Guns you have always wanted but not necessarily needed
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I can't argue with a Citori 20 gauge. I've been carrying the same one since 1996 and just can't bring myself to hunt grouse or pheasants with anything else. I know I should though -- living in grizzly country now, I've been trying to make myself switch to a drilling chambered in 16g/16g/7x57, so I can at least have a 175 grain bullet at the ready should I ever end up in a sticky situation while bird hunting.
At this point, I can honestly say that anything I've really wanted, I've owned at one point or another. A good friend and owner of an Edmonton firearms store many years (anyone remember Bob Prestash?) once told me some very true words: "You can't own them all ... but you can own them all once."
I took Bob's advice and have never regretted it. Own them, enjoy them, and then once you're done sell them for the next one. And if you buy wisely and patiently, you rarely lose money on the sales.
The_Sicilian
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Nickel P7 PSP (I'm really just reminding myself what an idiot I am for selling it )
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Trail Firearms was great! Then he went to Phoenix, don't know if he owned it or just worked there, still have some SRP 7.62x39 that I bought there.I can't argue with a Citori 20 gauge. I've been carrying the same one since 1996 and just can't bring myself to hunt grouse or pheasants with anything else. I know I should though -- living in grizzly country now, I've been trying to make myself switch to a drilling chambered in 16g/16g/7x57, so I can at least have a 175 grain bullet at the ready should I ever end up in a sticky situation while bird hunting.
At this point, I can honestly say that anything I've really wanted, I've owned at one point or another. A good friend and owner of an Edmonton firearms store many years (anyone remember Bob Prestash?) once told me some very true words: "You can't own them all ... but you can own them all once."
I took Bob's advice and have never regretted it. Own them, enjoy them, and then once you're done sell them for the next one. And if you buy wisely and patiently, you rarely lose money on the sales.
Is Phoenix still there?
Just watched "the Matrix".
^ I look at the damco martinis far, far more than I would like to admit. TBH if they didn't have 6lb triggers I'd probably spend thev~3k with import fees to get one in 7.62x54r for the most expensive iron sighted plinker ever
Bob owned Phoenix as well as Trail Firearms. When he decided to get out of the industry once C-68 became the mess it was, I was actually in discussions buy Phoenix from him but it just didn't work out, largely due uncertainty in the gun industry at the time and the difficulty in securing bank financing. Phoenix is still around though, continuing to fight the good fight.
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That reminds me of a S&W Model 469 9mm. I had one in the late 80's/early 90's very briefly. Real jamma-matic & also a trigger pull so long you had to book an appointment for it to discharge!
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That reminds me of a S&W Model 469 9mm. I had one in the late 80's/early 90's very briefly. Real jamma-matic & also a trigger pull so long you had to book an appointment for it to discharge!
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NAA.
After years of looking I gave up on finding an ASP in Kanada and settled for a VG S&W 3914 Ladysmith.
I like it a lot, accurate, reliable with all ammo including JHPs, thin single stack without the wider ambidextrous control levers.
The only thing bad about it is when my 1911 friends shoot it for the first time and despite me warning several times about the shorter, lighter SA trigger pull after the first DA shot they still tend to shoot high the first couple of times.......
