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

Regret not regard, can't seem to edit.

Nothing was nothing special, but I regret getting rid of my first rifle. Savage 116 in .270 with a Gunworks suppressor & 3-9x40 Bushnell Elite. Shot MOA with both Hornady 130gr SSTs and Highland (PPU) 150gr straight out of the box. An easily replaceable rifle, but it was the first rifle I ever owned. Sold cos I was heading overseas and needed the money. I'd taken deer before I got it, and since I got back and bought new rifles, but in the time I owned that Savage I only ever shot goats. The guy I sold it to took 3 deer with it the first weekend he had it (still a bit bitter about that ). Still know the guy I sold it to, but unsure whether he's still got it. Might have to ask him about buying it back at some point.

Originally Posted by mudgripz

Interesting that in a few pages here there are four Remington 600s/Mohawks.... Not many made but very very popular with users. Old man had one in 308 and mine was 243. Brilliant little hunter - would love to have it back:

https://www.google.com/search?q=remi...pnAPuI0ubbhIXM

@mudgripz first commercial bushpigs? No suppressors though. Didnt they make them in quite cranky calibres too?

Yep - made in a few of Remington's own calibers - .222, .223, 6mm Remington, 6.5mm Remington Magnum, .243 Winchester, .308 Winchester, .35 Remington, .350 Remington Magnum.

Superb wee northern bush rifle and we found them very accurate for NZDA competitions. No suppressors back then when men were men - and mostly deaf...

They were very innovative - a little shorty with carbine length 18.5" barrel, nylon polymer trigger guards etc. If I saw another one in 243/223/222 I'd grab it in a heartbeat..

sako 75 stainless walnut in 223. saw one in a shop recently in mint condition but they wanted $2450 AUD for it. Sako A5 in 6.5x55 which I sold when I was 20 still regret that one.

A mini thirty and an SKS,

Some guy out Southbridge way has my old .300 Weatherby, loved that rifle, happily have it back.

My Weatherby vanguard .308, blued walnut. First centerfire rifle I owned. Learned to hunt by shooting goats and probably took well over 1000 with that rifle over the years I had it (didn't shoot and leave the goats, 90% got put to use) It wasn't anything special but it always hit the mark. There's something special about a rifle you have spent so much time using it becomes an extension of yourself. Didn't have any dial up scope back then or ballistic calculator...I could just tell where the bullet was going to go, inclines/declines would throw me off sometimes though haha! I was probably 15 when I first got it and my dad sold his Anschutz 1415 .22 to buy it which he bought when he was a teenager, funny coincidence was that the serial number of the vanguard was VL21415.

I’ve forgot!

@Maca49
Just tie a little pink woolen bow on yr current favourite tgen ask your good lady to put it in a safe place so you can't sell it through an absent minded "error".

@Woody, I’ve bought and sold I don’t know how many, I always wanted a double, but was never in a position to have spare bucks to purchase and they tend to be like rocking horse shit!! I now have two of them and like all things you aspire to, once you have achieved the goal you home in on the next one!! Remember everything is for sale, it’s just timing and price, I try not to live with regrets, it chews up to much brain power and at my age I’m into preserving that essential service!!

Fair enough too @Maca49

Kimber K22LR. Had 2, one plain stock and the other really well figured darker walnut. Buyer’s remorse from having 2 sold the pretty one, every time I look at the plain one (even though it’s a fine rifle) I regret it. Others Tikka 595 308, Remington 700 375H&H, Ruger Redhawk 44Mag (left in South Africa). And my ARs, M305s and SKSs.

Originally Posted by mudgripz

Yep - made in a few of Remington's own calibers - .222, .223, 6mm Remington, 6.5mm Remington Magnum, .243 Winchester, .308 Winchester, .35 Remington, .350 Remington Magnum.

Superb wee northern bush rifle and we found them very accurate for NZDA competitions. No suppressors back then when men were men - and mostly deaf...

They were very innovative - a little shorty with carbine length 18.5" barrel, nylon polymer trigger guards etc. If I saw another one in 243/223/222 I'd grab it in a heartbeat..

I’ve got one in .222, dainty wee thing


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Not a rifle but a scope I regret moving on.
A Luepy vari-x III 3.5-10x50...I had the reticle changed to a Luepold Dot and had an M1 turret installed on the elevation. It cost $1300 which at the time was a huge investment.
I caught the long range bug and decided I "needed" more magnification and foolishly sold it to a member on here.
Every now and then he posts a pic of it to remind me of my mistake