charlie sherrill
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With a pocket full of money. I made that mistake today at the Laurel,Ms. show. Well, maybe it wasn't a mistake. The first table I went to just inside the door had a 6" 686 with an unfluted cylinder. It was complete with box, papers, and all the other stuff. The seller said "I just asked your son where you were." The tag said $650. I told him I'd do $600 OTD. He immediately said OK. I knew then I could have gotten it cheaper but I had commited and handed him six hundred dollar bills.
I hadn't been there five minutes and didn't want to lug my new purchase around the show for the next couple of hours so I decided to go over to my friend's table and leave it with him while I walked around. As I approached his table I noticed a 3" 624 on the table next to him with a price tag of $725. I picked it up and looked at it and this time I asked his bottom dollar instead of making an offer. He made a call and said "$650." Ya'll know what I did. The only thing that slowed the deal down was finding change for a twenty.
I'd been here 10 minutes and spent $1250. I knew I needed to slow down. Didn't matter now as I only had $250 left on me. I went and locked the guns in my truck and walked around the parking lot for a while. I was ready to go but I knew my brother Louisiana Joe and Jr. hadn't even begun to poke around. I needed some .25 ACP ammo for a Beretta that I stole in a pawn shop yesterday so I came back in and went ammo hunting. While looking for the ammo I "tripped" over a very nice U.S. Property marked lend lease pre-Victory in .38 S&W that I would only have to borrow $50 to make it a trifecta. Reason prevailed and I didn't buy it but I did get the guy's phone number. I may call next week and see if he still has it. I probably need to sell something but I can't think of anything I want to get rid of. The sights on the 686 need a little tweaking, (it got dark while we were shooting) the 624 shot beyond my expectations, and the Beretta doesn't like Mexican ammo. Back to the shooting pit tomorrow.
I hadn't been there five minutes and didn't want to lug my new purchase around the show for the next couple of hours so I decided to go over to my friend's table and leave it with him while I walked around. As I approached his table I noticed a 3" 624 on the table next to him with a price tag of $725. I picked it up and looked at it and this time I asked his bottom dollar instead of making an offer. He made a call and said "$650." Ya'll know what I did. The only thing that slowed the deal down was finding change for a twenty.
I'd been here 10 minutes and spent $1250. I knew I needed to slow down. Didn't matter now as I only had $250 left on me. I went and locked the guns in my truck and walked around the parking lot for a while. I was ready to go but I knew my brother Louisiana Joe and Jr. hadn't even begun to poke around. I needed some .25 ACP ammo for a Beretta that I stole in a pawn shop yesterday so I came back in and went ammo hunting. While looking for the ammo I "tripped" over a very nice U.S. Property marked lend lease pre-Victory in .38 S&W that I would only have to borrow $50 to make it a trifecta. Reason prevailed and I didn't buy it but I did get the guy's phone number. I may call next week and see if he still has it. I probably need to sell something but I can't think of anything I want to get rid of. The sights on the 686 need a little tweaking, (it got dark while we were shooting) the 624 shot beyond my expectations, and the Beretta doesn't like Mexican ammo. Back to the shooting pit tomorrow.
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Charlie what about pictures. My wife says talk is cheap. Just kidding! Congratulations and good shooting. Don
