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I wish I was in the same shape as some of you that never sell your guns, but to buy more I need funds. I have three kids and don't make bank. We do just fine, but I don't want the wife up my butt about buying "to many guns". Selling a gun that I don't shoot is a good way for me to raise those funds. I generally check gun broker.
I don't own a gun I don't shoot. That said I have a tendency to buy a gun I think I like. After shooting it I may find imho, It aint what I thought'd be. When that happens, and that's fairly uncommon due to my age, I use those guns for trading material than selling.
'sides if folks never sold their guns what'd there be out there for us to buy? :)
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I haven't thought much about determining a sellinfg price for my guns as they aren't usually for sale. Several years ago I sold one to a relative at a fraction of its value. At the time I needed the cash and he needed a good quality pistol.
Please let me know if you have any more of those deals. You can call me Uncle Lp! :D
Seriously, I used to check eBay for going rates because anyone can ask for the moon but looking up what the item sold for tells the real story.
I wish I could look up a list of just my guns and what they actually sold for. Not just one at a time because that doesn't really show the average sale
price.
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A friend owns a pawn shop when the Police come in and find stolen property the pawn shops must turn it over. It's good you called them
and have a report on the books.
Are those amps part of your work or more of an after work love or hobby?
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Besides, why are you sorry? I support everyone's gun buying choices even if I disagree with them. There are a lot of people that speak very favorably of the Redhawk, and due to the heavier construction one would think they handle the recoil better. Although, I suppose grips have a lot to do with it.
Even hardcore Smith guys like Hickok45 speak favorably of the Redhawk.My bad for that. I meant it's always better to shoot everything in the caliber you can get your hands on. I've had the luxury of owning them without
firing prior dropping the cash on them. I would have stuck with Smiths and been happy. Please don't get me wrong I was shooting these guns since I was 18, which is close to 44 years ago.
My first big gun was the Colt. 45 and it had some kick and shot fine but SAO, leaving one bullet behind along with slow reloading meaning
it was a wonderful plinking gun back then. My primary weapon back then was a Remington 1911A1.
My next gun's were actually three Cowboy Style Rugers. I went into the Service back then and they were very cheap to buy form the BX back then. I picked up a .22lr,/.22Mag combo then a .38/.357/9mm combo and they shot so well I bought the .44 mag. Whoops! What I found, although I didn't know it at the time, was the .44 had a high barrel centerline. This meant the moment of angle, pivot point when the gun went bang was much higher than on the S&W. This meant the pistol rotated heavily in my hand and the backside of the hammer would slam back into the web of my hand between my thumb and forefinger. Not the most comfortable feeling everytime I shot it and I developed a noticeable flinch from shooting it. Not so much from the pain as from the anticipation of the pain. I finally ran into a guy with a M-29/2. What a difference when I shot it!
Yes, it goes bang and pushes back and up and you can develop a small flinch at around shot #10 but not because of any pain just anticipating its gonna go bang but it's easy to hold through the shot. Nice pistol and accurate.
My son-in-law bought a S&W .460 and a .500 so I've shot both go of those, also. The .460 reminds me of my .44 mag and is a pleasure to shoot, just like my 29/2. The .500 reminds me of my old Ruger .44 mag. although not so much due to the rotation of the gun in my hand but due to it's heavy recoil. It's just too much to be a pleasure to shooting, IMHO.
I've had a DE in .44 mag which I found a pleasure to shoot also. The darn thing is so heavy that there is not much felt recoil although the mass of the slide helps the gun jump in your hand. And again. my Son-in-law has a DE .500 which I did not find a pleasure to shoot. You need to shoot one wearing shooting glasses because the cases have a tendency to come back and "dink" you in the forehead above your eyebrows. Ow.... If you let someone shoot one you also need to make sure they have a good grip on the thing because it will come back and ding someone unsuspecting foo..er...shooter on the forehead, too.
Redhawks... I already mentioned I was't that fond of the triggers compared to Smith's.
Hmmm, now that we've talked about this I have to sadly say I don't have any Rugers in the house although I've shot some worked over 2nd gen Vaquero .45's that were sweet. I think I could own a pair of those.
You are absolutely correct that everyone has different ideas as to what trips their trigger. That's why there are so many manufacturers out there.
My thoughts were in answer to your question although I apologize for not going into more detail which probably gives one more ideas as to the why folks buy what they buy. Also, these were just my prefs over the years.
Lp
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Sorry you pulled the trigger.
You should shoot both before you buy. I've had both and never liked the recoil of the Rugers. Check that....maybe I should say Blackhawk and
I got rid of one years ago.
I've shot the Redhawk and they don't have the trigger the S&W's have.
