the bargainhunter: 3
the crowd: 202

so...i go to my neighborhood (6-8 miles away) sunday morning 205 gun auction because the weekend show was cancelled.

i am zeroing in on firearm number 165...a cherry, and i mean cherry, remington 510 'targetmaster'. thats a single-shot, bolt action .22 rimfire for you folks not into the remington scene. lordy, the chunk of walnut it was wearing was just outstanding. the thing was absolutely unmolested in any way!

as i was sitting thru the auction, a remy 870 express with slug bbl. and rifle sights comes up...new in the box. just the thing for the nephew for christmas (next year, he'll be of age to be afield with us)!

the bargainhunter looks...he bids...he scores!

trying hard to stay awake, i am stunned to see a belgian browning target model stalled $400 below the ones that sold at the last auction. thing is low miles and needs a new bbl. weight to complete it.

the bargainhunter barks a bid..he counterbids...and he scores again!

then, the moment of truth...

the remy 510 comes up...the bid starts at $25...35...50...60...75...85...90...95...

the bargainhunter sits as still as a croc hunter, then he strikes! he holdsup his hand for $100......SOLD! to the good looking bargainhunter in the 6th row!

and the crowd went wild!

the remy had never been out of its' wood. clean as a whistle other than a wisp of lead in the bore and on the bolt face.

i may give up gun shows. i've been doing much better at auctions this year!

now...to find the other nephew a dear gun and cgristmas shopping for the shooters in my wife's family will be done! (b-i-l and f-i-l will both be getting taurus 62's in stainless steel).

i just love cristmas shopping! christmas shopping 'campystyle', that is!

a transexual???? heheheh! at a gunshow?!?!?!?!

man, i guess i won't bitch about the fat hillbillies that can't seem to remember to take a bath before attending the show!

fist,

well, several shouting matches erupted. you have to know this auctioneer...he's..uh...different. well, actually...no he isn't. he's just like every other auctioneer i've known. crooked as a dog's hind leg!

an aim flyer shoved under his nose might have stopped the used saiga selling for $280!!!



ran some numbers. the 870 is 2003 production. th hi-power is a 1978 and the remy 510 is a lovely 1946 (r-rr date code!!!).

aj, i just read your post over on the h-p forum...as i posted one of my own! lol!

yes, you scored a good deal.

my h-p may be a 'gp' variant (whatever the hell that is!)...it's some sort of target/match shooter's version. it has a longer bbl. with a weight block that carries the front sight blade and an eeeevil threaded muzzle. the rear sight is a windage/elevation adjustable type that a friend told me didn't go over well when introduced. he said is moved around or some such. dunno how it will hold up in the future, but since 1978 it's stayed tight as a drum. it was gummed up with shooter's sight black on the underside...took some soaking to get it clean.

i'll probably bob the hammer on the rear and underside...i hate 'hi-power bite'.

dunno if this is an original mag or not, but it is made in belgium.

i prefer 1911's and this is just something to play with.

man...in 1978 is was out of college and not yet married for the first time...that was a long time ago!

a (bad!) pic of the 'competition' hi=power model taken from the h-p forum.



note the extended length bbl. (if you can make it out! lol!)

even the newer hi-powers are cast frames and slides.

forging has become a very exspensive process.

there is nothing like the quality and craftsmanship that can be found in older firearms.

personally, i think the 1940's-1960's was the height of firearm designs and builds.

4gma, you have an im.

what does the "gp" model designation stand for?