The past year with my leverguns

[meanc]

Today I was going thru my safe just to admire some of my levers and realized that the past year has been pretty darn good to me. I was actually able to buy more than I sold.

[rjohns94]

Well done. sounds like a great year.

[Old Savage]

major upgrade!

[kimwcook]

Good job. I picked up only one.

[gamekeeper]

Congratulations on some good dealing, my deals usually leave me much poorer!

[AndyM]

good dealin' although you did let some nice guns go - I always tell me wife that my safe is alot like heaven - there is always room for one more

[rjohns94]

AndyM thats a line I have not used. Very good!!!

[Ysabel Kid]

good dealin' although you did let some nice guns go - I always tell me wife that my safe is alot like heaven - there is always room for one more

I will HAVE TO USE THAT LINE, though if I do too much, my wife might test the theory on me!

Congrats meanc! I haven't got the part of "letting go" down yet - all my collecting seems to be one way, much to my wife's shingrin. I keep telling her they are investments; she keeps asking me when I'm going to sell them to make a profit!

[Griff]

meanc, good trades, tho', as was said, you let a couple of nice ones go.

AndyM, that line would never work on my wife, ever the practical kraut, she knows how many I already have that don't fit! Tho' another safe is on the discussion table... mostly, I'm beggin' and she's saying. NO!

[rjohns94]

griff, that seems to be the way most "discussions" go with spousal units.

[longarm4146]

I did the same thing as far as getting rid of some safe queens (working guns from PD times and some hunting guns that weren't getting used) in return I got:
1894 Winchester take-down in 38-55 (circa1898)
1894 Winchester SRC in 38-55 (circa 1920)
1886 Winchester in 40-65 (circa 1896) this one I had relined, re color-cased and rust blued
Uberti 1873 replica short rifle in 45 Colt to go with my 24 and 30 models.

wish
i could say i only spent $100 or so more but sadly I can't, although I feel I got really good deals on all of them.....My taste have changed over the last 3 or 4 years.

Also picked up 5 1/2" SAA Colt in box to match one I already had and a NIB Bushmaster shorty

[meanc]

I agree, the 3 that left were very nice. That was part of the problem with them. I had shooters in the same calibers and length so the safe queens were just taking up valuable retail space in the safe. And with rumors of a possible return of the Win94, I figured I better get what I could out of them. Besides, they all had the cross bolt safeties.

[KirkD]

I sold 3 and bought 4, but one of them was a Trapdoor, so the lever is a bit small on the hatch. My emphasis has switched from acquiring more leverguns to shooting the ones I have. I'm pretty happy with what I got (which is 9 leverguns and 1 Trapdoor). Now I just got to shoot them. I usually get to the range at least once per week. My 30-30 has been the main gun I've been shooting, but I figure I got a good load for that one right now, so will be taking other guns to the range over the next few weeks.