Buying Guns and Murphy's Law

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So a bunch of things line up and the toy account is looking good. I start off with Wholesale sports and order a rifle that I want in an apparantly boring calibre that isn't big enough or new enough to be stocked all that well. 'There's possibley one in our inventory but it could take a while yada, yada, yada.'

Hmm. Thanks I'll check around and get back to you I says. SIR, Russels, no go. So I call back to Wholesale and have maybe ordered a rifle that quite possibley will be mine. :(

As well I've tryed to make contact on two different rimfires that I want over the last few days cause again, the toy account is look'n good. :) I guess they're out of town or otherwise occupied. :confused:

This is almost worse than wanting stuff you can't afford. :rolleyes:
 
I know what you mean about buying guns and Murphy's law. I just picked up a Sako 75 that I really couldn't afford but the way I saw it was I couldn't afford to pass on the price so....

while it's in the mail, my wheel bearing lets go on the drive back from the big city and almost kills me. I then tow it... $200. Then do the bearing and universal and have to do the clutch too.:mad:

Seems every time I spend money on rifles, there's a big vehicle repair following. My truck would never break down if I stopped buying rifles I bet.:redface:
 
Hi Salty,

You are in a position that is a gunnut's dream...just wait and watch - before you know it something "irresistable" will present itself! :)

Geez' I sound like a freakin' fortune cookie. :rolleyes:

Jeff.
 
I have been down that road before, many times :rolleyes:. But for some strange reason I always end up coming home with something I didnt need and didnt really want in the first place.

It is hard for me to walk into a gunstore with a fist full of cash. But I always come home with something that keeps my interest up for about a week and then spends lots of time in the safe.

It is a cycle that never really ends I guess :D
 
Salty, what exactly did you order?
I'm interested to know just exactly what was regarded as boring.
Here's a challenge for you.
Try going into a gunshop that has a collection of Win 94s and other Win lever guns way above the racks, and on the racks either DB shotguns of various age, .22s or mostly new rifles in the same old cals.
Then ask if they have in any Martinis in stock.
The guys at my local look at me like I have 2 heads.:rolleyes:
I'm the "weird gun" guy.:redface:
I asked about Woodleigh Bullets once and the owner replied in same sort of kind voice reserved for the intellectually handicapped "We only order stuff that sells".
What exactly he thought I was asking for I don't know.:confused:
I also waited more than 3 months for them to get in some .257 cal Hornady 120gn HPs and in the end gave up and got them from another dealer who had some in old stock. :(
God help them if they'd lived when Weatherby MkVs and Rem 700s weren't invented.:eek:
 
Salty, what exactly did you order?
I'm interested to know just exactly what was regarded as boring.
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Well kombi, against my better artistic sensabilities you know, I ordered a new stainless Ruger m77 in the apparantly enemic and useless .308 Winchester. There's Rugers in every magnum calibres under the sun around but it appears only 1 in .308 in any of the big stores in Canada. Wholesale sports showed one on the computer in stock but they won't know for sure for a few days as you order from Calgary but the gun is supposed to be in another smaller store.

My thinking here is I need a boat gun to hunt the inlets around here. I far prefer blued and walnut rifles but it would be a death sentence for such a rifle around salt water. Trust me, as carefull as I could be I've ruined a couple good knifes taking them out on the salt chuck. Everything that goes in my skiff now is stainless. So a stainless Ruger was my choice and being that the deer don't go much over 200 lbs around here and the bears 500 lbs (no grizzlys on the island) the .308 makes sence for me. :) But man alive this magnumitis marketing sure seems to be working!
 
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I ordered the Norinco 1911A1C from Armco, because I thought that TSE would not have a Stainless Sig for quite some time, as soon as the 1911 arrived TSE called and said my Sig is here, sucked my bank account dry and had to borrow from the house account.

