A guy that works for me has been talking about guns for six months, he has never owned one a wanted a good all-around rifle. I steered him toward a marlin 30-30 which he bought.
Then after months of describing what to look for, what has collector value etc., he goes to a small town flea market and finds a 9422 for $300. The gun looks like new, I'm not sure it's ever been fired.
I think I'll kill him.
Beginers luck
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Beginers luck
grit yer teeth an pull the trigger
Re: Beginers luck
At least you can have the satisfaction of knowing you taught him well.
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Re: Beginers luck
Ask to shoot it, then 'discover' some terrible and dangerous problem with it. Offer to trade him a BB gun for it, because you think you know a guy who could at least salvage it for parts...
. . . or - just encourage him to buy MORE stuff so he can join the ranks of our fellow lever-itis sufferers. If he's always that lucky maybe he'll sell you some of his 'rejects!'
. . . or - just encourage him to buy MORE stuff so he can join the ranks of our fellow lever-itis sufferers. If he's always that lucky maybe he'll sell you some of his 'rejects!'
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Re: Beginers luck
Thats evil. Good but evilAJMD429 wrote:Ask to shoot it, then 'discover' some terrible and dangerous problem with it. Offer to trade him a BB gun for it, because you think you know a guy who could at least salvage it for parts...
Jeremy
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Re: Beginers luck
You could do what MarlinMan93's friends do, scrounge off his leavings... Vall has got to be one of the luckiest "finders" of neat guns there is. Maybe your friend is one of those guys. Better than being a Typhoid Mary!
Sincerely,
Hobie
"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend." Robert Louis Stevenson
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Re: Beginers luck
Rather be lucky than good.
Mike Johnson,
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Re: Beginers luck
I know people like that too. I usally here about it after the fact though.
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Re: Beginers luck
Sometimes it is better to be lucky than to be good. He bought a near perfect first rifle.
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