6pt-sika wrote:...once I have acquired such a firearm , I usually very quickly come up with something else that I really really would like to have...
Yep - I once thought that a stainless .45 ACP Para-LDA would be the PERFECT CCW firearm. After all, I really liked my SA version, butt-ugly though it was (an early 'painted' finish one). But the LDA was
stainless, and
double-action, and
pretty, and
new...and
expensive.
After I put nearly $1,000
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
into a brand-new Stainless Para-PDA, and after I ceased being AMAZED at the truly-Contender-like trigger, I just decided I wasn't a 'double-action' afficionado, and even though the gun had a great reputation, there were too many little parts inside it ('
almost as bad as a Glock...!
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
')
Anyway, I went back to the painted-ugly SA. Someday I'll apply a do-it-yourself coated finish, so at least it will be a 'custom' messed-up look
![Embarassed :oops:](./images/smilies/icon_redface.gif)
.
Nowdays - I'd put the Stainless Bolt-action Ruger .44 on the list, just because it would 'match' (YK, here we go...
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
) my 77/22 'all-weather' one, or a barrel for my Contender pistol in .25-20, like I really
need that; I don't even have any brass for that round.
The 'Holy Grail' gun is always the "
next" and "
last" one you intend to buy. That is, until you actually
buy it. Then, of course, the definition stays the same - it will still be the "
next" and "
last" one you intend to buy...
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)