Let's hear about the best deals you've come across. I'll start with mine. I've posted it once before but it was 9 months ago when I got it.
>huge gun auction comes up
>older gentleman passed away. Had a huge collection and his family decided to auction it off.
>there were 15ish shotguns, 12ish rifles, 10 "foreign military rifles" and like 65 revolvers
>auction website didn't know jack shit about the 10ish milsurp rifles he had and only took pics of a few (beat up type 99 Arisaka, beat up Turk mauser and an SKS) so I didn't really know what was all there.
>get to auction. In addition to what I stated, there was a totally hacked up no4 Enfield, a few sporterized Mosins and a beautiful M96 Swedish Mauser. All matching, no import mark, bore looks perfect, a few small dings in the stock so like 9/10 condition. Had a cleaning rod but no sling.
>was really interested in that Mauser and Arisaka, but the bore on the Arisaka looked like a sewage pipe so my interest nosedived.
>of course the milsurp rifles go last so I have to hang out for a couple hours while people grossly overpay for all these revolvers.
>crowd gradually thins out
>M96 comes up
>bid opens at $200
>random guy bids
>I bid $225 immediately after
>nobody else bids so I win
>buy the Hornady dies and 100 soft point bullets later for $30 total and buy 120 rounds for like $90 (overpaid a little bit but damnit I wanted the rounds and the brass)
So yeah. That's my story. I also bought a mostly matching M39 in beautiful shape aside from some very minor bore pitting for $270 in February, got a spam can for $110 from the guy too.
Let's hear your stories.
>pic related. Hope it's not sideways
No story picture says all
>>30189089
and from Cabelas no less that is amazing
$1200 otd for SOCOM, case, and 5 hi cap mags.
>>30189106
Ya it was a glorious day
Came with a bushnell scope too
Bought my SKS for $40. It's a Yugo but that's ok. This was in like 2012.
> Friend is moving
> Lists stuff for sale on Facebook
> Scroll scroll scroll
> SKS rifle. Jams a lot. Like, every shot. $40.
> Call him
> Meet me somewhere, yo
> Buy rifle, even has some clips
> "What's the deal, man? You know this is worth more."
> Tells me he bought it at a pawn shop for a little more (under 100), it doesn't work, and he's had his fun and can't take it with him.
> Eh, alright. Safe travels and thanks.
> Order new gas valve, oversize
> Works well now. I should shoot it more often, but don't.
>bought an M1 Garand in 2011 for $650
>buy and flip a lot of guns so get some cool shotguns around the $100-250 mark
>buying a Hk PSP P7 next week for ~$550
I got a BHP mk2 (mid 80s, greenish parkerized finish, wrap-around rubber grip, no mag safety) for $500 at my LGS a few years ago. I've always seen them for several hundred more. Looked like it had no more than 500 rounds through it too.
>walked in to local pawn shop
>take a look at their gun counter like I always do
>see an NEF Single-shot 12 gauge for $89
>why not
>as I'm about to finish the paperwork the salesman comes over.
>"mind if I sell this to you for less than $89?"
>sounds good to me
>rings me up
>"that'll be $55"
>hand him $55 cash
>leave with a smile on my face
And as soon as I got home, I proceeded to cut the barrel to 18.5 inches and paint the stock black because why the fuck not.
>>30189048
>2008
>At lgs
>See 91/30
>$500
>Buy it
It was a good day
>>30189277
This same happened to me , I got a Yugo sks for 100 bc the gas valve was rusted shut and the guy never cleaned it.
>>30189589
Maybe he meant a crate of them?
I bought a crate of yugo m59s for 1500, sold 4 and kept the fifth for free.
>Get VZ-2008 with the whole deal while those were a thing
>Really want to build an A1 clone
>Perusing Armslist a few months later
>see A1 Clone
>offer VZ package in trade
>$800, built by a Vietnam Vet rifle for a $420 Rifle
Miss the VZ but the A1 was too good to pass up. Add on some new furniture and picrelated is now.
>right now
>on state oriented website is m91/30 with 350 rounds of ammo for $200
>i had never made an account before because i thought it would be easy when i wanted to
>account apparently has to be activated
>made it 12 hours ago, still ISNT FUCKING ACTIVATED
>emailed support, no response
FUCK
>>30189580
that is the opposite of a good deal
I have had a lot of good deals over the years, cheapest gun I ever bought was a 91/30 that I got back in 1998 for $35 out the door. most recent good deal I got was a carcano m91 rifle for $100 about 3 months ago.
