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Offline rimfire

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10" Barreled Model 83s
« on: April 16, 2009, 03:28:55 AM »
I would really like one in 454, 22 and 357.  Probably can only afford one...surprise...but how often do this show up on the used market in your experience?  I guess my first look will be for a 454.
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Re: 10" Barreled Model 83s
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2009, 04:46:58 AM »
Rimfire,

There is a 10" FA Mod 83 454 field grade on Gunbroker right now...Not a bad price. I love my 10" 454. Good Luck

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Offline Ken ONeill

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Re: 10" Barreled Model 83s
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2009, 10:07:36 AM »
10" .357's will be rare. The more common long length in that caliber will be 9", as the 10" version would not make the IHMSA 4 lb. weight limit with a Pachmayr grip, so the barrel length was reduced when the gun was introduced, to sell to the Silhouette crowd.
My 9" Mdl. 353 (83) is a true 1 MOA revolver, although I'm almost never a 1 MOA shooter.
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Re: 10" Barreled Model 83s
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2009, 07:07:52 AM »
I found my 10" field grade used but never fired in a gun shop...but it is the ONLY FA gun I have ever walked into a gun shop and saw on a shelf.
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Re: 10" Barreled Model 83s
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2009, 03:26:14 AM »
Beware those "good deals" on FAs....  I personally acknowledged their quality but danced around even holding much less buying one for a long time...  A good buddy found me a deal on a 252 Silhouette and I was done for...  I think I now have 16 FAs...
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