What are a handful of the very best guns that got away from you? For me they include:
Steyr AUG SA. A consignment. $350 in 1989 just as gun control was going nuts here in CA. Nobody really knew what was going on. I really blew it not grabbing this one.
Colt M1911 Ultimate Stainless. NIB for $300.00 at a local gunshop in 2000. I was very much in the market for an M1911 but I just coldn't see myself showing up for a match as a neophyte back then with what amounted to a ceremonial/parade gun. Apparently others felt the same way as it sat on consignment for quite some time.
IBM produced M1 carbine. Excellent condition for $129.99 at a local shop. M1 Carbines were so looked down upon back then that no one would give me much information on owning one.
MAK 90. A local shop bought a couple of sea trains of them directly from Norinco. $129.99. Not the greatest firearm of all time, but for the price I should have bought two.
I've turned down better deals, but it's these few that really bug me when I stop to think...
Steyr AUG SA. A consignment. $350 in 1989 just as gun control was going nuts here in CA. Nobody really knew what was going on. I really blew it not grabbing this one.
Colt M1911 Ultimate Stainless. NIB for $300.00 at a local gunshop in 2000. I was very much in the market for an M1911 but I just coldn't see myself showing up for a match as a neophyte back then with what amounted to a ceremonial/parade gun. Apparently others felt the same way as it sat on consignment for quite some time.
IBM produced M1 carbine. Excellent condition for $129.99 at a local shop. M1 Carbines were so looked down upon back then that no one would give me much information on owning one.
MAK 90. A local shop bought a couple of sea trains of them directly from Norinco. $129.99. Not the greatest firearm of all time, but for the price I should have bought two.
I've turned down better deals, but it's these few that really bug me when I stop to think...