akray
.30 Stingray
"Alaska is what the Wild West was"
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Post by akray on Aug 18, 2009 13:09:22 GMT -5
The other factor that tipped me over to selling my .500 L was using the gun in cooler weather. I took it out in temps that were in the +30s F, and had rounds that didn't work right. I was using about 27 gr of H110, under a heavy bullet, and standard primers. In warmer weather they worked as advertised, but in cooler temps I couldn't trust them. I had extremely low velocities, and rounds that didn't reach the target at 50 or 60 yards away since they dropped so much.
My friend Pete got to talking to a guy at a gun show who had some 500 L loaded rounds on his table, but didn't own one and was interested in buying one. My father in law and Pete ganged up on me and told me to go home and get the gun and see if I could sell it. It didn't take much ganging up, really. I didn't mind selling that revolver. I ended up selling my gun for $1200.00, plus a Monte Cristo Afrique cigar humidor. I turned the proceeds into an FA field grade in .454 that same day plus a few hundred left over.
As an aside, my boss was talking about cigar humidors earlier this summer, and I volunteered that I had one. He was happy to give me $60.00 for the humidor, so that worked out too.
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akray
.30 Stingray
"Alaska is what the Wild West was"
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Post by akray on Aug 17, 2009 19:39:30 GMT -5
I loaded their 32 gr of H110 behind a 465 gr bullet and shot them through my Phillips and Rodgers 500 Linebaugh conversion. Didn't seem to hurt anything but my wrist and hand. I didn't shoot them accurately enough to hurt the target either, that's for sure. I backed off to reasonable loads of 27 gr or so with the same bullet after that brief flirtation with disaster. I then backed off to handgun shooting sanity and sold that lead slinging behemoth to someone younger and dumber than me. I hope he's having a great time shooting it. My wrist still complains when I turn it certain ways.
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akray
.30 Stingray
"Alaska is what the Wild West was"
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Post by akray on May 14, 2009 18:31:56 GMT -5
A friend of mine just bought a 6" stainless DW in .44 magnum for $300.00. It had the wood grip, Pachmayr DW grip, the barrel changing tool and was in excellent condition. He then doubled his money on the resale. I would have beaten him to it, but my bank account wouldn't let me, and I would have held on to it.
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akray
.30 Stingray
"Alaska is what the Wild West was"
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Post by akray on May 14, 2009 12:51:47 GMT -5
My excuse is that I bought a Ruger Acusport Bisley in .44 magnum just 2 weeks before. I paid $450.00 for that one. I'd like to have them all, but I have to settle for picking and choosing instead.
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akray
.30 Stingray
"Alaska is what the Wild West was"
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Post by akray on May 12, 2009 23:37:15 GMT -5
This particular Virginian Dragoon looked brand new in the box. It was very well taken care of. The gun was stainless steel with the factory grips on it, and it had a 7 1/2" barrel. All of the paperwork was with the gun. The box was a dark color, either navy blue or black and looked perfect too. It looked to be a collector grade specimen to me, and the asking price was $375.00.
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akray
.30 Stingray
"Alaska is what the Wild West was"
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Post by akray on May 12, 2009 23:25:41 GMT -5
My only complaint so far is that I've been demoted from AkRay to akray on this forum. Other than that, delighted to be here.
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