What did you score in 2023?

[Howland937]

Best deal by far was the Smith 435 a few weeks ago. I traded a non-firearm item for it that was actually pretty fair to both parties...but I only had $10 in said item. I got a few pretty decent deals along the way. $250 for an old Mossberg pursuader 12 gauge, in the original Styrofoam box. Never had the barrel installed since it left the factory, pistol grip still sealed in plastic.
The Model 55 Winchester.22 for $125 that I gave my dad. The cosmetically challenged 10/22 for $100...

 

[Karys]

I snagged a1964 Marlin 39 Carbine .22 at a gun show in the fall. I saw the lever sticking out of a rack and stopped to look at it and had no idea what I was holding. There were only about 12K made between’63 and ‘67.

I walked away and my wife kept nagging me to buy it so I backed into a corner and I looked them up in my phone and we went back and got it.

The few that have sold on the net auctions last year all went for about double what I paid.

 

[45/30-06OKIE]

I only bought one gun in 2023, and would not have been surprised to make it through the year without buying any. That said, I couldn't pass on this:

Wow a threaded 10/22, seems like those are hard to find!

 

[45/30-06OKIE]

I got a VERY nice Glock 21 gen 2 (september 1993 according to the serial number prefix) (so basically within a month of 3 years older than me) for the low low price of $651.......

 

[entropy]

Don't have pictures of it yet, but a Lyman Target Spot 25 and a Winchester 52. Got the scope first. I still haven't put them together, not in a huge rush to right now, but I'll have it ready by spring.

 

[Spats McGee]

Wow a threaded 10/22, seems like those are hard to find!

I suspect they're not nearly as hard to find as they used to be!

 

[45/30-06OKIE]

I suspect they're not nearly as hard to find as they used to be!

Yeah I have noticed they seem to be making more and more but usually that style with the wood stock has a basic non threaded barrel from all the ones I've seen. Hmmm....

 

[sparkyv]

My best deal was a new Mossberg Maverick 88 12ga Combo for $255 shipped. Combo = both the 18.5" security and 28" field bbls. Made in Eagle Pass, TX.

 

[tarosean]

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[Riomouse911]

2023 only brought me four new guns, and two were brought home in January; a Browning BL-22 lever gun, a Rem Arms 20 ga 870, a Beretta M9 and what I think was my best buy; a Springfield SA-35 for less than MSRP.

Stay safe.

 

[45/30-06OKIE]

2023 only brought me four new guns, and two were brought home in January; a Browning BL-22 lever gun, a Rem Arms 20 ga 870, a Beretta M9 and what I think was my best buy; a Springfield SA-35 for less than MSRP.

Stay safe.

How much was the SA-35?? We just noticed they are finally off allocated status from Chattanooga and our cost is $618. I think MSRP is 799?

 

[Mark_Mark]

Kimber K6s 3” DASA , two holsters, six speed loaders, $750. View attachment 1187615

those guns any good! i like the styling

 

[Lucnic]

those guns any good! i like the styling

They are really nice revolvers. Great build quality, good triggers, recessed cylinders, dehorned for concealed carry, shoot point of aim . I really want to like them but I keep reverting back to a J-frame. Familiarity I guess.

 

[Mark_Mark]

They are really nice revolvers. Great build quality, good triggers, recessed cylinders, dehorned for concealed carry, shoot point of aim . I really want to like them but I keep reverting back to a J-frame. Familiarity I guess.

I have a 3” Model 36 that I really love, and if .38 can’t do it, I’m probably in real trouble anyways

 

[Riomouse911]

How much was the SA-35?? We just noticed they are finally off allocated status from Chattanooga and our cost is $618. I think MSRP is 799?

IIRC, I paid $675 for the gun, then add the tax and DOJ fees made it just under $750 otd.

In January 2023 they were still a hard(er) to find item, I was on a wait list for over six months.

Stay safe.

 

[45/30-06OKIE]

IIRC, I paid $675 for the gun, then add the tax and DOJ fees made it just under $750 otd.

In January 2023 they were still a hard(er) to find item, I was on a wait list for over six months.

Stay safe.

Not terrible considering the CA bull y'all have to deal with...

 

[Riomouse911]

Not terrible considering the CA bull y'all have to deal with...

Ya, it was pricy, but I paid much less than anyone else had them at that time.

Like many new-issue, popular guns, prices often drop to much more reasonable levels once supply catches up. I knew that going in (after waiting forever), so I’m good with the cost. Best part is I really like the gun, so an extra hundred bucks +\- has been worth it!

Stay safe.

 

[tark]

A few guns.. Starting with this Remington 581 Target. With U.S. markings. The Army ordered a bunch of these and then decided they didn't want them...and they were sold off by the CMP. The gun was unfired, still in the wrap and complete with front sight inserts, owner's Manuel and bill of sale. It still has the long round desiccant tube in the barrel. My friend got it sometime in the late nineties. He paid $300 for it, if I remember correctly. I got for the same amount.

Yes, I am shooting it.

Next up was my Bula Armaments M-14. It came with two mags and a nice carrying case. This puppy set me back $2,700. I actually bought it in late December 2022 but it didn't come home with me until January 2nd of last year, So I hope it counts.

Lastly is my type 14 Nambu, which I consider to be the highest conditioned Type 14 on the planet. It is a 99+ gun and was never fired after leaving the factory. The inside of the gun looks like the inside of that magazine. The gun was made in November, 1935. The pre-war quality is exquisite. It makes most Luger's look ugly. The grips are mahogany.

 

[tark]

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[IWAC]

What was the best gun deal you got?

I found a Security Six unfixed with box and all paperwork from 1976 in a pawn shop. For cheap.
Winchester Super X1 with IC barrel

Found more but those are my 2 best 2023 scores.

Oh wait....Beretta AL390 silver mallard for $500.

Enough primers!

 

[gobsauce]

I paid $95 OTD for it, a Rohm RG38.
I bought it because it's made in Germany like my friend Janine.

I guess I didn't really "score" in 2023

 

[Speedo66]

I satisfied a break top itch with a smokeless rated .38 S&W Iver Johnson in excellent condition.

A Gunbroker purchase, I was able to have it shipped directly to me via my C&R license.

 

[silicosys4]

I started thinking about it and I decided i've bought too many guns in 2023. To be fair I did sell some as well.
Off the top of my head I purchased;
1945 Remington Rand 1911
Ruger SR1911CMD
1969 Colt Government 1911
1941 Winchester M94
1947 Winchester M94
1962 Winchester M94
Browning 1886 Saddle Ring Carbine
Winchester 1886 High Grade Extra Light
Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless
Taurus 431 .44 spcl
S&W 4506 .45acp
SAR9 9mm
1897 Marlin 1894 .32-20
1917 M1917 by Remington (sporterized)
Seecamp .32
Sig P320 X5

 

[Capybara]

I bought a few new toys in 2023

A very nice Radom P64

A Romanian TTC Tokarev that I dressed up with some new Marschal grips to cover a safety hole

A Bulgarian Makarov

And in a concession to plastic guns, a Ruger Max 9

 

[Mark_Mark]

I bought a Glue Gun!