NCSUPackman
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I thought I'd brag a little bit about my latest find.
Two weeks ago I took an out of town trip to watch my alma mater play a football game. With time to kill before the late game, I stopped into a local gun shop.
There it was in the pistol case: a pre war Walther PPK, 7.62 (32 ACP) with original one piece bakelite plastic grips with a matching bakelite finger rest on the magazine. The condition was about 70% (someone carried it, it showed some holster wear); the bore was perfect. There was a slight crack starting at the top of the middle of the grips. They wanted $250.
When I first saw it I was thinking there was something wrong with it or they didn't know what they had. They guy working the counter was a gun guy himself and knew what it was. He said "Customer sets the price."
Someone had come in and wanted to get $250 for it so they consigned it for him.
Suffice to say I couldn't get my wallet out fast enough. When I got back home I went down to my local gun shop and found another set of two piece black plastic grips and another magazine for it. I didn't want to risk cracking the original grips any further.
I can't wait to get to the range to shoot it.
Two weeks ago I took an out of town trip to watch my alma mater play a football game. With time to kill before the late game, I stopped into a local gun shop.
There it was in the pistol case: a pre war Walther PPK, 7.62 (32 ACP) with original one piece bakelite plastic grips with a matching bakelite finger rest on the magazine. The condition was about 70% (someone carried it, it showed some holster wear); the bore was perfect. There was a slight crack starting at the top of the middle of the grips. They wanted $250.
When I first saw it I was thinking there was something wrong with it or they didn't know what they had. They guy working the counter was a gun guy himself and knew what it was. He said "Customer sets the price."
Someone had come in and wanted to get $250 for it so they consigned it for him.
Suffice to say I couldn't get my wallet out fast enough. When I got back home I went down to my local gun shop and found another set of two piece black plastic grips and another magazine for it. I didn't want to risk cracking the original grips any further.
I can't wait to get to the range to shoot it.