B. Adams
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A friend of mine who's a little older than me had a gun he didn't want. It was his only gun, and it's sat locked inside his safe, still wrapped in moving paper, for the better part of the last 10 years. He's not opposed to guns, he just never got into handguns much, even though he trained on a 1911 in the Marines. We got to talking about gun stuff a week or so ago, and he mentioned that he had a .357 that his dad gave him when he retired from security work, and he didn't want it anymore. I said I'd be glad to take a look at it, and see how much he wanted for it, when he said he'd just give it to me. He didn't know what it was, just that it was a .357, which was enough information for me to know that I'd take it.
So today we both went out to the range, shot a bunch of guns, and I came home with one more than I left with. A roughly 95% Ruger Security Six .357 magnum revolver with a 4" barrel and a sweet, sweet trigger. Apparently it was made in 1979, which is the year I was born, so that's kind of cool too. We ran 50 rounds through it, which he says is probably more than it's ever had through it before, and it's got to be one of the best shooting handguns I've ever fired, and it feels much better than my dad's 357, which I always thoguht was a nice gun.
It's got a bit of holster wear on the tip of the barrel, and the usual wear marks on the cylinder and around the firing pin on the inside of the chamber, but the internals are all in excellent shape. It's definitely the best free gun I've ever gotten. And the only one, but that's beside the point. As far as I can tell, it's worth about $300, and I think it's worth every penny.
Anyway, I just thought I'd share a little of my excitement with you.
So today we both went out to the range, shot a bunch of guns, and I came home with one more than I left with. A roughly 95% Ruger Security Six .357 magnum revolver with a 4" barrel and a sweet, sweet trigger. Apparently it was made in 1979, which is the year I was born, so that's kind of cool too. We ran 50 rounds through it, which he says is probably more than it's ever had through it before, and it's got to be one of the best shooting handguns I've ever fired, and it feels much better than my dad's 357, which I always thoguht was a nice gun.
It's got a bit of holster wear on the tip of the barrel, and the usual wear marks on the cylinder and around the firing pin on the inside of the chamber, but the internals are all in excellent shape. It's definitely the best free gun I've ever gotten. And the only one, but that's beside the point. As far as I can tell, it's worth about $300, and I think it's worth every penny.
Anyway, I just thought I'd share a little of my excitement with you.
