Real nice forum.

[Bugs100]

Just found this forum thanks to four seasons. It really is nice to see a forum for the Northeast that is so active. It seems like a good place to learn about guns in N.E. Been collecting pistols about 35 years now, ever since I came back from Vietnam. Mostly S&W. But on reflection I have to be honest and admit I seem to have a fetish for .45's. and .41 mags. I just bought another .45 at Four Seasons. It was a 1911 Bill board, great pistol I got it because it's been dropped from the product line and should eventually be a collectors item. The funny part about that is I very rarely sell any of my guns. It's odd that you can become so attached to a bunch of metal parts. But that's what we all have in common..

 

[Admin]

Good to have you Bugs

 

[Len-2A Training]

Welcome aboard Bugs!

Could you please explain what a "1911 Bill Board" is? It's not a term that I've ever heard of before.

 

[Bugs100]

LenS, A 1911 Bill Board is a S&W 1911 SS which has S&W 1911 in very large letters lasered engraved on the side of the slide. If you go to the S&W site there is a picture of one. It is model 108284. They were also made with a fixed sight, model # 108282. S&W evidently were going to produce a lot of .45.'s like this but they got a lot of complaints from people saying that they only wanted a unlettered slid, so evidently they are selling out the rest of their unsold stock and dropping the lettering.

 

[TonyD]

Welcome aboard, Bugs. A guy at my range uses the exact S&W in IDPA.

 

[Len-2A Training]

Bugs,

Thanks for the explanation. I have one of those Billboard S&W 1911s (fixed sights for carry).

I thought the big print was for us old guys!

So are they deeply discounting these guns to blow them out?

 

[Bugs100]

Deeply discounting hahahaha That's funny. I just paid $739.50 that's with tax at Four Seasons.

 

[Len-2A Training]

Bugs, I dropped into Four Seasons one day last October and spotted one of the S&W 1911s on consignment for $550. Couldn't really afford to be buying guns, but I couldn't afford to pass it up either . . . so it followed me home one evening in October 2004. That's my only complaint about Four Seasons, it gets damn expensive to browse in there!

 

[Bugs100]

LenS, luckly it's a long ride for me or I would be broke. My problem is I can't part with a gun and want them all. I recently stopped a couple of times at North East Trading Post. The owner was telling me he was about a $100 dollars cheaper than any one else. He evidently has never seen the prices at Four Seasons. What really gets me is the price of ammo slowly going up. I shoot about 200 rounds a week. I stopped at a Gun Store on rt.1 in Planville and the owner told He sold no ammo and got all his at Wal-Mart. I was stunned I couldn't belive he said that. I usally buy all my ammo at Four Seasons by the case a 1000 rounds a caliber. But have you noticed he hasn't been having any sales like that lately.

 

[centermass181]

he had a good sale on Black Hills .223 not too long ago.....

 

[Bugs100]

I'm really in to hand guns. Right now I'm down to about 2000 rounds and that about the lowest I like to get.

 

[noddaduma]

It's still pretty awesome!

 

[AF83]

Holy post revival batman!

 

[Tape Measure Pickle Wheel]

It's still pretty awesome!

On a roll.

 

[Moderator]

R.I.P. Bugs [sad2]

 

[depicts]

Miss you Bugs, brother vet~~

 

[Boman]

Welcome.

 

[Len-2A Training]

Sadly, Bugs is no longer with us, he was called Home quite a while ago.

RIP!