Well, I always thought it would be cool to play around with the 353 Casull and today just by pure dumb luck I got the chance.
Today my wife and I drove 2 hours away to a gun shop to pick up a gun I bought on Gunbroker. Of course I had to check out everything they had and low and behold there was a used Freedom Arms sitting in the case.
I call the guy over to see it and as he's pulling it out he says this is a consigment and the guy has already reduced it a couple of times, so I can't go any lower. I've never seen an FA under $1000 and this was under that..
The gun had a vintage Aimpoint 3000 and the first thing I asked is if it had the original sight, yep - it's in the bag..
Next I notice it's a Premier Grade... good sign, flip the gun over and low and behold it's a 353 Casull.. woohoo.. I looked at my wife and she knew what that meant.
Did I mention is has a 2 digit serial number? (005x) I need to call FA monday for one of the sight screws and plan to get more details on the serial then, would like to know when this pup was made.
Needless to say I drove home happy as a pig in poo.
Tonight I swapped out the sight and cleaned the gun up a little (oil still on it in pic's), after closer inspection I'd say it's in 95%+ condition. I'm planning to go shoot her tomorrow with regular 357's and plan to start on some 353 loads this week.
More pic's to come..
Today my wife and I drove 2 hours away to a gun shop to pick up a gun I bought on Gunbroker. Of course I had to check out everything they had and low and behold there was a used Freedom Arms sitting in the case.
I call the guy over to see it and as he's pulling it out he says this is a consigment and the guy has already reduced it a couple of times, so I can't go any lower. I've never seen an FA under $1000 and this was under that..
The gun had a vintage Aimpoint 3000 and the first thing I asked is if it had the original sight, yep - it's in the bag..
Next I notice it's a Premier Grade... good sign, flip the gun over and low and behold it's a 353 Casull.. woohoo.. I looked at my wife and she knew what that meant.
Did I mention is has a 2 digit serial number? (005x) I need to call FA monday for one of the sight screws and plan to get more details on the serial then, would like to know when this pup was made.
Needless to say I drove home happy as a pig in poo.
Tonight I swapped out the sight and cleaned the gun up a little (oil still on it in pic's), after closer inspection I'd say it's in 95%+ condition. I'm planning to go shoot her tomorrow with regular 357's and plan to start on some 353 loads this week.
More pic's to come..