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Old 09-19-2010, 12:15 PM
Murdock Murdock is offline
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Default Too nice to carry. Too bad

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Since I have a couple of ASPS, I'm tempted to shoot and carry this, but if they are bringing that kind of money, I will have to rethink about using it. Thanks for the comment, and info.
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Mine is also a late Appleton gun, built on a M439. It's a shame Appleton has kept no records of the 'smthing done on these guns.

Mine came to hand almost by accident. The gun showed up in a local shop that I try to haunt once a week, and it was the first one I'd actually seen. I checked it over to see if it was really an ASP and not just a knock-off, with a little help from a friend. The shop had it listed as a "customized S&W" and didn't know what it was, having obtained it in an estate buy with a number of other guns.

Since then two new magazines from Chris McLaughlin and leather from Ken Null have rounded out the set, but as the prices have risen so dramatically in the last three years I've decided not to carry it or shoot it much.
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