We all like the "what have you bought" threads so I thought we'd try the opposite. Therefore, what have you SOLD lately?

I'll start...

I'm trying to trim all of the fat from my gear so I've sold:

Colt 6920
Remington 1911
Ruger 1911
S&W 1006
S&W 4006
Trijicon TA31
Trijicon TA31RSR

I still have several high dollar guns and knives to sell. I really want to scale way back on extraneous and redundant items. Ironically I've sold almost NO gear even though I've had tons listed online.

Oh yeah, I've also sold:

(4) KAC RAS sets

and a Cold Steel Master Hunter.

I'm that guy that researches the crap out of stuff before I buy so I don't have to have buyer remorse later.

Arch, I see you got rid of a Colt 6920 as part of the fat reduction program. Was it because of redundancy or did you decide to standardize with your SCAR's?

The 6920 was my third favorite DI AR behind the Colt 6520 (super light KISS carbine) and BCM Hammerforged Midlength (softer shooting, longer sight radius and more ... Therotical reliablity).

I had two 6920, and am moving away from DI. I've owned tons of ARs over the past 31 years, and feel DI is poor engineering.

Now that 6.5 pound top shelf piston designs are available the whole "DI is lighter" (the only real argument in favor of a DI system) idea has been negated.

I prefer my ACR, SCAR, POF & LWRC ARs to the DI ARs.

If I had to chose one 5.56 rifle it would be either the SCAR or LWRC M6-SL with M6IC lower.

I sold my last BCM at Thanksgiving.

I'm keeping one Colt 6520 and one 6920 .... mostly for nostalgic reasons.

My 5.56 collection will look like this when I'm done:

Colt 6520
Colt 6920
FN Scar-16
LWRC M6IC Enhanced
LWRC M6SL
Steyr AUG

I'm selling my:

(Extra) Colt 6520
Bushmaster ACR
POF Puritan with Billet Lower
Ruger Mini-14 Tactical
(Extra) Steyr AUG

I'm even SERIOUSLY considering cutting more fat and dropping down to just the SCAR & LWRC.

Nothing.

Have my CZ 527 up at my LGS. Just don't love it like I thought I would!

Tom,
Your steel horde is legendary!

Rich,
Did it just leave you cold or was it something else?

Thinking about selling my 45acp XDS. Tears up my finger when I shoot it and I could probably come up with something else I would like. BUT in all fairness I will probably put another box through it before I make my final decision.

I'm planning on selling my Ruger GSR. And maybe a few Kin knives this spring.
What type of gear are you parting with. I'd like to know what you have tried and liked or disliked and why. For someone who needs gear like me it's a good learning opportunity

Last thing I sold, was an Extrema Ratio Shrapnel.

That little blade is way cool, but I had zero use for it.

For the same reason I am trying to rid my self of my TOPS Skymarshall HP.

Less accurate than I was hoping for...pickier with ammo than I planned too.

I'm not a fan of the XD line. I've probably had 5 or 6 in different calibers and configurations. Didn't care for any of them.

I loved the IDEA of my GSR, but hated Ruger's execution. Sold it - haven't looked back.

That is interesting.

I just dropped a load of stuff off at a gun show. A friend has a table so I split the cost. I have VERY LOW expectations for sales though. Gun shows seem like they only attract bargain basement buyers now.

I can't remember the last time I sold something for over $300 at a show.

Hell around here you can't find anything under 300 bucks Arch.

I will be selling my trap gun soon, I just can't hit anything with it I do better with my MKA 1919 shotgun.

Maybe you need to schedule a visit up North Gary.

I'm not a gold member at BF but I'll be selling sooner or later.

1) A CGDF (Tanker Gray) used once...barely
2) Extra TRASH1 New
3) And Spyderco Centofante 4 NIB

But I've never sold a knife sooooo I might hold on to them. I've purchased at BF and everything has gone smoothly. We'll see.

I still have to buy a gun (Home Defense) probably a shot gun

MM

I've sold a Ruger Mini-Thirty stainless, a S&W 325PD, and a little J frame. The only one I regret is the Mini-Thirty, but I'm not too hard on myself about it. It was fun to shoot, though.