>>30189048
>be on gunbroker
>looking for first SKs
>been browsning around locally for one
>most are either been beat to shit or bubbad
>see a 1954 Tula refurb up for auction
>no bids in the 22 days the auctions been going on
>meet the minimum reserve of $450 and win with the only bid
And that's how I got a Russian SKS for $450
>>30189048
Did you win the Hakim too?
in the fall of 2014, royal tiger imports had a shipment of beat up sks. they were chinese, supposedly by way of albania. for $200 plus $20 shipping, they were advertised as in heavy cosmoline and a possibility of cracked stocks.
i ordered one and got a russian (with the stock in one whole piece). the ONLY component not matching on this rifle is the dust cover, to which there is a speculative story about how someone switched covers along the line to sneak them in. who knows.
not a big money item but a great deal regardless. pic is of said rifle
>>30189753
Negative. Bought that off GunsAmerica earlier that week. That was the only pic I had of M96.
>>30189705
That Carcano looks nice. I got a decent original 91/24 for $135 shipped to me this past fall.
>>30189277
Nice. The gas valve on my Yugo went to shit shortly after I bought it. Wish I woulda got a steal like you did though.
>>30189089
I remember you. Fuck I am mad jelly. Cabelas must have retards for employees, I remember an anon last year bought a Gewehr 98 from cabelas for like $200 or $250.
>>30189048
Guy posts on local reddit gun group
>Glock 43 Gen 4 basically brand new
>6 mags, 4 with grip extension
>3 holsters
>All factory accessories and box
>$400
Not bad
>safe queen Steyr-Manlicker Model M with full stock in fuddy-aught-six with a EAW swing-mount and Zeiss 3-12x56 for 999€
>Molot Vepr Standard with the long barrel in 7,62x39 and 8x42 POSP for ~550€
>CZ75 + Kadet Kit for 349€
And now my two recent ones:
>'44 Winchester M1 Garand in good condition with sling and 6 clips for ~420€
>'69 Colt Python in very good condition, 6 inch barrel, blued, with normal and competition grips for ~590€
A collector died and our store bought most of his collection and I called dibs on those 2 sweeties (actually 3; got a well used Merkel O/U for 40 eurobux that is my little side project now).
I'd like to think that I had some luck in the past with my gun purchases.
I was at an estate sale in the middle of no-where by a family that had no fucking idea what the old guy owned. This is what I got. They got their prices via looking up what the gun was (1911, karabiner 98 etc) and just seeing what ANY of them cost, so they would price a vintage 1911 for like some $300 POS rock island, thinking that's just what they go for. I was shitting my pants that I actually stumbled across this situation. These people were anti-gun, really didn't give a shit about them and had no idea that the grandpa even owned them. it was a mother with her two daughters, fag son, and her sister-in-law.
>four Mauser K98's in a box two from 1938, other two 1939 - $80 each, had no fucking clue what these were and I just said I'd take the crate for $80 each, which they were happy about. they thought they were all broken junk because "they're just in some old box"
>two Colt 1911's, 1935/42 - $350 each, probably saw a Rock Island and assumed they were the same things because they looked the same
>1963 Colt Python 6" - $600 (shat my pants, thought it was a fake and they were scamming me or something at this point)
That's the only gun that they had some idea about. Maybe they looked it up and saw one being bid on at ~$600 or something
>1942 Walther PPK - $250, most likely they saw that shitty .22lr PPK/S
>2000 H&K MK23 in the box along with some book about the SEALs - They had no idea what this was and were actually worried that it was an illegal gun because of that Navy SEAL book, and thought it was like some gun only for the military etc. I told them that it was a gun that you would use for self-defense and that's what it was made for(???) and I said that they go for about $400 brand new and that i'd do $250 for myself to use. I made up some bullshit reason about the bore being a bit shitty and used to lower the price, they really didn't care much and I got it. it was brand new and the guy clearly never shot it, just collected cool shit.
>>30190114
Literally hit the proverbial gold mine didn't you you son of a bitch?
