Shortest Ownership Period of a Handgun

[DavidCBaker]

What's the shortest period you've ever owned a given handgun? Say, a week on the one end--you bought it and hated it. Or whatever.

I thought this might be interesting. If you want to protect the guilty, you could just tell us about "your friend" who owned one for three days.

[Guest JHatmaker]

I think the shortest time for me would be a month. I get an itch for something new all the time, so all of a sudden that XDM that I HAD to have isn't so appealing anymore.

It's a bad habit too. I'd hate to count up how much $ I've lost buying new then selling it for it "used" value.

[Metalhead]

Two days. Had a Springfield Operator - an older one with the full length rail. Had a guy trade me his Surefire 5.56 can for it .

[memphismason]

Two days also.

[Smith]

I'm embarrassed to say. I'm with Hatmaker. I got a bad habit of wanting something different. Although I think I will stay with the CZ P07 this time.

[dunndw]

Same day

I "won" (bid way too friggin much) a FNP.40 @ last years FNRA event.

Went to G&L to pick it up, I can't remember but I think I went downstairs and shot it, hated it, and traded it the same day for something else...most likely anotehr 1911

[dralarms]

1 day, bought a glock 22 1st gen, took it home shot it, callled a friend that liked glocks and sold it to him. Then 2 years later bought a Glock 22 3rd gen. for some reason it seems to feel much better.

[Metalhead]

Same day

I "won" (bid way too friggin much) a FNP.40 @ last years FNRA event.

Went to G&L to pick it up, I can't remember but I think I went downstairs and shot it, hated it, and traded it the same day for something else...most likely anotehr 1911

I remember that lol!

[Guest Jeremey]

Three days for a Kel-tec P3AT. I quickly found out my hands are way too big for such a small pistol. A S&W M&P9c took its place.

[Guest billwilly73]

3 days............I bought a Lorcin 9mm for $50 bucks then traded it for a Handi Rifle in .280

[et45]

Anywhere from 10 min. to several hours.If you buy, sell and trade at gun shows this happens a lot.

[Guest bheard]

Correct et I owned a S&W 29-3 for about 5min. at a show.

bh

[Guest Rem_700]

I think the shortest time for me would be a month. I get an itch for something new all the time, so all of a sudden that XDM that I HAD to have isn't so appealing anymore.

It's a bad habit too. I'd hate to count up how much $ I've lost buying new then selling it for it "used" value.

Im the same way,I bought an FN 5.7 back around xmas time and shot it some and the novelty wore off and I seen that it was really to big to carry and I sold it a month later..Im bad for that,I've got a few itches that I want to scratch right now,but I keep telling myself that they are just that,itches and they don't need scratched.

[Guest Bluemax]

I had a Colt 1911 for a little less than an hour at a show in Knoxville. It would have been less but i stopped for lunch

[LA_357SIG]

2 weeks IIRC. S&W M&P 40c. Hated it.

[Guest 3pugguy]

I think the shortest time for me would be a month. I get an itch for something new all the time, so all of a sudden that XDM that I HAD to have isn't so appealing anymore.

It's a bad habit too. I'd hate to count up how much $ I've lost buying new then selling it for it "used" value.

I have not sold anything yet, but sure know what you mean on the wanting another or something different and getting the urge to sell or trade - but have resisted for now. For instance, when I was planning to get a new carry gun (and got my Glock), I thought about selling my Ruger P89 (it's in perfect shape, but not a high dollar gun even when new). When I researched what I would get, I decided the little bit I would get would not offset losing a good shooting, albeit not real "techy" pistol.

Reminds me of my Dad and how he would swap pocket knives all the time - seemed like every Saturday he would be getting something different.

[Guest GT_Rat]

I'll let you know when I sell a gun for the first time.

I still have every firearm I've ever owned.

[Guest 3pugguy]

I'll let you know when I sell a gun for the first time.

I still have every firearm I've ever owned.

That's like me - don't have a lot, but as I wrote earlier, when I see the price to sell it versus the benefit of keeping it, even when getting another, I opt to keep it.

Besides, a fella can always get a bigger gun safe!

[Guest GT_Rat]

Yep.

[Guest canynracer]

2hrs...keltec pf-9

hated it

[Ed Zachary]

One week. Well, the Boss Lady, that is.

Bought her an LCP day before New Years Eve out of state. Picked it up at the FFL on New Years Day. Couple of days later, got a call from the FFL asking us to bring the gun back. They had given us the wrong one...

[Motasyco]

I once picked up a gun and held it for a couple minutes at a show and thought about buying it. Then someone else bought it. Does that count?

[gregintenn]

Less than 1 minute. I bought a 101 Savage from a table at a gun show, turned around, and bumped into a man who wanted it worse than I did. As I had two more at home, I let him have it.

[BryanP]

About six months. It was a POS single-shot .45LC/.410 pistol that I bought from a friend because he really needed money and wouldn't take it as a gift. I played with it for a while Just Because and then sold it.

[Kevo]

16 hours. Bought a FIE 25ACP for $40 bucks from fellow Sonic Employee after shift. Went to kmart next morning and bought box of ammo for $6.99. Went to the woods and shot at some discarded beer bottles. Couldn't hit one from 10 feet away. Sold for $50 to assistant manager before next shift. Couldn't have sold it to a nicer guy...