Dragonfly
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Back a couple of days before Christmas I was doing my holiday baking and I was reminded that it was on that day back in 2007 when I was also finishing my Christmas prep that I received a Model 28-2 in the mail—it was a great Christmas present for me that year. I wasn't as skilled with gun photos as I am now, but I grabbed a piece of firewood , put in out in the snow, popped the revolver on top and took a few pictures. I really liked how they came out.
Here's what it looked like back then:
It got me thinking thinking about how I really enjoyed the memory of that time, and how I missed that revolver as I'd sold it a few years later. As luck would have it, I actually was able to buy it back a year or so later but, as was my habit at the time, I was selling guns to buy other guns so I sold the revolver again about a year later.
So, while I was thinking about it over Christmas break I realized I should not have sold it once, let alone twice, so I posted about it on a Canadian gun forum to see if anyone know of its whereabouts and, to my shock, I heard back from the person who'd bought it ten years ago, and he offered to sell it back to me at a fair price. I'm very pleased—I know the Highway Patrolman is not really rare, but this one has a sentimental appeal for me, plus it has really nice Ahrends Moradillo Retro Target grips that I imagine are unfortunately hard to find these days.
I'm in a different phase of gun ownership than I was back ten years ago—I'm buying what I like and keeping them—so I know this one's not going anywhere—for good this time! Here's what it looks like now—almost as good as when it left ten years ago.
Here's what it looked like back then:
It got me thinking thinking about how I really enjoyed the memory of that time, and how I missed that revolver as I'd sold it a few years later. As luck would have it, I actually was able to buy it back a year or so later but, as was my habit at the time, I was selling guns to buy other guns so I sold the revolver again about a year later.
So, while I was thinking about it over Christmas break I realized I should not have sold it once, let alone twice, so I posted about it on a Canadian gun forum to see if anyone know of its whereabouts and, to my shock, I heard back from the person who'd bought it ten years ago, and he offered to sell it back to me at a fair price. I'm very pleased—I know the Highway Patrolman is not really rare, but this one has a sentimental appeal for me, plus it has really nice Ahrends Moradillo Retro Target grips that I imagine are unfortunately hard to find these days.
I'm in a different phase of gun ownership than I was back ten years ago—I'm buying what I like and keeping them—so I know this one's not going anywhere—for good this time! Here's what it looks like now—almost as good as when it left ten years ago.
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The third times the charm!
. As the guys said above, that’s lottery-winning rare stuff!
