tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post115382920675373567..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Boomsticks: The timing couldn't be worse...Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1153971965564946572006-07-26T23:46:00.000-04:002006-07-26T23:46:00.000-04:00A buddy of mine had a nice Ross rifle and a 1870 (...A buddy of mine had a nice Ross rifle and a 1870 (?) single-shot 11mm Mauser rifle. He's always made only "working class" money and bought them before there was much collector interest in either one. Unfortunately, they were both stolen in a robbery a few years back and never recovered. Now he's priced out of the market for both of those and can't replace them.<BR/><BR/>I'm just glad I started buying Garands from the CMP when I did. The current offerings are more expensive and lower quality then the ones I got. I can't afford the going market rates on the CMP rifles I own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1153890103651170162006-07-26T01:01:00.000-04:002006-07-26T01:01:00.000-04:00The Charm School. DeMille is the Auth IIRC.The Charm School. DeMille is the Auth IIRC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-1153869000489111992006-07-25T19:10:00.000-04:002006-07-25T19:10:00.000-04:00I love to read about and look at pictures of Mannl...I love to read about and look at pictures of Mannlicher rifles, but I have yet to find one with the quality I want that I can afford.<BR/><BR/>I think they are the most beautiful of rifles, while my BinL thinks they are the ugliest of weapons.<BR/><BR/>Eye of the beholder I suppose!fuzzbert_1999@yahoo.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523386203834736598noreply@blogger.com