What is this "selling phenomenon" you speak of ???

In fairness I was cleaning house and have recently offered up a good number of bits of surplus Aussie gear I hoarded in the late 80s and 90s, I mean who "needs" 40 or so Browning High Power Pattern 58 holsters or 7 F88 (Steyr AUG) vehicle mounts ??

Personally I think 40 is on the light side.

YMMV

Gun show sales report...

My "friend" that manned the table yesterday didn't put out half of my stuff. ALL of his stuff was out...

Anyway, today was my day to man the table so my items went out on display.

I sold...

(2 Original) AR-18 Mags $75
(650rds) 22 Mag Ammo $240
(8) 42rd AR-15 Mags $75

My costs...

$25 table rental fee
$500 Aimpoint T-1

Guys, around here the way to sell guns and ammo is at farm auctions. I bought a NEW S&W M&P 15 for $610.00 through CTD; at a nearby farm auction a USED one in decent shape sold for $900.00! Also, some .22LR ...50 rd. boxes with the $1.75 tag STILL ON THEM, sold for $11.00 apiece!

LOL yep that will happen at least the sales helped offset the new optic.

That's a great price for a T-1.

My soul...or at least I'm refinancing it.

Just make sure your re-financier is the redemption business!

It is a great price (its BNIB). He received it as part of the LWRC promotion (buy an LWRC get a FREE Aimpoint T-1 with LRP mount) so he had $0 in it. The LWRC rifles on his table were priced at market so the Aimpoints were pure profit.

It was listed at $550 but he accepted less.

Its why I quit going to shows years ago! I also despise the people that think because its a gunshow they can offer $50 for a $2000 item (and then act like they're doing you a favor).

I didn't realize I had sold and traded as many as I had. But all of these where sold or traded so ibcoukd have a more well rounded collection.


S&W M&P40
EAA Windicator
Taurus PT738
Springfield M1A Scout
FNH Five Seven
Aresnal SlR-107
H&R Pardner 12 gauge

Out of all of them the Five Seven is the one I sort of wish I had kept. And this is because I had 400 rounds of ammo that I pretty much gave away. The ammo had gotten up to $30/50 and was becoming harder and harder to find locally . There wasn't really anything I "needed" it for so it went to a new home. But now I'm seeing ammo for $16/50 so it would've been a cool gun to still have around.

Sold some more...

(4) LBT Plate Carriers
Aimpoint CompM4

I'm taking pictures of the rest of my spare field gear as soon as the rain stops and I get a little sunlight this weekend. Hopefully I'll get the rest sold soon!

This weekend I'm also going to re-upgrade my BF membership so I can stick 5-6 Busse on the Exchange.

It feels good to be reducing my extras!

Congratulations Gary! Glad to see you're able to get rid of some of your extras.

A co-worker has a Five Seven and is afraid to shoot it due to ammo price and availability. The SLR107 would have been the one I'd lament. I've had three of them - gold standard of the AK world. (I sold all of mine too).

You need to point that guy to the internet for 5.7x28 ammo. PSA has ammo for $14/50. The ammo was $30 with taxes and usually not even on the shelf. And this was months to maybe a year or so before Sandy Hook... If the ammo was priced like it is now I'd probably have kept it as a range toy. I really liked it but I like to at least intend to shoot my guns even if I don't.

A lot of things factored into me letting the 107 go. It didn't have a scope rail and I already had a 101 that I really liked. It and the M1A didn't equal up to a SCAR but they added up to a SCAR. I sold the M1A at a $400 loss and offered up the cash and 107 towards the SCAR. Hard to miss the 107 now...

I had originally planned to get another 107 with a scope rail at some point to replace the one I sold. But I read a discussion about Arsenals warranty and it was a bit disappointing. I've been leaning more towards a AR15 in x39 now.

I've owned a disturbing number of various Arsenal AKs and M1As (many models and duplications). I have no love for the M1A (neat design but quality and execution issues galore). Arsenal AKs are generally good to go. The finish' top coat is garbage, but if you're not a "fit and finish" person...who cares.

Springfield's CS is outstanding - they get a lot of practice...

I never had to use Arsenal's.