I passed on a Blackhawk .44 mag a few months ago. He wanted $250 for it. Had it been a Smith.....
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I'd sell my S&W 29-2, 8 3/8 inch but I'm just too wishy washy. A few days from now I could be persuaded to sell it. Then again...I really enjoy
shooting the heck out of it. Recoil is ok, accuracy is outstanding. The trigger is light because i put a spring kit in it. I even have a holster although
to draw it can be a pain see'n as how you keep drawing and drawing til the muzzle clears leather. :D
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She'd be perfect if she could just keep her finger off the trigger...
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If it's on here I ask for a fair price and usually sell for about what I paid for it.
If it's on Gunbroker I set a min price and let fly.
If it's on Armslist I ask what I think they're selling for.
If it's at our Club it's 2x the list price and carrying charges since I had to carry it out there.
If I'm buying at our Club it's 1/2 of what I think it's worth.
If I sell it then I tell my wife I got double what I actually paid for it.
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Are we talking defense or fun?
For defense, imho, if you go through all 7-8 rounds of .45 in a fire fight what makes you think 13 are gonna help?
And, just because you have 7-13 rounds (or more) and the other dude is shooting what makes you think he's as inept as you are and will miss through
that amount of shoots fired? You started with the right caliber which is a good thing.
The fun part is spending the time and ammo learning how to shoot and hit with it by rote memory using a double tap.
I am a 1911 fan and have been since 1971. I don't think I'm gonna stop at this age.
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wooohoooo! wot!
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I load mine the day before ML season and unload days or weeks afterwards (a year this time around) with no problems.
Dave
Dave,
There is one difference between the newly bought rifle of Rugerla and you. He didn't load his rifle but you loaded yours and you know exactly what's in it.
I picked up another rifle in Spokane in October. It was almost a match to my Pedersoli Flintlock except iso .50 cal it was .45 and caplock Pedersoli.
Before I plopped down the cash I took the ramrod out and stuck it down the barrel. Sure enough there was a load in it with about 6 inches of powder down that smoke pole. I took it over to one of my sisters kids house, pulled the breech plug and used a 135psi of air to pop the load out it it. When we did it actually back flowed the powder out of the barrel, back thru the breech plug. I squirted a mess of WD-40 down the barrel and waited 15 min then out it popped.
I then thoroughly cleaned the rifle and found a rough spot right about where the ball and charge was sitting in the barrel. There was also a bit of rust in there which i think was because of accumulated moisture that got to the powder through the nipple. Some bore cleaner, lots of strokes up and down the barrel and some shooting and you'd never know the the barrel wasn't new.
Nice pics of the new rifle! To me scopes are a different issue with Bp. Imho you buy a scope, any brand for your smoke pole and it's the luck of the draw when it's going to break. It might be the 5th shot or the 100th shot. Bp just seems to have a way with destroying perfectly good scopes. I tend to go with
front globe and rear aperture which acts just like a scope without the magnification.
LP
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And to think...all of that info at our fingertips and I still got up at 0620 this morning!
I hate it when that happens....
On a side note...my Dogs don;t care about daylight savings time. Their body clocks know when it's time to eat!
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Lesse,
1) A Stevens Model 44.5 in .25-20.
2) A Remington rolling block in .22LR
3) A .32 cal Kentucky Long Rifle in Flintlock or percussion...or both.
4) An original Harpers Ferry Rifle
That should about cover it.
Lp
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Got my shot on Friday. :D
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go here...
http://www.midwayusa.com/General.mvc/Index/VideoLibrary
goto gun projects/smith and wesson revolver/how to remove a hammer spur....
Good luck
Lp
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I live in Bartlett, TN. God heats my workshop approx 9 months out of the year. The 3 months I use a small plug in oil heater.
The one that looks like the old water filled heater in which the water was heated in a boiler then sent around the house.
I plug it in about an hour prior to go in and it keeps my room toasty.
Lp
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Back in the late '70's i performed preventive mx on them. We had them housed in sheds and we'd run them once a month. They were manual switch over at
time and you peeked inside the door before going in as they sometimes tossed ball lightning at ya.
It's probably run fine when you get it up.
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While I'm not a resident of your town I did sign the petition and asked for common sense to prevail over an
irresponsible duck owner.
It does raise the question, if this same duck happened onto a local stream or river and was shot by a legal hunter, in season,
would the hunter be a murderer and liable for criminal justice?
Is there a difference?
DOH!
Remember this, these people are there because they were voted into office....
Again, DOH!
