The story of a sad trade

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dakota.potts

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I was at the range the other day next to a couple of folks who were shooting a pistol grip shotgun. A remington 870 or Mossberg 500, nothing special about it. They were handling it about as well as one can handle a pistol grip shotgun without training (in my opinion.) I got to talking to them and asked if they had shot at the range before.

The younger of the guys (probably the older one's son) tells me they had a couple of handguns and an M1 Garand they've shot before, but never a shotgun. Dad pipes up that they actually used to have an M1 Carbine, but along came someone who was looking for antique weapons and they traded away their M1 carbine.

For the pistol grip shotgun.

It's theirs to do what they want with, but sometimes you just have to smile that they're happy with the deal if for no other reason...

Does anybody think that was a trade worth making? The only thing I can think is hopefully it is a Universal or similar remake and not an original GI M1.
 
The PGO shotguns I usually see are Mossberg 500 models... they tend to run under $400 last I checked.

M1 Carbines, especially non-reproduction models, tend to run $1000. I'd love to pick one up and if I could get one for the cost of a PGO shotgun I'd have done so.

They may be happy with their trade; I sure hope so, because on just the basis of value alone they were had.
 
Value is in the eye of the beholder.

Last year I was at the range shooting, and had a gentleman offer to trade me for the very gun I was shooting because he was impressed with the group sizes I was getting. I was shooting a Savage Axis (still in factory stock, this is before Boyds' starting offering the replacement stocks) with a Vortex Crossfire II scope on it. He offered to trade me his Winchester Model 70 with a high powered Leupold scope on it.

If you go by the $$ value of the rigs, I was going to get the much better end of the deal, but I politely declined. I had put a lot of effort into developing the perfect load for the rifle and I really like the gun. I am glad I hung on to it as with the Boyds's stock, it is still a great gun, shooting great groups.
 
My Favorite trade so far has been trading a Judge Revolver, with a sticky cylinder, for a 1903A3 Springfield Underwood. It has a six groove barrel.

My brother thought he was getting the better deal because every time he fired the Springfield, the round would stick in the chamber. An $18.00 repair and a really good cleaning took care of all the problems that rifle had.
 
I traded my used GSG5 22lr carbine, worth about $350, for a brand new, unfired, in the box S&W mod.41 7.375".
I still feel guilty.
 
I'd love to have an M1 carbine, not so bothered about a shotgun, pistol grip or otherwise.

I play a video game called Hidden & Dangerous on occasion, and an M1 carbine is a very versatile weapon in that game; I think the game mechanics are carefully modelled on real life. Nearly as good as a sub-machine gun since you can rapidly fire up to 15 rounds, and as good as a rifle at shorter distances.
 
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