>>30189048
>inna Cabela's Gun Library, drooling over the overpriced engraved shotguns
>see '95 Winchester on the floor rack where they put the old milsurp and shit
>zero finish left--gun is full silver colored
>give it a look
>it's a first-model slabside
>.30-40 Krag
>3 digit serial #
>$499.98
Bought it on the spot. Just a slabside *receiver*, much less a whole rifle, is worth at least $2000 in any condition. Turned out it still had a good bore. I also now have the Winchester Archives factory letter supporting its condition, and its estimated value is around $4500
>inna pawn shop
>they advertise on Armslist, had advertised a Remington Model 32 for $899
>go in to look at it
>it's engraved
>it's wearing Krieghoff wood (the Rem 32 patent got bought and became the K32)
>it's a 4-barrel set with Americase aluminum travel case
Bought it on the spot. The wood alone is worth a grand and the engraver that worked on it is fairly famous so the shotgun's worth probably $3000.
>selling range-scavenge brass on Armslist
>guy messages me with a trade offer: A box of 250 no-name commercially cast 9mm bullets and "a bag of random rifle take-off barrels"
>no, take-off barrels usually aren't worth the trouble of transporting them, but I was gonna lay a concrete patio that summer and figured it'd save me like 20 bucks in rebar to use the takeoff barrels as reinforcement, so I say conditionally yes if I get to look them over first
>get to appointed place
>mostly shot-out R700 barrels, but there's seriously like 50 fucking barrels in an old duffel bag
>including 3 Krag-Jorgensen barrels in almost pristine shape
>always wanted a Krag, figured I could build a parts-blaster for cheaper than buying a complete surplus one
>agree to trade
Never ended up building myself a Krag (people want $600+ for just the action) but did end up selling all 3 barrels on Gun Broker for $200 each. So basically a ~$550 cash profit plus getting my patio done sans rebar.
Got a brand new rossi circuit judge for 250. Ended up selling it for $400. Never fired it, just decided I didn't like it. Bought more milsurp instead.
>>30190114
I'm happy for you.
My story isn't so great, but I got a Benelli Supernova tactical for 400 dollars. Store had had it in inventory for over a year, wanted to sell it. They also had an m4 for 1100, didn't have the money at the time. They still have it, and next time it goes on sale I will snatch it up.
I bought a Walther P1 in late January for $275. Pretty good deal in my opinion.
I bought this Tula SKS for $300 during the post Sandy Hook gun scare. That's about the best I've done, besides my TTC Tokarev, paid $225 for it, two mags, the holster and 200 rounds of ammo.
>>30189048
Mosin Nagant for $60 (This was 16 years ago)
Draco Ak for $279
SKS for $89
AES 10B for $250 (So far all from the same store)
Uhhhhh Jack Carbine for $1000 (helping out a friend)
Random used glocks for under $300.
Nothing too amazing I guess
>>30190114
>>30190196
Fucking jelly.
nothing terribly impressive but
walther ppq 9mm m1 at a gun show for 400 bucks
absolutely beautiful late 40's 94 that still shows a reflection in the bluing plus 60 rounds for 700 about 8 months ago.
>>30190376
>found out I can't shoot the R32 worth a shit
I should sell it. I do much better with my 725 Sporting and subgauge tubes.
Got a decent condition FN made Browning auto 5 in 12 gauge last summer for 300. It was made sometime in the 30's.
>>30189909
That M39 makes me cringe.
Anyway
>two summers ago
>working for a junk removal company
> some old guy dies and his daughter calls use to help clean out his house
>Work our way to the basement
>See and AR7 and a HY-score air pistol chilling on the floor
>Ask the lady if I can have both of the "air" guns
>MFW.jpg she says yes
And that's how I got an original AR7 and super rare air pistol for free
>>30189123
My boy. I snagged this at a pawn shop for$1,200. We're truly blessed.
>>30189345
>P7 for $550
>friend has an uzi he wants to get rid of
>wants 500 for it, an older century build
>i ended up trading an old inflatable raft, and a bedside table thing/tv stand for it all300$
>stuff i had but no use for
>sold it 2 months later for 600 to a guy with NFA full auto uzi
>>30190591
does the Mark 23 use USP mags or does it have its own?
>>30190665
Literally everything about that gun is unique unto itself.
Also, mags are almost $100 each last I looked.
>>30190665
>>30190692
They're around 50-70, depending on where you find them. Also, I might be mistaken, but I think if you put a Mark 23 floorplate on a USP .45 Tactical magazine, I'm pretty sure it accepts those. However, you might as well save the trouble by getting actual Mark 23 mags.
