The one that got away...

[ollie]

yyyargh! a trench gun just got sold in EE for cheep! i would have definately bought it if it were still available!

hahaaa. I swore no more guns for the summer, but it was just begging me, and I was the 1st to view it...

 

[englishman_ca]

International Firearms Closeouts

When International Firearms in Quebec pulled out of the Canadian market in the late 1990's, they had a closeout sale. They sent me a wholesale sales flyer with all kinds of 'junk' listed at clearance prices.

I thought about buying some of the No.1 Mk.IIIs they had for $19.95 each, but the description said only 'Fair, cracked stock, no bayonet' so I passed. Dohh!

 

[Calum]

Anyone else remember $14 full wood #4 Enfields in big buckets in the sporting good section at the Eatons stores?
This would have been back in the Mid 70's.

 

[Claven2]

Anyone else remember $14 full wood #4 Enfields in big buckets in the sporting good section at the Eatons stores?
This would have been back in the Mid 70's.

No, I wasn't into Enfields in the 70's. But I remember unissued Longbranches with arsenal tags for $64.95 each at the Canadian Tire store in Fredericton back in the mid-80's.

 

[David K]

....How about No.5 "Jungle carbines" for $25 at the Vancouver Army and Navy Store ? .... circa 1967 ...... David K.

 

[happydude]

Was this around 2002? I can assure you it ended up in a good home.

Nope, last year.

 

[yohann160]

We're all kicking ourselves for one reason or another anyway.

 

[Stevo]

The moral of the story is: If you want it, find a way to buy it, lest you later regret it.

 

[yohann160]

Amen to that brother

 

[John Sukey]

So very many missed opportunities, but here's four

Not the last table but the first. Remington cane gun for $12. Wanted to see what else there was and the usual "by the time I got back to that table".

Webley Wilkinson a friend tried to sell me, A bit skint at the time but I should have made the effort.

P14T with the rear glass broken. Didn't realise I could have cannabalized the lens from a No52 I already had.

Not a gun, but a USMC marked 1880's heliograph with case. Again, I wanted to see what else was on offer.

Too soon ve gets old und too late ve gets schmart!

 

[groundskeeper willy]

$400 Garand at SIR...

There was a $200 Breda Garand there a couple years back

 

[Claven2]

$400 Garand isn't all that bad. They were routinely in the $200 range just 5 years ago or so.

 

[Klunk]

The moral of the story is: If you want it, find a way to buy it, lest you later regret it.

Sage advice when dealing with old army junk

 

[happydude]

$400 Garand isn't all that bad. They were routinely in the $200 range just 5 years ago or so.

It was last year.

 

[Nyles]

A French M1892 service revolver. I waited too long and it sold before I got to it. This was last month. I'm still kicking myself.

 

[ollie]

It was last year.

It was a Breda that bubba's 2 year old son or maybe retarded nephew had gotten his hands on. He had stained THE WHOLE GUN (metal bits n all) and generally ####ed it up. It was not one that got away, I would love to know how the new owner made out with it...

 

[happydude]

It was a Breda that bubba's 2 year old son or maybe retarded nephew had gotten his hands on. He had stained THE WHOLE GUN (metal bits n all) and generally f**ked it up. It was not one that got away, I would love to know how the new owner made out with it...

True, but it would probably have cleaned up well. It's hard finding $400 Garands these days.