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Just wondered how many of you out there have made gun purchases with your heart and not your head? What did you buy? Shooter, wallhanger or maybe project gun. Did you end up keeping it? What was the motivating factor (at the time) that caused you to make the purchase. I've made my share and probably have not learned my lesson yet. Lately I've had the hankerin for an old damascus barreled gun, possibly a hammer gun for shooting black powder loads. Some times I see something that's a bit loose and pitted but has a bit of engraving and reeks of character. I know just about anything is repairable but how far will you go despite cost. Just curious.

I always buy with my heart, my last two guns were AH Fox -
wanted to break my mold of buying only English and Scottish.
Paid too much for them, but wanted a couple of All-American classics in the cabinet.

Hi Doubleguy..mornin Lowell
I fell in love with a Greener hammer Pigeon Gun on AG&Langs site across the pond,..it does have a pigeon on the rib!!!!!
I looked at the pics on the site for ages..months at least before pulling the trigger ...it was a nervouse wait , but it got across ok without damage & it is lovely indeed.
Though I think Lowell is right.....I've never bought a gun that I didn't love
Franc

Some wise man once said to the effect..."If it doesn't make your heart go pitter-pat pass it by."

Pete

If it's not business, any time you do anything for the money you had better take a good look at yourself

Go for the ones where both are satisfied. OTH, if you are buying for your heart only, come to terms with the problems ahead of time.

Just as with women, the heart will always go pitter patter at surface beauty. And that's fine, part of the selection process. But as things progress you find out if you're going to be happy in the long run. That's where the head comes in

I just bought a Birmingham single barrel percussion 28ga at auction. Probably paid too much but it has the most wonderfully engraved pineapple in front of the trigger guard that really cuaght my eye. I figured at the very least it's the epitome' of "wallhanger".

Turns out it's in great condition, having some screws redone but it'll be a great piece I can shoot and I'll be happy.

However had it had turned out that it was an unsound gun I would have been a little disappointed but I still would have had that wallhanger.

The heart gets them in the door but the head keeps them dear.

RR
I used to have a small bore single shot muzzle loader when I was a kid. It was fun for hunting squirrels and other small game.
Steve

By 1977 I'd had my two Ansley H. Fox hunting guns for 11 and 14 years, I had a full set of Winchester Model 12/42 Skeet Guns, and had just gotten a Remington Model 3200 Skeet Gun with Skeetmaster tubes. What more could I possibly need. Then on a spring trip to New England my Wife and I stopped at a place called the Goose Hummock Shop on our way out to Cape Cod. From the back room the guy pulled out a 12-gauge, straight gripped, A.H. Fox SPE-Grade Skeet & Upland Game Gun. From then on I wasn't just a shooter but an accumulator/collector!

About a decade ago, an orthopod - who was a fellow shooter - offered me an all original, beautifully cased E.J. Churchill SLE (XXV) gun in 2-inch chambering. Besides being pretty immaculate, the gun came with it's own Pacific loader and nearly a case of factory ammo.....all for just $6500. Just $6500. because the owner was frustrated in not being able to hit anything with a light gun, he claimed.

I couldn't afford it by a long shot, knew I didn't really need it, but that didn't keep me from unloading a rear corner in the safe to come up with it, only because it moved me that much. It turns out that the gun had some dark history as detailed in the late Don Masters' book 'The House of Churchill' which just added to its intrigue. It's still here with no regrets- shooting the occasional grouse - but there were many sleepless nights leading up to making the decision. That said, I allow that such agonizing likely only happens among us 'bottom feeders'.

All Best,

Robt.