Originally Posted By: Grouse Guy
Vintage gun merchants is where we need to follow the money to, because this is where the profits are in this debate. This is where all the purple faces and stupid accusations come from. I'm sure the top end of the gun market has been a bit slow the last few years. And I genuinely sympathize until you start telling ridiculous and very personal lies about me. In this regard, you "gentlemen" should be ashamed of yourselves, because you are probably better than this.
Sir,

I thought I had made my last post on this thread. Bad enough you list studies about earthworms and fluoroscopes from the 50's.

So, all vintage gun sellers are dealing in Purdey's. Well that must be a very small business indeed. There was just a show in Nevada with hundreds of sellers and thousands of attendees. So perhaps this niche is not as limited as you assume.

Vintage guns is the reason this forum exists, in case you every wondered what all those other threads are about. There are several thousand members here and hundreds of regulars.

I am not a dealer. My "collection" would never interest the majority of gun owners. I get several emails a month asking about vintage guns. The guns in question are often family heirlooms. Guns that sold for $5 to $20 from catalogs and hardware stores. Many want to be able to shoot these. Perhaps a few rounds of sporting clays or an occasional bird hunt. For some it is the only shotgun that they have ever owned. Mostly they want to use it out of respect for their grandfathers and fathers. They want to understand and feel the joy that their family members felt. For some, it will be as close as they ever come to being with them for a day in the field.

So, before we run out and write legislation that makes the use of these guns so prohibitive monetarily, would it not make sense to talk it out? Perhaps allowing a loop hole for guns that are 100 years old? I do not see that happening unfortunately.

Pete

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