What was the BEST deal you ever got?
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ninenot
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$50.00 for a WWII Mauser 8mm (converted to .30-06) German Mountain Gun originally, souvenir.
Checkup by gunsmith: $25.00. 3x9 Bushnell: $175.00 w/mounts.
About .75" 5-shot groups at 100 yards, elbow supported.
Checkup by gunsmith: $25.00. 3x9 Bushnell: $175.00 w/mounts.
About .75" 5-shot groups at 100 yards, elbow supported.
Mine's pretty much the same as yours 92LX I'm doing some doorknobs and escutcheons and hanging some pictures for a lady and she's already given me an early model Browning A-5. It needs some stock work but what the hey. Anything for a friend.
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Moparmike
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Best deal: 1983 Mercedes-Benz 380 SEL for $3888. Only thing wrong externally was a few paint chips on the hood. Back seat recliners dont work either. Owned by doctors all of its pampered 195k miles, until me.
However, parts for an MB are an entirely different matter...
Best ammo deal seen: 8mm 1000/$71
However, parts for an MB are an entirely different matter...
Best ammo deal seen: 8mm 1000/$71
lazarus
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OK...I'll "Chime in." Picked up a 1917 Enfield~Remington in 30-06 a few years ago from a rural gunshop in Virginia. Beautiful shape....one tiny ding in the stock. $160.00. CMP provided me with a 1946 SA Garand in beautiful shape fro $265. CMP also entered me in their lottery and I ended up with an unissued M1D Garand for $650. (gets about $3000 or so now) Later, I swapped a little tile work for (1) Walther P38 and (2)a Soviet SKS with laminated stock. (2 days work...)Got a few others, but notable was, for $650, an M14 Armscorp, NM: rear-lugged rcvr, NM op rod, barrel and gas assembly, TRW bolt and SA trigger group (also from a pawn shop IN Va.) Life is sweet................
Mike Irwin
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An as-new (it had been fired fewer than 50 shots) Browning High Power, 2 standard cap. magazines. $300.
MountainPeak
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Winchester Model 92. I was offered 6 times what I paid for it the same day. Since been offered 8. Still in my safe!
45R
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Traded a CZ75B with 6 mags and a kydex holster for a 99% Sig 226 Nitron with kydex holster.
Mike Irwin
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Hey Mountain,
If you paid $10 for it, I'll gladly offer you 10 times what you paid for it.
Ah, hell, I'm feeling flush. 20 times what you paid for it, but only if you paid $10 for it.
If you paid $10 for it, I'll gladly offer you 10 times what you paid for it.
Ah, hell, I'm feeling flush. 20 times what you paid for it, but only if you paid $10 for it.
powerstrk
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S&W Mod 66 .357Mag - $180
S&W Mod 59 9mm with 2 hi capacity mags - $200
Both came from the Apple Valley Police Dept. Complete with boxes, holsters and original paperwork
Colt AR-15 SP1 Complete with scope,box and all paperwork - $300
This gun was,is 100%
Kimber Custom Compact - $400 99%
S&W Mod 59 9mm with 2 hi capacity mags - $200
Both came from the Apple Valley Police Dept. Complete with boxes, holsters and original paperwork
Colt AR-15 SP1 Complete with scope,box and all paperwork - $300
This gun was,is 100%
Kimber Custom Compact - $400 99%
Solinvictus70
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NHM 91 purchased in late 1995 for $180. Sold in 2000 for $900 with 10 mags and ammo.
BerettaNut92
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My NIB Elite II for $630. Ended up being a pre-production gun with a few quirks but one of a kind. OK one of eight of a kind.
mainmech48
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Kind of a toss-up between the NIB S&W Performance Center No.3 "Schofield" that I got for $500 from an acquaintance who got laid-off and needed fast cash, and the NIB LH Remington 870 I got at a gunshow for $275 with both a rifle-sighted slug and a 26" VR barrels.
Price was set by the seller in both cases. Probably never would've bought either if they hadn't been so cheap.
Price was set by the seller in both cases. Probably never would've bought either if they hadn't been so cheap.
awwhite1012
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I got a Remington 870 express super magnum from me friend on a trade for a raven .25 auto i came across for 30.00
possom813
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I traded an 89 dollar pioneer cd player out of my truck for a cherry Marlin 1894(C IIRC) with a Zeiss 4x32 scope on it...Kept it for quite a while and ended up selling it to a friend of mine that has a pawn shop. I had 89 bucks in it, he bought it from me for 800 plus an M6 Scout that I'd been wanting.
Later traded the M6 for a Mini 14 that was traded for 500 Rds of .270 and a Model 70, then the Model 70 was traded off for an Eagle Arms Ar15 that I never fired and it was eventually sold to the same friend that bought the Marlin, for 1200 cash plus some other junk that he had(new to me welder and torch setup).
So I guess for my 89 dollar radio I ended up with a Lincoln "tombstone" welder and two Victor torch heads/gauges and one set of tanks and a few power tools that I don't remember all of them.
On a side note, I may be getting the M6 back in the not-too-distant future. The guy that bought it pawned and hasn't made any payments on it according to another guy that works at the pawn shop.
