Did you just save up the money or did you sell a valued possession in order to buy it? Another gun? Crack?

Back in ‘97 I sold all of my original Star Wars action figures to get the $800. A few months later I found out that one Ben Kenobi figure I sold was worth something like $200-$300 by itself! Bastard!

I still miss them every now and then when I see them in antique shops. I bought them from 1978 through 1984. Oh well, I like the Armalite better.

I had a friend who went Class III and decided he didn't need his SP1 anymore.  He was nice enough to extend me credit, and I just recently finished paying it off.

God Bless Texas

Tax returns

I sold a bolt action .223 Ruger MKII Stainless Sporter.  Couldnt' get the bitch to go under 1.5moa at all.  Wanted to do highpower rifle matches anyway, so an AR would work better... don't need two rifles in the same cal.

[sniper]

My (gulp) M1A National Match.

I know, I know!!! Shut your pieholes!

At the time, I was living behind enemy lines in California, and couldn't find a place with any better than a 100yd range. I figured (wrongly) that I didn't need a .308 if that's the longest distance I'd get to shoot at.

Four months after I sold my beautiful, pre-ban, walnut stocked, Boyt's slinged, bayonet lugged, flash supressed M1A, I got a job offer in Texas and moved out here.

My stomach fills with acid everytime I see an M1A now.

I am a dumbass.

nothing it was a gift

A 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 that was rotting away.

...a different AR!  [:D]

I was saving for a down payment on a house.  Decided after looking at close to 100 homes... that I really wanted more than I could afford.  SO I blew the wad for the down payment on guns/ammo/accessories.

And the addiction continues.....

I sold blood, one pint at a time.  It took me almost a year and a half to get all the money together...I still feel dizzy. [%|]

Gotcha!  In reality, I saved all my change for god knows how long and rolled it up, took it to the bank and then placed my order for my DPMS AR-15.  My change jar is what I use for most firearm purchases.  

I sold my body & time.

I took a job out of college and have been there 11 years.

Took my tax return and $300 from the government and bought a Bushmaster 20 inch HBAR.

I would like another rifle, any chance of another tax refund?

Av.

Just my sweet, sweet booty.

Don't you people know???  NEVER sell a gun unless you HATE it.  You will always regret it.

DOH! Stupid me, I have been using my change jar to save for my childrens' college education.

A 2001 Z06 Corvette (garage queen).

No kidding.

Out

simple



My soul.....as I was not using it at the moment anyway.

First time around a mini-14, POS that it was...............second time and third time nothing........just whipped out the credit card baby.

In retrospect, I should have sold my step-child[}:D]

My soul!

My wife now has the title to it...lol

LOL!  I'm sorry, but every time I reread this I really do LOL!

Back in June, my transmission was making funny noises.  SO I started saving money so I can take my Jeep back to the dealer and see what was wrong.  Well (of corse) when I sent my Jeep in, it stopped making the funny noises and started working fine again.  So needless to say, with 1200 bucks burning a hole in my pocket, I went to the gunstore and the rest is history.

(and no I didn't spend the whole 1200 on the gun)

I sold nine days of vacation to get mine.  Worth every minute!

operatorerror, read fight4yourrights reply.
"I took a job out of college and have been there 11 years."
I duno he meant it to be funny intentionally, but about the third time I read it I couldn't stop laughing.[8D]

In a way, he's [b]still[/b] paying for his first [s]piece[/s] AR! [BD]

I got mine the American way!!! I put it on a 20% APR credit card!! I dont regret doing it at all, either [:)]

Humm, I sold a house to get my VMatch, a house to buy the Dissapator, and another house to buy the Stoner and the Preban BM....Come to think about it I had to do the smar to buy my M1A, Savage 110FP and the recently aquired SA TRP Operator 1911-A1......And I still have a home [beer]

It is just my job as a Realtor to sell other peoples stuff [rolleyes]


Karsten

Traded:

Mini 30 w hicaps and scope  +  Glock .40  +  NAA .22 derringer

Mini-14
Marlin 30/30

Don't miss them a bit.

Sold a hell of alot of light bulbs to Meijers.

Traded an Armscorp NM M14 for my then NIB pre-ban Bushmaster CAR15, straight up. No regrets as I've already replaced the Armscorp with Springfield rifles.

I sold a glock 23 to pay for half of it. The other half I coughed up. Now I am trying to buy another glock 23, go figure.

I just cashed in all 4 weeks of my vacation time , had nothing to use them for since my mistress left me [;D]

I had just refinanced my house and got back $700 from the remaining escrow.  The next week, a guy at work just happen to have his dad's AR for sale.  I gave him the $700.  Worked out good for me [:D]

I just bought mine piece by piece, here and there, and by mail order.  I built two that way, and have not regretted it one bit.


 Vulcan94

I sold a 1976 Ford F250 & bought my first 2 prebans, which at the time were $650.00 apiece.[:D][:D][:D]

ColtShorty

GOA KABA COA JPFO SAF NRA

"I won't be wronged,  I won't be insulted
and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do
these things to other people and I require
the same from them."

Well, I sold:

1) Hi-Point 9mm Carbine with Chrome Furniture That Was Fed A Steady Diet Of Winchester Ammunition Only &
     30 Rounds 9mm FMJ (Winchester)
     20 Rounds .380 Automatic FMJ (Winchester)
     A Nice Sling That Was Great For Carrying Under The Shoulder
     Various Accessories
2) 1851 Navy Arms Revolver
3) SKS Rifle

I do not regret selling #2 and #3. both were POS. But, I loved that 9mm Carbine. Well, they only cost $169 at Gun Shows so I'll be getting another one ASAP now that I have some money.

I bought the SKS with Cash on September 11 right when the first Tower fell. i saw it on the Gunshop television. Before that I only had a Shotgun and a broken down .22 Rifle. I thought an SKS would be good for long range. Boy, was I mistaken.

I bought the 1851 Navy Arms Revolver at a Pawn Shop on my Credit Card which I am now paying off at the minimum monthly payment plus 1 cent.

I bought the 9mm Carbine at a Gun Show. That was my Favorite of the 6 Guns I had at the time. I aquired 4 of those guns within a few weeks of each other. Fortunately, only 2 of them went on a Form 4473. Otherwise, the ATF woulda marked me by now. Then again, they still know that Dozens of guns have moved through my hands. I pawned one gun a while back, when I was 18 and never made that mistake again.

I am hoping to eventually having only guns not on 4473s. But, my personal favorite are guns that were made before the GCA of 1968 that don't have any S/Ns. I have had 2 of them in the past. I love that no matter if the are on 4473s, the ATF will never have a traceable S/N.

My time.  I worked 4 days of overtime to get my AR.[whacko]

You lucky bastard!!!!!!