Last edited by Baldanders; 11-21-2019 at 10:35 PM.
REPETITION CREATES BELIEF
REPETITION BUILDS THE SEPARATE WORLDS WE LIVE AND DIE IN
NO EXCEPTIONS
Tou can’t shoot someone in the face with a beanie baby.
A K frame is a obselecent, but not obsolete. It still has values as a tool not just as a collectible.
This is Pistol Forum, for “students and teachers of the art of the pistol,” not a collectors forum. I buy guns to shoot. I don’t care if it appreciates. That is an issue for my heirs.
Last edited by HCM; 11-21-2019 at 10:59 PM.
$90 Mosin? That's what PT Barnum would have sold them for. Heck I paid $50 in 1993 for an unissued Finnish M1891 Mosin from Century Arms and I felt Century got the better part of that deal. No way would I even think about buying one of the well worn Russian examples from AIM for $379. Not when I have purchased a very good condition Enfield No.4 for $350 and an absolutely beautiful 1893 Swedish Mauser for $499, both within the last 6 months.
Here are 5 finely made American revolvers all purchased for $499 or less out the door. From Left to right: Colt 357 purchased 2 weeks ago for $499(included vintage Tyler T Grip and a trigger shoe, missing the ejector rod head, the gunshop ordered a replacement free of charge), Colt Trooper 357 (purchased 2 years ago), Colt 357 (purchased in 2012 for $265), Dan Wesson Model 15 8 inch (Purchased this year), Dan Wesson 6 inch, Purchased 2017. I find that if I am selective with my purchases I have the ability to take advantage of deals when I see them and pay cash. It pays to be a skin flint.
Here is one more. WW II Beretta M1934 380 pistol, GI war capture, no import marks. $299 out the door purchased Sunday. Those gun dealers see you coming. Be savvy.
I absolutely agree with you on pretty much all points. That is why I am making the point that as a tool at $400ish there are better options out there. I just checked overpriced Gunbroker and even they have multiple used Ruger six shot DA 38 special revolvers in much better condition for $400 or less. I am making the similar point that as a collectable there are better choices in that price range unless you happen to get one with really interesting department markings. I would like to own a Model 10 again but not at that price point in that condition.
I've heard of the $50 Mosin, but have never ever ever seen one.
Must have been before my time.
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I would LOVE an HKPD marked Model 10, or any other tapered-barrel Model 10, really. I want an S&W 360J for similar reasons. Wheel guns still in wide department use in other countries just fascinate me for some reason. But I lust for an MR73 simply because firing one of those made a serious impression on me with how accurate and finely made they are.
In the summer of 2000, I bought a Mosin 91/59 for $80 and it came with a free 440rnd spam can of ammo - worth about $40 at the time. I was 18 and that's what I could afford. I bought a lot of other Mosins for $80-150 each, but I sold most of them at a decent profit. I still have the 91/59 though.
The above revolvers and Beretta were all nice scores - but a G series FAL for $225 is straight up theft. I am jealous!