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Posted: 1/31/2015 4:30:47 PM EDT
I am quite the impulse buyer. A lot of times it results in a good deal. But sometimes it bites me in the ass. This one wasn't bad, because I expected it to be a fake. Winchester Model 12- $250 It was marked with a US bomb but I was pretty sure it was not right. It wasn't. Not a big deal because $250 for a faked Model 12 Riot gun is ok.   Now this Krag Carbine just hit me and I had to have it. I should have known more about them. $900 and not only it is a fake, it isn't a close enough fake for me to be happy.  1903 front sight  Wrong SN range  Wrong rear sight  I don't get bit very often, but it stings when I do. |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 4:32:28 PM EDT
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We've all been screwed before on gun deals. It happens.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 4:37:22 PM EDT
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Don't get too bent. Bannerman's have a collectibility of their own. I kinda like that krag.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 4:40:16 PM EDT
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This is why I don't buy old guns unless they are bottom of the barrel price. I assume everything is fake and nothing works.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 4:46:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Don't get too bent. Bannerman's have a collectibility of their own. I kinda like that krag. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile I wouldn't be as mad if I had paid $700. Oh well, it is a placeholder until I can find a real one. |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 4:51:51 PM EDT
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so what you're saying is you buy things without knowing about them, then are upset that it wasnt a good deal?
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Posted: 1/31/2015 4:54:43 PM EDT
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Just start collecting poor knock-offs.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 4:56:07 PM EDT
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Yeah a real krag carbine for $900 would be a deal
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Posted: 1/31/2015 4:56:11 PM EDT
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I have a barreled Krag action that I eventually need to buy parts for, but I probably won't.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 4:58:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: so what you're saying is you buy things without knowing about them, then are upset that it wasnt a good deal? Pretty much.  Upset at myself. Not anybody else.  |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 4:58:15 PM EDT
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Maybe you should stop buying old guns for a while
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1713386_What_a_cool_looking_gun__I_thought___How_much_fun_to_shoot_it_will_be__I_thought___PIC_.html |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 5:02:42 PM EDT
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Sounds like a run of bad luck.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 5:03:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Maybe you should stop buying old guns for a while http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1713386_What_a_cool_looking_gun__I_thought___How_much_fun_to_shoot_it_will_be__I_thought___PIC_.html I'm just going through my failures today. I do ok , usually. |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 5:04:11 PM EDT
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The model 12 was still a good deal.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 5:17:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The model 12 was still a good deal. Yep! Idk about the Krag, but it's a cool placeholder. |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 5:27:37 PM EDT
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The model 12 was still a good deal. I'd pay $250 for that gun and wouldn't lose any sleep over it. |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 7:13:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Just start collecting poor knock-offs. This is the correct answer .
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Posted: 1/31/2015 7:17:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is the correct answer .Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Just start collecting poor knock-offs. This is the correct answer . |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 7:18:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We've all been screwed before on gun deals. It happens. |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 7:23:33 PM EDT
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My last old gun buy was when I was picking up a browning HP I bought online at the local FFL. This guy walks in with a shit ton of firearms and asks if he can sell them. The store shows no interest. I wait outside and tell him I'm interested in some of his stuff.
Picked out an 1898 finish capture mosin and an ishapore enfield from the lot and paid a whopping 200$ for the two. |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 7:24:10 PM EDT
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Me and you probably shouldn't go to Vegas.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 7:24:49 PM EDT
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On the bright side, that Model 12 is sexy.
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