton]

The things that are supposed to be yours are yours.

The other things were not meant to be yours, those are someone else's.

And most of the time that is a "Blessing in Disguise"....

 

[Darayavaus]

lots of gold when it was $460 bucks on ounce.

 

[Alphatreedog]

Pre-pandemic dump trailer @ $4,000.... Currently $12,000
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Right ! WTF . Looking at a heavy duty shelving unit from Home Despot . It looks more like warehouse racking . Picked one up for $197 in 2019 . The fucker is now $429 . Everything is fucked .

 

[papershredder]

Bit Coin when it was $1,000. Would have sold it when it hit $45,000.

Stirring up bad memories here. Back around 2009-2010 it was $5 per coin. Don't ask me how I know

 

[Hobo Hilton]

Stirring up bad memories here. Back around 2009-2010 it was $5 per coin. Don't ask me how I know

Don't beat yourself up. At my Dad's funeral my brother and I stood up and gave some of Dad's favorite sayings...
One was - "A man can go broke taking advantage of good deals."

 

[papershredder]

Don't beat yourself up. At my Dad's funeral my brother and I stood up and gave some of Dad's favorite sayings...
One was - "A man can go broke taking advantage of good deals."

Yeah, you're right. At the time I was poised to buy 300 coins. Just couldn't bring myself to setting up a foreign bank account because no institution in the US was trading in bitcoin at that time. And most likely I would have sold them long before the prices went to level stupid anyway.

 

[Hayden#69]

When I was into Marlins, wished I had bought a 357 Cowboy and a 30-30 Cowboy. I loved those octagon Barreled Marlins. About 15yrs ago I wish I would have bought another First Gen Toyota Tundra. Or 2.

Oh and about 5 Honda ATC 350x 3 Wheelers. Dam I could have made a bunch on those.

Hayden.

 

[232593]

CADEX Tremor when it was less than 10k.

 

[Metonymy]

Why does this come across to me as a very subtle and honestly pretty damn well done GlowDog post ?

Just sayin....

Not familiar with who that is, but that's a function of me not being here much.

Figured folks here would understand my lamentation.

 

[DocRDS]

a V8

 

[IronSkillet]

SWD Street Sweeper

Herb Philipson’s $99.00 SKS’s

 

[912173]

S&B 5-20 ultra short a few years back for about $3000 new

 

[Jgunner]

Match primers and reloader 26. BY THE PALLET.