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Old 02-05-2009, 06:33 AM
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Default Re: Grounds For Divorce ... maybe ...

Chris...I think MJ is right..that does look like a Spanish pistol. I got one here a dealer gave me out of his junk box. That pistol you have is beyond restoration. Give it back to the man..he could use it as a paper weight, and a good reminder to his new bride not to touch his stuff. I had a man come to me about two years ago with a Ruger singe shot rifle..it was one of many guns that his Mother-in-Law stuck in a closet next to a hot water heater...30 guns were affected. He told me the Ruger was the better of the lot...the metal could have been restored but the wood would have to be replaced. When his Father-in-Law died he wanted to look at the guns, and the Mother-in-Law refused to let him near them. Sounds to me like the old gent HAD quite a collection. This is what happens when guns get into the wrong hands, and stored in the wrong places...attics, basements, storage sheds.

JJ
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