« previous next »
Pages: [1] 2   Go Down

Author Topic: Went to the Gun Show....  (Read 2988 times)

Walter45Auto

  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1800
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Went to the Gun Show....
« on: September 27, 2010, 12:37:57 AM »
Went to the gun show after church. Sold my M1 Carbine and my Charles Daly Maxi-Mag, which gave me enough cash to buy something I've wanted for a while. I finally got a .357 Lever gun. It's got the 16 inch barrel. I'd rather have one in stainless, but I think I'm happy with the one I got. Now I gotta get to the range.
Logged
"If You seek to do me harm, I don't care about your past." - Michael Bane

Walter45Auto

  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1800
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Went to the Gun Show....
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2010, 01:23:40 AM »
That's about how I felt about my M1 Carbine. Like the history; it's a fun little shooter, but I don't have a real practical use for it. The shotgun, I sold because I don't bird hunt. I got MOST of my money back on the Carbine (All but $20. I paid $270, and got $250 for it.). The Shotgun, I was given a fair price for. $200 cash and $50 worth of ammo. (A box of .45 ACP ball, and a box of .223 Soft points.) That got me a rifle I've been jonesing for, so I'm happy. (And yes, I do have the new boom stick in my lap as I type; as is the true gun nut tradition. ;D ) I did come pretty close to buying a Charter Arms Bulldog instead, but I reminded myself how hard .44 Special ammo can be to find. One guy had a Winchester 94 in .30-30 for $300. I thought about getting it, but it looked like it may have been beat up. Also, I didn't feel like adding yet another caliber to my ammo stash right now.

There is one thing I don't like about my 92 though. The Saddle ring. I've never been real keen on Saddle rings. BUT It's definitely a flaw I can overlook.
Logged
"If You seek to do me harm, I don't care about your past." - Michael Bane

fightingquaker13

  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11894
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Went to the Gun Show....
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2010, 01:34:32 AM »
Quote from: Walter45Auto on September 27, 2010, 01:23:40 AM
That's about how I felt about my M1 Carbine. Like the history; it's a fun little shooter, but I don't have a real practical use for it. The shotgun, I sold because I don't bird hunt. I got MOST of my money back on the Carbine (All but $20. I paid $270, and got $250 for it.). The Shotgun, I was given a fair price for. $200 cash and $50 worth of ammo. (A box of .45 ACP ball, and a box of .223 Soft points.) That got me a rifle I've been jonesing for, so I'm happy. (And yes, I do have the new boom stick in my lap as I type; as is the true gun nut tradition. ;D ) I did come pretty close to buying a Charter Arms Bulldog instead, but I reminded myself how hard .44 Special ammo can be to find. One guy had a Winchester 94 in .30-30 for $300. I thought about getting it, but it looked like it may have been beat up. Also, I didn't feel like adding yet another caliber to my ammo stash right now.

There is one thing I don't like about my 92 though. The Saddle ring. I've never been real keen on Saddle rings. BUT It's definitely a flaw I can overlook.
I had a`Winchester 94 in .44 mag with a saddle ring. I sold it. :'( Its one of my list of "what was I thinking" trades. Still, I never could figure out what the damn thing was for. Its sort of like the forward assist on an AR. Nice in theory, but I'm half willing to buy any GI who's ever felt the need to use it a beer. ;D
FQ13
Logged

fightingquaker13

  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11894
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Went to the Gun Show....
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2010, 01:36:01 AM »
Quote from: Walter45Auto on September 27, 2010, 12:37:57 AM
Went to the gun show after church. Sold my M1 Carbine and my Charles Daly Maxi-Mag, which gave me enough cash to buy something I've wanted for a while. I finally got a .357 Lever gun. It's got the 16 inch barrel. I'd rather have one in stainless, but I think I'm happy with the one I got. Now I gotta get to the range.


