gun show pass

[target tech]

Just to make myself feel worse about leaving the gun show empty handed on Sunday, I thought I'd look for some verification here on the forum of what an idiot I am.

I passed on an absolutely perfect 17 no dash yesterday with TH and TT but original magnas not target grips. The only problem was no box, so I couldn't confirm hammer and trigger originality. The gun looked like it hadn't been shot.

The asking price was 800 and the farthest he would come down was 750. I had the cash in my pocket but just didn't feel good about it. If the box was there, or it was wearing targets, I probably would have jumped on it. The "frugal Scots-Irish" in me, as my dad likes to call it, won out and I walked away.

Needles to say I was feeling pretty bummed by the time I got home. I think the fact that it is only two weeks since Christmas, and probably two months till I see my tax refund, was a big deciding factor in the back of my head. Besides, I have a perfectly fine 17-3 shooter at home. I know.......a 17-3 is no replacement for a beautiful 17 that was only made for what, two years.

I'm having a hard time coming up with any more horrible excuses as to why I walked away.

On top of that, I walked away from a brand new mid 80s vintage Buck 112 Ranger with finger grooves, box and all the paperwork. When I went back, another guy had just bought it a minuet earlier. The lady literally pointed at him two tables down the aisle.

Sometimes you have to chalk gun shows up to a good way to kill a 3 degree Sunday morning and grin about it.

 

[Arik]

I'm never bummed when I come home with a pocket full of money.

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[quinn]

Sometimes I wish I had your problem as I am often doing just the opposite... coming home with something and wondering "what the hell was I thinking?"

 

[boykinlp]

To me, it depends on how long I have been hunting for an item and how often I see it for sale. If I have been looking for a long time and rarely see one for sale, I may pay an inflated price. After all, how much does it cost to go to all the shows and other costs associated with a continued hunt? JMHO.

 

[larryofcc]

You snooze, you lose. Sounds like you passed a great deal or two. I learned early on that when you see something you like, you had better get it before the next guy down the isle does. Live and learn. Big Larry

 

[target tech]

Thanks all,
I appreciate the positive feed back. And you're right, It wasn't something I was looking for in the first place. I've been poking around for something in .44 special.

I don't usually end up in the.... what have I done.....position very often, because I have a tendency to think things through too much.

 

[Jeppo]

Leaving too early

Saturday, my wife and I rode about an hour to a show I'd never attended before. Couldn't find a single thing worth buying and was quite disappointed with the experience. We left after meeting a forum member and shaking hands with my go-to dealer who had 'em lined up for filling out paperwork.

When I got home, the dealer had sent me a message saying he heard my name announced over the PA system...as the winner of a $50 gift certificate good with any show vendor. Of course, you had to be present to win.

:(

 

[target tech]

That really makes my feel better about leaving a show empty handed. At least I didn't leave a 50 dollar bill on the table.

 

[apollo99]

I look for steals and deals at the gun shows, been coming up empty handed. Lately I've only been coming home with beef jerky.

 

[Arik]

I go with no expectations. If I find something...great! If not then I'll never be disappointed by not spending money

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[two-bit cowboy]

It wasn't something I was looking for in the first place.

That says it all to me. You made a great decision.

 

[Modified]

Chalk it up as a lesson.

I learned early on that the guns I regret the most are the guns I didn't buy. When I go home with one of those "what the hell did I just do" guns, as long as I paid a decent price for it, at worst it's just a little money lost. I can make more of that. I can't get *that* gun again, which will just be built up in my head over the years.

If I end up with something I find I don't want, I can just trade or sell it later...

The only real problem is if you seriously over pay for something, or I suppose if you can't let go of any gun you have no matter how much it displeases you.

 

[DWalt]

I wish I had back all the money I spent buying things I wasn't looking for and didn't need, just because it seemed like a good deal at the time. And that goes beyond guns.

 

[SDH]

Needles to say, loozers snoozers~

 

[wheelgun610]

I call it non-buyer's remorse. We've all done it. I don't have near enough room for all the ones I should've bought.... ;)

C'est la vie. I think that's French for 'oh well' - or sumptin' like that.. :D

Mark

 

[rburg]

Hold on a minute here. You passed on a great gun because it didn't have a box for you to confirm (as the Gospel) that those common options were original? Next time go go to a show, look around a bit and next time you will see end labels for sale. You can then check the label you buy with the options you want it to show as original. Easy-Peasy.

