Thursday, April 25, 2013

There goes another Garand

Got another crown today.  Some day they'll all be ceramic and I can maybe get me an M1 ...

8 comments:

Old NFO said...

Dang, sorry to hear that!

Keads said...

Got one yesterday BP. I hear ya!

ASM826 said...

Get the Garand. Call it an investment. They are appreciating in value far in excess of inflation.

Goober said...

I has proposal.

Set up a tip jar.

I've been enjoying your free ice cream for about 4 years now. i figure that's worth $50 to a garand fund. At what, about $800 bucks for a garand, I'll bet you could have it in no time flat.

Borepatch said...

Goober, thanks. But there are so many people who are harder up than I am, I'd feel guilty.

Goober said...

It isn't charity. There's nothing shameful in people giving you money in exchange for a valuable service...

libertyman said...

Tip jar! Yeah, I am in!You should get a commission on the music you recommend, too! The Garand fund, let's do it!

ASM826 said...

If you want to feel guilty, you can always find people harder up than you. You have the lovely Mrs. B, 2 healthy sons, a home, a job, your health. Having a Garand will not change the essential balance of your life. It's a good life, filled with blessings you did not earn.

If you want a Garand, that is a reasonable goal. Keep it 3 years or 30, you'll be able to sell it for more than you paid for it, inflation included. I'm in for $20.00, that's $70.00 so far.

My advice? While they are still available, get one of the refurbished Garands from the CMP. Here's the link: http://odcmp.com/Sales/m1garand.htm#Special I've handled one of these and they are done right.