rburg
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Somebody posted the same idea up in the older revolvers section. Somebody bought a 44 way too cheap.
But there are other reasons about the fairness thing, too. In the upcoming 2 weekends, there are 3 gun shows. Should be a law against that kind of thing. Worse, the fool promoters put them right after Christmas when they should know our finances might be a bit stressed. Remember, everyone doesn't segregate normal finances from important things like gun money.
I've read that if you're an investor, you need to be 100% invested in the stock market or you'll miss the big jumps. With gun shows, you need to have ready cash to pick off the great buys the instant you see them. Wait 15 minutes and some other scoundrel will jump underneath you and steal it.
Of course there is much more to a gun show than just buying a new gun. Don't ever let it be said I downplayed that part, but the other things are fun, too. Just last September I brought along one of my treasures for private display. Meaning if you looked for it on our tables, you missed. But I put the ratty old prewar in my most favorite gun rug, the carved H H Heiser. If you sit and watch at gun shows, you'll pick up the idea there are guys on a mission. Not the slow, methodical browsing, but instead a group moving as a unit at sort of high speed. On the one in September one of the always alert guys saw us hiking and with me hauling my treasure. The comment I heard was "Oh my God". He not only knew something big was up, but important enough to fall in line to see.
That's important because we always get posters here who complaint there wasn't anything, or that it was overpriced. I don't even know what that means, but I assume the prices were above 1970s levels.
I went to the dungeon this afternoon. Gawd its a mess. I took to trying to straightening up stuff. A hopeless task, but I've discovered that if I do that regularly, it actually looks like its less bad. Its good that I do it because I dug through some really cool stuff. It reminds me to buy more trinkets and useful little things. I have great sympathy for my sons when I croak. They've got to make sense of the junk.
Back to gun shows. I didn't find a thing I want to sell. I'm goin' with ratty old grips and a couple of .25 autos. And a part box of 12 ga 3 1/2" BB shot. If my buddy Joe works on it, he can probably fill the table with stuff no one wants. Go ahead and complain, I don't care.
But there are other reasons about the fairness thing, too. In the upcoming 2 weekends, there are 3 gun shows. Should be a law against that kind of thing. Worse, the fool promoters put them right after Christmas when they should know our finances might be a bit stressed. Remember, everyone doesn't segregate normal finances from important things like gun money.
I've read that if you're an investor, you need to be 100% invested in the stock market or you'll miss the big jumps. With gun shows, you need to have ready cash to pick off the great buys the instant you see them. Wait 15 minutes and some other scoundrel will jump underneath you and steal it.
Of course there is much more to a gun show than just buying a new gun. Don't ever let it be said I downplayed that part, but the other things are fun, too. Just last September I brought along one of my treasures for private display. Meaning if you looked for it on our tables, you missed. But I put the ratty old prewar in my most favorite gun rug, the carved H H Heiser. If you sit and watch at gun shows, you'll pick up the idea there are guys on a mission. Not the slow, methodical browsing, but instead a group moving as a unit at sort of high speed. On the one in September one of the always alert guys saw us hiking and with me hauling my treasure. The comment I heard was "Oh my God". He not only knew something big was up, but important enough to fall in line to see.
That's important because we always get posters here who complaint there wasn't anything, or that it was overpriced. I don't even know what that means, but I assume the prices were above 1970s levels.
I went to the dungeon this afternoon. Gawd its a mess. I took to trying to straightening up stuff. A hopeless task, but I've discovered that if I do that regularly, it actually looks like its less bad. Its good that I do it because I dug through some really cool stuff. It reminds me to buy more trinkets and useful little things. I have great sympathy for my sons when I croak. They've got to make sense of the junk.
Back to gun shows. I didn't find a thing I want to sell. I'm goin' with ratty old grips and a couple of .25 autos. And a part box of 12 ga 3 1/2" BB shot. If my buddy Joe works on it, he can probably fill the table with stuff no one wants. Go ahead and complain, I don't care.
