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Double Trouble
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: North of Pittsburgh
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Colt reunion...never say never..
When I first moved to PA from FL I hadn't yet sold my house in FL so I had two house payments. Needless to say as a retiree, that made money very short. Desperately I need some cash, so I went to a local spoon shop to sell one of my better spoons to get straight. I took my Colt series 80 Mk V govt. model in .380 that was factory nickel, and sadly he only gave me $500 for it but it was more than I had so I took it. Well a few months later, I had sold the house and went back to the store to see if I could buy it back. It was gone. "sold it the next day" the owner said. " I sold it to a Colt collector so don't count on being able to get it back. He never sells any of them". I was sad...gone for ever.
Fast forward 4 years. I'm at the local spoon shop I work in and a guy comes in looking for a smaller carry gun. I show him a Sig .380 and he says it's what he wants and asks if we do trades. I say yes, what do you have? So he pulls out this ( yes you guessed it) Colt MkV Govt. .380 with elephant ivory grips. It was my old Colt.   I almost fainted, but hid my delight. We gave him $500 in trade and I bought it back from the shop for what we gave him. Now it is back with it's brothers, .45 & .32, tucked away in the safe. Home again at last. 
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02-24-2011, 06:46 AM
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The Unsettler
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Way cool.
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Not THAT is the circle of life...
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02-24-2011, 07:26 AM
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Nice story and good for you.
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02-24-2011, 07:33 AM
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Double Trouble
Join Date: Nov 2002
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i'm a pretty happy guy.
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02-24-2011, 07:36 AM
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Great ending to the story!
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i'm just a cook
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sometimes, what goes around does come around.
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02-24-2011, 07:52 AM
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Great story. Thanks for sharing.
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02-24-2011, 07:55 AM
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Very cool! I have a similar story but can't really put it out on the Internet. I'll tell you about it the next time we talk. I'm very glad you got your Colt back, it's beautiful and one of my favorites'
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02-24-2011, 09:08 AM
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Double Trouble
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Thanks everybody. Who else but this crowd could I share this with and have it understood so well.
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02-24-2011, 09:14 AM
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Just kid'n great story...what are the odds of that happening.
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So how much you want for the .32? Just kidding, great story and glad it's home.
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02-24-2011, 09:30 AM
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Double Trouble
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: North of Pittsburgh
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actually thinking of having the 08 .380, not pictured, done to match the .32. i have the 08 .25 too, but one spoon at a time.
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Very nice.
I think I would have told him the 'rest of the story' once the deal was done.
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02-24-2011, 09:57 AM
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Double Trouble
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he is a regular, so I will tell him some day. I just never knew it was he that had it.
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02-24-2011, 10:09 AM
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A Man of Wealth and Taste
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Before those MINI wanabe 45, Colt 380's were introduced I was gona git one, after taking a look I PASSESD....
Lately they have been going up in value, I maybe wrong but about $800 sticks in my mind as the going retail price..I look at a lot of stuff so it all becomes a blur...to me. But if you like the thing, good for you...and am glad you got yer baby back...
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02-24-2011, 10:11 AM
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A Man of Wealth and Taste
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Now those inside hammer 32's, 380's an 25's are a whole different deal...I like that spoon in 380 as it is a flat spoon that shoots well...
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02-24-2011, 10:13 AM
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I had a buddy with a little .32 just like that, sweet little piece, cool story.
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02-24-2011, 10:25 AM
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