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MikeP · 02-23-2011, 05:12 PM

I was a shoot 'em all guy til the day I blew up a CYQ P38.
Slide and locking block ruint.

I don't mind a bunch of safe queens-they good trading stock if nothing else.
I grew up in the 50s around some old time collectors with lots of original matchlocks, flinters, etc.

I learned the concept that some pieces are relics and antiques and that there is no reason to mess with them.

To this day I will not **** or open the action of an old piece without permission.
A serious collector ought to catalog and value estimate his stuff.

A stupid burdon on survivors.

02-23-2011, 05:12 PM	#15
MikeP User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ILL Posts: 686 Thanks: 36 Thanked 452 Times in 198 Posts	I was a shoot 'em all guy til the day I blew up a CYQ P38. Slide and locking block ruint. I don't mind a bunch of safe queens-they good trading stock if nothing else. I grew up in the 50s around some old time collectors with lots of original matchlocks, flinters, etc. I learned the concept that some pieces are relics and antiques and that there is no reason to mess with them. To this day I will not **** or open the action of an old piece without permission. A serious collector ought to catalog and value estimate his stuff. A stupid burdon on survivors.