Thread: Is there a rifle you wish you 'd never got rid of?

I regret burying my AR, AK, SKS and >45carbine in my septic tank.

Originally Posted by Sarvo

What sadist started this Thread :-)))

A beautiful Walther 22 Hornet :-(
No pics even of her

Could send you a photo of mine if I haven't already.

Originally Posted by csmiffy

@gundoc the 318WR would've been a bugger to get rid of. Why the hell has that calibre popped up so much for me lately? That's what started me thinking of a 338-303

you can almost get there with an 8 x 57 and easily with 8mm-06 or 338-06.

Apart from my naughty guns and one particular handgun. Nope.

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Originally Posted by stevodog

you can almost get there with an 8 x 57 and easily with 8mm-06 or 338-06.

P14 yes-old lee enfield nope

303 cartridge not enough capacity. May run close if gibbs or Epps improved but there are easier ways to go

Originally Posted by csmiffy

@gundoc the 318WR would've been a bugger to get rid of. Why the hell has that calibre popped up so much for me lately? That's what started me thinking of a 338-303

I only ever shot one animal with it and that was an old scrub bull that was causing problems in North Loburn about 1972. One in the chest with the .318 at about 80 metres tipped him over. He was carrying .303, .22 and shotgun wounds that had been blasted at him during the previous couple of years by various cockies. I took a couple of deer out of Ashley forest with the .275 Rigby about the same period.

My first rifle I bought with my own money

Marlin .22lr cheap Tasco 4 power scope and a silent kill suppressor

Originally Posted by Cigar

Winchester M94 Trapper

yea wish i never sold mine.....

I had a Carl Gustaf 6.5x55 that I had a custom made stock on it, man regretted saleing that.

A pre 1970 winchester 30-06 with stock and bedding by Jack Bramley. Superbly accurate and beautiful NZ walnut. Should never have parted with it.

Gundoc, your list makes me wish I had bought most of them off you !

I have the carcass of a .12 Bore Percussion Double, no hammers, triggers, or trigger guard, but it is a cool old gun !

My Sako Forester 243, and Vixen 222 oh and a early model Bruno Hornet they were some of my early rifles which I would love to still own.

I always traded for the next gun ( when I was younger ), money was tight and a cupboard full of rifles was too much of a luxury. I would love to have them all back but I always justified their trade as I was moving to a better tool.
So moving on a rifle to get the next was my norm, I dont regret any of their sales as I had my use and fun from them at the time.
One I truly did love to move on though was a Rossi Pomba in .270

Wish I had kept my first "gun", I was 15 and living on Waiheke island and mum wouldn't let me have a gun. Soooo, I made one, .640 smooth bore 24" long sort of a shot gun and two teaspoons of black powder, 12 or 15 #1 bbs did the job on rabbits. Yes, it was a water pipe gun, muzzle loader, bit of history there, wish I had kept it, Hackberry Finn days.