At the end of the day, the AK is a 70 year old design created for illerate conscript soldiers with poor training. It does what it's suppose to do, and does it well. It does not, however, meet the standards (ergo, accuracy) established in the west.

The contemporary piston designs (coupled with B A S I C maintenance) have largely obseleted the AK. FN's SCAR is a marvel. Until people handle (light, ergo, comfortable) and shoot (accurate, low recoil, easy to manipulate) one they cannot appreciate how advanced the design truly is.

Last night I had all of my rifles out as I was changing optics around, and the SCAR was the rifle I kept picking back up.

If the Illuminati North Korean Alien Zombies started Red Z Dawn in my hamlet today...you'd find us hunkered down with a pair of SCAR-16's. They call me Capt PopTart.

ETA: mine with a TA31 and hers with a CompM4.

Last fanboy comment...

I get VERY annoyed when people say "the SCAR 16 doesn't do anything better than a quality AR15".

First, those people read the military stopped buying the "Light" and don't understand it was a logositisal and financial decision.

Second, they are ignorant or stupid:

Folding stock, reciprocating CH with actual forward assist capabilities, true monolithic receiver design, adjustable gas system, short piston reliabilty, no annealing of the bolt from operation, lightweight compared to an equally equipped AR (might not be lighter than one of this hideous "Keymod" railed ARs), adjustable cheekweld, non-depot level barrel replacement, less small parts during field stripping, and Hammerforged barrels (available from some AR vendors but not universal).

The SCAR's superiority is largely why I'm selling so many other guns. I'm keeping a few for range fun, but nothing beats the SCAR for "when you actually NEED a rifle".

I'll keep a few toys to make range trips more than just training, but my "collection" is rapidly contracting. It doesn't hurt to have fun at the range, but 2-3 toys will be enough.

ETA: I have someone picking up my ACR today or tomorrow.

Last gun I sold was my Sig P220. Actually I swapped it in on the CX4 Storm carbine. Don't worry though, I still have 2 45s.

Hey I like the skeletonized rails. LOL but I do agree the SCAR is a hell of a weapon system.

I like the rail on my LWRC IC Enhanced. It isn't skeletonized, per se, but it doesn't have any picatinny sections on it. You add sections were you need them.

Lol yeah I hate key mod but it's a love hate thing. I love my BCM KMR. But they are ugly and I hate you need tools to add and remove stuff.

As long as it doesnt have 6ft of pic rail and weigh 6lbs I am good with it.

Agreed.

Personal peeve: people adding EXTENDED rails to their rifles (especially guns designed with sufficient rails to start).

I'm at a point where I like an AR to have handguards. For the young lads reading this: a handguard use to be a common fixture in the firearms world...it resided where your 4# 67 slot 14" long quad rail now hangs.

Fighting rifle needs five things:

Flip up iron sights;
Optic (selected for mission);
White light;
2pt Sling;
Ammo.

If you're hanging more off your rifle or think you need a 12" quad rail on a 16" barreled 556 carbine...you need to sort out your priorities. Mind you, XBOX isn't real life.

ETA: take an intense two or three day class, and you'll be scuttling the extraneous mall ninja rubbish.

Lol exactly Arch.

My personal AR, still trying to sort out the light situation.

I have a different suppressor adaptor now with a flash hider. That one was a flame thrower.

For about $8 you can get a MapPul angled rail section that is designed to fit your MOE handguard. I use them with VTAC mounted SureFires.

I've put long rails on my ARs I built. They keymod is on my 3 gun rifle. It's nice to have area to extend my arm a little and I shoot better that way. The other is on my dmr and its to help protect and free float the barrel.

Ok ill check them out Arch thanks for the heads up.

Yeah but you got the lighter weight ones GD.

Grease, check out the HL series Streamlights if you want room clearing light pattern. The HPL will give you not quite as wide a beam but it will shine a LOT farther. I had a TLR1 HPL and got rid of it because it didn't give me as wide a beam as I wanted for building use. The TLR1 HP makes me happy.

Here is a link to their beam patterns.
http://www.streamlight.com/en-us/education/apps-and-beams.html

Oh and I didn't derail this thread, I DID talk about a weapons light I sold.

