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Posted: 9/18/2018 2:30:29 PM EDT
I bought a DPMS LR-308 16" Oracle for $400....I put $140 worth of MagPul "mission creep" into it so I had $540.00 in it.
My LGS bought a bunch of estate guns, two of which was a 70s era 2" Model 15-3 (pinned) Combat Masterpiece and a 1980 Colt Detective Special with Herrett stocks, both in .38 special. I traded the rifle and $75.00 for them so I have $307.50 in each revolver. Not a smoking deal but one I can certainly live with. 
I've been looking for a late (3rd model) DS for some time. I replaced the Herretts with a set of 2nd model DS stocks I had in my box-o-grips. I'll pick-up a set of OEM stocks Saturday. The factory nickled 2" Model 15-3 is sort of rare and fills a hole in my collection.  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 2:35:12 PM EDT
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So you traded a 308 rifle, a bunch of parts, and cash for two 38 specials?
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Posted: 9/18/2018 2:35:33 PM EDT
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You done good, OP.
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Posted: 9/18/2018 2:40:17 PM EDT
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Sounds like a good deal. They aren't making them anymore and the 15 will be a really accurate revolver. Nickel is pretty.
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Posted: 9/18/2018 2:40:41 PM EDT
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So you traded a 308 rifle, a bunch of parts, and cash for two 38 specials? 
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Posted: 9/18/2018 2:42:01 PM EDT
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Where do you find these pawn shops and gun shops that don’t know what the internet is?
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Posted: 9/18/2018 2:44:19 PM EDT
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Where do you find these pawn shops and gun shops that don’t know what the internet is? In before OP's next thread: I bought a BNIB Colt Python for $350 and a Saiga. |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 2:44:28 PM EDT
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So you traded a 308 rifle, a bunch of parts, and cash for two 38 specials? $300 is beat up police trade-in Model 10 money. |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 2:48:28 PM EDT
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You win the day.....again
Just curious, do you have a ballpark figure for how many pieces you acquire in an average year? You are absolutely prolific in your posts of new items. |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 2:50:34 PM EDT
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Sounds like a good deal. They aren't making them anymore and the 15 will be a really accurate revolver. Nickel is pretty. 
I'll find me a Tyler T-Grip for it by and by and it will be perfect.
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Posted: 9/18/2018 2:51:26 PM EDT
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He traded a cheap commodity gun for appreciating assets below market value. $300 is beat up police trade-in Model 10 money. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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So you traded a 308 rifle, a bunch of parts, and cash for two 38 specials? $300 is beat up police trade-in Model 10 money. But hey, to each his own. 
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Posted: 9/18/2018 2:52:35 PM EDT
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I would have done that. I'd love to have that shiny Model 15.
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Posted: 9/18/2018 2:56:20 PM EDT
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You win the day.....again
Just curious, do you have a ballpark figure for how many pieces you acquire in an average year? You are absolutely prolific in your posts of new items.
This year is down due to so many weekends of yard sales being rained out. 
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Posted: 9/18/2018 2:56:20 PM EDT
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I would have done that. I'd love to have that shiny Model 15. |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 2:57:15 PM EDT
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Where do you find these pawn shops and gun shops that don’t know what the internet is? |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 2:58:41 PM EDT
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OP, you did very well on that trade.
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:00:58 PM EDT
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Like the S&W. I've got my mom's '67 Model 15 in blue.
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:01:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah I always loved the look of the 3rd model DSs but thought the OEM stocks were butt-ugly and angled wrong. That's the reason I saved the stocks I put on it in case I ever found one.
I'll find me a Tyler T-Grip for it by and by and it will be perfect. |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:02:27 PM EDT
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So you traded a 308 rifle, a bunch of parts, and cash for two 38 specials? 
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:02:43 PM EDT
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Would have fo'd on the Colt for sure. Easy $500 there.
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:02:49 PM EDT
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"How 'bout you Utivich, you make that deal?"
"I'd make that deal." "I don't blame ya. Damn good deal." |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:04:08 PM EDT
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The 60s called, they want their guns back.
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:04:13 PM EDT
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All I see is 2 revolvers with minute of barn accuracy. I would have kept the original gun.
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:08:13 PM EDT
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I would have done it in a heart beat. In the past year, I picked up the same rifle.
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:09:20 PM EDT
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Nice score once again.
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:10:26 PM EDT
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The best trade fodder is cash
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:11:36 PM EDT
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I don't know shit about wheel guns value so I would have missed that deal. Good on OP.
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:11:44 PM EDT
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The 60s called, they want their guns back. S&W...Early 70s. So there.
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:16:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I can't even get a store to look at anything that remotely looks like an AR these days. |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:22:09 PM EDT
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So you traded a 308 rifle, a bunch of parts, and cash for two 38 specials? 
I'll sit here and wait while you find those same revolvers for the price OP paid. My wallet would have caught fire from being pulled out so fast if I saw either of those guns for ~$300 at a LGS. A DPMS Oracle is nothing rare. |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:23:49 PM EDT
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You do find some cool stuff, but honestly, how much time do you spend sifting through stuff?
