Probably a 1910's vintage unrestored 95%+ original blue Winchester 1895, a nice 6" S&W 17-2 in original box and a mint second gen Glock 17 for a bundle price of $550. On the other hand I've paid MSRP for so many guns that I really needed it...
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Shanghai McCoy
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Just "watching" your finds on the cleaning up the shop thread has made me a bit teary eyed at times...I would post some of mine, but it would only make some of y'all cry.
Poper
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A while back I got the Colt bug when I found a moderately worn Model 70 Gold Cup for $550. I didn't like chasing the brass, so I swapped it to a friend and shortly thereafter found a Second Generation SSA in .44 Special for $680 that was in very nice condition. Sold it 3 years later for $1,400 to pay medical bills.
Then a fellow at the shooting club offered me a pair of nickel plated Pythons for $1400 each. One 2-1/2" and one 6". I couldn't pass them up. The 6" brought $3,125 on a GB penny auction and the 2-1/2" brought $3,525 on a GB penny auction. All proceeds went to medical bills.
The one I really miss is the SAA... What a sweet shooter!
Then a fellow at the shooting club offered me a pair of nickel plated Pythons for $1400 each. One 2-1/2" and one 6". I couldn't pass them up. The 6" brought $3,125 on a GB penny auction and the 2-1/2" brought $3,525 on a GB penny auction. All proceeds went to medical bills.
The one I really miss is the SAA... What a sweet shooter!
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Repaired a fence and gate for a friend that worked at the local rifle range. He had a Belgian Browning SA-22
That he'd picked up. I fancied it and we traded straight across. I had $35.00 in material in that job, I think I did ok?
That he'd picked up. I fancied it and we traded straight across. I had $35.00 in material in that job, I think I did ok?
1911 guy
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Daisy VL rifle. I wanted one just for the curiosity. The only caseless ammunition firearm ever marketed to the public, I believe. I owned it for a while. Then a collector offered me far more than I paid (I got it for a song) and he became the new owner.
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NIGHTLORD40K
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I'm all cried out over your Mosin closet.I would post some of mine, but it would only make some of y'all cry.
1911 guy
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Indeed. There are a few (well, more than a few) here who give me gun cabinet envy. If that's a real thing.
JeffG
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I found an unfired Yugo 8mm Mauser at Gander earlier this year. ($350) I paid the man, and ran like crazy! Remove the cosmoline, a little stock work and wow!!
GunnyUSMC
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I’ll try not to make y’all cry to much.
Here’s the Yugo M48 I bought a few weeks ago for $200 out the door.
Went back to the sams shop a few days later and got this Russian SKS for $250 out the door.
Here’s the Yugo M48 I bought a few weeks ago for $200 out the door.
Went back to the sams shop a few days later and got this Russian SKS for $250 out the door.
bannockburn
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Gunny
Let me get this straight: you have like the Arsenal of Democracy in your house, maybe hundreds (dare I say thousands), of guns everywhere (you even have a Mosin closet), and you're going out and buying more guns!!!
Madness, I tell you...Madness!!!
Let me get this straight: you have like the Arsenal of Democracy in your house, maybe hundreds (dare I say thousands), of guns everywhere (you even have a Mosin closet), and you're going out and buying more guns!!!
Madness, I tell you...Madness!!!
GunnyUSMC
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Madness you say? It's more like therapy. Buying guns has always made me feel good. But then I don't drink or smoke anymore so, it just guns and coffee for me.
GunnyUSMC
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Spanish FR8 I bought sight unseen for $200. I had to pay an extra $25 for shipping.
National Postal Meter M1 Carbine I picked up a few years ago for $350. The rear sight was missing and I had to clean it up a little.
National Postal Meter M1 Carbine I picked up a few years ago for $350. The rear sight was missing and I had to clean it up a little.
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NIGHTLORD40K
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Yep. You spend your money on therapy, its gone. You spend your money on gun therapy, you still have it- in gun form!Madness you say? It's more like therapy. Buying guns has always made me feel good. But then I don't drink or smoke anymore so, it just guns and coffee for me.
Two guns I admired and had to have: A Colt Python and German Luger.
