What does NEED have to do with it?

[robertrwalsh]

I snagged a nice Hand Ejector in .455 Webley. Gun had apparently gone to the UK then to Canada before it came back home. Probably 1917 production. (S # 694XX). Blue. 6". Very solid. Timed correctly on all six bores s/a and d/a. Locks up tight. Very little end shake. Zero wiggle on the yoke. Good appearance considering it was actually carried and shot. A fair amount of blue left and no pitting or rust. Bore is dark and a little grundgy but not horrid. Got it for $800 OTD, which was maybe not great but was certainly not horrible, especially for CA. Will post photos and give range report when I pick it up from CA gun jail in two weeks or so. I don't often buy guns at gun shows but this one seemed reasonable for the price.

 

[quinn]

I understand the question posed in the title. I believe you just have to be a little more flexible in you definition of "need". JMHO Does it improve your self image? Does it heighten your security level? Will you sleep better at night? Will it fill and empty void you your gun safe. Just definitions...

 

[robertrwalsh]

I will without a doubt bring comfort thru companionship to my other N frame S&Ws. That is, I suppose a valid consideration.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Exactly correct! Clint Smith said a gun doesn't have to be comfortable, it should be comforting. Something like that, anyway.

 

[Oldengineer]

I understand the question posed in the title. I believe you just have to be a little more flexible in you definition of "need". JMHO Does it improve your self image? Does it heighten your security level? Will you sleep better at night? Will it fill and empty void you your gun safe. Just definitions...

How about “ it makes you happy “or it gives you something to look forward to “?

 

[pasound]

Collectables are like cats. They purr when we touch them.

 

[TheTinMan]

“Need”???

We don’t need no stinkin’ need!

How about “ it makes you happy “or it gives you something to look forward to “?

I hope that’s it because there isn’t any more room in the secure storage here but that doesn’t seem to stop me …

 

[Bald1]

I understand the question posed in the title. I believe you just have to be a little more flexible in you definition of "need". JMHO Does it improve your self image? Does it heighten your security level? Will you sleep better at night? Will it fill and empty void you your gun safe. Just definitions...

These damn things fill an empty void in our hearts and gun safes yet create an empty void in our wallets.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

I passed NEED 50 years ago.........Since then it's been WANT.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

I passed need 50 years ago.........Since then it's been WANT.

 

[cololab]

I just don't want some unrelated to me entity determining what I do or don't "need". I'm perfectly capable of determining that all by myself.

 

[22hipower]

Yes, pictures please, those are great old guns with lots of history. Some saw two wars, several different continents and who knows what else. There's a very good research thread on these here too so please post in it when you have it in hand and get some pictures.

.455 British Svc Revolver Research Thread

This thread needs some pictures while we're waiting. Here's a scratched up one I got awhile back; converted (the good way) to 45 Colt. This one went to the UK and Canada before coming home. No idea where it got so badly scratched. And no, need has nothing to do with it.

Jeff
SWCA #1457

https://flic.kr/p/2pyHXhC https://www.flickr.com/photos/194934231@N03/

 

[toad67]

Yes, pictures please, those are great old guns with lots of history. Some saw two wars, several different continents and who knows what else. There's a very good research thread on these here too so please post in it when you have it in hand and get some pictures.

This thread needs some pictures while we're waiting. Here's a scratched up one I got awhile back; converted (the good way) to 45 Colt. This one went to the UK and Canada before coming home. No idea where it got so badly scratched. And no, need has nothing to do with it.

Jeff
SWCA #1457

https://flic.kr/p/2pyHXhC https://www.flickr.com/photos/194934231@N03/

Looks like it was drug down all gravel roads from the great white north...
Beautiful, beautiful gun, thanks for posting..

 

[rct269]

We say "need" because we don't have to waste any energy by moving our lips to say"want"----works every time!

Ralph Tremaine

 

[dsf]

I snagged a nice Hand Ejector in .455 Webley. Gun had apparently gone to the UK then to Canada before it came back home. Probably 1917 production. (S # 694XX). Blue. 6". Very solid. Timed correctly on all six bores s/a and d/a. Locks up tight. Very little end shake. Zero wiggle on the yoke. Good appearance considering it was actually carried and shot. A fair amount of blue left and no pitting or rust. Bore is dark and a little grundgy but not horrid. Got it for $800 OTD, which was maybe not great but was certainly not horrible, especially for CA. Will post photos and give range report when I pick it up from CA gun jail in two weeks or so. I don't often buy guns at gun shows but this one seemed reasonable for the price.

I'm in NorCal - where was the show?

I usually buy out of state with C&R, last time I went to a CA show I grabbed a Mossberg Palomino - neat little lever 22.

 

[robertrwalsh]

Antioch. Not quite one hour drive for me. Mostly a way to kill some time but I have bought 3 or 4 guns there over the years. Decent size show.

 

[crows]

I'm in NorCal - where was the show?

I usually buy out of state with C&R, last time I went to a CA show I grabbed a Mossberg Palomino - neat little lever 22.

That Mossberg is one I've kept an eye out for for years.

 

[Sgt. Buzzard]

Spending your kids inheritance one gun at a time. What wrong with that? Truth here. The two best guns I own came from my father. A Remington Rangemaster 37 and a series one Colt Woodsman with a 7" round bull target barrel, yes custom.

 

[mikerjf]

“What’s need got to do, got to do with it…
What’s need, but a second hand-ejector…”