bigpower491
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This stuff always happens every time I walk into my LGS. I recently bought a nice Weatherby rifle off the broker for a pretty good price, and today I went over to do the paperwork. I little long lunch so to speak, as one day here at the shop it's musical shifts and no overtime, then it's back to regular shifts and 12 hours. I usually get delayed for anywhere from 15 minutes to 24 hours during the background check, and figured I'd do the 4473, have my guy call it in, and just go back and pick up the rifle tomorrow. Called him about 10 this morning and the second thing comes out of his mouth is "I just got some pretty nice Colts in on consignment, better bring your cheque book".
And nice they are.....a '76 vintage Diamondback 22 in nickle, and a couple of troopers, a 4" 357, and an 8" 22 magnum. Just what I needed to see, right. Then the handling and inspection....that 357 is absolutely flawless, very very nice to the point I wanted to just return the rifle. Hem and haw, and I tell old mate lemme think about that 357 a bit, probably let you know tomorrow. Of course, the delay came, and I got in my truck started heading back to work, crunching numbers in my head....swear this guy knows me like a damn book now, about 20 minutes after I left, he called and said we got the proceed from the man. I then told him, I'm done thinking on that Colt, I'll take it.
So I reckon I'll be doing another 4473 tomorrow. A price check on the various auction sites says the price is reasonable as compared to what others are asking and what some are bid to so far. The gun is sweet, and since I got that King Cobra Target I've kinda caught the Colt bug. That Trooper has a very nice trigger and it's pretty tight for a 50+yr old gun. Doesn't appear to have seen much range time, and the blued finish is absolutely flawless. And near as I can tell, from reading alot of posts from you fine gents in the know about such things and what to look for, it's the original finish.
We get out early on Fridays, I'll sit there until he closes and wait if they delay me again, but I think this will be a nice addition to my growing revolver collection. Certainly looking forward to picking it up. That poor new rifle will probably not even come out of the box for a week......
We'll see how we go
And nice they are.....a '76 vintage Diamondback 22 in nickle, and a couple of troopers, a 4" 357, and an 8" 22 magnum. Just what I needed to see, right. Then the handling and inspection....that 357 is absolutely flawless, very very nice to the point I wanted to just return the rifle. Hem and haw, and I tell old mate lemme think about that 357 a bit, probably let you know tomorrow. Of course, the delay came, and I got in my truck started heading back to work, crunching numbers in my head....swear this guy knows me like a damn book now, about 20 minutes after I left, he called and said we got the proceed from the man. I then told him, I'm done thinking on that Colt, I'll take it.
So I reckon I'll be doing another 4473 tomorrow. A price check on the various auction sites says the price is reasonable as compared to what others are asking and what some are bid to so far. The gun is sweet, and since I got that King Cobra Target I've kinda caught the Colt bug. That Trooper has a very nice trigger and it's pretty tight for a 50+yr old gun. Doesn't appear to have seen much range time, and the blued finish is absolutely flawless. And near as I can tell, from reading alot of posts from you fine gents in the know about such things and what to look for, it's the original finish.
We get out early on Fridays, I'll sit there until he closes and wait if they delay me again, but I think this will be a nice addition to my growing revolver collection. Certainly looking forward to picking it up. That poor new rifle will probably not even come out of the box for a week......
We'll see how we go
