So we went out to Tractor Supply Co. yesterday to get some critter food and, on the way back, the Misses says she wants to go out for lunch. Well it's only 11:00 and we're just passing Gander Mountain, and hey, it's too early anyway, so I figure we'd just stop in and take look around a bit. You know, kill a little time before lunch.
So we're checking out the isles and notice that ammo is still hard to come by. A lot of shotgun, 17 HMR, some 7mm and 270. Really bleak selection. I notice a lot of folks hanging around the counters with a couple of sales associates doing a brisk business.
So I belly up to the glass cases and then I saw it! Is that what I think it is? OMG ... it is. Pay dirt!!! A brand new Ruger SR1911 model 6700 sitting right next to a Kimber. Then I see the price $799 ... Ouch! I've been waiting for almost a year for a LGS to get one in from Davidson's for $655, but they're still on the allocated list and waiting. What do I do? Hmmm... Doesn't hurt to look, does it? So I take a number (26) and notice they're on 18. After a couple of minutes of comparing it cosmetically to the Kimber next to it, I'd say it doesn't look that much different. Now I'm not even remotely comparing it to a Kimber, but the Kimber is $1399! As fate would have it, no-one was between 19 and 25 and before I know it, it's my turn. Can I help you please? Oh yes sir ...that one! I really shouldn't have picked it up. It felt right, looked good, and darn ... I have been waiting. That was it. Here's my drivers license and voter registration card. So I fill out the 4473, get approved in short order, and before you know it, we're all happily exiting the store!
I really didn't want to pay extra for it, but I figured that with FFL fee and shipping, the opportunity cost, though high, was worth it to me! Yeah, i know Gander Mountain prices are a bit higher, yes i could have gotten cheaper, but I had waited long enough. I have no remorse. It's mine. Now I have to find time to take it out to the range. But that's another story!
So we're checking out the isles and notice that ammo is still hard to come by. A lot of shotgun, 17 HMR, some 7mm and 270. Really bleak selection. I notice a lot of folks hanging around the counters with a couple of sales associates doing a brisk business.
So I belly up to the glass cases and then I saw it! Is that what I think it is? OMG ... it is. Pay dirt!!! A brand new Ruger SR1911 model 6700 sitting right next to a Kimber. Then I see the price $799 ... Ouch! I've been waiting for almost a year for a LGS to get one in from Davidson's for $655, but they're still on the allocated list and waiting. What do I do? Hmmm... Doesn't hurt to look, does it? So I take a number (26) and notice they're on 18. After a couple of minutes of comparing it cosmetically to the Kimber next to it, I'd say it doesn't look that much different. Now I'm not even remotely comparing it to a Kimber, but the Kimber is $1399! As fate would have it, no-one was between 19 and 25 and before I know it, it's my turn. Can I help you please? Oh yes sir ...that one! I really shouldn't have picked it up. It felt right, looked good, and darn ... I have been waiting. That was it. Here's my drivers license and voter registration card. So I fill out the 4473, get approved in short order, and before you know it, we're all happily exiting the store!
I really didn't want to pay extra for it, but I figured that with FFL fee and shipping, the opportunity cost, though high, was worth it to me! Yeah, i know Gander Mountain prices are a bit higher, yes i could have gotten cheaper, but I had waited long enough. I have no remorse. It's mine. Now I have to find time to take it out to the range. But that's another story!
