Guns I wish I had bought....

[Gamocfx]

Hi Chaps,

As we approach the end of yet another year I am getting a little nostalgic and enjoy thinking back to all the wonderful guns I have owned and enjoyed-before the rest of the world went all pussy and PC on me. I have had a lot of rifles over the years (nowhere near as many as most on here GGGR etc) but a couple of rifles that I SHOULD have bought stick with me.

"Remorse is a painful emotional state brought about by ones own actions" according to my now hopelessly outdated dictionary. I still carry a little pang of remorse when I recall choosing a cheap underlever rather than a beautiful Benjamin Sheridan Blue streak.... Or not buying a Webley Tracker despite having the money... or leaving an Original 45 for £50 not that many years ago...

I keep doing it of course, I just bought a second hand Walther RM8 and bottle, lovely gun, cheap but .... should have bought a springer...

So my question would be what was the WORST decision you chaps made when NOT buying a gun? Come on guys I need to know I am not the only idiot who has done this?

[Josie & John]

Yes, we've all been there and there's a lot of truth in the assertion that most collectors don't regret over paying for a gun as much as missing out on one.

One that springs to mind for me was a .20 Sussex Armoury Jackal Hi Power I saw at a Kempton arms fair a few years ago. I hesitated and someone else didn't. Still kicking myself today on that one!

John

[Gamocfx]

Damn! I have never seen a .20 Jackal! Yes I know your pain and would probably feel the same over that rifle

[evert]

So my question would be what was the WORST decision you chaps made when NOT buying a gun? Come on guys I need to know I am not the only idiot who has done this?

List of guns I could have had collecting dust along all the others, but I either hestiated or didnt buy them:

Sussex armoury parabellum
BSA Hornet
AA MPR FT
AA s200
Mk1 Hw77
Webley Longbow
BSA mercury
Crosman 167

[Gamocfx]

Evert you have an impressive list! The Webley Longbow is a bit unusual, was that sub 12ft lb? Again, I dont think I have ever seen one of those in the flesh...

[rapidresponse1]

theres one or to but i try not to think of them it depresses me ha ha

[Dornfelderliebe]

Airsporter Stutzen. Back in the day I was too broke for ages and recently every time one comes up I'm temporarily short.

[Gamocfx]

I know your pain Dorner! I have always had a thing for the BSA Stutzen.... lookin back it wasn't really out of reach for me I was just too tight!

[Dornfelderliebe]

I know your pain Dorner! I have always had a thing for the BSA Stutzen.... lookin back it wasn't really out of reach for me I was just too tight!

Hmm Nowadays that might have something to do with it.

[laverdabru]

Another vote for the Longbow.
Also on the Webley front, I hummed & hawed about a Mk 3 SuperTarget being sold on here, when I decided to go for it it was on its way to Germany. And a Mk 1 pistol, also on here.

[Gamocfx]

Is the Longbow over 12ft lbs? I once saw an article or advert claiming it was the most powerful break barrel in production? My memory is not what it once was but Im pretty sure it was the Longbow.... never seen one for real.

[Lumberjack]

A wooden stocked Benjamin-Sheridan 397. Small, light, pointable. Maybe not the most glamorous at the time (1980's) but it just felt 'nice' when I handled it in the shop. That said, the reason for the visit was a mk1 HW77; so it went back on the rack. Should have just busted the budget and taken both. Hey-ho.

[Gamocfx]

Yes a beautiful rifle... I too should have bought one of these.... strangely I also have a HW 77K from an age ago

[JOHN K]

[QUOTE=Lumberjack
Ahhh that would of been the Benjamin 347.. i have a couple of these & the 342 both great little guns..

[chris u'5]

A Webley Excel that had been customised by Venom.

There was an advert in one of the gun magazines for it and I stared at the pictures and read the description a million times, I was only 12 or 13 though so it was out of my reach unfortunately