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Article: Best of the mightiest: sorting out the mighty magnums, bigbores and hand-rifles.
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- Handguns
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- August 1, 2006
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Trading guns is like giving money to people who delight in getting the best of you. At least, that's been my experience, so I try not to trade guns anymore unless I'm chafing to show my charity.
One of the most sound thrashings I've endured happened decades ago in Rickreall, Oregon. In those days Rickreall's spring gun show drew an eye-popping array of hardware from basements and mud-room closets--guns that Father had, or Uncle Merle; guns that had been in the family since it arrived by wagon in the Willamette Valley. Some showed hard use; others had weathered well the dust of Harney County ranch roads, drenchings in West-side salal thickets and the daily rub of ...