Subj : Re: Guilty Pleasures
To   : Weatherman
From : Moondog
Date : Tue Jun 27 2023 08:54 am

  Re: Re: Guilty Pleasures
  By: Weatherman to Moondog on Tue Jun 27 2023 01:27 am

 > -=> Moondog wrote to Weatherman <=-
 > 
 >  Mo>   Re: Guilty Pleasures
 >  Mo>   By: Weatherman to All on Sat Jun 24 2023 02:28 pm
 > 
 >  > So one of my guilty pleasures when it comes to firearms are the Heritage 
 >  > .22
 >  > revolvers.  Seems that every gun show I go to there's a vendor with a who
 >  > bunch
 >  > of these on a table with decorative grips at the attractive price point o
 >  > "just
 >  > around $160".
 >  >
 >  > Last show picked up one with Billy The Kid grips.  4 1/2" barrel, with wo
 >  > grips
 >  > bearing the image of Billy The Kid carved into them.  Had to have it.
 >  >
 >  > Then there was a 6" barreled revolver with polished grips bearing the US 
 >  > (one of several styles I've seen).  This came home with us too...
 >  >
 >  > I have several of these inexpensive little rimfires, even have one of the
 >  > revolver carbines.  They just seem irresistible at the price they sell th
 >  > and once they get home, they actually make pretty fun little plinkers!
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >                                                        Regards,
 >  >                                                  -==*>Weatherman<*==-
 >  >
 >  Mo> A local gun shop had 2 of the .22 models with the flag grips.  He was
 >  Mo> willing to sell them as a set for $200
 > 
 > That qualifies as a nice score.  I've seen at least three variations of the 
 > flag on their grips.  Did your set have the same pattern or were they
 > different?
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > ... Got my tie caught in the fax... Suddenly I was in L.A.

Same pattern.  Looked like a matched pair.  My guess is that is why the
dealer was thinking he could sell them together.

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