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Bartlett here which is a 10 min drive down Stage Rd to Wolf Chase. If I had to do all over again I'd say Fayette County also. Stay away from Shelby County
unless you like high taxes. Memphis itself sucks. A ten minute drive from Wolf Chase gets you to MSSA (Memphis Sport Shooting Association) which is a fine
Shooting CLub. Dues are not bad but the initiation is a bit high.
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I use a sinclair bipod for everything.
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[/URL]If the grass is too high then I go to crossed wooden shooting sticks. Poke them in the ground, have a seat and take the shot.
I'll try and get a pics of them today some time.
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As long as he's not from Nigeria, asking for my money to give me money it might be worthwhile but isn't this why we all belong to the NRA?
They bug the heck outa me almost daily and they called again this morning. Persdonally, I think they spend more time asking me for money than actually fighting for our rights.
Or as they say it, picking their fights.
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'76? I had already done my stint and had a wife and two kids....
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Would you believe I saw AR lowers on sale for $29 and $39? They sold out immediately but they will have them again.
I would say the feeding frenzy is over.
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Dave,
Alright time has gone by but I finally got out and shot it again today and said I'd send a range report...
First things first. My tired old eyes have trouble seeing a dark front sight on a black target so I swapped it out
to a globe front sight. So I go to the range, set up a target and start shooting.
The 1st and 2nd shots are on the very bottom of the target at 50 yds. I have no elevation on the rifle at all and
my globe is one of the lowest sights I could put on the barrel.
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[/URL]I adjust fire but have a slight hang fire and pull the 3rd shot to the 4 o'clock.
I go back and rest the middle of the ring of the front globe on the top of the target and fire #4 which is at 10 o'clock.
#5 is the bullseye and #6 is the 11 o'clock shot.
Ok, I'm up at 50 gr for the load. I know I need to find some sort of adjustable rear sight I can use.
Flintlock lessons learned:
Oil residue from the ignition priming powder gets on the flint and the frizzen. Without wiping the the frizzen
and the flint off I got a hang fire due to a light spark. I didn't notice and reloaded to try again. This time, no spark.
Wait a few then re-ock and try again. A friend suggests I wipe everything down. I do and reset some primer powder.
Re-cock, aim, Bang.
I took another look at my flint. I'm still on the original one that came with the rifle. It now showed it was a bit
farther from the frizzen when it's in the down position while the the action is at half cock. I loosened up the cock
and flipped the flint around. Now I have a great spark.
My 4rd shot was made using very little primer powder. My bud suggested he only put enough to fill 1/2 the pan and no more.
I tried it and got a good, almost simultaneous ignition. The 5th shot while it looked good was a pure luck center shot.
I used the same amount of primer powder. good ignition. The last shot was the same primer load.
Ok, so I need a decent rear sight. I'm pretty sure my spreads are due to having an ok elevation but I really had no idea
exactly where center line was. I had to lift my head which moved me around some to see if I was in alignment. Not a good thing.
I stopped there for the day to clean up and head for the barn.
I ran a wet patch through the rifle followed by a dry patch after every shot. I wanted to ensure I didn't drop powder down with any hot ashes.
I also used my home grown pick every couple of shots to ensure the sparks had a clean channel to the main charge. One thing interesting
about the wet patch is you can hear the air being pushed out of the flash hole. Like a little piston.
About my ball patches. I'm using .490 balls and pillow ticking, washed 3 times to soften it up. I stick each one in a small tube of water
I bring to the range. This is only for target shooting. I wring it out then patch the ball into the muzzle.
The fired patches look good. No tearing. A perfect black circle from the powder burn while pushing the ball out of the barrel. I picked up 4 of
them and they were alike. As I mentioned earlier I believe this used rifle I bought has never been fired. I wonder if and how many rounds it
might take to season the barrel. Any ideas?
I heard timing a lock is something I may to look at if I want to ensure instant ignition. My bud said something about heating the cock
and bending it so when the cock in in the fired position over the pan it is pointed right at the center of it. This is supposed to ensure the
spark goes down into the pan and ignites the powder. Yes? No?
I also heard the pan can be shallow but can be enlarged in width but not in depth. Again to let the powder fire quicker. Yes? No?
For now I'm still sorting out the Flintlock but when I get the sight I should be able to build up a good load for it.
Lp
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Should I take this class?
in Handgun Carry and Self Defense
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Imho joining and shooting idpa or ipsc at your local clubs may teach you a lot more than some of these tacticool courses.
Bring whacha got, have fun and learn a lot. There will be lots of other folks with wheels guns.
If you've gotten your HCP then you;ve probably had the safety courses which is great. Now you need to learn practical shooting
using your chosen firearm and it sounds like this guy can't really give it to you.