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Post by bigbore5 on Feb 10, 2024 6:44:38 GMT -5
firearms are mostly way up in price look at #1s Have a nice day The #1 has never been what I would call a steal to begin with, but they do seem to be maybe even a little more out of whack pricing wise now than even the Blackhawks.
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Post by Encore64 on Feb 10, 2024 6:56:20 GMT -5
When I started collecting #1s in 1993, they were $450-525 each. Price depended on variation.
The last one I bought was a 275 Rigby in 2020 and it was triple that price.
Today, they're much higher...
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Post by drycreek on Feb 10, 2024 12:49:32 GMT -5
And the truth is, if you dislike the 357 so much, there's plenty of threads on here that may think your opinion is welcome. As to disparaging the cartridge in a thread that's including it in the title is to open yourself to rebuke. I don't go on 9mm threads to trash talk it and point out there's other cartridges, even though I am very experienced with the 9, and barely survived the times it failed. Personally, I do like the larger bores, but the 357mag has served well on blackbear over 400 pounds, but I have seen the 44mag fail miserably on a hundred pounds deer. So you choose to disparage me, even though you don’t know me. You must have a very high opinion of yourself, that’s readily apparent in your posts and your animosity toward someone you disagree with. As I said, you have your opinion and I have mine. Mine is worth as much as yours. Continue this conversation with your ego because I am out.
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Post by doninnh on Feb 10, 2024 17:14:45 GMT -5
Well all this discourse caused me to go out on the net looking at prices and it's all your fault I found another #1 Which will be on the way in a bit... Out of wonder on prices the dealer has a flat top 44 mag 7.5 OM not converted about 92% on blue he is looking for 1495 is that way out of line??
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Post by LeverGunner on Feb 10, 2024 22:11:33 GMT -5
I like the 357 Magnum in the large frame Blackhawk. I don't find it heavy, rather, I find it mild to shoot. I've owned several of them, and if I'd had any sense, I wouldn't have traded the last one. I'd love to have another.
I do think the guns in the in the first post's links were excessively priced.
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Post by bigbore5 on Feb 11, 2024 1:22:55 GMT -5
I really miss the days like when I bought a set of consecutive numbers Super Blackhawks for $400 and he threw in a box of shells.
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Post by 1horseman on Feb 11, 2024 10:40:37 GMT -5
All .357s are over priced for me, I have no use for the cartridge and haven’t owned one in many years. I could have picked up a NM that was in excellent condition a couple weeks ago for an ok price but declined. If it doesn’t start with a 4, I don’t have much interest. Then why post in a 357 thread if you are totally disinterested in the cartridge? Did you feel lonely? Maybe you had something productive to add, but just forgot to type it in? Oxygen depletion does cause memory loss, and I am sure it is difficult to breathe with your head that far up your ass. I absolutely LOVED this comment. It turned a gray Idaho morning into a sunny one. I'm still chuckling.
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Post by bigbore5 on Feb 12, 2024 4:22:28 GMT -5
I'm not normally a person to make a post like that. I do shoot the first magnum quite a bit and have hunted with it for 40 years very successfully. But it isn't my favorite cartridge.
The comments I made were more about the constant posts claiming "it has to start with a 4" is getting old. If a person feels that way, fine. Post that opinion on the threads asking about cartridge advice. Don't post it on every thread.
I do own and shoot a few of the 4- guns. They can be fun. But the 357 in an experienced hunters hand is not to be underestimated. If I feel like it isn't enough for what I am shooting, I don't carry it. In fact my hunting revolvers I actually use all start with a 3 or a 5.
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Post by LeverGunner on Feb 12, 2024 14:39:31 GMT -5
I have an affinity for the 357 Magnum, but I also like the 4's. I always enjoy posts where someone does something with the 357 that it ain't supposed to do.
There was a post somewhere else where a guy took an elk with 357 Magnum chambered rifle. Most of the comments were disparaging the 357 Magnum as not enough and the hunter as unethical; One said "good job, now don't do it again." It struck me as funny, because most of the people commenting probably hadn't even seen an elk, let alone taken one.
Is the 357 Magnum the perfect elk cartridge? No, of course not. But is it capable in the hands of a skilled hunter? Absolutely!
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Post by bigbore5 on Feb 12, 2024 17:38:53 GMT -5
I would use the 357 magnum for elk size game cautiously. It would be with a heavy bullet loaded for the 353, or otherwise I would use the maximum. That's in a revolver.
I would have no qualms carrying it for elk in a carbine.
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shorty500
.327 Meteor
too many dirty harry movies created me!
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Post by shorty500 on Feb 12, 2024 18:25:22 GMT -5
Very little surprises me anymore when it comes to either someone’s asking price which may be ridiculously high or in someone’s offer which may be ridiculously low.
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Post by doninnh on Feb 15, 2024 22:32:08 GMT -5
Well: There is another # 1 on the way to Colorado, It is a 22-250 looks to be in good shape, has a canjar trigger, wonder if it will any other hidden away things. Under 1300 and with that trigger that sort of low price in todays market for # 1s. I did pay 900 for one about a year ago, but it was a little ruff. Have a nice day Don K.
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sdh212
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Post by sdh212 on Mar 6, 2024 2:39:51 GMT -5
The "odd duck" always prices high. Unfortunately he seems to sell... I imagine to walk in traffic?
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