And fear not, the next few dozen shows will reveal no similar guns. Or at least at a price near what you passed up. But cheer up, you've done the serious buyers a favor by keeping it on the market. Chances are no collector will touch it without a faked box in tow. Well, unless he has an orphaned box to mate it with. Kind of like having a blue Katrina tarp in the garage.

 

[StakeOut]

How does a beautiful revolver like that get separated from it's original box.

I see so many boxes,papers,tool kits and numbered grips being sold without the gun they originally shipped with that it astonishes me.I never threw out a box or its contents or sold them separately if I owned the gun they belonged with.

IMO,there should be a data base to help reunite the numbered pieces with the gun.

 

[CH4]

You made the right choice. Better to leave it for someone who's actually looking for one.

 

[weatherby]

My opinion you'll just find something you want a little more soon.
That is the case whenever I have/make that had pocket money anyway.
Such is the addiction we all share.

 

[gwpercle]

Allway's go with the gut instinct....if something just doesn't feel right, something you can't put a finger on but your inner self says PASS...then pass . When you find something that the gut says BUY it....buy it.

Allways ....Go With the Gut !

 

[Modified]

I wish I had back all the money I spent buying things I wasn't looking for and didn't need, just because it seemed like a good deal at the time. And that goes beyond guns.

I know that feeling, but with guns I never really had anyone to show me the ropes on this old stuff, so I just figure on the occasions where I bought a little wrong, I was just paying for education.

Live auctions on the other hand.. those are another story!

 

[tlawler]

IMO,there should be a data base to help reunite the numbered pieces with the gun.

That would be a great idea!

 

[Weimar]

I too agree with looking for something specific - going to buy with something in mind - however, I have also felt that being too cheap makes ya lose out on good items. I have the opposite problem, i see something I like, and if I have money, its too tempting : .

But I have had a table and somebody comes by 3 or 4 times - my personal thought is if I look at something more than twice, I ought to buy it (If I have the extra money) ;)

Ed

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

How does a beautiful revolver like that get separated from it's original box.

I see so many boxes,papers,tool kits and numbered grips being sold without the gun they originally shipped with that it astonishes me.I never threw out a box or its contents or sold them separately if I owned the gun they belonged with.

IMO,there should be a data base to help reunite the numbered pieces with the gun.

For years when I bought a new Smith I would toss the "tools" in my gun cleaning box and toss the box in the attic into a big box......Figgered I never need them again......So far I haven't...

 

[target tech]

I don't think anyone has yet really said one way or the other, was 750 a decent price for a like new 17 no dash. I know there aren't any pictures or anything, but the ejector rod wasn't even scratched.

I know when you get into -2 and -3 or later there were just so many made, I wouldn't pay over 450 for a really nice one. I only gave 200 for my 71 vintage 17-3 two years ago. I originally bought it as trading fodder, but since I put a nice set of target grips on it, it has begun to grow on me, and I shoot it much better, with the longer sight radius, than my 72 vintage 18-3. They both are in pretty decent shape, but have had a lot of rounds through them.

 

[El Biblioitecario]

El Bibliotecario's Rule Numero Uno: Is always more pistolas to buy then dinero to buy 'em. You miss one, another be along soon.

 

[target tech]

El Bibliotecario's Rule Numero Uno: Is always more pistolas to buy then dinero to buy 'em. You miss one, another be along soon.

Amen to that brother

 

[les.b]

Target Tech...if that was the show in Morgantown, I was going to go, but am just getting over the flu or something like it, and just passed on the whole thing. I almost always go to the Fairmont and Morgantown shows. Sometimes Pittsburgh as well. Glad there was something there worth looking at anyway. Tee shirts and jerky just don't draw me anymore!!

Best Regards, Les

 

[Muley Gil]

"How does a beautiful revolver like that get separated from it's original box."

Back when the 2 piece boxes were standard, I used each half to sort my brass while I was reloading. :)

 

[classic bob]

Self reminder

When I walk in the door of any show I keep repeating this mantra: "BUY THE GUN, NOT THE DEAL!"