Still I am happy to have two great guns!!
 
boonerbuck said:
I know what you mean about buying guns and Murphy's law. I just picked up a Sako 75 that I really couldn't afford but the way I saw it was I couldn't afford to pass on the price so....

while it's in the mail, my wheel bearing lets go on the drive back from the big city and almost kills me. I then tow it... $200. Then do the bearing and universal and have to do the clutch too.:mad:

Seems every time I spend money on rifles, there's a big vehicle repair following. My truck would never break down if I stopped buying rifles I bet.:redface:
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WTF boonerbuck did you just jinks me :confused: I took my Pathfinder in for a brake job on Friday. Looks like it will be there till Tuesday cause the rear rotors are toast, exhaust part needed and an idler arm is now on order. :rolleyes: Maybe there's something to your theory here..;)
 
Salty said:
Well kombi, against my better artistic sensabilities you know, I ordered a new stainless Ruger m77 in the apparantly enemic and useless .308 Winchester. There's Rugers in every magnum calibres under the sun around but it appears only 1 in .308 in any of the big stores in Canada. Wholesale sports showed one on the computer in stock but they won't know for sure for a few days as you order from Calgary but the gun is supposed to be in another smaller store.
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How about you come and buy one here in Oz then.:rolleyes:
The only chamberings they seem to stock are .223, .243, .270, .30-06 and.......DING!! DING!! 308!
It was actually nice to see the new Stevens 200 in 7mm-08 although I doubt it'll ever land here and besides, being "the weird gun guy", I'd prefer a 7x57 anyway.:redface:
Still, as long as we have the stupid dudes behind the counter convinced that decent rifles weren't built until after WW2 and that cartridges are useless unless there are 50 different types of factory load for them the prices will stay down for more refined(read eccentric) shooters like yours truly.:p :D
 
How about you come and buy one here in Oz then.
The only chamberings they seem to stock are .223, .243, .270, .30-06 and.......DING!! DING!! 308!
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I'm thinking there could be a wee bit of red tape involved on that one:D

Sounds like someone forgot to tell you ausys that you need a magnum to kill anything bigger than a rabbit these days. And that's a good thing;)
 
I ordered a Ruger #1 in 405 Win from Wholesale SPorts and about a week and a half later they call and say it is on backorder. Do I want to reserve one for me. No idea how long it is going to take to come in. So I stick my name on it. About 5 weeks later, I call, and the thing is still on back order and no idea when it might be ready -- could be another two months. So a week later, I am on a road trip, and I find an H&R Buffalo Classic in 45-70 begging to be brought home. Thursday afternoon, I grab the 45-70, and my yen for a big bore is satiated. Monday afternoon, I get the call from Wholesale Sports -- The Ruger #1 is in. Do you still want it? Yah, I do. Like it wasn't there on Thursday or so???? Anyway, I got two real sweet rifles, and believe it or not, the H&R is a real shooter! (So's the #1, but you'd expect that.)
 
Salty said:
I'm thinking there could be a wee bit of red tape involved on that one:D
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Nothing to do with red tape actually.
Has everything to do with market size and share.
If you were to compare the Aussie firearms niche in the world market to a big old woodsman they'd be little more than a bit of wax sliding out of his earhole!
Thanks to our less than astounding dollar value(or should I say peso?:confused: ), draconian gun laws & low population we just don't import many.
As such the dealers import the stuff they can sell a lot of and the things they can pick up cheap because of their popularity overseas.
The cals I mentioned are popular in the US and so they get o.k. prices for bulk orders.
But because those cals are cheap and factory ammo is available for them people who don't know any better or have no imagination just buy the cheapest rifles......which of course are the ones the dealers can buy in bulk order.
So it becomes a self fulfilling prophesy; chicken and the egg - cheap because they're popular and popular because they're cheap.
Don't get me wrong, all are effective cartridges, but BOR-RING!!:rolleyes:
What's more, they aren't necessarily that efficient, even compared to cartridges that are as old or older.

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Sounds like someone forgot to tell you ausys that you need a magnum to kill anything bigger than a rabbit these days. And that's a good thing;)
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Right.......:confused:
I'll remember that the next time a roo keels over from a .257 90gn HPBT moving out of the pipe at about 2700fps.
Gee, that's downright anaemic.:( :D
 
I bought a rifle last week from Shooters Choice in Waterloo priced at $450 and paid with my Visa.

I noticed when checking the bank web site that they charged me over $1050 total for the gun. $600 seems a bit much for shipping and tax :eek:

I worked in Maine yesterday, not getting home till 10pm, so a phone call will have to wait till today.

More hassles :mad:



Stay tuned for update ...................sc
 
No sweat SC, just point out their error and tell them to send you another gun worth 6 bills to straighten the matter out. :D

Well part of my 'someone sell me a gun will ya' problem has been straightened out. I'll be sending a mo out to a board memeber in Alta today and will be getting a real nice brno #2 :D

Still haven't heard back from Wholesale to see if they found me a Ruger though. :confused: I'll probably bug them tonight If they haven't called and see what's up..
 
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