Well...after years of lusting after a Freedom Arms Model 97, and hemming and hawing...I took delivery of a new one just the other day.
I can't wait to get it to the range!
I can't wait to get it to the range!
Anyone else recently get a new gun that was actually new?
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New gun before the storm: S&W 686+ 3-5-7, 5" barrel, unfluted cylinder, I put rubber houges on it anchored by a lanyard ring. Becoming my favorite gun when hiking with the pup at my hunting club across the street. It's only 400 acres but I can get a 3 mile hike in every day. I normally target shoot 14 rounds or so from a draw.
dscampbell
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My 640-1 engraved 357. My gift to me for completing my Masters in American History. Not my picture but my exact model
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.38SuperMan
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In the past fifty years of shooting other than vintage military arms I've probably only bought 10 used guns. Two of the 10 had internal issues I didn't discover until a month or so after buying and the cost of repairs drove the cost up to more than a new one. For that reason I'm generally a little hesitant to buy a used gun unless it's unusual and exceptional.
The last new gun I bought was two weeks ago and was a new 4" Python. The one before that was about 6 weeks ago and was a new CZ457 training rifle.
The last new gun I bought was two weeks ago and was a new 4" Python. The one before that was about 6 weeks ago and was a new CZ457 training rifle.
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Other than some semi auto rifles bought last year, my last "new" gun was my Model 28-2 bought in 1979. Shortly after I bought it I took it to the range at Concord NWS and found out it loves my hand. Or is it that my hand loves it? Anyway the target didn't have a center after a box of 50 rds. Shame to say it, but I haven't fired it in nearly 15 years.
Edit: I just remembered the M-36 LadySmith I bought for my wife from Gil Haband back in 95 or 96. They let me change the grips from one of the other pistols in stock because they were better looking and I knew she'd prefer the Black Cherry coloured grips. It's a sweet shooter too.
Off subject; how many of you review your posts before posting. I just caught myself posting several errors of spelling and punctuation. It's the most common cause of my needing to edit my postings.
Edit: I just remembered the M-36 LadySmith I bought for my wife from Gil Haband back in 95 or 96. They let me change the grips from one of the other pistols in stock because they were better looking and I knew she'd prefer the Black Cherry coloured grips. It's a sweet shooter too.
Off subject; how many of you review your posts before posting. I just caught myself posting several errors of spelling and punctuation. It's the most common cause of my needing to edit my postings.
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Out of the 50, or so I have at the moment only my Ruger LCP was bought new. In all I think I have bought 6 new guns in the 30 years I've been buying them. I have had good luck buying used both in price, and function. I have bought some stinkers that should have been left, but most of those were cheap made guns from the get go that I should have known better only a few were quality brands.
stonebuster
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I bought my first three handguns new(2 Rugers, 1 Sig) in 2015 because I didn't know how to properly inspect a used gun. Since then I've bought ten used revolvers made between 1965-1988. One of the new revolvers had to go back to the factory for a new barrel after a year. None of the used guns have had any problems. I've been a bit lucky in addition to my online education from forums like this one.
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About 8 months ago a CZ Rami, and then 4 months ago a CZ 75B. Both 9mm and NIB.
A few months ago, I bought one of the new Sig P210 pistols. Definitely old school. Walnut and steel. Single stack, 8 round magazine. In an era of plastic 9mm pistols, this one just spoke to me. And it does shoot! Makes even me look like I know what I'm doing. Yeah, they're pricey, but Sig hit a home run with this pistol. It has become one of my favorites. For Bullseye, it fits right in with my Gold Cup and Model 41. Tomorrow I'll be shooting it in an ISSA match. Not even close to Bullseye; more like speed plinking. Wish me luck!
Dieseltech56
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The last new gun I bought but this was a few years ago
Ruger SBH 454 bisley
Ruger SBH 454 bisley
With respect ... New??? Recently bought a new rifle. Infantry rifle. .30-40 Krag!!! Well, not newly manufactured. Actually sporterized but thank God not Bubbaed beyond fixing. Now ... it needs only a handguard and upper band to be back to 1902 standard! Sincerely. bruce.
panther
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Define "new". Yesterday I picked up a factory refurbed Gen5 Glock 19. It has the front slide serrations, full factory warranty, case and mags and paperwork, all new. It also has Ameriglo night sights. It was a little less then a "new" one with the plain sights. And it has a metal guide rod.
THE PILGRIM
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Recently bought a new Glock 43x.
It spits Brass, Aluminum and Steel.
It spits Brass, Aluminum and Steel.
bmcgilvray
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No, I can't agree that firearms of today are superior in very many ways at all to those of a generation or two ago. About the only things better about them is that they are designed to be cheaper to manufacture and they're made out of cheap materials. That holds the cost down for the consumers buying the guns. They don't fling bullets any better and they aren't any more dependable. They are however, less gratifying to own and use.
Don't recognize gunmakers catalogs any more. Truth is, I just don't even want to know. I'm still enthused about the guns of my youth, both the new ones and the good used ones that were available then. I still want to play with them, use them, and rely on them. I'm very jaded about current firearms offerings.
Last year I bought the first new gun for me in quite a while, a .38 Super. Took delivery on a new Colt Government Model on Texas Independence day the 2nd of March, just as COVID was waylaying the nation. Have wanted to play with and handload for a .38 Super for years. Didn't want a TALO. Didn't really like two-tone, but the pistol was offered by a new gun dealer on GunBroker for less than the blued ones I sought.
Once I got rid of the plastic main spring housing in favor of a Smith & Alexander checkered arched main spring housing it's been a great pistol.
Did I happen to mention I loathe cheap plastic?
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Don't recognize gunmakers catalogs any more. Truth is, I just don't even want to know. I'm still enthused about the guns of my youth, both the new ones and the good used ones that were available then. I still want to play with them, use them, and rely on them. I'm very jaded about current firearms offerings.
Last year I bought the first new gun for me in quite a while, a .38 Super. Took delivery on a new Colt Government Model on Texas Independence day the 2nd of March, just as COVID was waylaying the nation. Have wanted to play with and handload for a .38 Super for years. Didn't want a TALO. Didn't really like two-tone, but the pistol was offered by a new gun dealer on GunBroker for less than the blued ones I sought.
Once I got rid of the plastic main spring housing in favor of a Smith & Alexander checkered arched main spring housing it's been a great pistol.
Did I happen to mention I loathe cheap plastic?
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After
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