Pictures of my Garand, other news

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cornered rat

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Just got an IAI M1 Carbine tonight. Wanted that for a long time.
Unfortunately, I have already got one other gun from the same time period, the Springfield-made "shortie" Garand ( http://dd-b.net/nolegv/newphotos/snaps ). I recognize that the Garand is a fine design, but I am not all that fond of it and I am not a cometent rifleman. Between the rifle, 880 rounds of ammo and 120 chargers, I have almost $1K tied up in the package.

I am thinking of letting it go, preferably to a TFLer or someone I know locally. What do you think, would letting it go for what I paid for it make sense for both me and the buyer? I am not putting it into FOR SALE forum as I am not sure yet...and Michelle is in favor of keeping it.

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Cornered Rat
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Oleg,

Personally, I'd keep the Garand if it came down to a choice. I regret getting rid of my Garand. On the other hand, I regret getting rid of my M1 carbine. Hell, I regret getting rid of every firearms I've gotten rid of. Made a rule a couple of years back when I realized that... I sell or trade houses, cars, etc. for firearms. When I get a firearm I keep it until death do us part. I'm very particular about what I buy. As a result, I've regretted getting rid of what I've gotten rid of.


My advice is to keep them both.

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Byron Quick
 
Oleg,

Personally, I'd keep the Garand if it came down to a choice. I regret getting rid of my Garand. On the other hand, I regret getting rid of my M1 carbine. Hell, I regret getting rid of every firearms I've gotten rid of. Made a rule a couple of years back when I realized that... I sell or trade houses, cars, etc. for firearms. When I get a firearm I keep it until death do us part. I'm very particular about what I buy. As a result, I've regretted getting rid of what I've gotten rid of.


My advice is to keep them both and buy more ammo. Then practice until you ARE a competent rifleman.

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Byron Quick
 
I have evaluated my finances and found them to be in poor shape. However, I have adopted a rule for the next few months to avoid *any* nonessential purchase over $15. Flowers and chocolate for the GF are exempted. Used books tend to be under $15. I have enough ammo to stay in pra ctice and .22 ammo is cheap. I will be shooting a lot of .22 rifle int he next few months.

That set-up allows me to keep all the gun I bought. Pity I can't get more, but I will have a hard time learning so many different designs anyway.

I know what you mean about keeping guns forever (or giving them to friends in preference to selling). The only guns I sold were upgraded with better versions and those I do not regret. I'd rather not start the trend now.

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Cornered Rat
http://dd-b.net/RKBA RKBA posters
http://dd-b.net/olegv Portrait, nature photos
 
Oleg,

Your link in the original message was misspelled. (A 'n' was placed in front of your name.)

Excellent photos by the way.



[This message has been edited by Daniel Watters (edited November 15, 1999).]
 
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