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ichy_trigger · 03-14-2007, 12:53 PM

I may have a solid offer with an aquaintance to trade my XD9Sub with a Fist holster and 4 mags for a like new in the box Ruger GP100 stainless .357. I dont carry the sub much anymore and I miss having a .357 around... Oh the trials of gun ownership...lol

Should I trade or should I keep

My XD is pre-melonite

slugger6 · 03-14-2007, 01:40 PM

The obvious answer is to keep the sub and buy the Ruger. If that is really not an option I would get the Ruger. If you are not using the sub then it needs a new home.

NBollinger · 03-14-2007, 01:43 PM

Agree, agin with Slugger6, if you're not vested with the sub and would rather have the Ruger...get the Ruger. I have a GP100 and its great. Of course, I'm also a revolver fan.

ichy_trigger · 03-14-2007, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slugger6

The obvious answer is to keep the sub and buy the Ruger. If that is really not an option I would get the Ruger. If you are not using the sub then it needs a new home.

I used to refuse to do any trading and kept aquiring new guns. Lately I have been sinking alot of money into the new 1911 I just picked up, my motorcycle, taking my wife on a buisness trip with me last week, case feeder for my Dillon, the shotty build... Momma is starting to roll her eyes more and more. I figured if the sub isnt getting alot of love then maybe I ought to seriously consider this trade. I initiated it because I miss having a .357 around. What I would do with it, I dunno, its not all that practical to carry and its too short to hunt with. I thought maybe use it for a woods gun but I have 2 Sigs and my new 1911 that would serve that purpose. It shouldnt be THAT hard of a decision

aiformula · 03-14-2007, 02:39 PM

I know your wife, and while her personality is quite understanding, there's a limit (as I'm sure you know). If you MUST have the 357 NOW trade it. Otherwise wait and pick something up later that would have more of a role than just filling a caliber void in your life.

**Alaskapopo** · 03-14-2007, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ichy_trigger

I may have a solid offer with an aquaintance to trade my XD9Sub with a Fist holster and 4 mags for a like new in the box Ruger GP100 stainless .357. I dont carry the sub much anymore and I miss having a .357 around... Oh the trials of gun ownership...lol

Should I trade or should I keep

My XD is pre-melonite

If you have a gun you're not shooting that holds no sentimental value I see not problem in getting rid of it. Guns that you don't shoot are simply bad investiments sitting in the same keeping your money from being liquid.
Pat

robinsre · 03-14-2007, 03:29 PM

Trade it. If you're not using it there's no point in keeping it sitting around.

Besides, you'll love the Ruger...My 2 .357 magnums (S&W 686 and Ruger New Vaquero) are the two guns that I can honestly say I don't think I would EVER get rid of, no matter the price.

- Ryan

ichy_trigger · 03-14-2007, 04:11 PM

Ok, I guess I will trade it off. I was able to justify owning the .357 by figuring that I can use it to get my Revolver classification in USPSA

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Hey Tony, that limit has not been voiced other than, "ANOTHER GUN"?
She has come to understand my addiction but I dont want her to cure it with a ball bat across my head in the middle of the night...lol

ichy_trigger · 03-20-2007, 11:43 AM

Well I traded off the little XDsub9 today for the Ruger GP100. It has a small ding in the bottom of the rear sight but no biggie. The gun has had less than 100 rounds through it. Heres a pic of the same model, just a pic form the web though. Ill et you all know how it shoots in a few days, thanks for talkin me into it.

robinsre · 03-20-2007, 11:45 AM

Whew! Pretty! *whistles*

If you ever make it to Reno, NV we'll have to have a good ol' Revolver shoot out.

- Ryan

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03-14-2007, 12:53 PM	#1
ichy_trigger XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 7,533	Should I trade? I may have a solid offer with an aquaintance to trade my XD9Sub with a Fist holster and 4 mags for a like new in the box Ruger GP100 stainless .357. I dont carry the sub much anymore and I miss having a .357 around... Oh the trials of gun ownership...lol Should I trade or should I keep My XD is pre-melonite __________________ "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member2645.png

03-14-2007, 01:43 PM	#3
NBollinger XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 538	Agree, agin with Slugger6, if you're not vested with the sub and would rather have the Ruger...get the Ruger. I have a GP100 and its great. Of course, I'm also a revolver fan. __________________ XD .45ACP Tactical Kimber Stainless Custom II .45 ACP Ruger GP100 .357 S&W Model 915 9MM Beretta 92FS 9MM Mossberg 535 ATS 12 ga. Mossberg 100 ATR .30-'06 Stag Arms Model 3

03-14-2007, 02:39 PM	#5
aiformula XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sw ohio Posts: 3,087	I know your wife, and while her personality is quite understanding, there's a limit (as I'm sure you know). If you MUST have the 357 NOW trade it. Otherwise wait and pick something up later that would have more of a role than just filling a caliber void in your life. __________________ Tony Obama '08... change we can bereave in. Guns are like orgasms.......you just can't have enough good ones!

03-14-2007, 03:29 PM	#7
robinsre XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 2,796	Trade it. If you're not using it there's no point in keeping it sitting around. Besides, you'll love the Ruger...My 2 .357 magnums (S&W 686 and Ruger New Vaquero) are the two guns that I can honestly say I don't think I would EVER get rid of, no matter the price. - Ryan __________________ Zeroth law of thermodynamics : If you have 1 six pack of beer and your neighbor brings 4 beers over, you will each end up drinking only 5 beers. First law of thermodynamics : There's no such thing as a free beer. Second law of thermodynamics : Even if there was such thing as a free beer, you couldn't drink it all anyway. Third law of thermodynamics : The colder it gets, the less beer you will have.

03-14-2007, 01:40 PM	#2
slugger6 XDTalk 20K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 20,145	The obvious answer is to keep the sub and buy the Ruger. If that is really not an option I would get the Ruger. If you are not using the sub then it needs a new home.

03-14-2007, 04:11 PM	#8
ichy_trigger XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 7,533	Ok, I guess I will trade it off. I was able to justify owning the .357 by figuring that I can use it to get my Revolver classification in USPSA . Hey Tony, that limit has not been voiced other than, "ANOTHER GUN"? She has come to understand my addiction but I dont want her to cure it with a ball bat across my head in the middle of the night...lol __________________ "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member2645.png

03-20-2007, 11:43 AM	#9
ichy_trigger XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 7,533	Well I traded off the little XDsub9 today for the Ruger GP100. It has a small ding in the bottom of the rear sight but no biggie. The gun has had less than 100 rounds through it. Heres a pic of the same model, just a pic form the web though. Ill et you all know how it shoots in a few days, thanks for talkin me into it. __________________ "The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." http://militarysignatures.com/signatures/member2645.png

03-20-2007, 11:45 AM	#10
robinsre XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 2,796	Whew! Pretty! whistles If you ever make it to Reno, NV we'll have to have a good ol' Revolver shoot out. - Ryan __________________ Zeroth law of thermodynamics : If you have 1 six pack of beer and your neighbor brings 4 beers over, you will each end up drinking only 5 beers. First law of thermodynamics : There's no such thing as a free beer. Second law of thermodynamics : Even if there was such thing as a free beer, you couldn't drink it all anyway. Third law of thermodynamics : The colder it gets, the less beer you will have.

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