PennsyPlinker
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Today I attended the second gun show of my life. I did not really intend to buy anything, but rather looked at it as a time to get to know my daughter's fiancé a little better. So at 8:55 AM we were sitting in the parking lot with a lot of other people waiting for the doors to open. We got in, and started looking around. Virtually every person at every table was busy scaring people into buying guns with the dire threat of Hilary being elected. 
We refused to succumb, but moved along looking and talking. The local gun shop that sponsors the show is always in the basement at the end, right next to the food concession. Of course, they all know me by name. 
I asked if they had any Springfield XD 45 compacts. No, but they had this.
This turned out to be a stainless Colt Gold Cup Series 80, still in its original box, along with a receipt for stuff like a custom trigger job and some other after market add ons. I drooled for a minute or two, figuring Mrs. Plinker would never go for it. But then, I figured, I might as well ask. What's the worst that could happen?
I offered up my Sig Sauer SP 2022 in trade if she would allow me to pick up the Colt. She said go ahead!
It is on layaway for the next couple of weeks, and the best part is, I am selling my Sig to my daughter's intended. He decided he wanted to buy it on the way home, so it is sort of staying in the family. He had to talk a little faster, since my daughter is a little more parsimonious than my wife, but with some guidance from Dad, he got through it relatively unscathed. I got to fondle my "new" Colt a little while we did the paperwork, and the boy is as jealous as one can be. I told him I would rent it to him on the range.
More to come when I get it home. It looks like it had very few rounds put through it. Either that or it was very well taken care of, or both. Any comments on a piece like this? Things to look for, or look out for? This makes two shows and two .45s purchased at those shows. She may not let me do a third.
We refused to succumb, but moved along looking and talking. The local gun shop that sponsors the show is always in the basement at the end, right next to the food concession. Of course, they all know me by name. I asked if they had any Springfield XD 45 compacts. No, but they had this. This turned out to be a stainless Colt Gold Cup Series 80, still in its original box, along with a receipt for stuff like a custom trigger job and some other after market add ons. I drooled for a minute or two, figuring Mrs. Plinker would never go for it. But then, I figured, I might as well ask. What's the worst that could happen?
I offered up my Sig Sauer SP 2022 in trade if she would allow me to pick up the Colt. She said go ahead! It is on layaway for the next couple of weeks, and the best part is, I am selling my Sig to my daughter's intended. He decided he wanted to buy it on the way home, so it is sort of staying in the family. He had to talk a little faster, since my daughter is a little more parsimonious than my wife, but with some guidance from Dad, he got through it relatively unscathed. I got to fondle my "new" Colt a little while we did the paperwork, and the boy is as jealous as one can be. I told him I would rent it to him on the range.
More to come when I get it home. It looks like it had very few rounds put through it. Either that or it was very well taken care of, or both. Any comments on a piece like this? Things to look for, or look out for? This makes two shows and two .45s purchased at those shows. She may not let me do a third.