>>30189662
What website would that be? I may be able to help you out, friend. :^)
Got a hunting rifle Parker Hale made off an Enfield No.4 Mk.1 action (new wood, new mag, new barrel) for $100 from my cousin
>>30189048
Not really my deal but fuck it
> Dad goes out to Garage sales with grandma
> Comes home with Rifle
> "How much was that"
> "$35"
>>30190822
WINNAR
>>30189154
Get the fucking conversion stock and grip already.
I traded 210 rounds of shitty Turk surplus 8mm for a S&W Model 10 which I then traded for a B barrel M91 plus $300 cash from the guy then I sold the B barrel M91 for $450 last year
So basically I sold 210 rounds of garbage Turk surplus (that I paid like $0.08 a round for) for $750
Some other good ones:
>original Finnish M39 bayonet for $200
>Finnish Christmas tree marked M24 for $150
>Six near-unissued Soviet plum 5.45 magazines for $60 total because the seller said they "won't fit in my AK47"
>1000ish rounds of South African 7.62x51 for $150 off of some old guy
Not mine, but my grandfathers.
>60s
>Tiny ass town in Oklahoma.
>Some dude commits a robbery with a .22 revolver
>Shoots the clerk.
>Gets caught, goes to jail.
>One of the cops takes the Revolver out of the evidence locker.
>Shoots and kills his wife with it.
>Years later.
>Police Auction.
>No one wants the Revolver because "it hainted, it kill sumone".
>Grandpa buys it for a fucking quarter.
>Years later, again.
>Grandpa remembers he has it
>Gives me a little red box
>At first I thought it was a cap gun.
>Still has the 25c tag hanging off the trigger guard
>'lol yeah it killed two people so I got it for a quarter"
>wut
Looks like pic related.
>>30190868
No, I got other projects.....
>pic related
Found this fn49 at a gunshow for $750 plus 250 rounds of 8mm. Pretty good deal, so I told the guy I wasn't gonna haggle, its a fair deal
>Fuck it, take the rest of this ammo too
Get home and count out massive pile of ammo. Guy threw in 800 rounds of surplus 8mm for free
>>30189048
>>was really interested in that Mauser and Arisaka, but the bore on the Arisaka looked like a sewage pipe so my interest nosedived.
Arisakas have metford rifling. What you thought was a "sewage pipe," was in reality probably a very good bore.
>>30191155
Nice. In case you didn't know, if you got any Turk surplus, don't shoot it through a semi auto. It could be a very bad time.
>>30191237
Fuck. I didn't know that. The thing went for like $175 too. Granted the mum was ground and the stock was beat up, I coulda had it for an ok price.
I bought a Taurus PT-99 at a show for about $280 after tax last year. Had pachmayr grips, it's pre 94 I believe since it doesn't have a decocker, and looked to be someones safe queen it was in such nice shape. Has literally no holster wear or rust.
My M44 all-matching. Advertised as 50x on Armslist as $250 + something like 20% for hand-pick fee, I called when they were down to about 10 or so. The poor guy had finished with a seriously anal family ("No, that has a small scuff on the barrel" and "I don't like the stain color on this one") so he wasn't in the mood to hand-pick. I told him I'd buy the first one he lays his hands on, no hand-pick. He was appreciative, dropped the hand pick fee, and an extra 10% on top. Shipped it the next morning.
My first ffl purchace
>finally can start to afford funs again
>wanting mosin back when it was 12c/r
>best option is big 5, prices 99-130 but always out of stock
>Call back on X day every week for a month, always too late
>5th week, still out but store in BFE has one and will hold
>Fudd country, must be worn to shit.
>Get there, find out its on sale for some reason, 89.99
>Oh god, im going to have to put this thing out of its misery
>Out of the box comes a 9/10 1935 hex with "matching numbers" and all the tools/ammo pouches.
Took it home,cleaned it up. Pristine barrel and the only 'flaw' was the finish needed to be redone.
Got a old, old german P220 for $550. Old as in it still had the nice red felt box and tester target in German.
Shoots like a dream, too. Thinking of taking advantage of that Father's Day tune up service Sig offers.
>>30189796
Just to let you know, some of the very first Type 56s were built on unfinished Russian SKSs. So it's technically a Type 56, it was just built on a Russian receiver before they got the machinery.
>>30189048
>November 2014
>Offered this rifle for $75
>Bought it then and there
I found this '92 dated West German Sig P220 all original, UNFIRED, with everything pictured - 6 mags, German test target, manual, & case - for $400. I couldn't believe it. Its quite a shooter too.
