[ACP230]

I have missed two accurate .22 target rifles in the last month.
I didn't have the cash available for the first one and by the time I got it together the rifle was gone.
I had the cash for the second one but moved too slowly and the dealer sold it.

Anyone else having a run of bad luck?

[uglygun]

Yes, but it wasn't on a rifle but rather a very nice S&W revolver.

Saw a used but in pristine condition S&W model 53 in 22Jet with a 4 inch barrel sitting at a local gunshop just over a year ago. I thought it was a NEAT little gun, even came with the original box plus the chamber inserts to use 22lr. in it(see it was a convertible chambering gun). They were asking something like 550 for it. NEVER having seen one or knowing what I could be getting into, I returned home to try to fire up the net and ask whether it was a good deal while TheFiringLine was still around.

IT WAS DOWN FOR MAINTENENCE FOR LIKE A WEEK. When the forum finally came back up and I heard people telling, no screaming, "YES GET IT, IT IS WORTH ALMOST DOUBLE THAT!" By the time I went back down there to get it, long gone.

:( Probably never see another one of those, atleast not in that condition, in California again thanks to the stupid safety approval law. I was in the market for a nice collectible handgun at the time and missed that opportunity just barely.

[jrhead75]

Yep...the K-31 I was drooling over for the last several months was gone last time I went into the shop. Would've gotten it, but was waiting for the wife to cool down after the Savage purchase. :uhoh:

[Jim K]

Anybody ever hear of putting money down? Most dealers I have done business with will accept down money, even as little as $20, to hold an item for a while. Credit cards are also handy.

As to waiting a week to consult the great gurus on the web, I can only suggest 99 lashes with a wet printer cable. I say the same to the guy who misses out on something he wants at, say, $250 because some web expert told him it is only worth $225. So he fails to get something he wants to avoid paying what someone else says is too much. And he may never see that item again.

Jim

[ACP230]

I've put money down and used credit cards before.
This time the card was loaded with a chunk of my daughter's college expenses and I didn't want to add anything else on right then.

I didn't have any cash to put down either. (Refer to "daughter's college expenses" in the above sentence.)

The out of state dealer who had the second rifle, a better deal actually, took off for a gun show the day I called him.

I hear the snickering of Murphy, (or fate!)

[Black Snowman]

CDNN just dropped the price on the Biathlon Basic to $210
http://www.cdnninvestments.com

A great price for what I've heard is a great rifle. It's next on my list of long guns.