rburg
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Ok, I'm talking about "texters". I kinda understand the young girls doin as they do. But grown men at a gun show is just plain foolishness. If you notice, drivin down the interstate, the fool in the fast lane going 10 under and swervin every so often is either on the phone sayin' Yes maam, or textin. But in the aisles of a gun show? Worse, one of them is my youngest son, tryin to tell the entire world what they're missin. In the process, missin most of the show themselves. Just foolishness.
OK, the show itself. Kind of a bland one without much spectacular to talk about. Sure, I spent a bundle, but not nearly as much as I could have. The only gun I bought took a while and it was from one of my neighbors. He had a very nice .32-20 with a serial number up over 141,000. Shows no signs of ever being fired, not even a ring or blemish on the recoil shield. But there is some very minor speckling on the sideplate and around the cylinder latch. The seller, a regular here too, said the original owner, or at least the guy he got it from a while back had the kind of sweat that you've got to wipe off or it causes rust. Maybe a shame to buy a collectors grade gun and then shoot it, but its my current plan. Guess I've got to get some of that wonder stuff that is said to lift rust you can't even see.
And I walked all day looking for a nice old Randall, and didn't see a one I wanted! There were a couple of mini's that looked nice, but I've already got them. I did buy a book. And lunch.
Other guns that were nice, a whole passel of Winchester M21s, many priced over $10,000. And a guy had a Ken Eyster engraved M29, in his classic French Grey. The guy wanted $8,500 for it, but the info card had the old $6,500 price folded under. Its probably worth $4,500. On a good day. And of course Jack Rutter had his postwar 38/44 Outdoorsman in factory Nickel. He keeps telling me to make him an offer. Guess he knows his price is a tad high. I've gotta get more money.
Looks to me like the high prices on K22s are here to stay. Outdoorsman in boxes are priced over $1500. Nice 3rd models are over $600. Guess its time to sell a few, not buy any.
OK, the show itself. Kind of a bland one without much spectacular to talk about. Sure, I spent a bundle, but not nearly as much as I could have. The only gun I bought took a while and it was from one of my neighbors. He had a very nice .32-20 with a serial number up over 141,000. Shows no signs of ever being fired, not even a ring or blemish on the recoil shield. But there is some very minor speckling on the sideplate and around the cylinder latch. The seller, a regular here too, said the original owner, or at least the guy he got it from a while back had the kind of sweat that you've got to wipe off or it causes rust. Maybe a shame to buy a collectors grade gun and then shoot it, but its my current plan. Guess I've got to get some of that wonder stuff that is said to lift rust you can't even see.
And I walked all day looking for a nice old Randall, and didn't see a one I wanted! There were a couple of mini's that looked nice, but I've already got them. I did buy a book. And lunch.
Other guns that were nice, a whole passel of Winchester M21s, many priced over $10,000. And a guy had a Ken Eyster engraved M29, in his classic French Grey. The guy wanted $8,500 for it, but the info card had the old $6,500 price folded under. Its probably worth $4,500. On a good day. And of course Jack Rutter had his postwar 38/44 Outdoorsman in factory Nickel. He keeps telling me to make him an offer. Guess he knows his price is a tad high. I've gotta get more money.
Looks to me like the high prices on K22s are here to stay. Outdoorsman in boxes are priced over $1500. Nice 3rd models are over $600. Guess its time to sell a few, not buy any.
The T. H. P. Estimated her Vehicle was hit at 50 MPH Plus. It totaled her 2007 Chrysler Aspen SUV and he hit her so hard that her driver's seat back broke. The Estimate to fix her Vehicle was $13,000.00 & It hurt her back and she is still having problem's from it Two year's after the accident. The Text Message Idiot never touched his brakes as he hit her at Full Steam and he told me at the accident scene that it was all his fault as he was Indeed Text messaging when he hit our Daughter but when the T. H. P. Officer showed up he Lied through his Teeth, saying his Brakes failed. 
he was Ticketed for not having his vehicle under control but later on it was discovered that he was Text Messaging as the attorney requested the Cell phone records and it showed the Text at the time of the accident, So the T. H. P. Officer changed his charges to Text Messaging and also added another couple of ticket's for Purgatory information and Vehicular assault. He & His Insurance Company paid dearly for his action's but it did not cure my Daughter's back issues, nor her New Fear of driving. There were Three vehicles involved with my Daughter being the center one. Her vehicle started up and I drove it home badly smashed but the Ford Crown Victoria that was turning left in front of her was totaled and had to be towed as well as the Punk's Ranger Pickup. I Testified for her and told the attorney that he Indeed admitted to text Messaging which is Illegal and Forbiden here in East Tennessee. Once they had that information and the cell phone bill records it was settled Very quickly without court. 
