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Posted: 1/2/2012 7:53:08 AM EDT

[#1]

Buying an Uzi B over an HK94 because it was $100 cheaper ($600 vs $700 in 1988) and the store had no extra HK mags.

Posted: 1/2/2012 7:55:05 AM EDT

[#2]

I've had to walk away from all kinds of deals on great stuff, guns, cars, etc.

What is doubly painful is grabbing up a great deal on something you really want to keep, and then having to sell it later when one of life's unexpected issues crops up. Really ruins a fellow's day.

Posted: 1/2/2012 7:56:45 AM EDT

[#3]

Two EE deals.

1. Oakley M Frame eye pro for $35
2. Assorted 1911 parts including Vickers trigger assembly, 4 Wilson mags, and other small parts for $150.

Posted: 1/2/2012 8:01:25 AM EDT

[#4]

Not gun related, but 12 years ago I found an all original 69 Dart Swinger 340 4 speed sitting in a junk yard sales lot. The car was pretty rust free, and had all it's original parts except the air cleaner. They wanted $2500 and my dad thought that was too much. I had the money but being 13 my parents wouldn't let me use it. I dream about that car all the time, I even have all it's information written down in case I ever find it.

Posted: 1/2/2012 8:09:31 AM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
$7,000 welder at a pawn shop for $750 bucks. Brand new. Went back the next day and it was gone already

Probably impounded by the police.

I almost pulled the trigger in 96 on an XM193 purchase. The price had dipped there for a couple months and I nearly got 5K rounds for under 1000 delivered. Then I thought "This is stupid, I don't need this much ammo!", so now I buy what I can where I can and hate it.

Posted: 1/2/2012 8:15:10 AM EDT

[#6]

Citibank when it was under a $1. Shot up 4x value real quick. Oh well.

Posted: 1/2/2012 8:23:39 AM EDT

[#7]

Bimart Had 870's for $150 the day after thanksgiving a few years back. Thought about getting one or two but nevervdid.

Posted: 1/2/2012 8:25:27 AM EDT

[#8]

Apple and Alcoa stocks when they were dirt cheap. I'd be a millionaire if I just invested

Posted: 1/2/2012 8:30:46 AM EDT

[#9]

It was 1983 and I just had received my drivers license after turning 16...

1970 Dodge Challenger R/T with a 440/4bbl/auto. Guy wanted $2500 but would have taken $2200.

It's probably better I didn't get it, I'd of either wrecked it, or have gotten so many tickets it would have screwed me for years.

Posted: 1/2/2012 8:36:08 AM EDT

[#10]

Lets see, It could be the 70 Superbird for $1500.00 or the 70 Challenger R/T for $1500.00. Naw, the winner is the 70 BOSS 429 for $200.00, and this was in either 88 or 89.

Posted: 1/2/2012 8:38:57 AM EDT

[#11]

I'm still kicking myself in the ass for not buying the HK SP89 I was offered 2 years ago for $700. I had the cash but could not really spare it. Still regret not buying it to this day.

Posted: 1/2/2012 8:39:18 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Lets see, It could be the 70 Superbird for $1500.00 or the 70 Challenger R/T for $1500.00. Naw, the winner is the 70 BOSS 429 for $200.00, and this was in either 88 or 89.

wow...just wow.....

Posted: 1/2/2012 11:29:15 AM EDT

[#13]

Consignment sale on an M1 carbine for $300. It wasn't cherry by any means but it was worth way more than 300. I got an 870 instead for less. I wish I had gotten both.

Posted: 1/2/2012 11:44:56 AM EDT

[#14]

Had a guy at my gun club that was going through a nasty divorce. Was a former bullseye shooter and had a bunch of guns.

He had 2 Clark Long slide .45acp's, 2 S&W model 52's and a S&W model 41. Wanted me to spot him $1500.00 bucks for a year and If he didn't come for them in a year, they were mine. He even drew up a contract on his computer spelling out everything in the agreement. If he picked them up within the year, I could keep the 41 as interest. I didn't feel comfortable with the deal as I felt his divorce and the loss of his business was because of nose candy. He was busted 6 mos. later for sale of coke.