Nice trade. I loved my M-1 carbine for the history, but hated it for being, well, an M-1 carbine. Others might disagree, but I think a .357 lever is a solid improvement for hunting and SD. Now you need a GP 100 to go with it and you are set.
FQ13 who is envious and looking forward to the RANGE REPORT! 
FQ13
Logged

fightingquaker13

  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11894
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Went to the Gun Show....
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2010, 01:40:23 AM »
Corrrection: My Second post should have preceeded the first one. I tried to edit it and screwed up. Please read the second one first and the thread will make more sense.
Sorry  :-[
FQ13
Logged

Sponsor

  • Guest
Re: Went to the Gun Show....
« Reply #5 on: Today at 10:21:45 PM »
Logged

Big Frank

  • NRA Benefactor Member
  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 11250
  • DRTV Ranger
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 1555
Re: Went to the Gun Show....
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2010, 06:08:45 PM »
Nice gun. I don't have any use for a saddle ring so I took mine off and plugged the hole with a screw.
Logged
""It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even his personal services to the defence of it, and consequently that the Citizens of America (with a few legal and official exceptions) from 18 to 50 Years of Age should be borne on the Militia Rolls, provided with uniform Arms, and so far accustomed to the use of them, that the Total strength of the Country might be called forth at a Short Notice on any very interesting Emergency." - George Washington. Letter to Alexander Hamilton, Friday, May 02, 1783

THE RIGHT TO BUY WEAPONS IS THE RIGHT TO BE FREE - A. E. van Vogt, The Weapon Shops of Isher

cookie62

  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 893
  • DRTV Ranger
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 1
Re: Went to the Gun Show....
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2010, 07:27:28 PM »
Quote from: Walter45Auto on September 27, 2010, 01:23:40 AM
There is one thing I don't like about my 92 though. The Saddle ring. I've never been real keen on Saddle rings. BUT It's definitely a flaw I can overlook.

Now you'll have to buy a saddle ;D
Logged
A bird in the hand is worth..Well, about a box of shells!
Yes, I'm bitter and cling to guns and religion..

PegLeg45

  • NRA Life, SAF, Constitutionalist
  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 13267
  • DRTV Ranger
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 1366
Re: Went to the Gun Show....
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2010, 07:48:26 PM »
Quote from: cookie62 on September 27, 2010, 07:27:28 PM
Now you'll have to buy a saddle ;D

And of course the horse....don't forget the horse.... ;D  ;D  ;D

Nice rifle, Walter.
Logged
"I expect perdition, I always have. I keep this building at my back, and several guns handy, in case perdition arrives in a form that's susceptible to bullets. I expect it will come in the disease form, though. I'm susceptible to diseases, and you can't shoot a damned disease." ~ Judge Roy Bean, Streets of Laredo

For the Patriots of this country, the Constitution is second only to the Bible for most. For those who love this country, but do not share my personal beliefs, it is their Bible. To them nothing comes before the Constitution of these United States of America. For this we are all labeled potential terrorists. ~ Dean Garrison

"When it comes to the enemy, just because they ain't pullin' a trigger, doesn't mean they ain't totin' ammo for those that are."~PegLeg

Hazcat

  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 10457
  • DRTV Ranger
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Went to the Gun Show....
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2010, 10:29:35 PM »
DAMN Walter!  Wish I was there to take that M-1 off you hands!  250 is a STEAL.  I'd would have given ya the 270 and paid the shipping!
Logged
All tipoes and misspelings are copi-righted.  Pleeze do not reuse without ritten persimmons  :D

Walter45Auto

  • Top Forum Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1800
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Went to the Gun Show....
« Reply #9 on: September 29, 2010, 01:55:16 AM »
Somebody told me that my carbine was a parts gun that someone built. It was ok with me, because it shot well and fed well.
Logged
"If You seek to do me harm, I don't care about your past." - Michael Bane
Pages: [1] 2   Go Up
« previous next »
 

SMF spam blocked by CleanTalk