Was in Ky at the gun show and saw a guy with a "L" Westy Hurley drum for $750. Not bad shape but had been fired in a semi auto gun, which he had also. He told me he would take $700 for it. I passed, got 2 already. A few rows over I saw a dealer I bought the Crosby and Bridgeport from last year or so ago, he had this nifty little drum about half covered up in a show case. Well the Thompson radar was on high alert, so I meander over to it. I take it out and look at it and find it's a dirty little Seymour "L" drum in about 75% condition. No pits and a little surface rust on the inside of the back half. He wants $750 for it. He talks, I bullshit, I end up with it for $600. I didn't think that was too bad for another drum for the collection.
I also talked to a guy in Ky about a WH 1928. It was a later gun, one of 176 made in 1983. It was #2185 or 2183 I can't recall. It was in I would say 98+%. I saw no marks on the wood or the metal. He said he hadn't shot it, but I couldn't see any marks that would tell he had. He wants $9500 for it. I'm going to call him and see what I can work it down to. My luck as soon as I work a buy it now price with him, the others I have been working on will come around.
I can see my banker now, " You need to refi your house again to buy what!!??" I say, "That's right, just shut up and give me the money."
