I sold an AR today and with the funds I went looking for a revolver. Hit all the big shops and some of the little ones. Only thing I saw that caught my eye was a Hungarian DA Hi Power, but they wanted a little too much for it and my brother talked me out of it, nothing on the revolver front. We were headed home all dejected at finding nothing locally and I had resigned myself to scouring Gunbroker for the revolver I wanted- I was looking for a single action in .45 Colt but no luck locally. Then my brother says "Hey, what about Gander Mountain?" I never think of them because one just opened recently and it's pretty out of the way. What the heck, right? Drove out and started in the used racks. Immediately noticed some pretty interesting and unusual rifles. OLD M70's, old .22's, some real old lever guns and BAM! There it is, sitting right on the end of the rack, one of my all time dream rifles.
H&R reproduction 1873 Trapdoor Cavalry Carbine. BRAND. NEW. A guy had brought it in to trade, said he had gotten it as a gift 40 years ago and he never liked it. It had sat, unfired and still in the box, in his closet since then. He traded it for something new. It's perfect, not a scratch, not a ding. New. I had to have it. I have wanted one of these rifles since I got into guns when I tirned 18 but could never swing the funds. And here was one, brand new, for a very good price. Needless to say it came home with me. Tomorrow I'm going hog hunting and this will be tagging along. If it shoots straight, it will be sitting in the stand with me.
H&R reproduction 1873 Trapdoor Cavalry Carbine. BRAND. NEW. A guy had brought it in to trade, said he had gotten it as a gift 40 years ago and he never liked it. It had sat, unfired and still in the box, in his closet since then. He traded it for something new. It's perfect, not a scratch, not a ding. New. I had to have it. I have wanted one of these rifles since I got into guns when I tirned 18 but could never swing the funds. And here was one, brand new, for a very good price. Needless to say it came home with me. Tomorrow I'm going hog hunting and this will be tagging along. If it shoots straight, it will be sitting in the stand with me.