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Old 08-02-2017, 12:28 AM
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A Colt XM16E1 US Property marked amnesty gun on a Form 4.
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Old 08-02-2017, 12:54 AM
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Back in my salad days all green and mixed up I bought a British L39A1 which had a 24" hammer forged barrel in 7.62nato. Excellent condition. Set up as a target rifle so no sights. Did manage to get a Paramount target rear sight and base for the #4 rifle. Made up a sight base for the globe front sight. Basically a clamp on setup and I didn't want to drill and tap the front of the barrel. Was very accurate and for some stupid reason which escapes me today used it in a trade for which I cannot remember what I got in trade. Less that 1200 were imported into the U.S. and then there was the MAS 98 style 22rf rifle. Almost mint condition. Again it went down the road. Less than 2000 imported. The spare mags sold for $50 each. After that stuck with military surplus rifles and martini 22rf 12/15's. Frank
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Old 08-02-2017, 01:28 AM
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Guns that got away? Throughout the years, $600 or so seems to have been my breaking point for being "too much" to pay. Of course some of these prices are from 25-30 years ago. In no particular order:

Colt 7-1/2" SAA in .44 Special, $600. At the time I thought that the only proper caliber for a SAA was .45 Colt.

USFA 7-1/2" in .32-20, $700. I thought about it but naaah, just didn't want that little oddball caliber.

S&W Model 25 in .45ACP with a 4" barrel for $400. I wasn't much into Smiths at the time so I have no idea if it was a unicorn factory 4" barrel or cut down, but it sure looked beautiful.

Model 58 with a Model 29 4" .44 Magnum barrel and cylinder, $700. I had just bought a Model 22-4 and a 21-4 and didn't think I could afford another fixed sight big bore.

A Webley-Scott .455 self-loading auto pistol for $600. I was really into foreign WWII military autos at the time but they were more in the $300 range generally.

A stack of C96 Mauser Broomhandle carbines in wooden boxes for $300 each. These were made up by Fed Ord using receivers from China and were in 7.63 caliber, and I didn't want it if it wasn't a 9mm. I thought they were kind of rough but I saw them being passed off as originals 20 years later for thousands of dollars.

Shansei .45ACP Chinese Broomhandle that went for $700 in an online auction a few years ago.

Nicely refinished 3-1/2" Registered Magnum at a Tulsa Wanenmacher show a couple of years ago. Priced at $2800 and a guy was writing a check for $2500 for it, just as I was walking back up to offer that much for it. Probably my last chance to own an RM for a price that I could stand to pay without bleeding from the ears.

The list goes on. However I have a couple of gun safes full of stuff that I did not let get away....
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