Hi all,
I was at a gun show today in Renfrew. The show was mostly geared towards hunters, with many hunting bolt action rifles and shotguns for sale. A few dealers had brought pistols to sell.
I was browsing one case of pistols. In the case was a Beretta 71 with a 6" barrel. The dealer quickly offered to show it to me. I declined. I told him I already had a Beretta 71 with the shorter 3.5" barrel, because I have a 12-6 prohibited on my PAL.
He seemed excited. He pulled another gun from the case. It was a six-shot .38 cal Taurus revolver. It was a nice little gun.
What shocked me was the price. His opening offer was $50. I recently purchased a 4" GP-100, so I didn't really need another revolver, but still I was tempted.
I ended up not buying the gun for the same reason as other people with 12.6 have told me. I already have several, but since they were manufactured after 1946, I can't pass them down to anyone. When I die, they will all have to be turned in and destroyed.
I found the whole thing depressing. Here is a dealer stuck with a serviceable little revolver with fewer and fewer people he is allowed to sell to.
I know from reading the forum that there are plenty of folks who would LOVE to be able to buy prohibited firearms, but are not allowed to.
This little pistol was nothing special. When it is eventually destroyed, I doubt anyone will care. The same cannot be said of some incredibly beautiful, rare or special pistols (and other 12.X firearms). I shutter to think of pistols like the 1910 Bergmann-Bayard that was recently sold in the Equipment Exchange being destroyed (when there is no one left to inherit it).
The government really needs to repeal this ridiculous rule that .25 or .32 cal pistols or pistols with barrels shorter than 4" are somehow magically more dangerous.
- Jayne
I was at a gun show today in Renfrew. The show was mostly geared towards hunters, with many hunting bolt action rifles and shotguns for sale. A few dealers had brought pistols to sell.
I was browsing one case of pistols. In the case was a Beretta 71 with a 6" barrel. The dealer quickly offered to show it to me. I declined. I told him I already had a Beretta 71 with the shorter 3.5" barrel, because I have a 12-6 prohibited on my PAL.
He seemed excited. He pulled another gun from the case. It was a six-shot .38 cal Taurus revolver. It was a nice little gun.
What shocked me was the price. His opening offer was $50. I recently purchased a 4" GP-100, so I didn't really need another revolver, but still I was tempted.
I ended up not buying the gun for the same reason as other people with 12.6 have told me. I already have several, but since they were manufactured after 1946, I can't pass them down to anyone. When I die, they will all have to be turned in and destroyed.
I found the whole thing depressing. Here is a dealer stuck with a serviceable little revolver with fewer and fewer people he is allowed to sell to.
I know from reading the forum that there are plenty of folks who would LOVE to be able to buy prohibited firearms, but are not allowed to.
This little pistol was nothing special. When it is eventually destroyed, I doubt anyone will care. The same cannot be said of some incredibly beautiful, rare or special pistols (and other 12.X firearms). I shutter to think of pistols like the 1910 Bergmann-Bayard that was recently sold in the Equipment Exchange being destroyed (when there is no one left to inherit it).
The government really needs to repeal this ridiculous rule that .25 or .32 cal pistols or pistols with barrels shorter than 4" are somehow magically more dangerous.
- Jayne
