Scored Four Classic 22s

[hso]

Sounds like you found out after the deal what they might be worth (might be since we know internet prices aren't always the going local rate) and that the seller was looking for a good home for them instead of letting family ignore or neglect them.

If he didn't need the money and you didn't know how good a deal you were making until after the deal was done I don't see any ethical quandary.

 

[conrad427]

I am very jealous. I went .22 shopping today and did not have much luck. Oh, sure, I went home with a Henry lever gun but that wasn't really what I wanted. I grew up with Mossberg bolts, Winchester levers and pumps, Marlin bolts and Remingtons. I LOVE old .22s.

As far as the other stuff, willing buyer, willing seller. What else is there to talk about?

 

[tubeshooter]

Very nice score. Congratulations!

I've come across a couple of good deals in my day, but nothing quite that good. Just the same, I can be happy with my deals and be happy for you with yours. The Marlin 39 alone was worth $400, I would say - even if it needed a good cleaning.

 

[conrad427]

This might be an under investigated problem. Senior citizens taking advantage of other senior citizens? I smell a 60 minutes investigation coming on!

 

[DAdams]

With 70 million Baby Boomers out there it bodes well for the young gun buyer. Just make sure you take pity on me and offer me twice the market price when my collection goes on the market.

 

[Geno]

Those are some nice looking firearms. Thanks for sharing the story, and the pictures.

Geno

 

[Bullet Bob]

Could that Remington be a "Matchmaster", instead of a "Matchmaker"?

 

[tommy.duncan]

Good score!!
I have wanted a Marlin 39 for a while. My scoutmaster had one and it was a blast to shoot.

 

[Claude Clay]

you have almost 3000 posts....you know the difference between a good deal and knowingly taking advantage of another's lack of knowledge -- you did it anyways.

better had he outright gifted them to you
you call it horse trading, i see it as the value you put on your integrity.

 

[jrdolall]

Just love the guys complaining that you lost your integrity by paying what you did. I bet when they go in the grocery store and see bread on sale 2 for $2 they always give the cashier an extra couple to make theme feel good about themselves.

I would feel great about getting these 4 guns at a fair and reasonable price. Look at the original retail prices combined and I bet you paid more than that total and these guns are OLD. You didn't know if they even worked! If none of them were in serviceable condition then these guys could complain about the old geezer taking advantage of you.

Ever know anyone that simply must complain? I think we have found a couple.

 

[19-3Ben]

I can't believe it. Since we're already up to post 36 and nobody has said it yet, I will take on the yolk of being the obligatory wise-guy.

Since you are obviously a bad person for making an offer that was readily accepted as a free act and deed, and you need to ease your conscience, I'll pay you $450 for that lot of rifles. PM me for my FFL's info.


Seriously though, awesome score. Don't let the guys bust your stones about doing anything wrong.

 

[johnandersonoutdoors]

Claude Clay,

Because the number of posts someone has on the High Road correlates to their knowledge of old 22 caliber rifles?

I think I know quite a bit about American history but have never posted anything, anywhere on the subject. I have about 100 posts on THR, does that mean I just got started in firearms? No, I have been using guns for 20 years. But I have never seen any of the guns the op was discussing.

I think you get the point. The number of posts means nothing. I will leave it at that because it wouldn't be high road to point out what your behavior shows.

 

[Claude Clay]

my thought regarding post count was -- this is the high road .
its a mind set more than knowledge of a specific item.

but regards worth, hard to say one has no idea of value when you can find the answer on any smart phone or the millionaires computer in under 3 minutes.
those saying it makes up for getting shafted on other deals in the past -- grow up
the person trading with you today has no nothing to do with your past.

if the buyer of this fabulous deal vows to pass them along at the same great price at a later date...that might mean something.

and since when is remarking upon something equate to complaining... go subjugate on someone else

 

[skidooman603]

You did fantastic! There is a difference between taking advantage of some poor old widow and just hitting a honey hole..You just hit a honey hole. Lot's of jealous people in the world...

 

[johnandersonoutdoors]

No Claude, you were not just remarking. You were passing judgment on the op's integrity for some strange reason. Maybe you should "go pass judgment on someone else" to you use your words.

The seller was a willing participant in the deal. He was not forced, which makes your comments completely ridiculous. I am sorry for having to point that out.

 

[CraigC]

I don't know why but I salivate at the idea of that model 24 and a pallet of .22Short ammo!!!

you call it horse trading, i see it as the value you put on your integrity.

So, you're supposed to pay more than someone asks just to protect them from themselves??? How quaint. Some people have some really strange ideas about right and wrong as it pertains to the free market.

 

[NORA]

I don't know where anyone gets off passing judgement on another person. Both the parties in this transaction were old enough to vote. Nice buy and I'm sure the gentleman you purchased them from is happy also! FRJ

 

[REWTEX]

As you can see I don't have a very high post count either, so take this as you will. I am not passing judgement on anyone but I would have made sure that the seller knew that they were considerably more valuable. I would rather walk away with less money in my pocket feeling OK with all aspects of the deal. Personally I would have posted about my great new 22s but left out bragging about the price that I paid.

 

[jrdolall]

To the OP.

Please edit your post to reflect that you paid $3759.99 for each gun. Maybe that will make some people feel better about you as a person.

 

[conrad427]

I am not sure the big outfits make a neat .22 anymore. CZ quit the 452, Winchester quit the, well everything, Mossberg bolts were great, and according to my search Marlin does not make a bolt action with a tube magazine. Remington supposedly still makes a couple of neat .22s but I have never seen one at a store. I must not be the only one that feels this way as I never see any good .22s on the used racks either. I'm still jealous.

Utter nonsense about fleecing the other guy.
I got a chuckle out the guy who suggested paying more than the asking price for bread.

 

[DAdams]

Matchmaster it is. Spell check needed spell check. Auto spelling comes up with its own ideas sometimes.

In the interim I'm lining up my latest deal. I found a mint 58 Thunderbird in a barn a few miles back up in the hills. The house has no internet and the elderly woman is on her deathbed. I'm thinking $1995 would be a reasonable offer.

The next post you may see out of me might be some revolvers in another thread. I'm going out on another fleecing mission later this week. My goal? Buy low sell high.

 

[DAdams]

Here are a couple more pictures. Actually this is how it went down I paid $400 for the Scout (I know, I overpaid) and the other three were thrown in for free. Here is one of the freebies.





Here is the other one thrown in.

 

[ECVMatt]

WOW! Those are great rifles!

 

[JohnBT]

The most amazing part of this story, to me, is that the Mountie still has it's round sight hood.

Not too long ago there was a flurry of activity on line when Numrich got a bunch of round Marlin sight hoods. I got one for my '63 Mountie, having lost the original in '64 or so. The part number was 1151450 and the cost was $4.40. Don't bother looking, they're out.

The flurry of activity was folks like me jumping to get one or two, and an amazing number that showed up around the net for sale for $30 or so and sold while Numrich still had the $4.40 ones.

I wasn't the only one that took one off and set it aside for later. And lost it. I'd been keeping an eye out for one for 40 years, and you happen to luck into one with the hood still on it.

 

[paul s]

The Remington 513 is a sporter model, rare gun! Last 513 sporter I sold went for $600 + nice score.