curraheeguns
Master
I am turning 50 this week and was thinking back on my firearms history. A couple things vaguely came to my memory.
#1 - 5 Points Pawn: Is this still a thing in Muncie? I bought my first gun with my own money in there at the ripe old age of about 15 (via my dad). It was a Taurus Model 66 .357 in the burlap photo box. I specifically remember as a kid painting bright orange model paint on the front sight. I traded it to a gun shop in Upland (Again via dad) about a year later for a S&W Model 19 which I still have. Last year I got some nostalgia missing that Taurus so I sought one out that was identical. I met with someone from this forum to buy one and turned the gun over and to my surprise the front sight was painted bright orange. Same gun??? Who knows!
#2- I specifically remember my dad taking me to a near falling down house on the Southside of Muncie that was a "gun shop". I am guessing I was in my early teens, maybe 11-12? So we are talking 1985-1986? I vividly remember the old man that owned the place. I want to say there was a die hard biker that worked there also. My dad bought several guns there over the years. All of which I still have. I'm sure that place is closed by now. The house probably fell in!!!
Any Delaware County peeps that can fill in my memories?
#1 - 5 Points Pawn: Is this still a thing in Muncie? I bought my first gun with my own money in there at the ripe old age of about 15 (via my dad). It was a Taurus Model 66 .357 in the burlap photo box. I specifically remember as a kid painting bright orange model paint on the front sight. I traded it to a gun shop in Upland (Again via dad) about a year later for a S&W Model 19 which I still have. Last year I got some nostalgia missing that Taurus so I sought one out that was identical. I met with someone from this forum to buy one and turned the gun over and to my surprise the front sight was painted bright orange. Same gun??? Who knows!
#2- I specifically remember my dad taking me to a near falling down house on the Southside of Muncie that was a "gun shop". I am guessing I was in my early teens, maybe 11-12? So we are talking 1985-1986? I vividly remember the old man that owned the place. I want to say there was a die hard biker that worked there also. My dad bought several guns there over the years. All of which I still have. I'm sure that place is closed by now. The house probably fell in!!!
Any Delaware County peeps that can fill in my memories?