Best and worst gun deals you've ever made

[Ala Dan]

Best: NIB Browning Practical Hi-Power = $399.88

Worst: NIB SIG-SAUER .40S&W P229 = $760.00

Super Worst: S&W K-38 Masterpiece = $50.00
It was a stolen weapon

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

The best deals were the ones I've bought.

The worst deals were every gun I've ever sold. I'm not going to tell you about them because it is too painful. Somebody needs to just beat the snot out of me for selling so many of my "children."

The one that most breaks my heart was when I was living in Nashville, TN, in college, and sold a mint Colt National Match for $200. And some no-good low life Nashvillian actually bought it! The cad! It breaks my heart to this day.

 

[WEPS]

i sold my glock 23 to a friend who was in need, i gave him a very good price 300.00 for a weapon that had just under 1,500 rounds through it. i took that money and bought a bersa thunder 380.no big deal, i was going to down grade anyway and fill the ccw role with glock 19. the bersa would fill the gap for now and then be relagated to backup duty once i got the 19...:banghead: little did i know i would be divorced 2 weeks later with a 1,000.00 dollar child support payment. thank god i still have my 75b,hk usp,sks, moss 500 and nagant or i might feel a little outgunned when i am at home. now i only feel outgunned when i leave my house.

 

[XavierBreath]

Best Deals:

I found the top revolver AT A GUNSTORE priced at $125 among all the blackpowder pistols. It's a .357magnum. I asked about the price, was rudely assured by the owner's smart aleck kid that it was right, so I bought it, a Cimarron Thunderer NIB for $125. Hell, I felt so bad about the deal that I went back later and bought the one below it, a .45LC with a .45ACP cylinder for $130. (I then installed the grips that are on it now) Heck, I don't even do the cowboy shooting thing, and THAT was to good to pass up!


Inheirited. A 1910 double digit Luger.


$25, but the gun was totally disassembled and in a cardboard box.

Worst Deal.......
S&W/Walther PPK/S for my wife, new. I knew better, but when she decided to learn to shoot, I wanted to get her the gun she wanted. She was unable to chamber a round reliably, and the gun had feeding problems. I got $300 for it as a trade-in, mainly because the grips were cracked NIB, and I had replaced them with stags.

Worst Deal Runner-up......
A Glock 26. It was reliable until the rear sight started moving to the right in the first fifty rounds. Thankfully it was a used gun, and I was shooting it prior to purchase. I refused it, and moved on. It was halfway accurate if you thumbed the rear sight over every shot.