Ever had one of those "too good to be true" deals?

[Andy Griffith]

Then you found out before you made the deal what was wrong, but you convinced yourself that it's a good deal anyway?

Well, I kinda did on a gun trade today.

I bought a couple of "off brand" guns...

Pre-WWII Colt Police Positives.
The first one is a solid 1922 gun in .38 S&W, 4" barrel. It's in better condition than I have seen on the auction sites in some time. I think I did very well on this one.

The second one, I let my guard down.

It's a 1935 gun, 4" nickel .32 "Police" in "perfect" condition with the box.

The problem is, I took it out of the box, looked it over good, tried the action, looked at the recoil shield, barrel, box, everywhere..and paid the man. I thought, "It's perfect!"

However, I missed one little thing...on one edge of a cylinder flute, there is a bit of rust and nickel loss. It isn't bad, but it really detracts from the gun, IMHO.

Moral of the story: Don't take the "obvious" for granted- like me.

 

[Andy Griffith]

Then you found out before you made the deal what was wrong, but you convinced yourself that it's a good deal anyway?

Well, I kinda did on a gun trade today.

I bought a couple of "off brand" guns...

Pre-WWII Colt Police Positives.
The first one is a solid 1922 gun in .38 S&W, 4" barrel. It's in better condition than I have seen on the auction sites in some time. I think I did very well on this one.

The second one, I let my guard down.

It's a 1935 gun, 4" nickel .32 "Police" in "perfect" condition with the box.

The problem is, I took it out of the box, looked it over good, tried the action, looked at the recoil shield, barrel, box, everywhere..and paid the man. I thought, "It's perfect!"

However, I missed one little thing...on one edge of a cylinder flute, there is a bit of rust and nickel loss. It isn't bad, but it really detracts from the gun, IMHO.

Moral of the story: Don't take the "obvious" for granted- like me.

 

[Marshwheeling]

I had a couple in my email today, one from Togo, and one from The Ivory Coast.

 

[Firehouse]

My Wedding Day? I am speaking on my Wife's behalf of course, the poor woman.

 

[m657]

re:

Then you found out before you made the deal what was wrong, but you convinced yourself that it's a good deal anyway?

....well...*kaff*kaff*....mine took years & a serious divorce attorney to get straightened out.....

 

[Andy Griffith]

Originally posted by Firehouse Firearms:
My Wedding Day? I am speaking on my Wife's behalf of course, the poor woman.

What a coincidence!
That's the same view my Mrs. takes on the situation.

They must be related.

 

[jed]

Old saying. If it is too good to be true, it probably is!!

I bought a use nickel Model 19. I failed to check it as I would normally do since I knew the owner of the shop. The gun was priced may may be about $50.00 or a little more less than what I thought was market. I sent it to SW not expecting to have to pay anything for it to be corrected. They sent a note saying it would be
$220.00 to fix. I said send it backto me.
I then took it to a local gunsmith. He fixed it for $60.00.

What a round about way to pay for what I should have spent and checked out thoroughly.

No more SW revolvers for me. I will shoot this one to destruction! After that it will make a very nice paper weight or wall hanger!!

jed

 

[Community]

people from Nigeria e mail about once a week with found money for me. All I need to do is send them some finder money.

YA RIGHT.

 

[crofoot629]

I bought a minty pre-15 that the grips had the wrong serial number, and upon close examination had some light surface rust. It was still a nice gun but not at all what I thought it to be. I sold it right away, I was disgusted by it, or me?

Emory

 

[Frizzman]

I have bought new revolvers, Colts and S&W's and after taking them home found they had problems. I had them repaired, usually on warranty, but never felt very comfortable with them. Its always disappointing to get something new and find its not right. I recently traded a decent S&W for another revolver and found the gun I got has problems and I will have to foot a repair bill. My zeal for the new gun is gone.

 

[feralmerril]

If we inspected women like we do guns, the human race would come to a screeching halt!

 

[paladin42]

I actually had a very good experience. I was living in Las Cruces, NM and was traveling to Santa Fe. Along the way I saw a sign advertising a [barn] gun show in a small town a little off the main highway. So, I went over to investigate.

At the door they told me that this was the first gun show ever in the area. I started looking down the tables, in the BARN, literally. It was soon apparent that these ranchers and farmers has pulled guns from under their beds and out from their closets that hadn't seen the light of day in ages. I had never seen so many mint old guns in one place, ever.

I placed deposits on as many guns as I could, then jumped back into my truck and headed back to Las Cruces. I emptied my bank account, headed back up the road, and bought every desirable gun I could.

I kept the ones I wanted and sold the rest for like a 1000% profit. Life was good to me that day.

PS - as an example, I bought an unused Remington 1100 with 3 barrels for $50.