I bought the Python with Ellison sights new in 1980 for $350. It has never been shot and is still NIB. The action is the best I have ever tested from the factory w/o modification.
The “Luger” is a Stoeger Arms .22lr. I bought it for $65 when they had a paper cutout as an ad in a gun magazine in the seventies. I loved the grip but couldn’t see paying the price for a real Luger. It shoots like a dream.
I bought the Python with Ellison sights new in 1980 for $350. It has never been shot and is still NIB. The action is the best I have ever tested from the factory w/o modification.
The “Luger” is a Stoeger Arms .22lr. I bought it for $65 when they had a paper cutout as an ad in a gun magazine in the seventies. I loved the grip but couldn’t see paying the price for a real Luger. It shoots like a dream.
Blkhrt13
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Me ever lovin 44 mag. Model 29 trail boss. Non fluted cylinder, 3inch barrel full underlug. Jet black with pachmyer grips and dead gourgious. I wanted one forever and a day. Smith had a waiting list because they limit production when they offer them at all. I had a friend who had a coworker type of deal who bout it years before at a gun show. His grand kid was moving in and he didn't feel safe with it in the house. I paid 300 bucks for what would cost 1500 brand new. I was told it was a 44 and I passed cash unseen because it was a smith. Then what shows up but a pristine trail boss. It sat in a drawer loaded for eons. Still perfect bluing.
GunnyUSMC
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Here’s me shooting my Colt 1911. Manufacture date August 1918. I picked it up for $530. It’s a sweet shooter.
GunnyUSMC
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Webley Mk VI in 455 Webley. Picked it up for $300.
bannockburn
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Gunny
You know I was just kidding...Buying guns has always made me feel real good too and I don't drink, smoke, or have even tried so much as a sip of coffee!
You know I was just kidding...Buying guns has always made me feel real good too and I don't drink, smoke, or have even tried so much as a sip of coffee!
GunnyUSMC
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If you haven’t noticed, I like to have fun when it comes to guns . I know you were kidding, I was too. But I do love my coffee.
Here’s a pic of my 1911.
I got for such a good deal because this is what it looked like when I bought it. It was covered in black paint.
GunnyUSMC
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Here is a small treasure. A Highstandard Durango W-103. I found it in a Pawn Shop in Baton Rouge. It was priced $99.99. They dropped the price to $69 because, they said, someone had painted it. Little did they know the black paint was the original finish. 
Little did they know the black paint was the original finish.
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deadin
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Springfield M1875 Officers Model. (Well used, but still 1 of 488 made)
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NIGHTLORD40K
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Wow! Nice!
Thought I had a major score a week ago. Found a clean, but parkerized, GI 1911 frame number 900 with a Union Switch and Signal slide on it. They had it marked as a 1912 production Colt, 1st Navy contract for $1200- fortunately they agreed to hold it for me overnight while I researched it. Turns out it had Remington inspectors marks, so it was Remington frame 900, not Colt. Still a fair price for a good GI gun, but not quite as special. I passed.
I've got a poor man's version of the Officer's Model Trapdoor. My Grandparents homesteaded out here in Wyoming before the turn of the last century. Grampa ordered a Trapdoor rifle from Bannermans and paid $7.50 for it.
He put it out in the barn, never fired it in all the time he was there. I found it 50 years later when we were cleaning things out after they moved town. I was 4 years old. The rifle was in pretty sad shape and my Dad stuck it in the back of a closet at home and it was forgotten until I rediscovered it while home from college.
I got a sporterized stock from Rhinehart-Fajen, an unfired barrel from Dixie Gun Works, and made myself a hunting rifle.
He put it out in the barn, never fired it in all the time he was there. I found it 50 years later when we were cleaning things out after they moved town. I was 4 years old. The rifle was in pretty sad shape and my Dad stuck it in the back of a closet at home and it was forgotten until I rediscovered it while home from college.
I got a sporterized stock from Rhinehart-Fajen, an unfired barrel from Dixie Gun Works, and made myself a hunting rifle.
bannockburn
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Iggy
Nice job of fixing up a family heirloom and getting it back into shape as your hunting rifle!
Nice job of fixing up a family heirloom and getting it back into shape as your hunting rifle!
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