Cops took the guns........

Posted: 1/2/2012 11:46:30 AM EDT

[#15]

Like a lot of you guys have already mentioned, anything in the ad the back of Soldier of Fortune Magazine. (HK Advertisement).........

Posted: 1/2/2012 12:21:39 PM EDT

[#16]

1989 - buying eight Hk SP-89's offered to me at dealer cost. LAL.

Posted: 1/2/2012 12:29:54 PM EDT

[#17]

At a gunshow in October, AR parts dealer had a variety of Colt uppers, parts, etc. He had a Colt M4 upper, unused in perfect condition for $100 flat. I walked because I didn't "need" it at the time

Posted: 1/2/2012 12:34:09 PM EDT

[#18]

M1 Carbines.

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Posted: 1/2/2012 12:34:28 PM EDT

[#19]

$400 SPAS12 at the pawn shop

Posted: 1/2/2012 12:39:30 PM EDT

[#20]

$400 Willy's Jeep on Craigslist.
Only needed a little bit of work too.

Posted: 1/2/2012 12:42:58 PM EDT

[#21]

In 2006 I had a buddy who was going through a divorce that offered me a transferrable Colt M16A1 in near perfect condition for $7500 then I found out later that he sold his M2HB for $20,000 instead. If I was offered either today I would jump on it but at the time I was scared of the NFA process or something...

- Clint

Posted: 1/2/2012 1:15:42 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:

1989 - buying eight Hk SP-89's offered to me at dealer cost. LAL.

Posted: 1/2/2012 1:25:47 PM EDT

[#23]

8 years ago i started buying surplus .308: SA, port, Hirt, ect..... i was getting it for around $150 per 1000.

i did NOT buy enough....

Posted: 1/2/2012 1:28:04 PM EDT

[#24]

I was offered a Wilson Combat UT15 a couple years ago. Had just made a large purchase and didn't want to dig into savings for it at the time.

A friend bought it. Then he called about 3 weeks ago willings to sell. It is now in my safe.

Posted: 1/2/2012 1:31:21 PM EDT

[#25]

HK91 for $700.

Desert Eagle .50 with .44 barrel for $650.

(I was broke both times)

Posted: 1/2/2012 1:34:42 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:

1968 Shelby Mustang convertible back in the 80s. $13,500, but I was fresh out of college and was in debt up to my ears.

I can still picture it sitting there on that trailer.

1966 Cobra Roadster for $3895.00 new. 289, 4bbl, 4-SPD
Jet Black, black top.
$500 down, $155 per month.

I was taking home about $50 per week. : (

Posted: 1/2/2012 1:37:37 PM EDT

[#27]

Two Macs, one in .45, the other in 9mm but also registered to .380. Sold as a pair only. 2k. 1998.

Posted: 1/2/2012 1:41:21 PM EDT

[#28]

Missed out on a Hardinge HLVH that was in pristine condition. The guy only wanted 6K for it.

Posted: 1/2/2012 1:50:13 PM EDT

[#29]

Saiga 12c(LEO version) for $550...right before the '94 AWB ended.

Posted: 1/2/2012 1:54:01 PM EDT

[#30]

HK SP89's for $850.
Polytech AK's for $225.
HK94's for $666 MSRP

Posted: 1/2/2012 1:56:39 PM EDT

[#31]

I had a chance in the 80's to get stationed at the Air Force Academy teaching cadets freefall and passed on it 'cause the wife didn't want to live in Colorado Springs.

I'm such a dumbass...

Posted: 1/2/2012 1:56:49 PM EDT

[#32]

Black Fridays Mosin M44 and 91/30 deal this past December. Still pissed at myself for that one.

Posted: 1/2/2012 1:58:23 PM EDT

[#33]

Mine is not buying the cabin my grandma had when she moved to Pa. It was 2 bed room cabin right on the White River in west Michigan. It came on a triple lot and she sold it for 8k. I kick myself for thinking 8k was a lot of money back in 88.

