It is hard to be restraint when the local pushers call you at home and say"just got in something you might be interested in seeing " Then says it has all papers and box.
Must . . . fight . . . it . . .
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pantannojack
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If that is a problem, have them call me.
Ivan the Butcher
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I have a 12" Hunter Contender barrel in 375 Winchester. I like to shoot it at dusk, so I can see the Beach Ball sized of "Thunder & Lightning" at the end of my arm!
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charlie sherrill
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I have bought more than one gun just to get the grips to put on another gun. I mostly got my money back after the grip swap.
With me it's like diamonds....
Some years back they were touting diamond engagement rings as an 'investment'. That could be true if you plan to sell it at some point but what's the idea of getting married to do it?
Anyway, when I buy a gun, it's for keeps. I don't have any safe queens and the only gun I 've ever sold was a model 10 snub so I could get a 686, which I don't really consider to be 'selling'.
PS Commercial diamonds are so inflated anyway that you wouldn't make much off of it even if you did buy it for an investment.
Some years back they were touting diamond engagement rings as an 'investment'. That could be true if you plan to sell it at some point but what's the idea of getting married to do it?
Anyway, when I buy a gun, it's for keeps. I don't have any safe queens and the only gun I 've ever sold was a model 10 snub so I could get a 686, which I don't really consider to be 'selling'.
PS Commercial diamonds are so inflated anyway that you wouldn't make much off of it even if you did buy it for an investment.
Welcome to the club, we've got jackets 
I once bought a pre war S&W 32 Long just because I had a box of shells . Wish I still had it, it was a cherry.
I remember when I looked high and low for an unshaved Webley .455 revolver. It was a craving that lasted for months until I came across one at a gun shop in Ohio. It probably falls into these catagories.
Can I be your Son?
Dave...can I be your Son? Oh wait, I see you are 78 years old and I am 75 years old so instead can I be your Brother? Roger
Dave...can I be your Son? Oh wait, I see you are 78 years old and I am 75 years old so instead can I be your Brother? Roger
A friend gave me a single round of .45-70.
I bought a Marlin 1895 so that I could shoot it!
I bought a Marlin 1895 so that I could shoot it!
You wrote my story. At 82 I have substantially "thinned" the quantity of firearms. Each of the kids and Grandkids got a few, and many went to auction. I'm down to those I actually shoot, and a few I just can't part with yet. Well, I guess I really don't need three skeet guns, but I like the variety. Only one trap gun, but still a couple of bullseye guns, and I can't part with the 617 that goes with me to the range every trip. Then there are the carry guns, I guess I need to rotate more often. Haven't shot that Sako .222 in several years, but I can't seem to want to part with it, as I still have over 500 rounds of my handloads to shoot. Wish I was closer to some Prairie Dogs. And, I haven't bought a gun for 4 months now. Still have the sickness.
deadin
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I'm almost as bad... A couple of years ago I came into a really good price on a small batch of bayonets. I thought it would be neat to find rifles for them.
The bug has bit!! I now have around 30 rifles with their bayonets and still looking for more. I have limited it to they have to be older than me. (and I'm pre-WW2).
One thing I've discovered is that some of those bayonets (that used to be a toss-in to seal a deal) now cost more than the rifle they went on...
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I'm doomed. 86 is right around the corner and I'm still buying. I'm presently lusting for a Shield in .45. (I've got one in 9mm.)
My hero.
I'm not about to start selling the stuff I've wanted all my life, especially now that I've got the time to use and admire them. I may do some "thinning" of items I don't really want or "need" anymore, but likely mainly to use the money to buy something else that in some way improves on what I have. The plastic stuff would be the first to go, but right now, in my neck of the woods, it's not worth much. 
Fred, curious as to what part of West Virginia you're referring to as "back water". My wife and I are currently trying to buy property in Greenbrier Co outside of Lewisburg. The whole state is beautiful but that's the area I'm most familiar with , as my parents are both from there.
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NFrameFred
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Live in the southern part of the state near the VA border but worked in the south-eastern and western coal fields my entire career. In the 60's before interstate 77 was constructed compared to many areas of the country I would characterize a lot of these locations as 'back waters', just as many like adjacent areas in Kentucky and Tennessee. Not exactly 'cut off' from civilization, but enough so many who grew up in other parts of the country would consider it so, especially in winter weather.
For example, when I was kid traveling to the state fair in Lewisburg pre-I-77/I-64 was not a convenient trip for us. Around the time the interstates came through US 460 was rebuilt and mostly four laned, so access to many areas such as Roanoke and Bristol in VA and TN became much more convenient. One of those 'good old days' memories that makes the intervening progress not so bad.
I reckon you've made the trip over East River and Big Walker mountains via US 52 a time or two.
Going through the tunnels on I-77 is much faster!
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