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09-03-2012, 10:22 AM
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The older I get...
The older I get (55 now), the more I yearn for the firearms of my youth. I don't have a large collection like many of you, and what I do not have and believe I am going to seek out, are the familiar firearms of my youth. As I remember:
1911
Hi Power
Model 19-3?
Colt Woodsman
Colt Detective Special
Colt Python
Winchester Model 1894 30-30
Winchester Model 94 25-35
Krag-Jorgenson 30-40 Krag
etc...I don't even want to know how expensive this is going to be, but I've got some years left to achieve this. Gives me something to do.
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09-03-2012, 10:54 AM
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You got plenty of time to fill your wish list. If I could go back 17 years (to 55), I'd be getting every Colt 1911 and SAA I could get my hands on, and forgo buying all those temporary "have to haves" that just take up safe space.
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09-03-2012, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Genetically Swiss
... I do not have and believe I am going to seek...
Colt Python
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I wish you the best of luck on your list.
A friend of mine had a chance at a used Python years ago for $400 - $500. He said he doesn't remember the exact price.
He said it had a small dent on the barrel rib, so he walked away. Now that they go for well over $1000 even for a beat-up one, he still kicks himself for not buying it.
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09-03-2012, 11:03 AM
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I am probably the opposite of you. In my younger days i bought "collectable" guns more than I do now. I do own a Luger and a Hopkins and Allen Blue Jacket, but most of what I own now are shooters. Lately, when a gun smiles at me I ask myself "what would i use it for?" I really don't need any more safe queens. Don't get me wrong, In no way am I putting anyone down who collects or acquires guns just because they like them. I did that for years.
I know of several guns on your list for sale. Happy hunting!
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09-03-2012, 12:39 PM
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I definitely know what you mean. I am 61 now, and I think often about the guns I bought when I first got out of the Navy in 1973, to give myself a treat: a Colt 1911 (series 70), a Colt SAA, a Colt Python, and several S&W revolvers: 19, 27, 28, and 29. Then, as money needs arose (going to college) I sold them. I bought them new, and I suppose there wasn't anything collectible about them...but I wish I had found some way to hang onto them, and that I had them to this day. They sure would mean something to me!
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09-03-2012, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by GKC
I definitely know what you mean. I am 61 now, and I think often about the guns I bought when I first got out of the Navy in 1973, to give myself a treat: a Colt 1911 (series 70), a Colt SAA, a Colt Python, and several S&W revolvers: 19, 27, 28, and 29. Then, as money needs arose (going to college) I sold them. I bought them new, and I suppose there wasn't anything collectible about them...but I wish I had found some way to hang onto them, and that I had them to this day. They sure would mean something to me!
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Exactly.
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