The gun prices were astoundingly high, and JohnW may grin at hearing that a Model 99 in .300 Savage and of no distinction whatsoever was offered at $1,350.
There were other adventures in weekend spending. At a neighborhood auction yesterday I paid a little too much for a c. 1900 Hopkins and Allen .22 bolt rifle, an odd design, tube fed but requiring manual cocking after chambering a round. The real coup was theft of a good knipco-style heater which will make winter shop work toasty pleasant.
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"Mankato" tickle your memory? There, on Boxing Day of 1862, our forefathers staged the largest mass hanging in our history. Thirty-eight mostly Sioux men were strung up for being on the losing side in Little Crow's war.
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"The gun prices were astoundingly high, and JohnW may grin at hearing that a Model 99 in .300 Savage and of no distinction whatsoever was offered at $1,350."
Woof! Or as they say in those parts, "Jeezum-crow!" I'm gasterflabbered. Wish I could get an ROI like that elsewhere.
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