Posted: 1/2/2012 2:03:44 PM EDT

[#34]

During the tech boom I was trading options pretty heavily. Had a strong hunch one company (forget which one, maybe cabletron?) was going to get bought out in short order. Bought 40K worth of calls expiring 2 months out. Originally wanted the ones 3 months out but decided to go more leveraged with the shorter term calls. 2.5 months later the company didn't get bought out but it spun off its different business units and stock went from 20-60. I doubled my money but if I had gotten the 3 month calls, I would have had $2-3M, could have bought a lot of guns with that.

Posted: 1/2/2012 2:05:40 PM EDT

[#35]

Snipershide group buy for the Illuminated SWFA SSHD 5-20x50 for only $1000.

Posted: 1/2/2012 2:10:28 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
Cheap land in the late 80's.

+ a billion.

Posted: 1/2/2012 2:11:48 PM EDT

[#37]

I had gotten a large tax return one year, and was 300.00 away from buying a unfired HK94 for 2800.00, bought a AR-50 rifle instead :(

Posted: 1/2/2012 2:11:48 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:
A real HK SP89 w 2 15rnd, and 6 30rnd mags and case for $1500 even back in 1998.
Guy needed mortgage money no job.
Gun shop i worked at passed on it and the rules were if they passed you could jump on it.
I had half then half a week later but he was a week past due already.
So he said no.

That's awful nice of them to let you buy something of your own free will and shit.

Posted: 1/2/2012 2:11:52 PM EDT

[#39]

Brand new Saiga in .308 with side rail and scope for $475 and a NIB M&P 15 with 3 pmags and MBUS for $675.

Posted: 1/2/2012 2:16:13 PM EDT

[#40]

Getting invited to tryout for the 1980 Olympic Skeet Shooting team, which I turned down cause I wanted to spend the summer with my girlfriend.

Who knows, the games were boycotted by the USA, but I'll bet I could have gone in 1984....

Dumbass

Posted: 1/2/2012 2:18:38 PM EDT

[#41]

I could have bought an American 180 off of an elderly coworker for $1000 plus transfer fee because he didn't know what it was worth. I told him instead what he could get for it, it was the right thing to do, but I still kind of kick myself for not buying it.

Posted: 1/2/2012 2:24:54 PM EDT

[#42]

private sale blue Colt Python for $500 in the mid 90's, Might as well have been $5k at the time.......

Posted: 1/2/2012 2:27:14 PM EDT

[#43]

Tiger Dragunov, local for $1000 2 years ago.

10 pack of HUNGARIAN M44 mosin nagants for $300 in 2003.

Posted: 1/2/2012 2:27:35 PM EDT

[#44]

$200 for a case of Wolf.

Posted: 1/2/2012 2:30:29 PM EDT

[#45]

Paula Yeager...

Posted: 1/2/2012 2:30:37 PM EDT

[#46]

When WASR-10's we're $150-$180 I wish I woulda bought a ton more and the $100 SKS's. Same for late 90's FAL kits for under $100. I wouldn't say I kick myself, but I coulda made a killing doing nothing but sitting on them for 10 years.

Posted: 1/2/2012 2:33:48 PM EDT

[#47]

James Dietz print "Guns from Heaven" for $82.

I was a brand new 2LT and that was a lot of money for me coming out of college and recently married.

Now, I cannot find one for under $1500...

Posted: 1/2/2012 2:36:31 PM EDT

[#48]

Gun show. Dealer had a 5-gallon bucket full of police turn-in stainless S&W 357 magnum revolvers for $300 each.
(gun, not bucket)

An hour later, they were all gone.

Posted: 1/2/2012 2:39:13 PM EDT

[#49]

Posted: 1/2/2012 2:42:04 PM EDT

[#50]

My big mistakes ...
A browning HiPower and a Chinese folding stock AK

Both over a decade ago

$250.00 for each

I was a fool.

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