Thankfully the free exchange of guns and money kept these guns in circulation. As a man with a few guns bought in good times could always sell them for cash to get through hard times. Guns have always been a hedge against inflation, like Gold. That is one reason old guns reappear when the old folks die and the grand kids sell off the antiques and guns for chump change..............

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