>>30189048
>590A1
>Tagged for $480
>Rung up $320, no one else noticed.
Breddy good.
>>30189048
>buy 2k rounds of cheap 9mm ammo from no-name company
>company delays order for 3 months
>come home one day to a box full of ammo
>it's 1.2k rounds of remanufactured ammo
>complain via email again, no reply
>dispute charge with credit card company, get all my money back eventually
and that's how I ended up with 1.2k rounds of 9mm for free
>>30190958
Is it a RG Rohm?
My roommate in college had one, dirty as fuck piece of zinc.
We probably shot that thing more than anything else at the range trips. Fun as hell.
question whats a going price for a DP-51
i bought one off armslist for 400 few weeks back, came with 6 mags a 13 a 12 and 4 ban era 10s
Bought a 1903a3 for 300 and about 400 rounds of 30.06 in strippers for 100 more a couple months ago cause guy had to sell all his guns in the divorce.
Bought a rem 770 for 100 and sold it for 200 after I shot a shitload threw it.
Traded a wasr for a colt suar in 30.06. Fucking miss that wasr tho
>>30189048
Bushmaster XM15 I picked up for $250. Nobody else placed a bid.
>>30189048
Got this for $250 from gun store with quite the collection, overpaid for the ammo but I wanted to shoot it the day I got it.
>>30192482
>that's how I blew up my 9mm with shitty remanufactured ammo
This is how your story will end in a couple months
>>30192527
>he pistol features an unusual "fast action" trigger mechanism which allows the hammer to be decocked while still keeping the mainspring compressed. The "fast action" (also known as Triple Action, and most recently known as Double Action Plus+) mode allows the trigger travel of the double-action mode and the trigger weight of single-action mode. This allows a more accurate first shot due to the lighter weight of the trigger. It is also safer due to the longer trigger travel required to fire the pistol. A light pull on the trigger causes the hammer to flick back, after which the pistol would behave in conventional single-action mode. The pistol can also be fired in traditional double and single-action modes.
neat
This happened in August, 2014
>be me
>in gun show at Trade Center in Norcross
>originally went in to look for a sling for my Finnish Reworked 91/30
>see small table with 2 mosins
>one bubba'd bringback (salvagable though)
>one still in cosmoline with accessories
>ask how much for the bubba rifle (stock was chopped, handguard missing, easy fix)]
>$40
>slam 2 20s on the table at fucking light speed
>ask about brand new one.
>"make an offer"
>I offer $100 for both rifles
>"Sold!"
And that is how I got 2 mosins for 100. The sportered one is a 1936 Izhevsk that I'm convinced is a bringback (no import marks or refurb signs, has the plum patina seen on VN bringback T53s). The one still in the grease is a 1944 Tula MO marked Ex-PU rifle. Has a gorgeous laminate stock and is a wonderful shooter. I rebuilt the alleged bringback and now I keep it alongside my grandpa's Krag, his Luger, and a Nambu T14.
>650 for 1941/1942 M1 Garand from CMP
>.23.5 CPR of 7N6 last week, 2160 still in crate with can opener
>1942 leather 1911 holster for 22 dollars
>>30191375
Its 1939 German. Good to know though
>>30192318
I got a six shot 590A1 for $199 because the shop had a ton of shotguns from huntin' season in and the guy just wanted to move them.
Dusty as fuck but barely used, with box.
>>30192639
yeah it is, i bought it cause you dont see Daewoo pistols very much and i like odd guns
>walk into lgs for the first time I'm a while
>Go over to where they store ar s and higher end guns.
>See the sig sitting there, and try to avoid an erection.
>pick it up and fondle it's piston driven goodness.
>used, minor wear, $700
>oh Jesus Fucking yes.
Never regretted that purchase, runs like a champ.
>>30191945
Good old days, bought my first mosin at a big 5 for $80
Got my henry 30-30 golden boy for $200 from a co-worker. He bought it new, only put a box of ammo through it, and put it in his closet for a year
>>30192918
>>30192982
Why do this to me?
>mfw this thread
Fuck all of you.
>>30193047
Deals are out there, mate. We know not the time and the place, but you'll find one eventually.
> If you're like it, it's when your wallet is empty.
