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Offline Cheyenne Ranger

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Another Semi-Scientific question for the posse...
« on: July 06, 2004, 01:36:17 PM »
Let's say you have all the firearms you need, back-ups included (yea, like that's going to happen, but play along),

and you come across a cowboy rifle/pistol/shotgun (you pick--it's your vote) whose price is just too good to pass up, let's say about 2/3 of what it should be.  It is in good shape, nothing wrong.

So, do you buy it even though you don't need it or do you pass???

Curious minds want to know..... :?

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« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2004, 02:03:57 PM »
Howdy,

If I have the ready cash AND I like the gun, I'll buy it.  Play with it for a bit and then if it doesn't thrill me, I'll trade or sell it.  If I get into a cash crunch then I can at least get my money back.. or might make a dime or two.

Buy high and sell low.. right?  :wink:  :shock:
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« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2004, 02:43:33 PM »
CR, I buy it and don't hesitate. I have a couple of safes full of guns I don't shoot regular. But I do rotate! And I will get around to shootin' it ! Besides, investin' in guns will hold value better than stocks right now!
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Re: Another Semi-Scientific question for the posse...
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2004, 04:07:44 PM »
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....Besides, investin' in guns will hold value better than stocks right now!

Hey, Lorelei! See, Big John's sayin' the same thing I told ya. And he wouldn't lie to ya...Honest!

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... you have all the firearms you need...

CR, by definition, if I don't have it, I need it. So there..... :grin:

(to answer your question, if I have the spare cash, I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Like Big Hext said, if ya have to sell it, ya might make a dime or two.)
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« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2004, 05:45:59 PM »
Hey, that's why I got a Coyote Cap 97 shotgun, and Lazarus has two more Coyote Cap shotguns on order.
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« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2004, 06:59:52 PM »
Being I already have 4 lever guns, 3 shotguns, 4 SAA copies and more than a  dozen cap n ball pistolas, I usually look at "needs" versus "wants".  Critical for me since we be sending  Mel to a private school and such.  The latest compulsive buy I made was for a H&R Pardner in 12 ga.  Just couldn't pass that one up at $50 off the shelf, NIB. :grin:  

Now that was only $50.  If it were for something worth several hundred, I'd have probably passed it up.  :cry:  

Anyone interested in vacation/retirement/investment property in Hawai'i?  :D
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« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2004, 03:33:46 AM »
Quote from: Singing Bear

Anyone interested in vacation/retirement/investment property in Hawai'i?  :D


Soon as they finish that bridge, I'll be interested in some of that property.  You betcha!  :wink:
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« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2004, 01:16:16 PM »
My own personal "Rule of Thumb" is:

if it's a pistol under $300.00 - buy it!

if it's a shotgun under $300.00 - buy it!

if it's rifle under $400.00 - buy it!

Of course, I always check to see that they are functional and could get me through a season of CAS if they had to......

Very easy to 'move them along to other owners' when the time comes, because of the price that was invested.

There are a surprising amount of good deals available if you watch for 'em (e.g. at CAS Matches, local "non-CAS" owners looking to sell, Flea Markets, etc.) - Can never understand why some new Pards to the game are reluctant "because it is too expensive to get in"?

Tell you what Cowboy, jes start lookin' around........
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« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2004, 11:48:52 PM »
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Can never understand why some new Pards to the game are reluctant "because it is too expensive to get in"?



That one has always puzzled me too! :?  I got into this game on a competitive level fer under a C note in irons.

It's the danged clothes that 'r breakin' my walleet! :shock:  :wink:
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« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2004, 12:27:44 PM »
My first CAS shotgun was $199.00 from "Jumbo Sports" - still use it to this day.

First rifle was a Rossi .357 for $225.00 at the Dallas Gun Show.  Sold it years ago, but it got me into the game.

First pistols were a Ruger Blackhawk for $189.00 from a Keller, TX Pawn Shop and a Ruger Blackhawk for $234.00 from a Sherman, TX Gun Shop.
Sure, I had to shoot Modern, but it got me into the game.  (Are you kind of noticing a theme here?)

Hat, shirts, pants, boots were slapped together to make something abit "cowboy looking", but I was ready to go!

How many times have you spent $847.00 on something foolish that never really went anywhere?  Cowboy Action Shooting is a whole lot of fun and probably less costly in the long run than golfing, racing, sailing, etc.  (You pick the hobby.......)!.

I have progressed on over the years and have acquired the guns that I feel are perfect for me.  I have upgraded quite abit, but to get started was......

NEITHER DIFFICULT NOR EXPENSIVE......It was just wanting to get in the game!!!!!
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