Did I get a good deal. I thought so.

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dave from mesa

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S&W Shield. Lady wanted $300 but thought that was too low so told her $350. Yeah I know but her husband just passed away and don't really want to cheat her.
2500 rds of reloaded ammo. Not sure if I like that but all the boxes have data on them so maybe it's not a bad thing.
What do you think?

dave

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Nice of you to offer more money given her circumstances, because she is undoubtedly making decisions that are a little off right now.

I don't know how I feel about the reloaded ammo. I always say, only shoot your own reloads. That being said, if there is overall weight data on the boxes at all, I'd weigh each one to check for consistency. If this was someone you know who was a competent reloader, that improves things too. But I'd be real hesitant. I'd probably pull them all and consider them to just be reloading components.
 
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Yeah that was my first thought. Not sure I really want to pull all those bullets.
Don't know the guy. Each box does have bullet weight and powder type/weight.
The ladies BIL is parking his car trailer in my back yard and asked if I knew anyone who might be interested in the gun and ammo. Didn't know until I saw the stuff did I know they were reloads. May pull some apart and check the powder weight and measure overall length.
Lots of bullets to pull.

IBEWBULL I sure hope so.

thanks

dave
 
Gun and 2500 rounds for $350? Could be a great deal. Like mentioned above, I would still inspect every round, and weight a few in each box, and possibly pull one from each box.
 
The price you paid for the gun alone was a good deal

$300 would've been a sweet deal but given the circumstances, I would've offered her the extra $50 as well

You could probably sell the components and make your money back.

I'd probably just run it as range ammo though. If he was competent enough to keep records/data on his loads (assuming they are accurate) then I wouldn't be too nervous about using them. It's the mystery box of hand loads with no data that people should be weary of....

-Matt S.
 
Shooting somebody else's re-loaded ammunition without knowing first hand their habits and quirks is chancy enough. Passing that ammunition along to others either as a gift or a sale is a liability I'll avoid.
 
I bought a Security Six a couple years ago and the guy tossed in about 500 rounds of reloads. I need to invest in a bullet puller because I'll never shoot them.
 
That was really a class act to not rip off someone, especially in those circumstances.

For questionable reloads, buy a HiPoint to burn the ammo with. It's what I did with all my Grandpap's stuff from years ago
 
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Shooting somebody else's re-loaded ammunition without knowing first hand their habits and quirks is chancy enough. Passing that ammunition along to others either as a gift or a sale is a liability I'll avoid.
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You could pass it on to a reloader and he could use the components. I wouldn't mind 2500 brass cases already primed and 2500 bullets
 
You defineately took the high road on that buy.

A good deed like that will be come back to you many times over.

Chip
 
Definitely did the right think regarding the price. As for the reloaded ammo I think the only gun I would use them in would be an older Blackhawk .357/9mm. convertible. Other than that I would pull the bullets and keep the components.
 
Well I am a reloader. Really lots of work to pull all of the ammo.
Think I am gonna pull a few of the well marked boxes and check his accuracy. Some of the boxes I can't read and will pull those and toss the powder. Then make a decision. Still not a fan of someone else's reloads.
 
The pistol was a really sweet deal.

As far as the ammo. I don't know if I would trust reloads from somebody I don't know. I've seen too many Yahoos reloaded ammo do weird stuff at the range.
 
Great deal.

As for the ammo, buy a cheap used gun you don't mind exploding if you're gonna shoot it. I also like the idea of selling to a reloader, that'd net you enough to buy a decent brick of factory loaded ammo.
 
I will never shoot someones reloaded ammo and I will say that no one else should either. It was a good price. Good on ya for upping the price. But the price will mean nothing if some kind of issue happens and you lose some digits. I had a kaboom last year because I thought I was shooting factory ammo my father in law gave me. It turns out it was not. You can find my thread on here. I was blessed enough I sustained no injuries. Call me over protective but I would hate to see an issue happen with any of those loads. I understand your probably gonna right me off and think, nah itll be ok. I hope so. But think of the high price of low cost ammo thats reloaded. If it was all factory Id say great.
 
If you don't want the ammo, I might be interested in taking them off your hands. I'll pull all the bullets and inspect them. Maybe even toss the powder and just add my own.
 
Bottom line is if you're happy and she's happy, then it was a good deal for both of you.

Sometimes people unload things simply to get rid of them or to intentionally give someone else a good deal. Especially if it's something they're not going to use. It's not necessarily taking advantage of someone to make a deal under such conditions.

I remember way back when I was separated from my first wife and I literally put everything into storage. A young married Sailor in my division a couple years after that had the proverbial nasty "ugly green couch" type of livingroom furniture that many young couples first start out with. I offered him the entire set of livingroom furniture I had in storage. "How much do you want for it?" Remembering what it was like when my first wife and I started out, I said "I don't know your finances. Make me an offer."

He said "$50" and I said "Sold!"

Next day he came to me and said he and his wife had talked and thought they were taking advantage of me and wanted to know if I'd accept more. I told them that the furniture was just going to sit in storage indefinitely for now and that I was perfectly happy selling it to anybody who really needed it, knowing what it was like when I first got married. I ended up taking $75 for it, if I remember correctly.

And yes, it was worth far more than that and I knew I could have sold it as such.

It was a good sale for both of us.

:)
 
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