Show #26 - 10/03/07 IDPA Nationals, Steven Hunter and New Giveaways

[Hazcat]

+1 on that!   It just confirmed my decision to get a M&P .45 (w/safety) as my next bottomfeeder purchase.

To rub salt into Bane's wound...my first CZ-75, bought in '85, put me back about $250.  Of course, I bought it while stationed in Germany with the Army...in the States at that time they were going for 3-4 times that.

HUH?  I can get a new CZ-75 for 399.00 right now.

[Revchuck]

HUH?  I can get a new CZ-75 for 399.00 right now.

Right.  But back then, as MB explained during the podcast, they were produced in a Warsaw Pact country, so weren't directly importable, and had a high "unobtainium" factor.  They had to come into the country via a circuitous route and had addition import duties levied on them.  IIRC, $900-1,000 was the going price then.

The last one I bought was a "Tactical" version, bought and traded back in unfired.  I paid $300 + tax.  Life is good.

[Hazcat]

Right.  But back then, as MB explained during the podcast, they were produced in a Warsaw Pact country, so weren't directly importable, and had a high "unobtainium" factor.  They had to come into the country via a circuitous route and had addition import duties levied on them.  IIRC, $900-1,000 was the going price then.

The last one I bought was a "Tactical" version, bought and traded back in unfired.  I paid $300 + tax.  Life is good.

OH!  Thanks for the explanation!  Boy wouldn't that frost your behind if ya paid the big bucks then they dropped that much in price!

[Drifting Fate]

Let's see, Stephen Hunter interview - good.

CZ 75's - very good

Giving away a custom 10/22, one of my all time favorite guns since I picked one out when I was 12 - great!

And, hey, here's my first post.  So, does that get me in?  Either way, love the podcast and please keep them coming.

[kmbr45]

The Hunter interview was entertaining to say the least. What I want to know is when will he be writting a Western Cowboy novel. With his gun knowledge and his ability to develop characters, I think the old west would be a great setting for a Hunter novel. Can you say Great Grandpa Swagger on the range? 

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