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attached to any gun??
mdcac
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does anyone else ever have the problem of becoming attached to a gun. for example i have an old blackpowder double shotgun. i havent shot it in at least 5 years but i just cant seem to convince myself to sell it. this thing has a hair trigger and when i was 13 or so and i was shooting at a paper plate with a 69 caliber round ball off the front porch sitting in a chair. we live in the country and shoot into some woods on the front side of our house. well i had already cocked the hammer and as iam taking aim my elbow hit the arm rest funny causing me to jerk my arm an the gun discharged. i didn't know were the round went until the top half of this redoak that my mom had just planted in the front yard fell off. This sucker was at least 3 inches in diametet there but that ball tore it up. This tree had cost about 250 bucks which guess who had to do a bunch of chores to pay for. the funny thing is the tree is still there. my dad decided to see if it would live even though it only had one little limb with 3 leave left. his think was it would be a funny story if it did live and sure enough it is one unique looking tree. anyways i just cant sell this gun but maybe my mom will give me my money back. yeah right.
mdcac
mdcac
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History repeats itself!
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AD ASTRA PER ASPERA
To the stars through difficulties
NIKLASAL@hotmail.com
Have guns,will travel
In all seriousness, I regret almost every gun I've ever sold or traded. Never again.
SSG idsman75, U.S. ARMY
#1. A 1898 Krag thats been sporterized. It belonged to my Great Grandad who gave it to my Dad. Both hunted with it for many years.
#2. A Mossberg Model 42 m(c) .22 rifle. My PaPa on Moms side gave it to me when I was a kid. I had uncountable days of fun running the woods with that gun. It proved deadly on Chipmunks, bottles and woodchucks. Oops and 1 headshot deer.
#3. An unknown manufacture side hammer percussion rifle. PaPa again.
None of these are worth a great deal of money but I will never part with them. I also have sold/given away some guns over the years and have regreted every one.
Never again I say!!!!
"We become what we habitually do. If we act rightly, we become upright men. If we habitually act wrongly, or weakly, we become weak and corrupt" - *ARISTOTLE*
**Like Grandad used to say--"It'll feel better when it quits hurtin"
One time I traded a rifle for something I thought I wanted more and later wish I hadn't. I ended up buying it back (and paid about $100 more than what I got in trade for it). After shooting it the first time after getting it back I wondered "What was so great that I had to have it back?" I ended up trading it off again and loosing another $100 on it ... lesson learned.
The only gun I wouldn't sell is my dads old Stevens Scout .22 S, L,LR. Its rough, rusted, ugly, shot out and it has his name and 2 digit phone number carved in the stock (he lived in a very small town)
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Sometimes the most obvious, is the most elusive!kimberkid@gunbroker.zzn.com
? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
You may have the collector mentality, an incurable disease.
But only for a moment, then the skin ripped and I got loose.
Tom
So, just how does rendering me defenseless protect you from violent criminals?
1. Ruger 77V 280 cal
2. Rem. 788 22-250
3. S&W 686 it was my own carry gun when I was a Reserve LEO
4. Win. 62a 22 lr this one replaced the one I was stupid enough to sell
Me? I have a few I wouldn't part with. Some are for sentimental reasons, but others I've grown fond of just because they're good for bragging...groupings, looks, you know...the ones that are the total package.
Jennings POS: $75
Brick of .22 ammo: $8.99
Giving your ex a Jennings, letting her think she's sneaky by taking a prized possession of yours, and thereby leaving the valuable firearms alone: Priceless
My Uncle bought it new for his son and he (the son ) a few years later needed money and pawned it to my father for 5 dollars. Shortly after that he got drafted to Vietnam. He came back in a box. That is how I came in possesion of it. I used it for years. It was my gun.
About 10 yr. ago the dead sons brother (my cousin) came to me and asked if I still had it. I told him yes and showed it to him. He showed me a picture of his now dead older brother holding it. Told me as far as he knew it was the last picture taken of him before he went into the service. He went on to say he wanted to buy that gun. He had a good job and I could name my price. Whatever I said he would give me.
I grew up with that gun and it had great senimental value to me.
Yet I done what I had to do.
Sold it to him for 5 dollars.
thank you for sharing. That was really touching and you did the right thing.
mdcac
Not to many like you around anymore. I'm a better person for knowing you, even if it is through the computer.
My duty weapon for the last 13 years was a model 65 with gold trigger and engraving, done unprofessionally by a good friend. I replaced it with a 686 a month ago. However, I will pass the 65 on to my oldest son when he gets old enough, and responsible enough to have it.
IALEFI, ASLET, NRA, and proud owner of a pair of S&W revolvers.
If I knew then, what I know now.
Ken
I think you got shafted
Don't worry about the bullet with your name on it, worry about the fragmentation grenade addressed 'To Occupant'.
I enjoy all of my firearms and I wish that I had some back that I have sold or traded away, but I have others now that I like just as much. However, I'll always keep the Savage 99 that Saxon Pig gave me for being a groomsman at his wedding and helping with the reception. The best man and the two groomsmen catered the reception and we all received firearms as tokens of appreciation. That rifle means a lot to me and it reminds me of a very enjoyable time of my life.
WOOF.
Mudge the sentimentalist
I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
Saxon Pig used to have an FFL and he would go to auctions looking for firearms with sales potential. Sometimes, I would tag along just to see what kinds of cool stuff (because all auctions have cool stuff, right?) were available. One time, I couldn't go to the auction but there were two rifles on the list that interested me: a Model 99 Savage in .300 Savage and a Model 760 Remington in .30-06. Saxon went to the auction and, unbeknownst to me, bought both rifles. He then called me and asked me if I had a choice, which of the rifles would I prefer? I told him I would rather have the Savage at which point he said something like, "Well, sorry, I was only able to get the Remington", which was fine to me since it was only going to cost me $200 and it was still a cool rifle. Well, some time later, when it came time to present the gifts, he pulls out the Savage and hands it to me. I was stunned. It was the best gift I had ever received and I was getting it for doing something that turned out to be a lot of fun. I'll always have that rifle.
WOOF.
Saxon...you must be a pretty cool ol` boy!
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