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Post by "DoubleAction" on Oct 18, 2012 17:13:50 GMT -5
......I made my living by being employed in the American Production Industries, and I have seen the upsides and the downsides to this. Layoffs and Cutbacks was a common risk factor, which I was taught very early on with the Automobile Industry.
...One of the first things that I learned about "Hard Times" is when it strikes home; Firearms will probably be the very first items to be sold or pawn. I have always understood how difficult it was for some men to part with their firearms, so, I never haggled on the asking price.
.....I always lived among a working class community, and I understood about financial desperation of proud honest hard working families; I also understood that families can't eat handguns. Another sad fact is when pets are tie to the front porch, when the families are faced to leave their homes.
.......Many times; Some people suffers from temporary hardships, and many times the firearms are the first to be sold. I know of many of these temporary circumstances, and purchased my fair share of firearms from these events.
......Do I think that I'm insulated from this ?..Nope; This is the reason why I have little interest, with handguns that I can't sell quickly to an average middle class firearm enthusiast , at a fair asking price....and make some kind of gain from my loss.
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Post by "DoubleAction" on Oct 18, 2012 17:39:44 GMT -5
....Please allow me to add this :
....Many people forms an attachment to certain possessions over a certain length of time, it's liked an unbreakable bond. Parting with firearms is one of these bonds, to some.
...During my life, I have found that financial hardships arrives in many different forms.....it might be to finance a daughter's wedding, pay attorney fees, medical cost, emergency home improvement cost, or to replace a loss item.
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Post by blueglass on Oct 18, 2012 23:11:01 GMT -5
You are quite correct on all counts as I also worked in the automotive field for GM Canada but built different products then cars or trucks. I worked in Vehicle distribution for around 9 years actually as well as made Locomotives and Armoured Vehicles for both our Militarys. The Grisley and the Striker are a pair of them alone that I worked on. WE had some bad layoff times and yes the toys were the 1st things to go always . I buy and sell guns at my club and make a buck or 3 from it but won't cheat the guys either as thats not good for business at any time. They seem to line up on my guns for sale and I have a bidding war quite often.
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Post by TMan on Oct 19, 2012 14:53:16 GMT -5
You mean like the 25 year old BMW 325 in my garage that hasn't moved in over 10 years? (It was my wife's when we first met, and is like a member of the family).
Unfortunately, I have many handguns that would be very difficult to sell when hard times come. Most are 22LR competition type. The high dollar competition 9mm and 45ACP would be easier, but I probably wouldn't get my money out of them.
When I see that the Taurus 1911 is wholesaling for a lot more than I paid for it, it does give me a good feeling about it and several others like it.
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Post by blueglass on Oct 19, 2012 15:47:20 GMT -5
Same for me with my Smith M41 and my Smith M46. I pretty well stole them for what I paid for them at the times I bought them. I can virtually double my money on them but would really miss them as they outshoot me by a mile. I am quite good with them but they are even better. I sold my 9mm about 10 days ago and will miss it but got another toy to replace it instead.
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Post by "DoubleAction" on Oct 20, 2012 11:19:12 GMT -5
......A few years ago, on this forum, we had discussions on investing our money on pre-owned S&W revolvers. When the forum was started up, some of us came from another proboards Handgun Forum. At that time, Colt was still producing the Colt Python, and S&W or Sig Sauer wasn't manufacturing the 1911 pistols. The new owners of S&W and Sig Sauer had just placed their foot into these companies.
....The cost cutting measures made in S&W, eventually made the older S&W handguns a lot more desirable within a few short years.
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Post by blueglass on Oct 20, 2012 17:51:14 GMT -5
Yes and the Colt Pythons are a special gun in their own right as well as their match cup target pistols. Colt has made some exceptionally great guns over the years and still do in some models. We are getting a plant here in Kitchener Ontario soon I have heard which will be a Colt factory. The Canadian army is purchaing a load of new Colts to replace our ageing Browning 9mm pistols. They were bought before the last war and are still working very strong. They are going to scrap them we have heard and are not impressed with that silly idea at all. Why not let us buy some of them at a decent price and then it will help defray the cost of the new ones. Scrapping them will get them a few cents back in junk weight only.
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Post by MLB on Oct 28, 2012 20:10:24 GMT -5
Glad to hear they're building a new Colt factory though.
I really like the feel of my BHP. It's a well balanced handgun.
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Post by blueglass on Nov 3, 2012 17:45:14 GMT -5
Colt has set some standards that the world had to follow and some have surpassed them at times but still they set the pace for many models as well. Its the one brand that I currently do not own but probably in time will again.
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