Ever forget that you had bought something?

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Ever forget that you had bought something?
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I have done it with music CDs, books, and oil filters, the latter of which can always be stashed for later use. But I ended up with three of the same book once, which is a serious brain lapse. Haven't done this with gun stuff yet. But maybe I can on purpose forget I bought the Bond Arms Rowdy and then go back in and get a Roughneck too. :)

The other side of this problem is when you know you have a certain tool but cannot find it, so go buy another one, then the next day you find the one you knew you had.
 
GBExpat said:
Within the past hour I was in the "gun zone" section of the basement rooting around for something (now, what was I looking for? hmmm) ... anyway, I happened upon a top-open small corrugated shipping box containing a 6 pack of 20rd AK magazines. Hooray!

I had a vague memory of finding a listing for such online (at an excellent price) pre-pandemic and thought I had ordered some (I love the old 20rd Hungarian "tanker" mags) but had not seen them down there in my wanderings.

Christmas in October. :)

Now I will have to dust off one of the AKs and give them a try. ;)
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I bought a MAK90 with the Clinton thumb hole Stock and the baby 10 rd mag at a estate auction. I bought it to bring back memories of my 7th grade days! Have not shot it yet, but I’m sure it would fire just find.
 
Getting older sucks!!!

I must be losing my mind or hiding stuff from myself only to find what I thought I lost after I replace it. I found the Lee lock Stud and shell holder I bought replacements for about 2 weeks ago while looking for the 4 1/2 pounds of silver solder I have somehow hidden from myself. Go figure.:rofl:
 
My superpower is to hoard useless items for years and throw them away two weeks before I need them. That being said, just yesterday I came across a second bottle of 700-X that I forgot I picked up at Cabela's at the beginning of the pandemic. Loaded up several 357 Special loads (38 Special loads in a 357 case).
 
docbrown said:
My superpower is to hoard useless items for years and throw them away two weeks before I need them. That being said, just yesterday I came across a second bottle of 700-X that I forgot I picked up at Cabela's at the beginning of the pandemic. Loaded up several 357 Special loads (38 Special loads in a 357 case).
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For years I have referred to “Light-Special-Magnums” as “Callahans”. When talking to people of my generation (Boomer) everyone got it. Said it to a kid at one of the LGS’ a few weeks back and got a blank stare. He’d never heard of Dirty Harry. :eek::(
 
GeoDudeFlorida said:
For years I have referred to “Light-Special-Magnums” as “Callahans”. When talking to people of my generation (Boomer) everyone got it. Said it to a kid at one of the LGS’ a few weeks back and got a blank stare. He’d never heard of Dirty Harry. :eek::(
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Ironic. We seem to be in a situation where a remake of Dirty Harry would be in order. Of course, if Hollywood makes it, Callahan will be a transgender drag queen who twerks the criminals into changing their way of life. I do the 357 cases because I got tired of cleaning up the ring in the cylinder from shooting 38 Special.

To stay on topic, I also just did an inventory on my freeze dried food and found two #10 cans that I forgot I bought. Sadly, the way things are going, those may come in more handy than I ever imagined.
 
Yep. Was digging around in my powder cabinet and found a bottle of Unique and a bottle of 2400 hiding behind a 4 lb. jug of Universal. No idea when I bought them but it was when I could buy powder in a store a few years ago (I don't buy much when I have to deal with the Haz Mat ripoff)..
 
Mark_Mark said:
Had anybody bought a gun they forgot about?
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Not a gun, but I found two Ruger rifle magazines in the shop last week and couldn't remember what gun they were for. Turns out they're for a 7mm-08. I don't remember buying extra magazines for the rifle. Gettin' older sux.
 
Mark_Mark said:
Had anybody bought a gun they forgot about?
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Yes. Several. A few years ago - maybe around 2001 or 2002 - a gun store I do a lot of business with won a County Sheriff evidence auction. They gave about half a dozen really good customers a first look and buy option. I bought a bunch of guns that needed a good bit of work for just a few bucks intending to restore them and sell them at a gunshow. Then time got short and I lost my round tuit and those clunker got shoved into a closet. Eventually we remodeled the room, opened the closet and found rifles stacked like cord wood. Forgot all about them. I’m still selling them off after fixing them up. My good fortune, most of them were old .22’s and commercial hunting rifles - Remington, Savage, a few Enfield and Mosin rifles, a couple of Bubba-Mausers that kind of thing. I sold a bunch on GoneBroker through the same shop I bought them from.
 
GeoDudeFlorida said:
Yes. Several. A few years ago - maybe around 2001 or 2002 - a gun store I do a lot of business with won a County Sheriff evidence auction. They gave about half a dozen really good customers a first look and buy option. I bought a bunch of guns that needed a good bit of work for just a few bucks intending to restore them and sell them at a gunshow. Then time got short and I lost my round tuit and those clunker got shoved into a closet. Eventually we remodeled the room, opened the closet and found rifles stacked like cord wood. Forgot all about them. I’m still selling them off after fixing them up. My good fortune, most of them were old .22’s and commercial hunting rifles - Remington, Savage, a few Enfield and Mosin rifles, a couple of Bubba-Mausers that kind of thing. I sold a bunch on GoneBroker through the same shop I bought them from.
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How on Earth did you forget that many Rifles?
 
Mark_Mark said:
Had anybody bought a gun they forgot about?
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Kind of.

Years ago I worked with a guy that liked to shoot. I never got to go shooting with him, but he and his son used to go on a regular basis.

He asked me one day if I would be willing to take a look at an old shotgun he had that wouldn't cycle after firing two or three rounds until it sat for awhile, then it would work again for a few rounds and the problem would repeat. So I took it home, took it apart, and found a small brass plate that was slightly bent and needed replacing. I couldn't find the part anywhere, so I straightened the plate as best I could, and put it all back together.

When I tried to give it back, he said they really didn't enjoy shooting it, and that I could keep it. He only paid about $50 and it may have been worth $75 in the condition it was in had it cycled 100%. Into the closet it went with the intention of finding that part.

Several years later I was moving and was somewhat surprised to find an old 12 gauge shotgun propped up in the back of the clothes closet. Ended up giving it to my niece whose husband wanted a shotgun. It works well enough with the fixed/straightened part, only failing to cycle once every ten rounds or so, but will cycle immediately with a second try.

chris
 
jmorris said:
My wife wanted me to get her something the other day and I came across a new Ruger EC9, I don’t remember getting. Then I forgot to remember to ask her if she got it…:)
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Hmm, it’s a bit worse that I thought. It wasn’t new at all and I even worked up a #12 shot load for it a couple years ago.



at least I was smart enough to leave myself some bread crumbs…:)
 
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