DocNugent
Member
That's about the only way you could make out better than I did (no brag, just fact).
The DEAL. A kitchen table FFL in Seattle is expanding into a brick and mortar (literally!) store, and he needed a nice sign design for out front (in scalable vector format for a sign maker to cut vinyl from). Several people from our state gun forum sent him ideas, and he liked mine best. So, in exchange for a CD with several formats of my design, he provided me with a 5906 he otherwise sells for $349 (with tupperware case and one OEM mag), paid the state tax, and absorbed the FFL fee!
The PISTOL. It's not perfect - there are holster wear spots where the satin finish is shiny (I'll blast it with glass bead since I have the equipment and media), and the Hogue grips are too big for my short fingers (so I bought Uncle Mike's grips).
"NECESSORIES". For no good reason, I bought one of those $12 service holsters, and a $49 915 slide to experiment with (e.g., replacing the rear sight with a 1.5" length of picatinny rail for mounting a laser sight and maybe a red dot).
I get a kick out of referring to it as my "free gun" and it's nice that it uses the same ammo as my TNW ASP (AR-style pistol).
The DEAL. A kitchen table FFL in Seattle is expanding into a brick and mortar (literally!) store, and he needed a nice sign design for out front (in scalable vector format for a sign maker to cut vinyl from). Several people from our state gun forum sent him ideas, and he liked mine best. So, in exchange for a CD with several formats of my design, he provided me with a 5906 he otherwise sells for $349 (with tupperware case and one OEM mag), paid the state tax, and absorbed the FFL fee!
The PISTOL. It's not perfect - there are holster wear spots where the satin finish is shiny (I'll blast it with glass bead since I have the equipment and media), and the Hogue grips are too big for my short fingers (so I bought Uncle Mike's grips).
"NECESSORIES". For no good reason, I bought one of those $12 service holsters, and a $49 915 slide to experiment with (e.g., replacing the rear sight with a 1.5" length of picatinny rail for mounting a laser sight and maybe a red dot).
I get a kick out of referring to it as my "free gun" and it's nice that it uses the same ammo as my TNW ASP (AR-style pistol).
