Fox with the Runs has effectively destroyed another fine thread. I am just pleased that his history on internet forums is well known to those posting here. Most, if not all, of his comments about my "doubting statements" in the past are false. Thank you for considering this possibility.
No more false than the fable about a $500 Model 21 Winchester 12 gauge allegedly bought on E-Bay- in a pig's ass-!!
First off,in this this Al Gorian Internet/ubernet world, what was once transferred by snail mail or land line telephone is now moving at the speed of Mach 3-information highway- Go to Cabelas Gun Library and have a shotgun you want to sell, I'll wager a flat of RST shotshells they will research the going asking prices on the various gun auction sites, as well as referencing the Fiejestad Blue Books extant.
Gone are the days of the uninformed rural widows selling 3 pc. 5 wt. Jim Payne fly rods with case for $50.00, and CHE 20 bore Parkers for $350.00 with LOM case--
No one in their right mind would let go of a Model 21 for that paltry sum- never even a first year Field Grade 12 with DT and Extractors and beat all to hell - A well worn field grade 12 gauge plain barrel Model 12- Heck yes at $500, but NOT a M21--
But there is a Catch-22- YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SELL FIREARMS ON E-bay- No exceptions- you can sell Gun parts (not receivers however) gun stocks, scopes, sights, gun cases, empty ammo boxes until Hell won't have it, but NOT firearms of any type- If Murph Da Surf had said he bought this "phantom M21 12 gauge" for that amount on Gun Busters, Guns 'n Roses, or whatever other auction website, and he indeed alledgely screwed some, let us say hypothetically elderly lady living on Social Security out of the fair market price for a 12 gauge M21- NRA condition and trigger(s) and or ejectors/extractors weighed into the mix- and without ever seeing this "imaginary M21" but at least $2500, then, shame on him.
When I think of this "gentleman" who grossly overplayed his exalted position as a Senior Lifer with the infamous Podunk Gap Confusion Assn. to get me, as an annual paid up member who even had an article I wrote published in the PP magazine-- I then recall the fable about the Persian ruler who had twin sons, and as they grew in age, they hated each other with a jealously and rivalry that make Cain and Abel or Romulus and Remus seem like the Katzenjammer kids-
When they were about 18-- a Genie visited the first born of the two- and sensing his disdain for his sibling- made him this promise-- "Allah be praised, Sahib--to end this rift, I will grant you one and only one wish- for whatever you want- But the catch is- whatever you wish for, your brother gets doubled your desires-
So, you wish for a harem filled with 24 nubile virgins awaiting your pleasure- then your most despised brother gets a harem with 48- etc. etc- The brother thought for a second and then said to the Genie- Alright, here's my wish- make me blind in one eye!""
