The one HK that got away

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Anybody remember the one or two HK's that you passed on and regret?

15 years ago, I met up with a soldier that brought back a P7 from West Germany. No import marks of course, but I couldn't get past the protruding heel release. He was asking $600 - should have been a no brainer.
 
Selling my mint '66 HK41 back in the "hard up" 90's.

I wonder where it wound up? 10B-767.
 
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I wish I'd purchased either of the WA2000's that were available to me in the early 90's.
Other that that, I've had or still can have about anything else.
 
Back in the late 80's I bought a SF G3 swingdown at a pawn shop for $1,200.

I sold it at a gun show for $5,500 in the early 90's, that was top $ then.
 
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SubRosa said:
Selling my mint '66 HK41 back in the "hard up" 90's.

I wonder where it wound up? 10B-767.
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Found it

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Pre-Ban Heckler & Koch/Golden State Arms HK41 Rifle with Bipod

Rare and Excellent Pre-Ban German Heckler & Koch/Golden State Arms HK41 Semi-Automatic Rifle with BipodManufactured in November 1965, per the "11/65" date on the left of the magazine well, and imported c. 1966 by Golden State Arms, one of the first importers of HK41 rifles. Features hooded post...
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Always thought the metal forearms were especially cool on 41s/G3s.

An acquaintance in Ohio snagged a 7/62 dated Santa Fe G3 prob 10 years ago in a pawn shop for $800. They thought it was just a CAI CETME.

Longtime dealer (now retired) Gene Guilaroff sold a 9/61 dated G3 for $5k back in the mid-90s.
 
Valmet said:
Always thought the metal forearms were especially cool on 41s/G3s.

An acquaintance in Ohio snagged a 7/62 dated Santa Fe G3 prob 10 years ago in a pawn shop for $800. They thought it was just a CAI CETME.

Longtime dealer (now retired) Gene Guilaroff sold a 9/61 dated G3 for $5k back in the mid-90s.
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I did quite the business with Gene--- very honest in his descriptions and pricing. ;)

Tony
 
Valmet said:
Always thought the metal forearms were especially cool on 41s/G3s.

An acquaintance in Ohio snagged a 7/62 dated Santa Fe G3 prob 10 years ago in a pawn shop for $800. They thought it was just a CAI CETME.

Longtime dealer (now retired) Gene Guilaroff sold a 9/61 dated G3 for $5k back in the mid-90s.
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I sold Gene some rare stuff. He was always nice and fun with me. Anyone here have SIG 551 #58? I sold it to him, NIB.
 
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Nope, that one was not mine, different S/N. If I remember rightly, it went to Buddy Hinton.

Oh well...
 
HK SP89...... My first HK purchase was a brand new SP89 I found in the shotgun News in 1993. Actually my first purchase in the HK world was a Flemming seer and when I was waiting on paperwork and due to the new assault weapon ban HK pricing was soring, so i grabed the first thig i could and purchased the SP89. I was making less that ten dollars an hour and thanks to bank of Dad he helped me acquire the 89 for my upcoming seer. I originally wanted a 94 because i wanted to shoot in sub-gun matches, but had no luck finding ine. About two months after i received the SP89 A guy showed up at my dads office with a 94a3 and says "I here you are looking for a 94" and the next thing I know is i owe my dad a lot of money...LOL...We took the gun to gun shows and after about a year later dad says looks like you are just going to have two hosts. The next weekend I guy stopped me at a show and made an offer we could not refuse and seeing how much i owed dad had to let it go. Wish I could have figured out another way, but is all history now.

Scott
 
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HK SP89...... My first HK purchase was a brand new SP89 I found in the shotgun News in 1993. Actually my first purchase in the HK world was a Flemming seer and when I was waiting on paperwork and due to the new assault weapon ban HK pricing was soring, so i grabed the first thig i could and purchased the SP89. I was making less that ten dollars an hour and thanks to bank of Dad he helped me acquire the 89 for my upcoming seer. I originally wanted a 94 because i wanted to shoot in sub-gun matches, but had no luck finding ine. About two months after i received the SP89 A guy showed up at my dads office with a 94a3 and says "I here you are looking for a 94" and the next thing I know is i owe my dad a lot of money...LOL...We took the gun to gun shows and after about a year later dad says looks like you are just going to have two hosts. The next weekend I guy stopped me at a show and made an offer we could not refuse and seeing how much i owed dad had to let it go. Wish I could have figured out another way, but is all history now.

Scott
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Scott,

Nice items--- there was actually a $100.00 rebate on SP89's to move sales--- if you can believe it. :)

tony
 
Totally agree with the above statement, but seeing the SBR world grow over the last 10 years now, it does make a pretty nice PDW, but a seer does make it shine:p
 
Yes Back in the late 80's, Eddlemens at 5 points had the P7's for around $700-$800 IIRC, but purchased a S&W 669 and a Beretta 380 in it's place.
 
I'm pretty sure we've all made a similar mistake, at least once. Mine was at the SAR Show in 2008. A Chinese Dragunov with 150 rounds through it, original owner, had the factory 4x scope, a pair of Russian ones 6x and 8x, and a case of the Russian 7N1 sniper round. The gun came in the original wood crate. He wanted $4K. I had spent a LOT of the money I made on my first contract already and didn't have my second one lined up yet, so I passed. A few years later you couldn't buy the rifle by itself for double that. I saw it on "Set Up Day", it was gone an hour after the show opened to the public the next day. "Duh-oh!"
 
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