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It Pains Me....But the Cure is on the Way!!
I came across a very, very rare pistol that I absolutely MUST have, and it's the most pricey gun I have ever made a deal to buy. The wife is usually totally ok with whatever I do with guns, but she even balked on it a bit, till I told her I would thin the herd a bit in order to get this Unobtanium Unicorn....so I have sold off 5 very nice pistols in the last two weeks. Including a Colt Python, a nickel S&W 19-3, Sig P220 Match Stainless Elite, and a very rare S&W 17 (one of 150). And I'm only 75% of the way there, but the deal is struck and it is going to happen. Dang, collecting is a painful sickness sometimes! But just wait till I get the Unicorn and post pics. 
Feel my pain, brothers.
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06-21-2017, 04:09 PM
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You are a dedicated man, TC.
Looking forward to the pics!
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06-21-2017, 04:51 PM
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Colt SAA ?
Billy's/Pat's/Jesse's/Rob's/or Teddy's S&W no. 3 Schofield
WW1/WW2 1911 ?
Nazi Walther ?
I saw your P220 Match Stainless F/S, and was tempted... C'mon, spill the beans.
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06-21-2017, 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
I came across a very, very rare pistol that I absolutely MUST have, and it's the most pricey gun I have ever made a deal to buy. The wife is usually totally ok with whatever I do with guns, but she even balked on it a bit, till I told her I would thin the herd a bit in order to get this Unobtanium Unicorn....so I have sold off 5 very nice pistols in the last two weeks. Including a Colt Python, a nickel S&W 19-3, Sig P220 Match Stainless Elite, and a very rare S&W 17 (one of 150). And I'm only 75% of the way there, but the deal is struck and it is going to happen. Dang, collecting is a painful sickness sometimes! But just wait till I get the Unicorn and post pics.
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Darn, I was gonna suggest scotch as partial trade for the p220! That being said, I anxiously await pics of the new unicorn!!!
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06-21-2017, 05:59 PM
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No hints, but I am sure you will all be behind the decision to get it. I'm putting a lot of money on it! 
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06-21-2017, 08:41 PM
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must be a hell of a rig for what your sending down the road, not sure where you go from a python..............anaconda maybe?
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06-21-2017, 08:51 PM
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Not an Anaconda.....no hints.
Going to be a month probably. The waiting is hard.
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06-21-2017, 10:14 PM
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Good things come to those who wait! I commend your diligence. I understand the "have to have " purchases.
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11-18-2017, 08:53 PM
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Not an Anaconda.....no hints.
Going to be a month probably. The waiting is hard.
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Thats like when the better half says "hey guess what?"
I respond all excited " what?"
Then she will say " oh nevermind, nothing..."
Cmon one hint?
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06-22-2017, 03:18 PM
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my .02 is a Korth??? ... TC is truly one of the good guys around this site
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06-22-2017, 03:37 PM
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my .02 is a Korth??? ... TC is truly one of the good guys around this site
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...says the lucky guy who got the python......
Thanks Stob!
But not a Korth either......
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06-22-2017, 03:37 PM
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When the Unicorn arrives, your separation anxieties will go away....hopefully. It always does for me
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06-22-2017, 03:38 PM
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When the Unicorn arrives, your separation anxieties will go away....hopefully. It always does for me |
Oh, it will.....It is going to be a Crown Jewel in the collection, no question about it.
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06-22-2017, 03:43 PM
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Oh, it will.....It is going to be a Crown Jewel in the collection, no question about it.
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I very much look forward to finding what the Crown Jewel is, please don't keep it a secret once you get it. I just parted with a valuable firearm in order to acquire the lathe that I speak of in my "father's day" thread. I have no regrets and so look forward to the delivery of my new toy....uh! "tool".
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Well, I'm saving for a rimfire rifle that will be maybe the second most I've ever spent on a gun....but even then, it's probably worth about 1/3 of what your Python is...or was. Makes me think I'll have to Google that unicorn once it's revealed. Handguns that expensive are definitely not things I'm normally on the watch for. Don't have my RPAL either...so that's part of it. lol
The only handgun collector I know here in Ontario considers his NIB .475 Wildey Magnum to be his prized possession. Told me be bought 2 back in the day, shoots one...leaves the other in a box, never fired. Not suggesting that's the pistol you're after, but the conversation reminded me of his story about lusting after that particular gun....and how proud he is that he's held onto it that long.
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06-22-2017, 06:22 PM
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Korth would have been my guess as well.
How about a Phillips & Rodgers Medusa ?
At least i can line vicariously thru Twisted Canuck.
Looking forward to pics.
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06-22-2017, 10:14 PM
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I will double down on something from the Snake Family
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06-22-2017, 10:51 PM
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Putting your money on a junkie and his poison I see.....always good odds on that.
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06-23-2017, 12:56 AM
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Putting your money on a junkie and his poison I see.....always good odds on that. |
I had started to post earlier that I also think it may be a Stalker...
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06-23-2017, 06:27 AM
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A hand crossbow for sure.
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06-23-2017, 06:45 AM
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When is it suppose to arrive? I'm very intrigued at this point!
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06-27-2017, 09:07 PM
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Springfield 45 long slide from terminator 1
Ya bad guess
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06-27-2017, 09:08 PM
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My guess was way wrong
WOW !!!!
Congrats man !!
Happy your happy
Berta !
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06-23-2017, 09:17 PM
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Titanium Gold Desert Eagle.440 Cor-Bon?
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06-27-2017, 04:27 PM
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That's gorgeous.
I'm glad it's in Alberta where is belongs.
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A little update on the Alberta Python. I've communicated with Paul at the Colt Archives a number of times, and his take on it was that each Provincial gun in series was unique...but he couldn't come up with the paperwork to substantiate the claim as it is currently not where it is supposed to be. He is still looking.
However! He recommended I buy a particular book which references the series, so I did. It further substantiates that the Alberta gun is a unique, one off gun in the series. That book is the best $120 I have spent recently! 
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That's pretty cool stuff!
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Cool factor of 10/10. I wondered something though (and you don't have to answer this)... Are you trying to establish it's uniqueness/monetary value for insurance purposes? I'm married into an insurance family, and have been reminded a number of times that I should have detailed records of what I have, it's value, etc. And BELIEVE me...there is nothing in my collection that comes close to what I suspect the value of that gun is. I doubt all of them together would!
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Wow TC. That's an amazing piece.
That's the type of thing that heirlooms are made of.
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