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Rifles we wish we've never sold, and WHY!
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<blockquote data-quote="ElkSurgeon" data-source="post: 1896443" data-attributes="member: 113493"><p>My first rifle when I was 11yrs old. Mom & Dad bought me a Ruger M77 stainless in 30-06, had the zytel/paddle stock & silver VX2 3-9. Killed deer & elk & built memories. Was 21 thought I couldn't live without the snowmobile at the time so I traded that rifle & $500 cash for a SkiDoo summit. I had another hunting rifle so I thought I'd be fine. Ohh how I regretted my foolishness quite often. Had our first daughter & sold the sled to pay for bills cause I didn't ride as much & life went on.....11 years later my Mom passed away & I could not stop thinking about the sentimental value of that rifle that she helped get me. I'm cringing just typing this <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙄" title="Face with rolling eyes :rolling_eyes:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" data-shortname=":rolling_eyes:" />.......However there's a positive outcome to this post..... Shortly after Mom passed I called my buddy... and explained my situation & asked about the rifle, if he still had it, would you sell it back?? He didn't even hesitate with his response....."it's in my gunsafe, hasn't moved since you sold it to me 11yrs ago.....come get it." I got my rifle back & was able to learn from the foolishness of my youth</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ElkSurgeon, post: 1896443, member: 113493"] My first rifle when I was 11yrs old. Mom & Dad bought me a Ruger M77 stainless in 30-06, had the zytel/paddle stock & silver VX2 3-9. Killed deer & elk & built memories. Was 21 thought I couldn’t live without the snowmobile at the time so I traded that rifle & $500 cash for a SkiDoo summit. I had another hunting rifle so I thought I’d be fine. Ohh how I regretted my foolishness quite often. Had our first daughter & sold the sled to pay for bills cause I didn’t ride as much & life went on.....11 years later my Mom passed away & I could not stop thinking about the sentimental value of that rifle that she helped get me. I’m cringing just typing this 🙄.......However there’s a positive outcome to this post..... Shortly after Mom passed I called my buddy... and explained my situation & asked about the rifle, if he still had it, would you sell it back?? He didn’t even hesitate with his response.....”it’s in my gunsafe, hasn’t moved since you sold it to me 11yrs ago.....come get it.” I got my rifle back & was able to learn from the foolishness of my youth [/QUOTE]
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