Now $1049

  PLUS ONE for River City John you betcha!!

  Oh Boy

Yes.  Absolutely.  You basically have two choices.  Pietta and Uberti.  Understand, the Beretta SA replicas were made by Uberti at a time when Uberti was quite resentful of Beretta and QC was sketchy, and parts are limited.  If you talking about looking for guns on the used market, your first question has to be "Why are they selling it" and the second question is "what is wrong with it" and the third question is "are parts available" and the last question is "will it cost more than it's worth to fix."

If it's more than 10 or 12 years old, walk away.  When Uberti makes changes, they immediately stop supporting parts for the "old" version.  Pietta isn't quite so bad.  The best value for dollar in CAS guns today are Pietta Great Western II.  Even they aren't perfect.  None of the replicas are CAS ready out of the box.  They ALL need something.  Pietta have an Abysmal Cylinder Base Pin and latch.  Uberti still have atrocious Main Springs.  Older Uberti have flat Hand Springs, new ones have coil spring and plunger.  There are some very new guns from Pietta for the car market that are being haled as better than sliced bread but can still stand some little tweaks.

All of the replica manufacturers make some "Friday guns" that are just Krap.  That happens.  It is important to remember, used guns are a Krap Shoot.  If it's more than 10 - 12 years old, avoid it like the plague.  If you can't fondle it, or even shoot it first, avoid it like the plague.  When it comes to selling CAS guns, some CAS shooters can be just as despicable as Pawn Brokers.  Caveat Emptor in spades.

The other advantage to acquiring new is a thing called warranty.  If you take it out of the box and it isn't right, DO NOT get out the screwdrivers and Dremmel.  Ship it back and have it fix'd.  When you buy used, it's yours, warts and all - good luck.

As a retired Gunplumber, I've seen it all.  The Good, the Bad and the downright Ugly.  Also, loaning guns out is never a great idea, trust me on that one.  And any time you read or hear "It's been my Main Match Gun, Perfect condition, Never Failed Me" run like hell in the other direction.

Thats a cool look,

At this point I think the opportunity to "pick up" ANY reloading components while they're available is a good thing.

  If it could go wrong today, it did!!!  What a morning! Had to turn a great plan into a 5 minute, 100 yard only video...maybe next time. 

The Boss and I went to an interesting restaurant after church today, Ford's Garage. They have some Ford Model A's hanging from the ceiling. In the Men's John, the sink is a tire, and the faucet is from a gas pump. It's a chain, but it's kind of a fun place. Decent burger but pricey.

Yep.  That's the first tie-breaker.  Time is the second one.  We could "what if" things forever, but this is how we're going to do it, at least this time.

Quote from: Major E A Sterner on Yesterday at 08:34:58 AMHappy Father's Day to all that it applies 😉

What he said.

Nothing to report here. As the smokejumpers are fond of saying, "it's hot and dry out west."

—TK

Quote from: Begle1 on Yesterday at 02:08:45 PMAre there any that aren't worth buying?

Old Jagers from the early 70's, would be sketchy... soft metal innards, no real parts availability, unless you fit other brands parts.