I am sure most of you have been there, but I’m having seller’s remorse.
I had a FEG Hi Power clone that I had a love/hate relationship with because surplus parts kept breaking. Spent a bunch of time on and off chasing the ghosts in the pistol. Enough so that when the trigger axis pin came loose I put it up for sale. About a year went by with people low balling me (as they do on Armslist) so the gun sat. I still worked on it from time to time. I replaced the extractor, sear, hammer, all the springs. I really got to learn the ins and outs of the Hi Power platform. I even did the FN factory fix for the trigger axis pin (some idiot previous to my ownership installed it backwards).
Eventually, a young guy offered me $400 for it against my $650ish in the pistol. I went for it, but reluctantly so. They day before the sale I put her all back together, lubed her up and headed for the range. She ran like a sewing machine with no issues. Finally.
I no longer wanted to sell, but family and friends prodded me along. I went along. Sold. Every episode of the Blacklist (I just got caught up) reminds me of the pure sweetness of the Hi Power. I guess one day I’l get another one, when I can afford it. I learned a lot about the Hi Power, and this experience seems to be another step in gun ownership.
That’s my pity party, sad story. You guys have any similar ones?
If I had a pistol like that I wouldn’t waste a moment regretting it. It’s just going to crap out on you again.
I have a Kahr CW40 that eats mag release parts like candy. I hate that thing so much I don’t even want to bother to stick it in a flat rate box and send it back to Kahr.
I don’t get emotionally attached to most machines, makes life a lot easier.
No, if they don’t work I just trade then in for something else. I did have a commercial HiPower maybe 10 years ago. It was a used gun, looked great but would stove pipe. Got sold the first range day.
When there are plenty of good pistols around, why would anyone want to beat their head against a wall like that? Good riddance. Now get something good and reliable and enjoy shooting.
Unless a firearm has some serious personal significance, like it’s been in the family a few generations, I won’t waste my time with something that just doesn’t work. Way back in the “parts kits” days I picked up an Enterprise FAL for $599 thinking it had to be at least better than Century Arms.
Spent a few months trying to make it work and finally said screw it and sold it for about what I had in it. Picked up a DSA Stg58 and never looked back. Always works, all the time and I’m not taking days off my life trying to make crap reliable.