Rainy days are good for gun tradin'

[bigkahunasix]

Out making my rounds today at the local swappin' spots and had not found a thing of any real interest when I stopped at "Honest Bobs"(yes it is the real name) gun shop.

Bobs is kind of a gun shop/swap shop/pawn shop/junk shop/black hole all rolled into one place.

It is the only gun shop I know of that had a shop cat, shop dog AND a shop goat, couple this menagerie with a gun vault made out of the old bars from a century old county lockup, a coffee pot from the 1880's, a pool table from the 50's that can only be played on if you throw the cat outside. The place scares off most people but I feel oddly at home there. If I can get Bob to agree someday I'll post pictures.

Anyway, in the middle of the lie swappin',coffee drinkin' and gun fondlin' I showed up with something Ol' Honest Bob can't resist- a Beretta AL-390 shotgun in good but not perfect condition, very clean in the original box. Most of us think this italian fetish comes either from a young lady from Bobs youth in Chicago, or the fact he loves spagetti and pizza and just expanded that love to include Eytie shotguns.

I really wasn't looking for anything in particular but Bob knows my likes and dislikes- 10mm 1911s, short bbl. N-frames, short bbl. Ruger bigbores, Ithaca shotguns as well as a few others.

After checking out his cases and racks I really didn't see anything that I wanted to pick up, but Bob had already begun to get the vapors over the scattergun. When I pointed out that I really didn't see anything he hopped up and mumbled while he scurried into the back. A few minutes later he emerged with my new revolver.

He brought out a JP Sauer & Sohn Chief Marshal in .44 magnum with a 6in. barrel and adjustable sights in excellent condition, light turn line and just a little blueing loss probably from holster carry, and some nice wood grips. (yes, I will post pictures asap.) After much coffee, much more haggleing and an offer of the shop goat as boot on the deal the Marshal came home with me.

A range report and pictures will be forthcoming within the next few days, right now i've got to look up BBQ goat recipes.

BK6

[Charger Fan]

LOL! Looking forward to pics of this fine shootin' iron. ;D

[hoss]

Sweet trade, and enjoy the cabrito! I like the Hawes SAs.

[church]

You are now basically a member of the strange, small Herter's Powermag cult. Your gun is what the Powermag became when GCA68 put Herter's mostly out of the gun trade.

According to the article "The First Colt Clone" by Dan Shideler ("GUN LIST" Nov 19, 2004), Hawes was created when importer Hy Hunter lost his import license over some shenanigans with guns documented as dewat machine guns, but in fact live.

So he talked his secretary Mary Hawes into applying for an import permit so the business could continue.

[Hobie]

Jul 31, 2009 8:51:51 GMT -5 church said:

You are now basically a member of the strange, small Herter's Powermag cult. Your gun is what the Powermag became when GCA68 put Herter's mostly out of the gun trade.

According to the article "The First Colt Clone" by Dan Shideler ("GUN LIST" Nov 19, 2004), Hawes was created when importer Hy Hunter lost his import license over some shenanigans with guns documented as dewat machine guns, but in fact live.

So he talked his secretary Mary Hawes into applying for an import permit so the business could continue.

Now that is interesting. I didn't know any of it.