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Firearms => 10mm semi-auto handguns => Topic started by: Centimeter on December 04 2014 03:07:54 PM MST

Title: She's a beauty...
Post by: Centimeter on December 04 2014 03:07:54 PM MST
The Bren Ten is a gorgeous piece of work. I'd hate to be the person having to let this beauty piece go, even for a measly $5,000!

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=455880829 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=455880829)
Title: Re: She's a beauty...
Post by: MCQUADE on December 04 2014 06:05:10 PM MST
Very nice piece! Too bad it didn't come with a dictionary for the seller.
Title: Re: She's a beauty...
Post by: Centimeter on December 04 2014 08:00:19 PM MST
Hahaha yeah that's a shame. I noticed that his user name is awfully Asian-sounding and felt bad at the part where he misspelled "collected" as "corrected."  ;D
Title: Re: She's a beauty...
Post by: Wolfie on December 04 2014 08:34:30 PM MST
No way would I pay 5K for that.

Title: Re: She's a beauty...
Post by: Intercooler on December 05 2014 04:08:09 AM MST
   To a collector it's probably well worth it. I won't own anything I don't shoot though.
Title: Re: She's a beauty...
Post by: Wolfie on December 05 2014 02:29:38 PM MST
I concur, I fire everything I have.

If you don't use it, how do you know it works?
Title: Re: She's a beauty...
Post by: 10mmfan on December 05 2014 08:18:35 PM MST
My wife had bought me a 1913 1911 at auction, I couldn't bring myself to shoot it so I sold it.
Title: Re: She's a beauty...
Post by: DeltaSteve on December 05 2014 08:39:37 PM MST
Quote from: Intercooler on December 05 2014 04:08:09 AM MST
   To a collector it's probably well worth it. I won't own anything I don't shoot though.


;D 'dats whit i sez
Title: Re: She's a beauty...
Post by: Wolfie on December 05 2014 10:02:12 PM MST
You have to shoot your guns.

I bought a 38 Super Colt Stainless Enhanced last year and a Kimber Eclipse 10mm this year. I bought them thinking I would just collect and not fire them.

I took both out and fired them and they both needed to go back to the factory.

They both came back and are now tip top. I may not fire them as much as the other ones, but you need to make sure anything you buy functions. The only way to do that is to fire them.
Title: Re: She's a beauty...
Post by: Centimeter on December 07 2014 10:32:56 PM MST
Quote from: Wolfie on December 05 2014 10:02:12 PM MST

They both came back and are now tip top. I may not fire them as much as the other ones, but you need to make sure anything you buy functions. The only way to do that is to fire them.

I agree completely; as beautiful as that gun is and as "nice" as it would be to keep it pristine, it wouldn't make much sense to me to have it any not ever ensure it actually works. The same can be said of any collectible, especially cars and anything else that actually has moving parts: if you don't know it works, how do you know you're getting what you paid for?? I'd hate to buy it and have myself a $5000+ paperweight, no matter how awesome it looked.
Title: Re: She's a beauty...
Post by: halfglocked on December 17 2014 08:05:07 PM MST
Is that   asking price  co llec t spellinas I am just poking fun at the spelling) ;D