Jumped the Gun a Bit (so to Speak).

My wife and I got our taxes done today. Between the home refinance, medical expenses, and various and sundry other incidentals, our "non-interest-bearing payroll savings plan" bore considerably more fruit than I had expected. In celebration, I got to buy another firearm!

One of my more recent purchases was my S&W Model 25 Mountain Gun, chambered in .45 Colt. I've wanted a companion lever gun chambered in the same round. I got it today.

We went to what my wife refers to as "Caveman's Warehouse" - the local Sportman's Warehouse that opened (very) near my house recently. Back at the gun counter, I asked if they had any lever guns chambered in .45LC. The counterman handed me a very nice Henry Big Boy, but it was about $650, which is more than I was willing to pay. Then he said, "I think there's a Winchester 94 in the back. Let me go look." Sure enough, there was. A manager, he said, had his eye on it, but hadn't put it on layaway. It was a "Legacy" version, with a 24" barrel, curved pistol grip, etc. In fact, it looks just like this:

(Click for super-size.) It has an MSRP of $497. Caveman's Warehouse wanted $399.

It came home with me! Looks like I bought my BAG day gun a month early. Or my birthday present a couple of days late.

Oops!