This weekend's gun show finds...

[Truckman]

I've been lusting for some time for a Model of 1950 Target in .44 Special, but affordable ones have eluded me...This past weekend two appeared on my radar on successive days...After some pleasant talk, and a little negotiation (read whining and pleading on my part) I suddenly own two of them...One dates 1954-55 and the other 1955-56, no boxes but really nice condition...

Then I noticed the guy with a table across from mine had a 4-screw 4" blued .44 Magnum (dates to 1957)...He no longer shoots, and his Dad carried this one as a sheriff's deputy...He said his Dad used it to win a shootout with two bad guys, and still had 4 rounds left in case they came back to life...He asked my advice on pricing...It still had the Pachmayrs his Dad used, so I asked about the original grips to which he dug out a pair of Cokes with a small chip out of one...

No box or anything else, and it was a solid gun with only some holster wear on the muzzle (no rust or discoloration under the Pachmayrs)...I told him if it was mine, I wouldn't have any problem putting $2500 on it and negotiating from there...On Sunday he still had it, and was motivated to sell...So after some more talk and wheedling, it was mine...

Pics below are as received and cleanup is underway......Ben

 

[toad67]

That's one heckuva haul, nice score and even nicer guns!

 

[Retired W4]

What a weekend you had down in South Texas. Congratulations on getting that fine trio.

 

[ejjeff]

Congratulations on acquiring some fine shooting irons! Thanks for sharing.

 

[rct269]

MY-MY-MY!!!

Ralph Tremaine

 

[Engine49guy]

Very Nice Score!

 

[CH4]

Great find!
That's some classic iron.

I don't know about you, but for me the search is half the fun of owning it.

 

[gmborkovic]

Truckman, TX has great gun shows. In FL we have the 3Js. Junk, Jewelry
and Jerky! And jerks selling used Glocks and put together ARs. Now I know
why my son moved to Dallas.

 

[RKmesa]

Great weekend!!!

Thanks for sharing,

 

[jcelect]

AND, a set of diamond centered "pre cokes"!
jcelect

 

[Truckman]

I don't know about you, but for me the search is half the fun of owning it.

Not only the search for something new and maybe even shiny, but also the search for a deserving soul upon whom to re-home one of my present treasures......Ben

 

[quinn]

Whew! I guess since San Antonio doesn't have gun shows any more, the Houston area has become the beneficiary. What a grouping!

 

[Truckman]

In FL we have the 3Js. Junk, Jewelry and Jerky! And jerks selling used Glocks and put together ARs

Trust me, we have plenty of that too, which makes a weekend like this one even sweeter......Ben

 

[Truckman]

"pre cokes"!

That's a new term on me......Ben

 

[Truckman]

Whew! I guess since San Antonio doesn't have gun shows any more, the Houston area has become the beneficiary. What a grouping!

I've had productive buying weekends just walking some shows in your general area, particularly Harker Heights and Bastrop......Ben

 

[handejector]

Great haul!
It looks like one 44 Spec is satin, and the other bright?

 

[Truckman]

Great haul!
It looks like one 44 Spec is satin, and the other bright?

Sharp eyes on that big monkey...I had not noticed before, but you are correct...The newer one is finished in bright......Ben

 

[moosedog]

Great finds.
I should move to Texas. The gun shows in Michigan are a joke.

 

[ameridaddy]

Lemme guess; Saturday evening you hit 4 or 5 ATM's, knowing full well you were going back Sunday morning to own that Model 29, right?
What a score!!!

 

[Truckman]

Great finds.
I should move to Texas. The gun shows in Michigan are a joke.

Come on down...We can always make room for another disenchanted damyankee......Ben