JohnnieT
Percussion Enthusiast
Made it up to Dixie Gun Works today. Picked up the Pietta 1851 Navy I had on layaway and got a new Lee lead ladle. Now I’m at work in the first few hours of a double shift
Love it!Worked on an old powder horn I made back in 1979. ( my first) It is a dark horn, and I attempted cutting in some lettering.
noticed it hanging there in the shop, and decided to refresh the lettering I scratched in so long ago. Very crude, but my first attempt when I was a much younger man.
About 15 years ago I had a water diverting wall put on the concrete pad under my deck, it only took 140 brick but I had to buy a whole pallet of 500. Like all left over stuff we tend to keep for that next project that never comes, my extra brick occupied a spot in the back yard, yesterday I decided I was tired of looking at it. I am a big fan of the Facebook market place and Craig's list to get rid of stuff and have found if you price it low enough there are plenty of people who will beat a path to your door to pick it up.
After I strike a deal there is often someone who really wants the item and will counter offer and promise to be there in 10 minutes to get the item. Of course for me a deal is a deal and no amount of extra cash will cause me to break the deal with buyer #1 after I tell him it is his.
The down side is John Q Public as a whole has no sense of honor or responsibility and may or may not show up as they promised. I had 8 people tell me that they were coming over to buy a gun cabinet one Saturday, I waited all day an not the first one showed up.
I am sure I could have put a dollar value on the brick and sold them but I just wanted them gone so I listed them as "free brick", local pick-up only, to see how long it took to get a response. I had two responses within the first hour of my listing. Guy #1 brought his wife and 3 kids to help load, drove over 50 miles and showed up on time.
Perhaps my 300-350 brick were worth more than I thought they were, the family sure wanted them and I was glad to see them gone.
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Should have put a price on it. Would have gone immediately. People have a natural fear (subconscious) of Free, they feel it is worthless junk when the seller is unknown to them.Its amazing how people won't show even for FREE items...
I listed 2 FREE pieces of clean ( smoke & bug free ) furniture once & I had 8-9 inquires for it. Like you, I had a commitment & they didn't show. Had another one they didn't show either.
Finally.....it was listed as 1st one shows up gets it.
You would be surprised how difficult it is to give away free stuff.
After 2 days, I finally put the larger piece on my truck and drove it a few miles to give it away.
People more often than not will assume if something is free there's something wrong with it. Put some items on the curb with a free sign on it and they will generally sit there for quite a while and may never be taken. Put it out with a price on it and state knock on door to purchase and it will disappear almost overnight and no one will knock on your door..............Its amazing how people won't show even for FREE items...
I listed 2 FREE pieces of clean ( smoke & bug free ) furniture once & I had 8-9 inquires for it. Like you, I had a commitment & they didn't show. Had another one they didn't show either.
Finally.....it was listed as 1st one shows up gets it.
You would be surprised how difficult it is to give away free stuff.
After 2 days, I finally put the larger piece on my truck and drove it a few miles to give it away.
View attachment 71607Today, I finally took the plunge and cast my own lead.
It was a lot easier than I thought, these are the Lee REAL .440’s
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