Easily screwed-over an old bass player.
 

Heh heh...
There's one born every minute.
Traded an old Colt .22 that I never really shot, for a sweet .17HMR.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1270228926.jpg

Man, I wonder what else I can get out of him...

Thanks David! Except for that little FBI SNAFU, everything turned out great!

Heh heh heh... I hear all of that deep thrumming in their heads never really goes away, so if you catch them in an off-beat moment, you can really take advantage of them.

I'm glad you got it worked out Dan.

I think I'll start a thread'' I hoodwinked somebody on the board into trading me a Colt Woodsman Match Target Bullseye, for a .17 HMR.". I love trades that make everybody feel like they put one over on each other. But really we both knew what we had.

Enjoy it. A lot of ground hogs have fallen to that sucker. Did you get a 17 cleaning kit? Actually that particular gun shoots better dirty. Don't ask me why.

Do you need a 12 year old blind diabetic Airedale?

I hope your wife enjoys her Easter present.

:D
I'll pick up a cleaning kit later today.
No on the dog. Do you need a 20 pound, bunny massacreing yellow kitty?

Gratuitous picture of offending trade.


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I love this gun and it completes my Colt Auto collection. Found a set of correct grips for it too.

Thanks.

I almost forgot the best part of the deal.
Original box, with a personal inscription.
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The gal at the gun shop got a big kick out of it.

Anyone else have a Woodsman to trade? Iave have one but could make room for another. It's possible I may have something of intrest to trade.
Jim

I have a Browning challenger III? What cha got. Please don't say a tear gas billy club ok.

damn thats a pretty thing

yeah it's sweet. In it's day with the right grips is was REALLY sweet. Here is an example of what it looked like in it's day.

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With the grips I found for it, which ARE Colt issued grips (govt) mine will look like this:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1270259562.jpg

The original one piece wood grips, if you can find them, are around $900.00. Repros are $500.

Original grips are worth more than the whole gun without them. this will be a shooter for me, and I can't thank Dan enough.

I love the classics:)

Shouldn't the pistol more properly be called "the Woodsman" rather than the Colt Woodsman?

That is perhaps the ugliest auto pistol i have ever seen.

It's huge too. But I love it. i shot it today finally. it runs like a sewing machine.

now this is ugly..

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1270412166.jpg

Dan i like your end of the deal much better though feeding that .17 is gonna be a LOT more expensive!!!

i just plink. no groundhog infestations here.

sat on the porch late yesterday enjoying the weather and plinking at soda cans with my sons Red Ryder.

50 shells for $13.00 isn't so bad when you figure my 22-250 is 25 shells for $28.00. 17 comes out .26 per. not bad for "high power" ammo. Not as cheap as .22 but a hell of a lot better round. I agree though, Dan did just fine. We both did. I really wanted to complete my Colt brace, and he wanted a varmint gun. All is good.

Now complete Çolt brace.....

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1270465730.jpg

sounds like fun. It was glorious here yesterday too. We went out into the fields after dinner and shot too. I wanted to shoot the woodsman and it shot just fine.

We should have a pelican WANTED TO TRADE thread.

You two are a hoot! Course it sounds like you both had a good time and are happy in the end, and thats what counts!

"Clear on the range!"

All good fun and didn't cost either of us a dime other than shipping, and the fed phone call.

And both of you get to have fun with us over it! :)

yeah

both those weapons are beautiful.