Gary Reeder
At a big gun show in Vegas I had a
Monday, November 12, 2018, 15:38

C model Auto Mag there on display that I had full engraved. One older guy came by the table and asked who the asshole was that engraved a very rare gun. I told that asshole was my wife's husband. He had to think about that for a second. After rolling his eyes around a bit trying to get that clear in his addled brain, he said, "so that was you". I was already tired of idiot questions for 3 full days so I just said "you figured that out all by yourself?" Anyway he went on and on about how I defiled a collector's item and one of only 60 made. I told him "yep and if I had 2 of them, I would have made them a matched pair". He huffed and puffed and finally left mumbling something about me not having a legal father.

About 30 minutes before the show closed, he came back to my table to look at the gun again. He then asked me how much did I want for it. Now I would have taken $3000 for it as the C models weren't the best Auto Mags ever made as they were made from leftover parts as the company was closing the doors. Anyway, because he was such a lovable person I told him I wanted $4500 for it. He mumbled a bit and finally snookered me down to $4300. We closed the deal at one of the tables where they did the transfers and I had him pay the $50 for the transfer fee. He seemed to be happy with his "collectors item" and I was $4300 better off. So I guess a collector's item means more to some folks than to others.