bamabiker
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The last couple of gun shows I went to amazed me with the high prices for guns and ammo. In fact last Saturday I started to just stay at home instead of going to a small one at the Trussville civic center. It was only the second time I've seen them have one there and I didn't get to go to the first one. So with nothing else to do I thought why not. It was small but had the same high prices.
When I figure I will not be buying a gun I start looking at other stuff because I like all kinds of different things.
At one of the last tables I looked at there was a pair of diamond targets that looked like someone had dropped them in a bucket of varnish, took them out and let them dry. The guy said they were K frame and I thought the same. As I'm looking at them I notice a larger than normal checkering pattern (you know where this is going). Hmm, the often debated K frame Cokes maybe.
Asked how much and when he told me an amount less than a good meal I said I would take them even though they had problems and needed refinishing. They had some wood missing on the front bottom corner of the left panel, someone had sanded the bottom of the right panel so they were not even and the pin holes on the inside of both panels were wallowed out.
To make a long story short they are N frame and I've already soaked them in acetone, lightly sanded them, filled and drilled the pin holes and applied a finish. They will be my shooter Cokes and for now they are on one of my favorite shooters, my M28-2 that has been nickeled.
So the next time someone thinks there is no use going to a show, well you just never know.
When I figure I will not be buying a gun I start looking at other stuff because I like all kinds of different things.
At one of the last tables I looked at there was a pair of diamond targets that looked like someone had dropped them in a bucket of varnish, took them out and let them dry. The guy said they were K frame and I thought the same. As I'm looking at them I notice a larger than normal checkering pattern (you know where this is going). Hmm, the often debated K frame Cokes maybe.
Asked how much and when he told me an amount less than a good meal I said I would take them even though they had problems and needed refinishing. They had some wood missing on the front bottom corner of the left panel, someone had sanded the bottom of the right panel so they were not even and the pin holes on the inside of both panels were wallowed out.
To make a long story short they are N frame and I've already soaked them in acetone, lightly sanded them, filled and drilled the pin holes and applied a finish. They will be my shooter Cokes and for now they are on one of my favorite shooters, my M28-2 that has been nickeled.
So the next time someone thinks there is no use going to a show, well you just never know.
Congratulations on a great find and nice work on bringing them back.
