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  • doddg

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    Before I get to what was in the gun flle, I found the box my NAA single action .22 magnum came in with a holster for it!
    Funny part about that is I can't find the gun, and I have known where it is for 25 yrs. until I started buying guns and going to the range.
    I took it to the range and fired it, and put it away again: where? Don't know.
    Hopefully, when I move Nov. 11, I'll find it.

    Now, as to my file!
    I remembered that about the time I got away from guns I had applied for my dealer's license and received the info in the mail with the forms I was to use in buying and selling.
    That was in 1992.
    I found 3 old gun permits: 1988, 1992, and 1996.

    I can't believe the guns I used to own that I completely forgot about.
    I have receipts and you won't believe the prices on many of them.

    One time I went to an auction (Kirstein's Premiier Auction Services) and bought 9 guns for $320: 12 guage (bought for hunting friend), .22 for $17.50, .22 for 12.50, .22 for $20, .22 for $25, .38 for $45, .38 for $30, .38 for $45, .38 for $60. I have my bidder #: 109.
    I had to return 1 of the .38s b/c it was reported stolen.

    I bought a Colt .38 for $275 and an Escort for $175 in 1992.
    Bought a Beretta model 21A .22 pistol at a pawn shop for $130.
    Bought a Walther TPH22 for $279 (pricey for the time in 1992).
    Bought a Colt Pocketite (wished I still had it).
    Bought a Browning BL22 rifle in Huntsville Al for $162 (had to get brother-in-law to buy it for me b/c I was out of state).
    Boughr a Marlin tube feed .22 rifle, and a Remington 19 shot rifle.
    Bought a S/W model 61-2 .22LR for $125.
    Bpught a Beretta 950 for $100.
    In 1993 I got a membership to the NRA for $25.
    I bought an NAA .22 and later traded it for a .22 magnum that I still have.
    Bought a Ruger .22 for $150 in 1993.
    Bought an H&R 9 model 923 7 shot, 4" barrel revolver.
    Bought an RG17 Derringer .38 for $30 (forgot about that one).
    Bought a .38 snubbie and sold it to a fireman.
    Bought a Colt Police Special .38 for $45.
    Bought a Ruger Mark 2 for $160 in 1992.
    Bought a Rohm revolver .38 for $45.
    Bought a Bauer .25 for $145.

    Most of these guns I don't even remember.
    There were another 20-30 guns or more that I bought earlier before I started keeping records, from 1973 - 1990s.

    Memory lane.
     

    Sniper 79

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    Wow. My rule of thumb on anything is if I haven't touched it in a year it gets sold. Have a garage sale once or twice a year.
     

    rob63

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    Wow. My rule of thumb on anything is if I haven't touched it in a year it gets sold. Have a garage sale once or twice a year.

    This make me curious; how much do you usually get for your old receipts and files in your garage sales?
     

    mcapo

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    I can't believe the guns I used to own that I completely forgot about.
    I have receipts and you won't believe the prices on many of them.

    Memory lane.


    For me it's: I can't believe the guns I used to own that I can't forgot about.
    You won't believe the low sold prices on many of them that I won't ever replace them for.

    I still have receipts from guns my father bought and sold in the 60's even though most are long gone. Someplace I have the receipt from his sale of a number of long guns to buy wedding rings for my mother. They divorced soon after and he always missed the guns...
     

    doddg

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    For me it's: I can't believe the guns I used to own that I can't forgot about.
    You won't believe the low sold prices on many of them that I won't ever replace them for.

    I still have receipts from guns my father bought and sold in the 60's even though most are long gone. Someplace I have the receipt from his sale of a number of long guns to buy wedding rings for my mother. They divorced soon after and he always missed the guns...

    1. Sounds like you could make a movie with that story line: a tragic love story. :dunno:
     

    Sniper 79

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    Ya I've never lost money on a firearm. Even after shooting them foy years. Great investments.

    Something I always think about too is all the motorcycles I've had. I look on the classy adds and some of the bikes are going for triple what I sold them for. Mine were in perfect shape in compairison. If I come across any more barn find bikes they are coming home with me.
     

    doddg

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    Ya I've never lost money on a firearm. Even after shooting them foy years. Great investments.

    Something I always think about too is all the motorcycles I've had. I look on the classy adds and some of the bikes are going for triple what I sold them for. Mine were in perfect shape in compairison. If I come across any more barn find bikes they are coming home with me.

    1. I had about 20 MCs, and I sold them all very close to what I paid, b/c, like guns, I only bought when price right/low.
    2. Bought only a couple of new bikes and I lost 30%-45% on them: new $1100, sold $600 (Kawasaki 400cc 2 stroke triple cylinder) and a Yamaha Majesty 400cc maxi-scooter: new $5000, sold $2800 5 years later (and 2 accidents, at very slow speeds).
     
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