Got drunk and bought a gun on GB....

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Anyone ever do this? I was having more than a few mixed drinks,ate and then took a nap. Woke up and went on line. Saw an e-mail that I had won a gun off Gun Broker! I Still do not remember bidding for it. I did pretty good however as they usually sell NIB for $1200. So I did OK at $750.
I guess I'll buy it. Wanted one way back in the late 70's but couldn't find one. I know they are heavy guns with a horrid trigger pull and poor accuracy. BUT They look cool..and fit well in derringer my collection.
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"My mother? Let me tell you about my mother."

I'm afraid booze-induced lapses of judgment in bidding aren't a valid excuse ;-) But in this case it's a good mishap. That's a must for any derringer collection, and a good find. As an experiment it failed, but it's still interesting. Personally I'd stick to trailboss cast loads out of it and I'd never use it as a carry piece. It's sure to get noticed at the range.
 
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Been into NV Absinthe Verte with 7UP. Has a sight black liquorish. Not a hard core Absinthe drinker. But it is the flavore of this month. Usually drink cheap butt beers like Earthquake or Milwalke Best Ice.

http://www.lafeenv.com/home.html

P.S. I will never shoot the gun myself...just for the collection.

Roger
 
Ha he thought you ment what i was drinking. Was made Pre American derringer....Just google. COP DERRINGER ..lots of stuff on them.
 
Been into NV Absinthe Verte with 7UP
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Absinthe? I think Taffy Lewis was actually serving those in the film. That's serious hard-core fandom. Not sure I want to know if you have a snake collection.
 
:what: Wow, that is a great price for a great collectors piece. This is weird, because I was just looking at those on GB on Wednesday! If you are going to make a drunken oops purchase, you did well as far as I'm concerned. I once bid on a S&W 629-5 Performance Center (the ones with the adjustable barrel weights and unfluted cylinder) revolver for $1000 while drunk. It sold for $1300 so I didn't end up with it. I'm sad and relieved at the same time.

Nice Blade Runner reference guys. The Merovingian's wife in the second Matrix movie also used one of these to shoot a man in the head. They are neet little guns, and supposedly the weight helps keep the percieved recoil down. I have heard they are inaccurate though, so reserve it for the collectors cabinet, safe, or for point blank situations.

There is a utube video of some guy shooting one. Enjoy, but perhaps you should hide your internet cable, or router before drinking. ;)
 
Wow, I've heard of drunks seeing double...but QUADRUPLE??

I think it's cool :)
 
I was at an estate auction about 3 years ago and they had one of these. I had never heard of it so I didn't bid. Best I can remember it went for a little less than $300.
I did get a bargain on a Marlin Camp 9 at $225 though.
 
COP .357 Derringer.

They were pretty cool back in the day.

Just like the DA .22 Magnum Derringer for us Narcs.

I actually preferred the Jennings .22 auto:)
 
Absinthe was Hemmingway's favorite. And we all know how he ended up....
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Yeah but absinthe made today has very little thujone in it and is very highly regulated for its content.
 
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