Advice for a first-timer

Steve · 12-31-2001, 10:23 PM

My vote would be to get one of the shooters like Tom Hellar or some of the other dealers listed in the classifieds has for sale. If you can find one locally to you that would be great also. A while back a dealer at a local show had an "Artillary" in .30 cal for $500. It had at least three differnt serial mumbers on the small parts and was rebarrelled and there was several different blue types on all the parts but it would make a fun gun to shoot and could be refinished to look marvelous. As long as it has a good bore and no broken parts, you could always plan to get it refinished if it doesn't look good. One nice thing about non-collector grade guns is that you can add accesories without needing to pay high prices for items that are of the correct manufacture or get them new from one of the companies making reproductions of things such as holsters and loading tools. I have not seen the reworks that Tom has but I bought one of his Mauser pistols and have been having a great time with it.

12-31-2001, 10:23 PM	#7
Steve User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 200 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Advice for a first-timer My vote would be to get one of the shooters like Tom Hellar or some of the other dealers listed in the classifieds has for sale. If you can find one locally to you that would be great also. A while back a dealer at a local show had an "Artillary" in .30 cal for $500. It had at least three differnt serial mumbers on the small parts and was rebarrelled and there was several different blue types on all the parts but it would make a fun gun to shoot and could be refinished to look marvelous. As long as it has a good bore and no broken parts, you could always plan to get it refinished if it doesn't look good. One nice thing about non-collector grade guns is that you can add accesories without needing to pay high prices for items that are of the correct manufacture or get them new from one of the companies making reproductions of things such as holsters and loading tools. I have not seen the reworks that Tom has but I bought one of his Mauser pistols and have been having a great time with it.