Right time- right place- this never happens to me

[Lee]

I drive out in the country to look at a jeep today.  I'm running early and see a sign for a barn sale.  A young couple with two toddlers is selling old toys, clothes, tv's etc.   I tell them why I'm out in the area and also that I hunt deer close by.  The guy say's, "I have a deer pistol I'm trying to sell".  Turns out it's a Ruger P90 stainless in .45 acp.  I tell him that it's not really a hunting pistol.   He says, "oh, we're not gun people and we just want to get rid of it.  So I end up getting the pistol, a lockbox, cleaning kit, and box of ammo for $250.
A pretty good start for the day.  The Jeep was not such a good deal. Well... I got some polishing to do now.

[MillCreek]

Oh, man.  A perfect truck gun.

[Lee]

That is exactly my plan for it.

[lee n. field]

A pretty good start for the day.

I'd say.

[wmenorr67]

Well at least it didn't go to waste in a "buy back" program.

Good for you, great deal.

[vaskidmark]

They may not know much about pistols, but they sure know about marketing.  Doofus shows up and mentions deer hunting and they immediately connect the thing that is supposed to go bang with doofus' declared interest of killing Bambi.

They get rid of the pistol and all the accessories that might link them to that body buried in the leaves out behind the barn, and doofus posts about his deal of the day.  Since he can't remember exactly where they were (and who's to say they actually lived there as opposed to setting up shop while the real owners were away stocking up on Hallowee Jesusween candy at Wally World) he'll never be able to lead the cops back there to get the two to back up his claim that he didn't do it.

Seriously, I am not green with envy.  I really am not upset that Lee stumbled into the proverbial manure pile and came out smelling like a dozen roses.  Not at all.  I'm just worried that he might have gotten himself set up to take a fall.  Really I am.

stay safe.

[Lee]

If it makes you feel any better....it was real dirty.

Oh... and I ended up buying the jeep I looked at earlier in the week.  A good day for sure. 

[Tallpine]

If it makes you feel any better....it was real dirty.

Oh... and I ended up buying the jeep I looked at earlier in the week.  A good day for sure. 

So, you have a "jeep gun" 

[Lee]

Zactly.  It's a truck gun till I pick the Jeep up later this week.  And I'll probably shoot myself when I realize what it'll cost to keep it going. 

[Tallpine]

Zactly.  It's a truck gun till I pick the Jeep up later this week.  And I'll probably shoot myself when I realize what it'll cost to keep it going. 

I'm not sure if jeeps are just that maintainence intensive, or if they just get used so hard that they are always breaking down and falling apart ... 

Never owned one myself, but I had some friends/employers that own a resort way up in the Colorado mountains, and they (or often, me) were always fixing the jeeps and welding them back together.

[Lee]

Probably both.  I doubt too many people would complain about having to put money in a 1985 (name the vehicle) that you've driven across fields/woods and through creeks for 30 years. 

[Jamie B]

Awesome truck gun!

[Matthew Carberry]

They may not know much about pistols, but they sure know about marketing.  Doofus shows up and mentions deer hunting and they immediately connect the thing that is supposed to go bang with doofus' declared interest of killing Bambi.

They get rid of the pistol and all the accessories that might link them to that body buried in the leaves out behind the barn, and doofus posts about his deal of the day.  Since he can't remember exactly where they were (and who's to say they actually lived there as opposed to setting up shop while the real owners were away stocking up on Hallowee Jesusween candy at Wally World) he'll never be able to lead the cops back there to get the two to back up his claim that he didn't do it.

Seriously, I am not green with envy.  I really am not upset that Lee stumbled into the proverbial manure pile and came out smelling like a dozen roses.  Not at all.  I'm just worried that he might have gotten himself set up to take a fall.  Really I am.

stay safe.

Hey, sometimes those grapes are sour.

[Tallpine]

Probably both.  I doubt too many people would complain about having to put money in a 1985 (name the vehicle) that you've driven across fields/woods and through creeks for 30 years. 

Well, back around 1985 when I was riding in and fixing up our friends' jeeps, those jeeps were mostly of about 1945 vintage 

They did have one "new one" that I think was about a 1970.  It had a top on it so they drove it pretty carefully.