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Free Carbine Mags from a Stranger

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    Posted: Jul 23 2021 at 8:36pm
The other day I was picking up my new carbine that I had shipped to my local gun store. While I was processing out, an older gentleman looked at the magazine and said, "So that's what I have!" 

We struck up a nice conversation and he went on to tell me he had found a box of magazines and some loose ammo in a crawl space of a house he was restoring many years ago. I asking if he had an interest in selling the magazines and he indicated that he had no use for them.

We exchanged numbers and we planned a meeting for today. After looking at the magazines I asked what price he wanted from them. He replied, "Nothing, you can have them."

I told him I could not do that, but he insisted. I told him that it would be unethical for me to just take them because they had value. Finally, I offered to pay for his lunch and he agreed. 

The ammo was head stamped WWII and Korea era.

Thanks to my new friend and good people.


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I have to say Raven, between this score and the IBM you posted, you must be livin right.

That was very generous of the gentleman, today's market that's a couple hundred worth.
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Originally posted by GotSnlB28 GotSnlB28 wrote:

I have to say Raven, between this score and the IBM you posted, you must be livin right.

That was very generous of the gentleman, today's market that's a couple hundred worth.

I agree. I will be picking up the lunch tab for a while. Nice gentleman, it is well worth the company.

 
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Too cool... what a guy! 

I thought I was lucky this week when I stopped in to an antique store while working in the Po-dunk town of Wallace, ID. There just so happened to be a shelf with a number of Tupperware containers, each labeled with various firearm models followed by the word "Magazines". A label reading "M1 Magazines" immediately caught my eye, and -lo and behold- inside was a lone UN-coded magazine. Yours truly owns two National Postal Meters. I felt incredibly fortunate at the time, but you, man... you're fortunate. 

There's a lot of pain and suffering in the world, and sometimes people just plain suck; stories like this give you some inkling of hope for humanity though.


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When asked by the wife, "Just how many guns do you need?" the answer is always, "Just one more, honey... just one more!"
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