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would you buy a new but blemished gun...??

would you buy a new revolver that was blemished?

  • yes but i'll keep it for life, and use it for the range or hunting only

  • no, it'll only be an investment that i'll want full value for later

  • depends on how much of a blemish it is

  • no, it's a waste of my time and money

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Bassbob said:
I wish I could find one anymore.
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My daughter drives a manual specifically as an anti-theft/anti-jacking strategy.

I learned to drive on a '61 VW Beetle. It would take me some time to figger out how much "clutch time" I have, but right off the top of my head, I rowed Muncie M20s with Hurst shifters in two different '69 Camaros for over 15 years, and though I loved every minute of it, today I prefer the mindless convenience of a good automatic.

My point in asking the question was: There is still joy and pleasure and pride in being able to smartly and efficiently operate old, "obsolete" machinery. I still shoot revolvers and love them, even though I concede that modern semiautos are superior in almost every way. (I shoot and love my semiautos, too.) ;)
 
Snake45 said:
At least the soulless lead dispensing appliance would then have SOME character. ;):LOL:
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Snake45 said:
My daughter drives a manual specifically as an anti-theft/anti-jacking strategy.

I learned to drive on a '61 VW Beetle. It would take me some time to figger out how much "clutch time" I have, but right off the top of my head, I rowed Muncie M20s with Hurst shifters in two different '69 Camaros for over 15 years, and though I loved every minute of it, today I prefer the mindless convenience of a good automatic.

My point in asking the question was: There is still joy and pleasure and pride in being able to smartly and efficiently operate old, "obsolete" machinery. I still shoot revolvers and love them, even though I concede that modern semiautos are superior in almost every way. (I shoot and love my semiautos, too.) ;)
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I know what your point was and I agree completely. I purposely only bought cars with manual trannies until I could no longer find them. I learned to drive on them at my father's insistence. It wasn't easy either. My father, in my younger days, was a real J-off sometimes. So I learned to drive a stick quickly because I didn't want to get screamed at every time I dumped the clutch.

I too have some nice revolvers and I love to shoot them. My number one razor ( and I have many) is older than everyone on this board. Other than the 2015 Mike Starr signature Spector NS-4 which is my avatar and a 2012 or 1013 American Telecaster, every one of my guitars and basses is old. My number two bass is a stock 1974 Rickenbacker 4001.
 
Bassbob said:
The last two I had were a '96 F-350, 7.3 Power Stroke Diesel with a 5 speed and an early 80s F-100 with a 300 c.i. "Straight six" and a 3 on the tree.

My wife drives an Avalon and I drive a Lexus, both automatics, but I drive them like sticks. :cool:
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My DD is a Mini Cooper S and it’s the only automatic car I’ve ever had and I drive it in sport mode with the manual shift option. Better for my back than my track spec Miata, but I can’t get back to a manual gearbox quick enough.
 
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