Found one of my unicorns

[trevorst]

Found one of my unicorns this past week, 20 years ago I sold a Browning Challenger III 22 pistol, to help pay for my last semester of college. I have regretted it ever since...(not college... The pistol lol).

This week I repurchased a like new one that very well may be my old one. Long story short after the 14 year old and 6 year old ran 350 flawless rounds through her, it's now a family heirloom.


And yes I need to post pics lol.

[Clod Stomper]

<Sigh>

I had one back in the '90's too. Can't believe I sold it. I would love to have one like it again. It was one of the very few guns I've ever sold.

[BigK]

kudos on the happy ending

I know how much it sucks to have to sell any gun you like, but one you love really eats at ya a long time. Sold a highly customized pistol to a friend, partially because he loved the gun a lot too, but also because I needed the money for one I thought I wanted more. He promised to never sell it without giving me first dibs, but he liked it so much that I know deep down that he'll never part with it.

[Dolomite_supafly]

WOW, never new they were that rare. I found one in a pawnshop and passed on it because they had $275 firm on it. Another reason I passed is because I wanted to thread it and the barrel seemed a bit thin.

[trevorst]

WOW, never new they were that rare. I found one in a pawnshop and passed on it because they had $275 firm on it. Another reason I passed is because I wanted to thread it and the barrel seemed a bit thin.

The challenger I and II still pops up occasionally (they are great also.... Last steel frame .22s for Browning...). The III is a tougher one to find it was only made a few years and transitioned into the buckmark. If you found one with the round 6 7/8" sporter barrel in a III that would have been a rare find as most had the slab sided barrel, I believe.

The II and III can use the older buckmark mags and the new ones with a little modification, the original is much harder.


All super nice little .22s though.

[Dolomite_supafly]

It was a thin round barrel that was probably 6 7/8". Had I known I would have snatched it up but I have ZERO clue about Browning pistols.