What did you buy yourself today - PART 1

[arjohnson]

So far I*ve been impressed. I get why people say it*s how a Glock should be. Trigger is a bit heavy but crisp. I need to get out and run it along with the pile of winter acquisitions. I*m well overdue.

I have a bunch of Glocks and won*t mod them beyond changing sights. I checked one out at a local shop and liked everything about it. It makes more sense to get one of these vs modding a Glock. What I really like is the optic cut, direct mount with no adapter plates. The trigger imo is really nice as well, it*s not to light but breaks clean.

[borekfk]

Picked up this Ruger P85 off of Tanners' GB page. Came with the box and two mags. Might use it for two gun competition if I ever decide to make up a '80s/'90s crime loadout lol

[Xringshooter]

Didn't buy but won these last night at a Friends of NRA dinner/fundraiser:

https://www.ruger.com/products/1022C...ets/31159.html

https://www.ruger.com/products/ameri...ets/16932.html

Can't pick them up until later in the week at the shop handling the guns (Grices)

[Walleye Hunter]

Didn't buy but won these last night at a Friends of NRA dinner/fundraiser:

https://www.ruger.com/products/1022C...ets/31159.html

https://www.ruger.com/products/ameri...ets/16932.html

Can't pick them up until later in the week at the shop handling the guns (Grices)

Can't complain about that but how did you win two? I can't even win one.

[JenniferG]

Can't complain about that but how did you win two? I can't even win one.

Yeah, I've never met or heard of anyone winning a firearm from one of those events.

[1955mercury]

Yeah, I've never met or heard of anyone winning a firearm from one of those events.

I've never heard of anyone winning a gun at those either and I've been to a lot of them. Did you mean you won the auction for them?

[1955mercury]

Picked up this Ruger P85 off of Tanners' GB page. Came with the box and two mags. Might use it for two gun competition if I ever decide to make up a '80s/'90s crime loadout lol

That's a nice looking pistol. Has a clean look to it.

[littlefitz]

Picked up this Ruger P85 off of Tanners' GB page. Came with the box and two mags. Might use it for two gun competition if I ever decide to make up a '80s/'90s crime loadout lol

Nice Ruger. I have one and it's been a great pistol for me. If you are interested, there is a recall on some of them made between certain years. Apparently Ruger will send you a free magazine when they send it back. Link here: https://ruger.com/P85Recall/index.html

[27hand]

I just ordered a Henry steel .44 mag rifle, a medium large loop lever and a rail / ring combo.

3 to 6 mo lead so no pic yet.

[Xringshooter]

I've never heard of anyone winning a gun at those either and I've been to a lot of them. Did you mean you won the auction for them?

Not an auction, The FoNRA event I go to (held in Morrisdale, right near Philipsburg) you can buy ticket packs ($100 each, 13 tickets 4 different colors) and put your tickets in corresponding buckets by the different guns. This is were I won mine. This event, this "game" gives away 13 different guns. They also have different raffles (buy a knife for $20 get a raffle ticket for your choice of two different guns, or buy a $20 raffle ticket for your choice of a gun off the "Wall of Guns" (about 25 to choose from). They always have about 4-5 different side raffles.

Different FoNRA events do things a bit differently but they all have both a silent auction and a live auction (which does have guns). This live auction (because of how much money was raised in the past) had a specially engraved stainless Python that ended up going for $2200 (actually that's pretty cheap for that gun, it should have gone for closer to 3K). I didn't bid on it and I should have, I probably could have got it for 2300 and then sold it and made money.