Strange Trade

[THE PILGRIM]

Let’s do a thread on ‘different’ trades.
Had a really high end Norwegian Woodstove.
Ran an ad to sell or trade- guns.
Used to ran a lot of ads like that.
Guy calls me- will you trade for a Colt Single Action?
Come on down!
Turns out to be a hurt Black Powder Frame, reblued, rebarreled, in a Gin-U-Wine Mexican buscadera rig.
Of course I took it!
The Guy I got it From- Tomas Herrera - was a retired local Bernallillo County Deputy Sheriff.
A real character who was an extra in the movie ‘Lonesome Are the Brave.’
Starring Kirk Douglas and others. Kirk is sneaking out of town, Tomas is standing up on a big rock wearing this Colt.
He’s playing a Deputy Sheriff!

https://www.bernco.gov/uploads/files/Government/Tomas Herrera article.pdf

 

[steveno]

I think that was one of Kirk's better movies

it didn't hurt at all to have Gena Rowlands in it

 

[Nevada Ed]

Once there was a driver going across Navaho land and picked up a walker.
Many miles of chit chat went on without a single reply, until finally the
passenger noticed a brown paper bag on the car seat.

"What's in the bag."

The driver replied, "a bottle of wine, that I got for the wife".

The passenger replied............

"Good Trade".

 

[Onomea]

Quite a story in the link, Pilgrim. Memorable. Thanks.

Deputy Sheriff Tomas Herrera. Now there was a man...

 

[Erich]

I had a kid want to buy my car once, but he didn't have enough money. Turns out (at age 17) he was the youngest licensed hot air balloon pilot in the USA, though, so he traded me some rides for the difference. That was fun.

 

[italiansport]

Picked up around 1500 hand rolled Cuban seed cigars(Columbia ,Nicaragua ,Equdor, etc.) complete with a humidor from a lady moving out of state along with her late husband's guns. I traded the cigars and humidor(I don't smoke) to another guy for 35 bottles of various brands of Single Malt Scotch!
Jim

 

[misswired]

I traded a wife, house, two cars, two bank accounts and a dog for an old beat-up pickup, my clothes and an apartment.

Never put myself in that trade position again.

 

[arjay]

I traded away my house and retirement to save my sanity
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It didn't work!

 

[Hillbilly77]

I gave some fresh venison and pork to a guy. He gave me some Tannerite and some .38 Spl ammo.

I would have given him some meat anyway, but I guess he felt like he owed me something.

 

[Drm50]

I got in a deal once that would make your head spin. It started
out with a couple hundred lbs of lead that I poured into bullets.
I started trading bullets for all kind of stuff. It involved TVs, all
kinds of tools, chain saws, wood stoves, fishing tackle and I
don't know how many guns. This deal ran all winter. Besides
the trade goods I pocketed a few hundred bucks. Ended up with
a couple good guns and all kinds of loot. I kept track of it on
paper and it would make a CPA dizzy. One of the things I got
was a small cigar and some advice on trading from a guy who
just traded me a bunch of stuff for about 50 lbs of bullets. I
still have cigar. It's kinda dry but I was going to put it on a little
Plaque for a reminder that I needed some training on trading.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I gave some fresh venison and pork to a guy. He gave me some Tannerite and some .38 Spl ammo.

I would have given him some meat anyway, but I guess he felt like he owed me something.

One time an Elk Club Bartender heard me talking about going deer hunting.
He said he dearly loved venison, hadn’t had any forever!
I told him if me or any of my party got one, he would get some venison.
I dropped a fat Corn fed young Buck!
And gave that Bartender about 10 of venison.
After that, my money was no damn good!
I would lay it down but he wouldn’t pick it up!

 

[gregintenn]

I didn't trade, but once had a rifle for sale on a local forum. A guy responded wanting to trade a fainting goat for the rifle.


I've since adopted a local car dealer's motto: "We'll trade for anything that don't eat!"

 

[G-Mac]

I traded some old motorcycle tires for a Glock! True story!

 

[tops]

I traded some old motorcycle tires for a Glock! True story!

I don't believe I would tell that unless I got a bunch of boot. Larry

 

[RobertJ.]

I traded a Taurus .357 for an Epiphone electric guitar.

And he was convinced he got the better end of the deal!

 

[G-Mac]

I traded a Taurus .357 for an Epiphone electric guitar.

And he was convinced he got the better end of the deal!

That sounds like a win-win!

 

[RobertJ.]

That sounds like a win-win!

That's right! The very best trades are those where both parties think they came out ahead.

 

[G-Mac]

That's right! The very best trades are those where both parties think they came out ahead.

I would take a nice Epiphone electric guitar over a Taurus revolver anyday!

 

[Beemer-mark]

I traded a wife, house, two cars, two bank accounts and a dog for an old beat-up pickup, my clothes and an apartment.

Never put myself in that trade position again.

Yeah, but it sounds like you came out ahead in the end.

 

[amazingflapjack]

Wow...

I traded some old motorcycle tires for a Glock! True story!

You got beat!!!!!!!!!!!