I'd love to have a Model 53. They're cool, they create extraordinay fireballs & sound effects, and they're K-frames, which I'm dog nuts crazy about. The trouble is the ammo. Where I live, I could NEVER get any. Add to that, the problems with charge-hole hygiene, and the fun factor slides way down. As much as I'd like one, I'd have to pass, unless it was a steal. $2,000.00 seems a long way from being a steal.

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