aarondhgraham
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My Holy Grail firearm is a S&W Model 45 Revolver,,,
It's also known as the M&P .22 or the Post Office M&P.
So yesterday after work I went to my favorite watering hole for a beer,,,
I struck up a conversation with an acquaintance about .22 handguns,,,
He was asking what would be a good .22 revolver to buy new,,,
The only handgun he has is an old .22 he had inherited,,,
His concern was that the old S&W would blow up.
I've known the man as a casual acquaintance for a couple of years,,,
I didn't know beforehand that he enjoyed the occasional plinking session.
Anyways we talked about new guns and then he started describing his .22,,,
I was getting very interested because the more he described it,,,
It was sounding more and more like he had a Model 45.
I asked him if he would be willing to sell it,,,
I mentioned that if it was what I was thinking it might be,,,
I would be willing to pay him a fair value price if he would let it go.
So we drove to his house and I have to say I was sweating bullets,,,
In the 4 years I've been looking I've only seen two of them,,,
One was completely trashed and the other too expensive.
So there I am sitting in his kitchen while he brought it out,,,
He handed me a zippered leather case,,,
My hands were literally shaking.
It was not a S&W Model 45,,,
It was instead a 22-32 Hand Ejector,,,
His grandfather must have loved this gun,,,
Because it was well used but even better maintained.
There is hardly any wear on the still bright bluing,,,
It does display a turn line but no scratches at all on the surface
I couldn't identify it exactly last night,,,
But as soon as I got home to my Standard Catalog of S&W,,,
I was able to firmly identify it by serial number as a Standard Model.
The handgun is in extremely nice shape,,,
Not LNIB but much nicer than a Very Good rating,,,
I told my friend that it wasn't a gun I wanted but it was valuable.
Easily worth 600-700 dollars,,,
And if he held out for a while maybe a Grand.
He is well moneyed and doesn't need the cash,,,
So he said he is going to keep it and shoot it occasionally.
He still wants a new(er) .22 revolver for a shooter,,,
I'm going to help him find a nice quality used Model 17 or 18.
Even though it didn't turn out to be my Holy Grail revolver,,,
It was a fun and exciting evening after all.
Aarond
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It's also known as the M&P .22 or the Post Office M&P.
So yesterday after work I went to my favorite watering hole for a beer,,,
I struck up a conversation with an acquaintance about .22 handguns,,,
He was asking what would be a good .22 revolver to buy new,,,
The only handgun he has is an old .22 he had inherited,,,
His concern was that the old S&W would blow up.
I've known the man as a casual acquaintance for a couple of years,,,
I didn't know beforehand that he enjoyed the occasional plinking session.
Anyways we talked about new guns and then he started describing his .22,,,
I was getting very interested because the more he described it,,,
It was sounding more and more like he had a Model 45.
I asked him if he would be willing to sell it,,,
I mentioned that if it was what I was thinking it might be,,,
I would be willing to pay him a fair value price if he would let it go.
So we drove to his house and I have to say I was sweating bullets,,,
In the 4 years I've been looking I've only seen two of them,,,
One was completely trashed and the other too expensive.
So there I am sitting in his kitchen while he brought it out,,,
He handed me a zippered leather case,,,
My hands were literally shaking.
It was not a S&W Model 45,,,
It was instead a 22-32 Hand Ejector,,,
His grandfather must have loved this gun,,,
Because it was well used but even better maintained.
There is hardly any wear on the still bright bluing,,,
It does display a turn line but no scratches at all on the surface
I couldn't identify it exactly last night,,,
But as soon as I got home to my Standard Catalog of S&W,,,
I was able to firmly identify it by serial number as a Standard Model.
The handgun is in extremely nice shape,,,
Not LNIB but much nicer than a Very Good rating,,,
I told my friend that it wasn't a gun I wanted but it was valuable.
Easily worth 600-700 dollars,,,
And if he held out for a while maybe a Grand.
He is well moneyed and doesn't need the cash,,,
So he said he is going to keep it and shoot it occasionally.
He still wants a new(er) .22 revolver for a shooter,,,
I'm going to help him find a nice quality used Model 17 or 18.
Even though it didn't turn out to be my Holy Grail revolver,,,
It was a fun and exciting evening after all.
Aarond
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