-John
Later traded the M6 for a Mini 14 that was traded for 500 Rds of .270 and a Model 70, then the Model 70 was traded off for an Eagle Arms Ar15 that I never fired and it was eventually sold to the same friend that bought the Marlin, for 1200 cash plus some other junk that he had(new to me welder and torch setup).
So I guess for my 89 dollar radio I ended up with a Lincoln "tombstone" welder and two Victor torch heads/gauges and one set of tanks and a few power tools that I don't remember all of them.
On a side note, I may be getting the M6 back in the not-too-distant future. The guy that bought it pawned and hasn't made any payments on it according to another guy that works at the pawn shop.
-John
Got a Pre-ban Colt AR-15 sporter for $400. This was during the 94-04 ban mind you....
Neither of us knew what he had. I wasn't into AR's at that time ( I did know that for $400, I wasn't going to get hurt....), he had won it in a poker game and just needed $$.
Once also bought a 3 pack of firearms from a lady who's husband had died and she wanted them out of the house. $200 for all...
One was a .45 AMT backup, which I sold to a friend in need for maybe $100...
Another was a cheap .25 pistol, which I gave to a person who needed a small, easy to work firearm.
The third was a rare open bolt RPB M-11 chambered in .380.
Again, had no idea what I had, this thing was beat up. Half a dozen 30 something round factory mags.....
Sold that little package for dang near $1,000.
Neither of us knew what he had. I wasn't into AR's at that time ( I did know that for $400, I wasn't going to get hurt....), he had won it in a poker game and just needed $$.
Once also bought a 3 pack of firearms from a lady who's husband had died and she wanted them out of the house. $200 for all...
One was a .45 AMT backup, which I sold to a friend in need for maybe $100...
Another was a cheap .25 pistol, which I gave to a person who needed a small, easy to work firearm.
The third was a rare open bolt RPB M-11 chambered in .380.
Again, had no idea what I had, this thing was beat up. Half a dozen 30 something round factory mags.....
Sold that little package for dang near $1,000.
lazarus
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A fellow passed away recently. I ran into his daughter, cleaning out her dad's house. She had a trunkful of guns she was getting rid of...didn't like 'em. "See anything you like" says she? Most were old shotguns...cheap stuff. One piece caught my eye...a S&W Model 41. I wasn't familiar with this target .22 pistol and said "I kinda like this...but I don't know if it's worth $50 or $500." "Give me $50 and it's yours." Nice addition to my collection!
tinygnat219
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Kel-Tec P40 given to me by a former co-worker. He didn't like the recoil.
Sold it 3 months later for $275.00
Sold it 3 months later for $275.00
Dravur
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Colt Woodsman Bullseye Match Target with the elephant ear grips in 98% condition for $400 with box and papers.
gbran
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In 1968, a fellow my dad worked with was going thru a divorce. I traded a '59 Ford coupe for his 1965 Yamaha motorcycle, a sporterized milsurp '06, 1,000 rounds of ammo, a reloading setup and enough stuff to reload another 1,000 rounds. The car was in good shape, but I only paid $300 for it.
I picked up a Glock 27 in 40 S&W and a Sig P239 in 40 S&W for the whopping price of......wait for it.......$550. I then sold the Glock with holster for $420 so I ended up getting the Sig for $130. Needless to say I like doing business with convicted felons that need money. Oh yeah also got a Ruger 10/22 for $100 from the same guy. All in all a good day I think
RH822 can testify to this deal.
. I then sold the Glock with holster for $420 so I ended up getting the Sig for $130. Needless to say I like doing business with convicted felons that need money. Oh yeah also got a Ruger 10/22 for $100 from the same guy. All in all a good day I think RH822 can testify to this deal.ReadyontheRight
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Similar to the deal jsalcedo got.
870 Wingmaster with a dial-a-duck choke and a nicely shortened shoulder stock for $109. It had been sitting on the shelf at Gun Stop for a while.
I had planned to cut off the barrel, but I picked up a 20" barrel with rifle sights and screw-in chokes - including a rifled choke tube - for a little under $100 at a Gander Mountain going out of business sale. Just for fun, I added an M4-type adjustable shoulder stock with a pistol grip.
Now I have a handy little deer gun for southern Minnesota hunting (shotguns required south of a line drawn through MN) that will easily shoot slugs minute-of-paper plate at 50 yards that I can convert into a nice IC self-defense shotgun. Or pop the other barrel on for messing around at the trap range.
870 Wingmaster with a dial-a-duck choke and a nicely shortened shoulder stock for $109. It had been sitting on the shelf at Gun Stop for a while.
I had planned to cut off the barrel, but I picked up a 20" barrel with rifle sights and screw-in chokes - including a rifled choke tube - for a little under $100 at a Gander Mountain going out of business sale. Just for fun, I added an M4-type adjustable shoulder stock with a pistol grip.
Now I have a handy little deer gun for southern Minnesota hunting (shotguns required south of a line drawn through MN) that will easily shoot slugs minute-of-paper plate at 50 yards that I can convert into a nice IC self-defense shotgun. Or pop the other barrel on for messing around at the trap range.
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