Walk into a gun shop just to look around. Mary staid in the truck. Translate, "Don't buy anything.". First thing that catches my eye is an old Interarms Rossi with etched engraving is "safe queen" condition. I look it over and told the salesman to keep it out. I'll bring in a buyer. I drag Mary in from the truck. Ooooo! She likes it. Makes a deal on it.
Meanwhile, I'm visiting with the owner. I commented that I didn't see any doubles. He said he didn't have any. Then he had a second thought. He went in the back and came back out with a Remington 1882 10 gauge hammer gun. Now I was in trouble. Just the kind of gun that's on my watch for list. He had a heafty price tag on it but he was retiring and closing his shop on June 30. He cut the price in half but wouldn't go any lower. Matching numbers, solid wood and action, 100% complete, Demascas barrels in nice shape made it hard to argue. And impossible to leave behind.