OK I'll check that one out as well, hell this is the yard Skunk we are all derailed. Lol

I have a TLR-1S and really like it. I want to upgrade to the h soon

Streamlight has remarkable CS...even when the customer causes the problem.

I have several TLR-1, and think they're fantastic (esp considering the price point). I've had them in high intensity classes - never failed.

I traded this,

For this,

Awesome!

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S&W revolver stainless with 6in barrel

..... it's not a Smith... Taurus ?

Rossi...

Wow! Barrel for days! Nice!

Try this one Arch.


Yep Rossi I am not high class enough for a S&W. LOL

stainless 6 shot 357 mag with a 6 inch barrel.

Ah guess I didn't look close enough

Sold my ACR last night for $1400 with a bunch of accessories on it (including a SureFire light).

Its funny you bring a Rossi into the mix....

Back during my days at university, I had a very good friend (still friends albeit the geographic distance between us keeps the visits to a minimum) who I turned onto firearms. He quickly grew a single 16ga Remington 870 into a small and rather motley collection of guns.

My friend had a policy of not selling a gun for any reason. To my knowledge, he's only parted ways with two or three guns since I started him down the path about 24 years ago.

Anyway, I get a call one day because he wants to trade his AMT 380 DAO for "something more powerful". I had a Rossi 357M I was using a "glove box gun". It rode around in my truck for a while but I was ready for something different.

We met and traded even IIRC.

About a month later he called to say he finally shot the Rossi and the hammer broke. I found this hilarious because the AMT would FTE.

He had a gunsmith replace the hammer.
I replaced the AMT's extractor.

He called a month later to tell me the trigger broke when he took it out to test fire after getting it back from his smith.

The AMT still wouldn't cycle.

He had his gunsmith replace the trigger.
I had a gunsmith "tune" the AMT's extractor.

He called two weeks later to say the crane broke in the Rossi.
I told him we could trade back because the AMT was seized up and wouldn't fire at all.

He had his smith replace the crane.
I had my smith "fluff and buff" the entire action.

He traded the Rossi for a Marlin Papoose.
I sold the AMT to a dealer for parts, and used the money to partially fund the purchase of a Kimber Gold Combat.

He could never get his Marlin Papoose to work correctly.
My Kimber rounded the slide stop notch out on the slide within 500 rounds. It had to go back to Kimber for a new slide.

I'm convinced Rossi owners are cursed.

Oh no! I have an old break action single barrel 20 gauge Rossi in the safe that my dad got new probably sometime in the early '50s. Its a beater and I only have it for sentimental reasons. I've never fired it.

Don't shoot it. The rest of your guns will suffer as a result.

And now I'm afraid to give it to someone. I guess it needs to be destroyed. But wait! What if that makes it worse?!! Like destroying a ouija board. Guess it's mine forever...

Back in the day my Charter Arms AR7 (this was 1983) was the most problematic and disappointing firearm I ever owned. I had high hopes for it and (prior to it breaking for good in under 12 months) I don't think it emptied a complete magazine without a malfunction !! At the time I also had a Rossi .22 pump (Gallery Rifle) that put the AR7 to shame !!!!!!!!

I think you're safe as long as you:

1) Sprinkle it with Holy Water once a month;
2) Store if FAR FAR away from any FUNCTIONAL guns;
3) Do not touch it with bare hands;
4) Do not touch any other firearm you want to function after handling said Rossi;
5) Instruct, in your Last Will & Testament, that it be buried with you thus entombing the cursed thing.

ETA: You might want to have it buried with you in a lead lined locked box lest the beast escape.

AR7 = massive fail.

I'm doing well unloading my extra guns, but still need to move a lot!

Lol ok I'll just take it out of the safe and look at how pretty it is. I have a rossi 45/70 lever that has been rock solid since I cleaned all the cosmoline out of it. I think that they can be hit or miss but fof the price I am willing to risk it for a range toy. If it proves to be reliable I plan on doing some white tail hunting with it.

What else do you have to shift Arch?

