Bullseye
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I like these old Shooters Bible books I have laying around.
Back in 1975 these were the retail prices for the S&W Dirty Harry 44 magnum and the Colt Python.
Both 6 inch blue revolvers but that 44 magnum ammo cost a bit more.
But you wanted to be Dirty Harry and went all out on the 44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, rather than have a cute prancing pony on your revolver.
Really, two bucks difference? Well good thing you didn't want to be Davy Crockett and spent your money on a Italian flintlock that cost almost as much at the time.
Now the vintage 44 Magnum goes for what? almost a couple thousand in NIB condition?
But you just had to shoot it, and shoot it, didn't you.
Those pythons, well who wants to take them out of the safe anyway?
Now they went up 1800%
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Back in 1975 these were the retail prices for the S&W Dirty Harry 44 magnum and the Colt Python.
Both 6 inch blue revolvers but that 44 magnum ammo cost a bit more.
But you wanted to be Dirty Harry and went all out on the 44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, rather than have a cute prancing pony on your revolver.
Really, two bucks difference? Well good thing you didn't want to be Davy Crockett and spent your money on a Italian flintlock that cost almost as much at the time.
Now the vintage 44 Magnum goes for what? almost a couple thousand in NIB condition?
But you just had to shoot it, and shoot it, didn't you.
Those pythons, well who wants to take them out of the safe anyway?
Now they went up 1800%
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