Are you a Harbinger?

[MechAg94]

I see now that my adoption of 6.8SPC has all but doomed it.

Incidentally, I also seem to be drawn to ALREADY FAILED calibers. I like .35 Remington. I know no one else uses it¹, but I don't care. I'd even love to get a Remington Model 8!







1: It's hyperbole. Sue me

Academy down here still sells 6.8 and 35 Remington.  I don't think they are dead.  I have a Stag rifle in 6.8, but I don't shoot it much.

With the new Sig 277, I heard commentary hoping for more bullet designs available for 6.8 SPC.  

[lee n. field]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/opinion/harbinger-failure.html

It seems economists have discovered people who consistently like and buy products that end up failing and being discontinued.

Not only that, but all their decisions are "wrong" as in not popular. AND tend to live near other harbingers.

I'd like to think I'm a harbinger, but I so rarely buy a "new!" "exciting!" product that I doubt it. Also most of the products listed sound revolting. Watermelon oreos? I barely like normal oreos. Cheetos lip balm? No thank you.

How about you? Any of you think you are a harbinger?

I do have a couple .40s, does that count?

More than once I've bought a thing somewhere in the trailing edge of its popularity.  

[Jocassee]

I don't know if I qualify but I know a lot of people who do.

[MechAg94]

I do have a couple .40s, does that count?

More than once I've bought a thing somewhere in the trailing edge of its popularity.  

I guess I am way behind the curve.  I bought one of the police trade in Sig P226 pistols in 40 from AIMSurplus in Feb.  They have them under $400.  I have to say it handles that caliber better than any other pistol in 40 I have shot. 

[lee n. field]

I guess I am way behind the curve.  I bought one of the police trade in Sig P226 pistols in 40 from AIMSurplus in Feb.  They have them under $400.  I have to say it handles that caliber better than any other pistol in 40 I have shot. 

DA/SA has looped around to being cool again, in some circles.  So sez the Innernet.  (YMMV).

I was being facetious about .40, seeing as how the Internet Gun Social Media herd mind gets all hatey on it these days.  It does nothing less or more than it ever did.

[Ben]

DA/SA has looped around to being cool again, in some circles.  So sez the Innernet.  (YMMV).

I was being facetious about .40, seeing as how the Internet Gun Social Media herd mind gets all hatey on it these days.  It does nothing less or more than it ever did.

I'm actually starting to dig my new DA/SA, given that it has 1911 style controls.

I just consigned my G23 at my gunshop for 15% fee and store credit. We decided to try for $350 (I paid $525 for it), but they said I should expect closer to $300, because there's a ton of police trade-ins on the market for right around that price. I think it's not that .40 is more or less than what it was, it's that 9MM just got better.

I'm actually thinking of keeping my Walther PPQ in .40 now, with the hopes that like bell bottoms, the .40 may get popular again and I'll sell it then, instead of taking the big price hit now.

[lee n. field]

I'm actually starting to dig my new DA/SA, given that it has 1911 style controls.

I just consigned my G23 at my gunshop for 15% fee and store credit. We decided to try for $350 (I paid $525 for it), but they said I should expect closer to $300, because there's a ton of police trade-ins on the market for right around that price. I think it's not that .40 is more or less than what it was, it's that 9MM just got better.

I'm actually thinking of keeping my Walther PPQ in .40 now, with the hopes that like bell bottoms, the .40 may get popular again and I'll sell it then, instead of taking the big price hit now.

The 23's the compact, right?   Local place had one on consignment last year sometime.  I was interested in it as a complement to my Gen 3 19.  I hemmed and hawed, then decided to offer $300, see if it flew.  I walked in, right as someone else was finishing dickering for it.  <sigh>

[AZRedhawk44]

Frescetta used to make a sauce-stuffed-crust pizza.

I loved the shyt out of that, as far as frozen pizza was concerned.

Of course the cheese-stuffed-crust product line was more popular, and I shall never again see my beloved sauce stuffed crust.

Marinara is love.  Marinara is life!

[BlueStarLizzard]

mmmm.... Cheese balls.


Did anyone calculate in teenagers/young adults? Because I'm pretty sure the only reason I bought crystal pepsi was because "the cool kids" did it...

[K Frame]

I do have a couple .40s, does that count?

More than once I've bought a thing somewhere in the trailing edge of its popularity.  

My nightstand gun is a Smith & Wesson .40. I never had much interest in the cartridge, but a few years ago I came across this S&W and the price was WAY too good to pass up. I figured I'd give it a try and probably use it for trade bait, but the more I played with it, the more I liked it.

[Perd Hapley]

...the more I played with it, the more I liked it.

[Tim L]

Lucked out this time.

They just killed the Danner Pronghorn boot. 

I  found out soon enough to grab several pair before the market noticed.  These boots WORK,  why change?

They'll be back, new name, new price $$$.

[Jim147]

I really enjoyed that Win 3.1 but then it went away.

[Andiron]

They'll be back, new name, new price $$$.

Man I hope.  I've had probably 7 pairs of these over the years,  my feet like them. 

[Jim147]

When I got out of the shop wearing steel toes everyday I found some BK shoes that were so comfortable I bought another pair. When I wore those out I couldn't find them anymore even online. Sucks to be me.

ETA: and the original Winchester Silver tips.

[lee n. field]

ETA: and the original Winchester Silver tips.

Heh!   About 20 years ago when I had my first .40, the local Walmart clearanced a bunch of social purposes .40, and I snapped it all up.  Mostly Silvertip.  Still working my way slowly through that stash.

[Jim147]

I have four or five loaded in .270 and about 60 bullets for 30-30 to load up. Has always been a one shot stop with a silvertip

[Doggy Daddy]

I really enjoyed that Win 3.1 but then it went away.

Hawkmoon, your new alias is already taken by someone else.  Also, I can give you a link to a Win 3.1 aficionados forum.  They have tips and hacks on making it run as the native OS on almost any current home users computer.  Sorry though, it IS behind a paywall.

[Jim147]

I have 3.1 on floppy around here some where and. Some older stuff also just lack th Tim to play

[Doggy Daddy]

I have 3.1 on floppy around here some where and. Some older stuff also just lack th Tim to play

    

[bedlamite]

I have 3.1 on floppy around here some where and. Some older stuff also just lack th Tim to play

Pretty sure I have NT3.51, but I'm not sure if all those floppies will still work after 25 years.

[WLJ]

I have 3.1 on floppy around here some where and. Some older stuff also just lack th Tim to play

1, 2, 3.0, 3.1
You can actually run them in dosbox though workable mouse drivers are a PITA in 1.0.

[WLJ]

Pretty sure I have NT3.51, but I'm not sure if all those floppies will still work after 25 years.

My 3.0 & 3.1 3 1/2 floppies still work fine
1 & 2 were on 5.25s but I had copied all my old floppies to a HDD and then a flash drive long time ago.

Check your old CDs, many older CDs may have rotted by now.

 

[Ben]

1, 2, 3.0, 3.1
You can actually run them in dosbox.

Are they available for free anywhere? It'd be kinda fun to install win 3.1 in dosbox to play around with just for the nostalgia.

[WLJ]

Are they available for free anywhere? It'd be kinda fun to install win 3.1 in dosbox to play around with just for the nostalgia.

I am not responsible for any possible malware/virus from such sites

https://winworldpc.com/library/operating-systems