+ Leupold CQ/T in a LaRue Mount and with a Cat Tail

+ HK P2000

+ Ruger 10/22 with TRS-200 Tech Sights

+ FN SCAR-17

+ Ruger Mini-14 Tactical

+ Steyr AUG A3 M1 with Factory 3x Optic

Yeah, I know.

Tell me about the 10/22. PM me if needed.

Adam,
PM inbound.

You're unloading a SCAR? I think I may be going into shock!

Randy,
Unfortunately yes. I don't really need two of them in 7.62x51mm. Ammo prices are sufficiently high to keep me from wearing one out.

BTW: chew an aspirin. I don't want skunk blood on my hands.

Well I am just mailing some more holsters and AUG racks to the US today...

Wish I could give that scar a home!

AUG rack?

If you believe enough...it can happen

For 10 payments of only $199.95 it could be yours! But wait...

Dr already has me on a baby aspirin a day plus some other meds. What I need to get under control is my Diabetes. Went from (A1C) from 6.8 three months ago to 9.1! Don't know why, nothing has really changed, still eat pretty much the same, same amount. BUT he wants me to see if my insurance will pay for one of three fairly new once a week inject-able drugs. He now has me on the max amount of Metformin he says (2500mg a day) and it still won't get my blood glucose levels below 250 (Normally in the 350-435 range).

Alas, I gave away my L1A1 several years ago to my BIL to pay off something. Now only .308 I have is my Remy 600. Now if you would like to work up a heads up swap...

ADF vehicle mounts/racks for the F88.

Wednesday:

Sold (1) Aimpoint CompM4
Sold the FN Scar-17

Thursday:

Sold the HK P2000

I used the money from Wednesday & Thursday's sales for new optics and ammo. They also paid for the Glock 20 Gen4 FDE and S&W 65. I also ordered a new POF AR.

Now I'm down to....


+ Leupold CQ/T in a LaRue Mount and with a Cat Tail

+ Ruger 10/22 with TRS-200 Tech Sights

+ Ruger Mini-14 Tactical with (12) Factory 20rd Mags

+ Steyr AUG A3 M1 with Factory 3x Optic

+ (2) Busse SFNO

Why a POF AR? I thought you liked LWRC?

GB,
I have and like both. They're very different.

The LWRC is more like a fine tuned and crafted machine while the POF feels more basic but perhaps more durable. Its difficult to quantify.

My POF below:

I have three different piston design AR:

LWRC M6-SL .... which is a fixed iron "KISS" carbine

LWRC IC-Enhanced with Aimpoint T-1.... which is my "CQB" carbine

POF 415 Billet Lower / POF Puritan Upper with Aimpoint M4 .... which is my "general purpose" carbine.

I ordered another Puritan. If I had to explain the POF in simple terms it would be ... its the FAL of the AR world ... or its more like an AK.

Interesting so you don't feel one design is better than the other?

Most people would say LWRC is better.

I've never had a single malfuction of any kind with POF.

I had TONS of malfunctions with my LWRC IC-E during the break in period. NOTE: I was shooting Wolf ammo in a piston rifle with an H2 buffer. I probably would have eliminated most of the problems had I used an carbine or H buffer.

My LWRC M6-SL has had zero malfunctions.

My LWRC IC-EB has had zero malfunctions.

Statistically the POF is superior.

I prefer the POF's gas system from a maintenance standpoint. You don't have to remove the HG to maintain it.

Time will tell.

After I have 3-5k through one specimen from both systems I'll know.

Wow I didn't know you had to remove the handgaurd on the LWRC. What do you think of PWS rifles and their piston?

No experience, but most knowledgable people I know say they're hobbiest grade

On the railed guns there are two thumb screws that hold the top rail in place. Has to be removed to remove the 3 pc piston assembly.

Screw visible here...

Oh ok.

Sooooo..... rummaging in my storage bins... I found ANOTHER dozen or so BHP holsters, some more of the F88/AUG vehicle mounts, some left handed Safariland Glock holsters and some assorted Aussie webbing that all needs to go to fund my knife addiction... LOL I just ordered a CRK Sebenza 21 with the holster proceeds from this past month

Andy,
Send me some pics/details about that webbing when you get a chance.

No problem mate, it will be next weekend (Sunday afternoon here already) I suspect though. Loooong week ahead...