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Another thing I've noticed about this process. All the paperwork for little krap gun accessories and parts that I've thrown in with the firearm documents. It was a bit eye-opening to review all the many expenditures for small stuff, like scope rings and mounts, slings, recoil buffers, magazines, en bloc clips, various repair parts, accessory grips and so on. That stuff all cost money. And it's a bleed on my purse that is no longer taking place.
Holsters, a story unto itself. I always had to have at least one holster for a type firearm. And if it was a type with different barrel lengths, I had to get a holster for each length. I wound up with a pretty big box full of those. In the past few years, I've scoured through there and let a lot of them go.
Scopes, that's another story. I finally got wise on scopes. If you get one you like, you don't let it go when you sell a rifle. Remember seeing those many hunting rifles for sale at gun shows that came with rings and mounts but no scope? Yeah, I became one of those guys. I think sometimes when a person sells a rifle complete with scope, they don't necessarily always figure in the true value of the scope. It kinda gets automatic discount. Not long ago, I let a spare Leupold scope go that I had sitting on a shelf. It brought some real money just by itself.
One scope that got away from me to my regret was a Redfield Widefield 3x9. I think those things are collectors items now. Another was a Bushnell Command Post, with the little flip-up post reticle. Gone but not forgotten.
Holsters, a story unto itself. I always had to have at least one holster for a type firearm. And if it was a type with different barrel lengths, I had to get a holster for each length. I wound up with a pretty big box full of those. In the past few years, I've scoured through there and let a lot of them go.
Scopes, that's another story. I finally got wise on scopes. If you get one you like, you don't let it go when you sell a rifle. Remember seeing those many hunting rifles for sale at gun shows that came with rings and mounts but no scope? Yeah, I became one of those guys. I think sometimes when a person sells a rifle complete with scope, they don't necessarily always figure in the true value of the scope. It kinda gets automatic discount. Not long ago, I let a spare Leupold scope go that I had sitting on a shelf. It brought some real money just by itself.
One scope that got away from me to my regret was a Redfield Widefield 3x9. I think those things are collectors items now. Another was a Bushnell Command Post, with the little flip-up post reticle. Gone but not forgotten.
