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over firearms. Since I am on a medical leave of absence (and no pay until the VA does their thing) instead of buying a gun I have taken to trading off my "back of the closet guns that I don't shoot" for something different. Between the gun shop I frequent and I we refer to it as trading inventory...
The other day when I traded for the Henry Big Boy they had a Marlin on the wall - I just couldn't resist; so I traded an older Olympic 9mm AR (that uses Glock magazines and was always a PITA to shoot) for this new Marlin 1895CB with 26" barrel and 10 round capacity of .45-70. I have .45-70 ammo, dies, bullets, and about 18# of different powders; I'm thinking I ought to come up with some really good shooting rounds.
"Yes, we did produce a near-perfect republic. But will they keep it? Or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of freedom? Material abundance without character is the path of destruction." - Thomas Jefferson
My lever 444 has been over powering my thinking lately as well. I am so happy with my Marlin 444 I decided make it my primary go to piece and polish it up a bit. I just can't think of a situation I would need anymore in a rifle. And with a squaw bag of a hundred rounds to keep her fed, I doubt I ever will.
JerryB wrote:Looks like you know how to trade all right, fine looking 45-70.
Who Me? Here's the list of what I traded for this year:
Rock Island 1911A1 Parkerized
Kimber Tactical Pro II
Smith and Wesson MP15-22
Sterling Semi-auto 9mm Carbine
Charles Daly M5 Commander (double stack .45)
Ruger 10/22 Race Gun
Romanian PSL (Dragunov clone in 7.62x54r)
Henry Big Boy .44 magnum
Marlin 1895CB
On some trades I made out fairly good - like an $850 trade in allowance for a gun I paid $650 for from the same shop; others they were ahead, the rest were even up. If I were to do a spread sheet of what I traded in/out it would be even; as the counterman at the shop we've just been switching inventory from his stock and my stock!
cwo4uscgret wrote:I traded an older Olympic 9mm AR (that uses Glock magazines and was always a PITA to shoot) for this new Marlin 1895CB with 26" barrel and 10 round capacity of .45-70.
I'd far rather have a Marlin levergun (in any chambering) than an AR in 9mm, so in my book, you 'traded UP'...
It's 2025 - "Cutesy Time is OVER....!" [Dan Bongino]
Actually when you look closely at some of the "deals" I've made over the last 5 years you could make a case to call me "Horsethief Tim".
Here's a few more: Walked into my local gun shop just as they are buying a "rifle" from a woman. I say "what you got in the box" and was told "your next gun." Yep, I bought, on the spot, a mint Egyptian Maadi, with a 5 and 30 round magazine, sling, owner's manual; for $225 out the door - closest thing you can get to a Russian AKM because it was built on Russian tooling and machinery. I bought a Browning Hi-Power .40 S&W, mint, for $650 out the door and got $850 trade-in from the same shop I bought it from.
I could go on and on...and I wonder why I have trouble sleeping at night...
