Craziest or strangest gun trade...

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Went by the general store yesterday to pick up a smith that had come in, noticed a very peculiar fellow as I was filling out the paperwork.

I saw him trying unsuccessfully to get the slide to release on a Colt Defender, then again a few minutes later on a Glock.

He finally strolled over to the Smith wheel gun section of the store, next to me, and the owner said, "so you're more of a revolver guy huh." He said, and I quote," Oh ya, big....S..&....W fan ( guy was clueless ), I had a silver colored one a few years ago that shot 38 S.P.L., but I traded it for a 79' Pinto Wagon."

I was cracking up at the counter, I hope the owner didn't sell him anything. But it got me to thinking, some people probably have some pretty strange and/or crazy trading stories, so let's hear em'....really good ones and the really bad uns' too!
 
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Crazy Gun Trades....

I once traded an Itaca 37 for a 1964 Honda S90. This I inturn traded for a Fox Model B double in 16 Gauge. The Fox I traded back to the Honda Guy for a NIB 6" S&W Model 66 (one gun from the first 6 to be shipped to Maine). The 66 I inturn traded to Satex Distributors in Texas for a 6" S&W Model 57 in Nickle. The Model 57 I inturn traded for a '68 Ford Mustang. I needed a car so I kept that.... :)
 
spearcrow said:
" Oh ya, big....S..&....W fan ( guy was clueless ), I had a silver colored one a few years ago that shot 38 S.P.L., but I traded it for a 79' Pinto Wagon."
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Oh crap you had me Roll'in with this one.

Sorry I haven't made any trades yet.

I have Model 37 Ithica 12Gg and it's the best shotgun I have ever hunted with, extremely reliable and accurate.
 
Back in the early 1980's, I traded an 8-3/8" Model 27-2 even up for a mid 1970's Olds Toranado. My car had been stolen, my friend had this rusted land barge sitting around and he wanted a 27-2 like mine. I wasn't willing to give him my 6", so I found and bought him an 8-3/8" in the PC. The car lasted me over a year, the deal was fair, but my friend still has the gun. I should have walked. :rolleyes:
 
I once traded a stainless Colt Officer's ACP for some work done on my 65 Mustang. A few years later I got furloughed during the Gingrich government shutdown and had to sell the car to a nice lesbian couple to make my mortgage payment that month.
 
This past November I traded a 4" pre-war, K frame RB 38 Special for a Grumman Sport Boat with oars and sailing rig. I've seen the sail rigs alone bring $275 so I got a great deal. I had picked up the S&W by trading an H&R top break and IJ 55, both in 38 S&W, to a gent with a table at a local gun show. In both cases I felt I was trading up.
 
I traded Safety Hammerless 38 (pitted, no blue left, broken firing pin etc) for a 1924 Colonial TRF chest style radio in mint condition. The radio didn't mean anything to the owner who found it in the attic of a house he bought but he did have a nickel Safety and wanted a matching one in blue.
 
I traded 3 psycho ex-girlfriends for an amazing wife.

Best trade I ever did. Not sure about the guys who got the ex-girlfriends though, probably did not do them any favors.

And as an added plus, my wife is an amazing shooter, and can hold her own with almost any of us. Instead of "so what are you going to buy me today?", I now have "So when are we going to the range?".

How perfect is that!
 
I once traded two concrete turtle yard/pool ornaments for a early 1950s M&P 2-inch .38 Special.
 
I've done a few trades, most recently an egyptian military rifle for a like new wire-feed welder and a coin collection (lots of nice seated liberty dimes and morgan dollars). Taken a gun or two in trade as well to close a car deal a couple times. No good Smiths though, a couple 870's and Ruger Blackhawk were the best ones.
 
Back in the late 1950s my dad and I were deer hunting in wisconsin. We met a local farmer that just missed a nice buck and blamed the gun, a beautifull winchester model 64 .32 special with a lyman peep. Dad bought it from him in the woods for $50. We included a ride to his farm about 3 miles away so he could pick up a shotgun and finish the day hunting.
 
Another time we had a strike at lockheed where I was a guard. A high ranking offical of the company wanted to ride with me and watch the picketts in my patrol car. We were wileing the night away talking and he mentioned he was thinking of selling a old sharps rifle and wanted to buy a nice .357 with the proceeds. I quickly offered a new S&W 27 8 3/8". We made the deal the next day. It was a .52 cal sharps carbine from the civil war that had the goverment conversion to 50-70. It was in very good shape!
Maybe a year later he spotted me and said his family wouldnt forgive him for the trade. I knew that sharps was worth maybe 5 model 27s!
I just said, Ok Bob, give me the smith back. I cant he said. I sold it! Ok Bob, give me the price of a new one. He almost stepped on my head running for the credit unions ATM!
 
marty919- you made a great trade and are a lucky guy to have such a wife.
 
I traded a old New Idea loader that came on a JD 630 i bought for a single shot 12 ga. H & R shotgun.

Rick
 
Traded a Browning 1910 380 for a writing desk back in 1979. Divorced in 1984 and she took the desk.
 
I once traded a pair of replica .36 colt navys with the brass frames that I had gave $29.95 apiece for in 1965 for a .256 mag ruger hawkeye new in the box! However that partialy finance a divorice years later.
 
Sold a 1968 Chevelle convertable in 1979 so I could buy a NIB no dash 629 cased.
I sold the gun and wish I had the car back. Canary yellow with a black rag/interior.:eek:
 
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