Friend-of-a-Friend: "I also got this German Dreyse .32 with a cracked frame. They were so desperate for guns to issue to... here, look where they riveted the frame through the crack... The Germans were handing these old World War One pistols out to second-line guys in World War Two."
Me: "Whoah. It's cracked right through, alright. I wouldn't shoot that on a bet."
FoaF: "Wanna buy a Dreyse?"
Me: "Nah, I have one already. I think I'll pass; I'm good on Dreyses."
FoaF: "Twenty-five bucks..."
Me: (fishing in pocket) "Sold."
FoaF: "Heck, the magazine's worth that."
Me: "I actually shoot mine, so I figure I'm buying a complete set of spare parts bolted to a cracked frame."
Books. Bikes. Boomsticks.
“I only regret that I have but one face to palm for my country.”
Reasonable gun control laws could have prevented this. :)
ReplyDeleteYou Free- Market Street Capitalist!
ReplyDeleteI've done that
ReplyDeleteNext thing you know you have 7 Dreyses in various states of dis-repair up on blocks out on the front lawn.
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How satisfying to make a good gun deal.
ReplyDeleteAny chanch of a pic. Never seen a riveted frame.
ReplyDeleteBetcha you can sell the magazine for four times what you paid.
ReplyDeleteTam,
ReplyDeleteYou are cunningly smart, good for you!
Smart Buy!
ReplyDeleteNice find! And good to see you again today!
ReplyDeleteGood buy! I'll bet that you'd have paid at least twice that amount if you needed just a few parts for yours.
ReplyDeleteBetcha a little electron beam welding could fix that frame up as good as new. Wanna peddle it?
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