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:23:59 PM EDT
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The best trade fodder is cash |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:29:50 PM EDT
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I see them offer about $400 for a Colt and down to $200 for home builds. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: I can't even get a store to look at anything that remotely looks like an AR these days. My LGS buys them for $565.00 through their distributor and they said that's about the only "AR" moving right now. Even .300 BOs are flat due to cheap .308s. Parts is where the profit is at these days what with everyone "rolling their own" 5.56/.300 ARs.....They don't seem to want to build .308s. Quoted:
You do find some cool stuff, but honestly, how much time do you spend sifting through stuff? There were two very nice Colt Police Positives and a factory nickle S&W Model 10. All in .38 special but I already had examples of those. Meh, as for time, I'm retired so time is not a factor I concern myself much with. I usually go to that particular shop once or twice a week. |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:35:46 PM EDT
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I'll sit here and wait while you find those same revolvers for the price OP paid. My wallet would have caught fire from being pulled out so fast if I saw either of those guns for ~$300 at a LGS. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/786247582 (You got me on the nickel 15-3)
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:39:22 PM EDT
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So you traded a 308 rifle, a bunch of parts, and cash for two 38 specials? |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:41:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/786179020 https://www.gunbroker.com/item/786247582 (You got me on the nickel 15-3)
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/783521210 |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:43:03 PM EDT
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So you traded a 308 rifle, a bunch of parts, and cash for two 38 specials? |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:43:25 PM EDT
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Why in every thread like this, do some posters feel the need to run someone down ? Do they have low self-esteem ,make them feel better to cut someone else down.
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:46:41 PM EDT
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My mind gets the concept, but all my eyes see are two obsolete (albeit pretty) snubnose wheelguns of questionable utility. But hey, to each his own. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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So you traded a 308 rifle, a bunch of parts, and cash for two 38 specials? $300 is beat up police trade-in Model 10 money. But hey, to each his own. I traded a FAL rifle for a H&K pistol. Came out far better for it as well. |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:48:25 PM EDT
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The 60s called, they want their guns back. Just like the snubs. |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:50:25 PM EDT
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Why in every thread like this, do some posters feel the need to run someone down ? Do they have low self-esteem ,make them feel better to cut someone else down.
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:53:33 PM EDT
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Why in every thread like this, do some posters feel the need to run someone down ? Do they have low self-esteem ,make them feel better to cut someone else down. I was sorta surprised when i checked completed auctions on GunPorker at what 3rd model DSs were going for....I figured $450 tops for examples without the box but the cheapest one sold for $650.00 not counting shipping/transfer.....Damn, that's getting into Colt Cobra territory. 
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:56:35 PM EDT
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You mean the AR-10? Yet. Old tech. Still good. Just like the snubs. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The 60s called, they want their guns back. Just like the snubs. 
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:58:11 PM EDT
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https://www.gunbroker.com/item/786179020 https://www.gunbroker.com/item/786247582 (You got me on the nickel 15-3) Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'll sit here and wait while you find those same revolvers for the price OP paid. My wallet would have caught fire from being pulled out so fast if I saw either of those guns for ~$300 at a LGS. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/786247582 (You got me on the nickel 15-3) Try searching completed items and find me all of those $300 Colts. |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 3:58:39 PM EDT
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Why in every thread like this, do some posters feel the need to run someone down ? Do they have low self-esteem ,make them feel better to cut someone else down. They believe only modern tech is viable and have no interest in learning about firearms or other goods in general and often just shooting for training without enjoying the recreational side of the sport. And are insecure in themselves and feel threatened if others don't align with their thought. |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 4:00:20 PM EDT
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OP always seems to find damn good deals.
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Posted: 9/18/2018 4:02:17 PM EDT
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My buddy hustles shit all the time. His latest string of trades started with some kind of 270 hunting rifle he found on sale and with a coupon or something cost him $200. He's traded about a dozen times and I believe he's sitting o a Ruger ultralight commander 9mm with crimson trace grips. Plus over 500 rounds of 9mm, 400 rounds of 40, some 556, and a couple odds and ends he's stripped off of guns he's gotten in. I'm trying to trade an older sig GSR for the Ruger, but he's already trying to find a trade for my Sig for an AR10. We haven't even traded yet. Just discussed it last week.
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Posted: 9/18/2018 4:04:51 PM EDT
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All I see is 2 revolvers with minute of barn accuracy. I would have kept the original gun. I have a 2" Model 10. The finish is pretty lousy, but it's mechanically fine. Shooting it definitely makes me work the fundamentals. |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 4:05:28 PM EDT
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I bought a DPMS LR-308 16" Oracle for $400....I put $140 worth of MagPul "mission creep" into it so I had $540.00 in it. My LGS bought a bunch of estate guns, two of which was a 70s era 2" Model 15-3 (pinned) Combat Masterpiece and a 1980 Colt Detective Special with Herrett stocks, both in .38 special. I traded the rifle and $75.00 for them so I have $307.50 in each revolver. Not a smoking deal but one I can certainly live with.
I've been looking for a late (3rd model) DS for some time. I replaced the Herretts with a set of 2nd model DS stocks I had in my box-o-grips. I'll pick-up a set of OEM stocks Saturday. The factory nickled 2" Model 15-3 is sort of rare and fills a hole in my collection. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/88145/DSCN8120__2_-675539.JPG |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 4:05:34 PM EDT
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The 60s called, they want their guns back. Just like the snubs. Still effective, just like the snub revolvers. |
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Posted: 9/18/2018 4:06:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Laugh all you want, AR-10 is old tech, Introduced in 1956. Same as the AR-15 which Colt began selling in 1964. |
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