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To: yarddog

Gunshow rating system:
98% means amount of finish missing.
NIB guns kept for years in car glove box.


117 posted on 11/14/2005 1:23:32 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Gunshow rating system: 98% means amount of finish missing. NIB guns kept for years in car glove box.

The worst experience I have ever had was when I tried to sell a Korth .357 magnum revolver.

I had disposed of nearly all my guns and still had a couple of months to go before graduation. I happened to be in Panama City, and noticed a Pawn Shop had a Korth revolver for only $200. He obviously didn't know it was worth around $2500.

I suspected some airman at Tyndall had picked it up in Germany years before at a reasonable price then hocked it to a dealer who had no iea what it was. I didn't have enough money to buy it so had to trade another gun for it.

We really needed around $400 by the end of the month so I decided to go ahead and sell it at far less than it was worth. I could not sell it to a dealer period. They were so afraid of getting taken that they would look it up in the Blue Book, see what it was worth and then say "not interested" I was asking $400 for a $2500 gun.

I finally put an ad in the paper and sold it for $600, along with a Leica binocular, to a Doctor, which was still an incredible bargain.

151 posted on 11/14/2005 3:08:28 PM PST by yarddog
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