Dieselbuilder
02-15-2011, 09:45 PM
Back story to set the stage.
Back in 59 or 60, my dad was stationed in Texas. He and some friends went to a bar one night and happened to notice a package on the back bar. They asked the bartender what it was and he said he didn't know, some guy had ran up a tab and couldn't pay it and had left the package for collateral and would be back to pay the tab, but it had been 5 or 6 months. They convinced the bartender to let them pay the tab of approximately $25 (which was a little more than a weeks pay for a PFC making $90 a month back then)and take the package. He agreed and they ended up with a nice little 2nd series Colt Woodsman.
Fast forward about 14 years, I was living at the "line camp" for want of a better term, of the ranch we were the caretakers of, riding pastures in the summer and feeding cattle after school in the winter. I had borrowed the little Woodsman for hunting squirrels and rabbits.
While feeding the horses one day I almost fell from the haystack when a bale broke as I was pulling it from the pile. I turned the fall into a controlled jump, unfortunately the bale hit the ground before I did and I lit right in the middle of it breaking my ankle. It was a bad enough break that I had to stay with my grandmother, a retired RN, for several weeks before I could get back to the ranch. During that time a "friend" and some of his friends came to see me at the ranch, I wasn't there and when they left, neither was the Woodsman. :( So I have been looking for a replacement ever since.
Checking the auctions sites for Woodsman I found several 1st and 3rd series pistols, but most of the 2nd series pistols were of the sport model with the 4 1/2" barrel or the 6" Match Target and not the 6" model that I was looking for.
Recently on Gunbroker I found what I was looking for with a $200 starting bid, Minimum reserve wasn't met with my $250 bid. It ended and was re-listed with the same $200 start. $400 bid still didn't meet reserve so once again it ended unsold. Last week I got my income tax return so I looked and it again had been re-listed. This time knowing I would have a little extra cash I bid $500 and this time it said reserve met!
Today I stopped by the gunshop that is doing the transfer for me and it was here. :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/Dieselbuilder/pix667329214.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/Dieselbuilder/pix638498762.jpg
And after all this time... It cost me just a little over one weeks take home pay! The equivalent amount that my dad paid for the original one adjusted for inflation. ;)
Back in 59 or 60, my dad was stationed in Texas. He and some friends went to a bar one night and happened to notice a package on the back bar. They asked the bartender what it was and he said he didn't know, some guy had ran up a tab and couldn't pay it and had left the package for collateral and would be back to pay the tab, but it had been 5 or 6 months. They convinced the bartender to let them pay the tab of approximately $25 (which was a little more than a weeks pay for a PFC making $90 a month back then)and take the package. He agreed and they ended up with a nice little 2nd series Colt Woodsman.
Fast forward about 14 years, I was living at the "line camp" for want of a better term, of the ranch we were the caretakers of, riding pastures in the summer and feeding cattle after school in the winter. I had borrowed the little Woodsman for hunting squirrels and rabbits.
While feeding the horses one day I almost fell from the haystack when a bale broke as I was pulling it from the pile. I turned the fall into a controlled jump, unfortunately the bale hit the ground before I did and I lit right in the middle of it breaking my ankle. It was a bad enough break that I had to stay with my grandmother, a retired RN, for several weeks before I could get back to the ranch. During that time a "friend" and some of his friends came to see me at the ranch, I wasn't there and when they left, neither was the Woodsman. :( So I have been looking for a replacement ever since.
Checking the auctions sites for Woodsman I found several 1st and 3rd series pistols, but most of the 2nd series pistols were of the sport model with the 4 1/2" barrel or the 6" Match Target and not the 6" model that I was looking for.
Recently on Gunbroker I found what I was looking for with a $200 starting bid, Minimum reserve wasn't met with my $250 bid. It ended and was re-listed with the same $200 start. $400 bid still didn't meet reserve so once again it ended unsold. Last week I got my income tax return so I looked and it again had been re-listed. This time knowing I would have a little extra cash I bid $500 and this time it said reserve met!
Today I stopped by the gunshop that is doing the transfer for me and it was here. :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/Dieselbuilder/pix667329214.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/Dieselbuilder/pix638498762.jpg
And after all this time... It cost me just a little over one weeks take home pay! The equivalent amount that my dad paid for the original one adjusted for inflation. ;)