"Don't ever sell your guns - especially if it's just for the money." That's what an older friend told me years ago when I considered financing a new gun purchase by selling one of my older guns.
I thought he was being a hypocrite. I mentioned, "Don't you remember you sold me that mint 1976 S&W M-19 a while back?" (complete with box, papers and original receipt of purchase!).
My friend just laughed, "I didn't need the money. You saw it and liked it - that's why I gave it to you for $150. To me that's still keeping it in the family."
Friends like this are hard to come by.
Here's that gun:
