Which handgun would you like but probably never own?
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Cheapshooter
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Wouldn't have a Korth if they gave it to me. That thing is waaaay to big. Heck, it's so big it even screwed up this whole thread. Now I can hardly read anything in it!
FrankenMauser
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Yep.
Sometimes, the universe is trying to tell you something.
My problem - since Wildeys are actually fairly affordable** - is that it isn't just the pistol.
I'm afraid it will be like potato chips: You can't have just one.
One Wildey will turn into three Wildeys. And then I'll have to have a full set of barrels for each one. And then I'll need to track down an original presentation case, or two.
And, with my luck, I wouldn't ever find a good deal on a .475 model. So, I'd eventually end up over-paying, just to get the one that I actually want.
And holsters...
And reloading dies...
And...
**Holy crap! I retract that statement about being affordable. I guess I should check the market more than once a decade. Last time I looked, a shooter could be picked up for $1,200. Now, a decent one is $5k.
I have a Wildey, .45 Win Mag. Also an LAR Grizzly .45 win mag (had the .44mag, traded it) have a Coonan Model A, a Desert Eagle .357 & .44 Mag and also a .357AMP and .44AMP Auto Mags.
Took me over 30 years to complete the collection, and some of the guns cost more than the car I was driving at the time.
let me remind you folks of an oft over looked thing, when ever someone says "I can't justify the cost" I would remind you that if you have an income, you get more money, one thing you DON'T get is more TIME.
Took me over 30 years to complete the collection, and some of the guns cost more than the car I was driving at the time.
let me remind you folks of an oft over looked thing, when ever someone says "I can't justify the cost" I would remind you that if you have an income, you get more money, one thing you DON'T get is more TIME.
Now that brings up an interesting conundrum....
What would a person do - that will part with nothing - if given something he doesn't want?
Would he break his own vow - to never part with it - or - would he stay true to his word and keep the thing around - to taunt him all the days of his life?
Bob Willman
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A S&W 460 or a Ruger 480.
Schlitz 45
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Probably will never own-Desert Eagle 50AE or a Swiss SIG P-210.
Possibly will own-S&W Model 29, P08 Luger with matching numbers/mags/holster, Browning Hi Power, 1903 Colt Pocket Hammerless, 1st Gen 1873 Colt SAA 44-40
Possibly will own-S&W Model 29, P08 Luger with matching numbers/mags/holster, Browning Hi Power, 1903 Colt Pocket Hammerless, 1st Gen 1873 Colt SAA 44-40
Cheapshooter
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Well, considering he was being sarcastic about the picture being posted without being resized I kind of thinking he would obey Rule #1.
Kreyzhorse
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A pristine, blued Colt Python.
Just too damn expensive for a gun I wouldn't want to shoot and use.
Just too damn expensive for a gun I wouldn't want to shoot and use.
jetinteriorguy
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A pristine unfired S&W model 27 with a 4” barrel. Even though for most not necessarily priced out of reach, but for me it is.
Thankfully for me those are still reasonably priced here in Switzerland
Geezerbiker
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I'd like to have a Desert Eagle 50AE but it's too much money and way too impractical...
Tony
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A fancy 1911 with a price tag of over 1k.
I have a few really nice, well made, accurate 1911 but I haven't crossed the line from production guns to something "special".
I don't know that I ever will either.
I feel truly blessed to have the ones I have and can't see trading three of them to get one really "special".
For one thing, and it's taken me a while for me to realize and admit this to myself, the pistols that I have now can and do out shoot me every time I take them to the range.
I would never realize the accuracy built into a custom fitted 1911.
They sure are pretty though!
I have a few really nice, well made, accurate 1911 but I haven't crossed the line from production guns to something "special".
I don't know that I ever will either.
I feel truly blessed to have the ones I have and can't see trading three of them to get one really "special".
For one thing, and it's taken me a while for me to realize and admit this to myself, the pistols that I have now can and do out shoot me every time I take them to the range.
I would never realize the accuracy built into a custom fitted 1911.
They sure are pretty though!