Pawn Shop Circuit: Magazines!
I stopped by Dave's pawn shop today to see what he had under the glass. The selection did not impress me much, 
it was the usual fare of Glocks, with a Sigma thrown in for a bit of spice. I scanned the wall of long guns, trying to spot Leupold scopes on rifles, or extended magazines on shotguns. Then, beside a black basketweave police gun belt behind the counter I spotted a stack of magazines. Wilson Combat magazines. Wilson Combat magazines are the standard by which other 1911 magazines are judged. It has been said that 70-80% of all 1911 failures can be cured with a Wilson magazine. They are that good. Dave had five behind the counter. Four of them even had my preferred low profile base pad.
"Hey Dave," I asked, "How much do you want for those old magazines?"
"You mean these clips?"
"Yeah, those clips......."
"Hmmmmmm, how about five bucks a piece?"
"Heck Dave, all I have is a twenty......"
"That'll do."
Some days, the stars must be aligned!
it was the usual fare of Glocks, with a Sigma thrown in for a bit of spice. I scanned the wall of long guns, trying to spot Leupold scopes on rifles, or extended magazines on shotguns. Then, beside a black basketweave police gun belt behind the counter I spotted a stack of magazines. Wilson Combat magazines. Wilson Combat magazines are the standard by which other 1911 magazines are judged. It has been said that 70-80% of all 1911 failures can be cured with a Wilson magazine. They are that good. Dave had five behind the counter. Four of them even had my preferred low profile base pad. "Hey Dave," I asked, "How much do you want for those old magazines?"
"You mean these clips?"
"Yeah, those clips......."
"Hmmmmmm, how about five bucks a piece?"
"Heck Dave, all I have is a twenty......"
"That'll do."
Some days, the stars must be aligned!
Labels: Pawn Shop Circuit
posted by Xavier at 2:20 PM
8 Comments:
Just hope he doesn't read this blog. :-)
I have also had good luck with Chip McCormick mags. My Springfield Micro Compact would not behave at all with its stock mags, having a FTF every 2-3 magazines, but Wilson and CMC work 100%.
We all have stories like this. But do you have to have so many so often? Color me green with envy. I also echo Keith's statement.
Lucky bastard indeed.
Nice score. Now you can burn through those pricey .45 acp's even quicker.
Anyone who calls them 'clips' deserves $4 a piece for them. ;)
Nice find!
If you want to make a profit, I'll give you $6 a "clip"!
Great find, BTW.
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