I bought a few firearms in 2022. I found a nice High Standard, Hamden made 4 1/2” Victor, that is a real gem. I like it a lot, but my favorite is a grail gun, I have lusted after since I was a young kid. A Colt third series 4 1/2” Match Target Woodsman. I found, what I would call a 99% one, since it doesn’t have a box. There is no blue wear, dings or scratches anywhere on it. I remember as a young boy, 10-12 years going to the hardware store, in town and looking at the guns. There was everything dreams were made of. Browning Auto 5s, Browning rifles, in rimfire and center fire. Just all kinds of neat stuff I wanted. There was, on occasions a Colt Woodsman, in the handgun case. There was this exact Colt Match Target Woodsman in there for a while. I would look at it, sometimes get to hold it, depending on who was working and dreaming I could own it. I just knew I could save my yard mowing money and buy it. Big dreams for a boy. Then I went in one day and it was gone. I teared up at the thought of someone else having the nerve to buy it out from under me. The man behind the counter could see my disappointment. He told me, it was not the last one that would ever be made. I didn’t know who bought it, but I was mad at them. As time went on, a wife and babies stopped me from getting one. I did manage a Woodsman sport, but just being out of college, new in my field, wife, baby, car and house payment, I had to sell it. I sold it because I knew it would sell fast. I regret selling it, but managed to find another one a few years back. I now have a Woodsman Sport and finally a Match Target Woodsman. I am going to try my best to to hold on to these. Have thought about having them buried with me. I reality, I have a Grandson that really likes them and loves for me to tell him about them and my exploits of doing everything I could to have one, when I was a boy. I think they will be in good hands, when I pass on. It sure is nice to relive boyhood dreams, in later years. It keeps me young at heart.
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