The Drought Continues...

I thought my long drought had come to an end earlier this week. I had been idly perusing the local gun board's classifieds, and came across a real gem: A Smith & Wesson model 64-1. It's a 4" barrel .38 Special in stainless with fixed sights (and a horrid set of plastic grips); nothing terribly special about it except that it's a dead ringer for the model 65 my dad carried as a MA state cop (the 65 is a .357 Magnum, that's the only difference as far as I can tell).

Sadly, the good price was a little too good, and by the time I'd gotten permission told the Mrs. about it, it was gone. So now I'm in a bad place - I've gotten the green light on a new purchase, I have the money in hand, and there's no gun to be bought. This usually results in Jay making very poor impulse buy decisions... It's also brought a very serious case of the Igottahaveits to the forefront of my mind - I've already had the thrill of the chase as I find the perfect gun, only to have it whipped out from under me...

So I'm back on the prowl for another firearm. This has been an exceedingly lean year - the past few years I'd been averaging a new (to me; I almost never buy new) firearm every couple of months. This year, I picked up the 10/22 in early May as a late BAG Day acquisition and then... Nothing. This is very unusual for me, and I blame the ammo shortage/price increase - when feeding costs go through the roof, it's hard to justify another mouth to feed...

Now, though, I've got my heart set on a S&W 64 or 65. The more I thought about it, the better it sounded - I have my grandfather's Colt he carried as a town cop; why not a stand-in for the MA State Police-issued model 65 that dad carried as a statie? It was the first firearm I ever touched - dad made sure I knew how to load and unload it and check to make certain it was unloaded - at a very early age (I think I was 4 or 5). It'd be a hoot to have something similar to dad's duty gun to add to the collection.

*Sigh* I guess the chase is back on...

That is all.