New Baby on the Way

I am out of control. And I have another blogger to blame. Jim from SOTW called me today and told me he had found a Smith & Wesson 27-2 with a 5″ barrel, in 95%+ condition, for a very nice price. How was I supposed to turn that down? I called the guy in Texas who was selling the gun, and it will be in my sweaty paws next week.

The Internet is a good place to buy most things, including new guns. But for used guns, excluding milsurps, it’s not that great. Gunbroker’s prices are completely crazy. Seems like they’re 15% over market, all the time. If you search their completed listings, you’ll see the same guns over and over, re-listed because no one was willing to pay the ridiculous reserve prices. Some shops advertise on their own websites. Generally the prices are bad. Seems like Gunsamerica has better prices; maybe it’s my imagination.

Jim did me a big favor. It’s tough to find nice guns around here, and I can’t inspect the guns I find on the web. Because I know Jim knows what he’s doing, I don’t have to worry that I bought a piece of crap.

I plan to shoot the 27-2; I have no use for safe queens. I’m thinking maybe I should put a better grip on it. That would preserve the factory grip and give me something nicer to shoot with.

I can take one gun off my buy list now.

I suppose you can’t pick one gun and buy it and then pick another and buy it, and so on. I suppose what you do is, you make a list, and then you buy as good deals become available. That’s what happened this time.

I can’t wait to shoot it! Dang, I better buy some .357 brass. I have given up on scrounging it. Thank God it’s not a semi-auto. When I’m done shooting, instead of crawling around the range like a bum looking for cigarette butts, I’ll just pop the cylinder out and remove the cases.

What if this gun shoots better than my beautiful 686+? I’ll never get over it.

Thanks, Jim. I owe you one.