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pbwalker wrote:

Keith B wrote:Raven .25 auto. Didn't regret selling, but felt kinda bad selling it to a relative (Brother-in-law). However, he knew what he was buying.

Looks like some things haven't changed!

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Forgot I had commented on this before. LOL

Firestar M40.... Liked shooting it, fairly compact for its time, but it weighed a ton.

Kahr PM40.... Way too snappy and the mag release was a regular issue for too long (they finally fixed the design, but it was too late)

I do NOT regret selling my Grendel P10 (George Kellgren, Kellgren of Grendel and Keltec)
Back in the 80s, I collected the smallest gun with highest capacity as criteria for the collection I had; IMHO, us Grendel owners were "beta testers" for Keltec owners (which I like)
This guy loves them in the video, I hated it. It was a pain to load, used stripper clips to load rounds. After it sat in a bucket of water for 4 years, it rusted so badly the slide couldn't even be racked, so I gave it away free to a guy I sold several other guns to..he gave up trying to repair it/clean it; the barrel, slide and all internals became one solid piece... kind of a Buddist pistol (Buddhism-one with everything? ) ... I think it ended up at a "Police buy back"

My Glocks were fine.

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Also I do not regret getting rid of a Stainless Jammamatic HIGHLY inaccurate Kahr CW40, but it was pretty.

I do not regret selling my H&K USPc .45 SS. It was a beautiful gun, but it did not carry well, it was exorbitantly expensive, accessories were exorbitantly expensive, and it had the ergonomic design of a boat anchor.

Every Kimber I've owned.

RPB wrote: ...After it sat in a bucket of water for 4 years...

Oh please, do tell.

Carry-a-Kimber wrote:

RPB wrote: ...After it sat in a bucket of water for 4 years...

Oh please, do tell.

While some remodeling was being done and contractors/workers in and out of the house, guns were "Temporarily" stored in an insulated locked armored truck rear section type thing converted into a shed ... it leaked. It and some others were in a 5 gallon paint bucket for easy carrying to that shed, and got left behind when the others got taken back in. Found them in a bucket of water 4 years later when looking for paint. ... The Glocks were fine, some SKS mags got cleaned up real well, the Grendel was a block of rust

High point 9mm. Horrible gun. Couldnt hit the range from inside of it ugh. And was jammed more than an LA highway during a rock concert

gigag04 wrote:Every Kimber I've owned.

LOL!

Mine was a Taurus PT 1911 (http://www.taurususa.com/product-detail ... bseries=19" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;).

It was quite pretty, and functioned well for a 1911, except....

Taurus, in their conciliation to the gun control politicians, created a special hammer lock that used a key, inserted into the hammer, to lock or unlock the gun. In the locked position, the gun absolutely would not fire or operate in any way. Clever, but since it was based on turning a special screw IN the hammer, guess what would happen after you fired it a few times? Yes, it would COMPLETELY LOCK UP from vibration-induced turning.

I called Taurus and asked them if I could buy a modification kit that would remove the hammer lock, they absolutely refused. When I pointed out that the hammer lock caused the gun to lock up when it was being properly used, they said that was the first time they had ever hear of that (can I get a over here?).

I sold it about two weeks later (and was honest with the new buyer about the problem), and refuse to buy a Taurus again.

In fact, don't ever ask me to sell you one either. And if I ever open a store, don't expect to see me sell a Taurus. I have no tolerance for gun manufacturers that don't care about the true safety of their gun owners.

P.S. - Yes, I could use loctite, or replace the hammer with a 3rd party product. That wasn't the point. The point it that, out of the box, the "safety" feature of the pistol made it unsafe.

Bersa .380. Liked the way it felt in hand. Did not like the SA trigger at all.

Sold a Beretta 92FS I'm still crying about.

Taurus Millenium Pro PT 145. Hated the trigger, hated the balance. It was accurate enough, but I just couldn't get used to the trigger.

UpTheIrons wrote:Taurus Millenium Pro PT 145. Hated the trigger, hated the balance. It was accurate enough, but I just couldn't get used to the trigger.

That was my first carry gun.

I sold mine as well. I shot it well enough, never had any malfunctions, and 10+1 of .45acp in the gun plus a 12 round back up mag was a pretty comforting carry loadout.

But you're right. That trigger is long and squishy.

In some ways I don't regret getting rid of it, but still having it as a "first pistol I ever bought" piece would be nice. It would have made a pretty decent console gun with the 12 round mags.

But I'm a lot happier with the guns I've bought since.

Walther p22 shot okay but never felt satisfying to shoot.
Weatherby shotgun PA 459 in tacticool skull paint job. Awesome shotgun but the skulls were a bit much. Gave it to a lesbian couple I knew who were moving to California. Figured they would need it more than I do. (California penal code 459 is: "entering a structure with the intent to commit a felony once inside")

gigag04 wrote:Every Kimber I've owned.

My Kimber was nothing but trouble. I replaced it with a RIA that isn't as pretty but has rock solid reliability.