$100 for a Savage 110 in .30-06
$99 for a Chinese nugget
Free - Marlin 30-30
L1A1 + 4 mags, 2 mag pouches, scope, railed dust cover, thumbhole stock, extra handguard, extra pistol grip, for $500
Paid to get a target crown & birdcage flash hider - imported during the gun ban, so the original flash hider was chopped
>>30192482
that "company" was someone who works out of a basement
>>30192594
I'm selling it all, fuck remans
>>30189048
Not a gun deal but I got like 60 dollars worth if .22 for free once because the cashier at cabelas forgot to ring it up or something
>>30191014
Is that an IO? Should have got the tacticool one. It's the only one that both works and won't blow up in your hands.
I bought a Spanish M1916 with a roller coaster sight for only 120$. It also has some neat trench art.
>>30193611
Its a Saiga with IO furniture.
>>30193611
I've got one of those. The akm247t? $400 NIB. 8000 rounds and it still hasn't exploded and mangled me and didn't look like it will. Did have to get a loose rivet pressed in at the 2000 round mark.
>>30189048
2008 was a good year for me:
>2 M44 Izzys, $65 each.
>M91 Remington, 1916, Russian crest, Finnish stock, Finnish army markings, $300.
>Red box Sig P220 West German, $500 (over 5000 rounds later, not one malfunction. EVER).
2010ish
>LGS, used racks, Marlin Camp 9, $350 with an old Tasco branded Howa 4x scope (nice glass)
>>30193681
You probably got a post-2014 one then. That's when IO had their come-to-jesus moment that they made the Hipoint of AKs. I kinda wish I could find one even if they are dogshit ugly.
>>30193644
Ew, why? IO furniture is repulsive. Are you just slapping parts together?
>>30192585
See >>30192236
And weep
>>30190114
>$250 for a Mk23
FUCK
>>30190114
winrar
>>30193644
this guy is right it's a Saiga ak74
The furniture is deplorable and needs to be changed tho this is my only other stock at the moment
>>30190114
if you paid what they were actually worth it would have been like $20,000 you fucking lucky faggot asshole you paid $2,000 for all of that FUCK YOU FUCK YOU
>$600
>COLT PYTHON
FUCK YOU
>$250
>a FUCKING MARK23
RAAAAAAA
I'D BE LUCKY TO GET FUCKING ANYTHING FOR THAT MUCH
$100 at a pawn shop
"its just a nagant, nothing special about it"
>>30189277
Lies, lies, it was all lies...
.
.
.
His name was lies
I'm a sucker and I never get a deal because I love guns too much.
>find immaculate M96 Swedish Mauser on gunbroker with GF diopter sight
>arsenal rebuild brand new barrel should be a tack driver
>opening price $500, nobody bids until last minute
>5 min later it gets jacked up to $700, but I won the auction
it always happens like this, I never luck out and always pay full price for stuff that I like
>>30190114
pics with time stamp
>>30189796
god damn it i thought about buying one of these but 1/4 of the reviews said they got rifles they wouldnt feel safe shooting so i passed it up
>>30189048
My buddy got a 223 contender in 9.8/10 condition w/ dyes for loading dyes for $300.
I got my mossberg 500 w/ 100 rounds through it for $300 w/ two barrels and two stocks
Not me, but my little brother has one that'll be eternally jealous of.
>80yr old man dies
>Leaves behind RIA .45 1911
>He raised a pussy who is shoved around by his wife
>Wife doesn't want guns in the house
>Pussy is friends with my little bro, who enjoys firearms
>hey anon, I don't know what's a fair price, but would give me $150 for this
>I'd be happy to, but you could probably get like $400
>Wife wants it out of the house and I'm a giant cuck so $150 is fine
I ask to borrow it everytime I got to the range
>>30192695
>1936
>Bringback
Got some bad news for you bucko it's a Spanish Civil War
Is this any good?
>>30189048
A Colt LE6920 for $600
>Be nofuns
>hasfuns friend owes me money, something like $90-110 (neither of us can't remember but it's around that amount)
>applied for my R/PAL recently
>friend wants to pay me back with his Pre War tt33 when I get my license.
>Excellent/unissued condition, still caked with cosmoline.
Thought he was fucking with me for that deal, but he wants to do it. Based.
>>30189048
Got a Rhodesian Hi-Power for 500$.
Still need to find a Pattern 70 holster for it.
My two big scores over the years have to be my revolvers.
First one was a .357 Mateba Unica 6 with four extra barrels and shrouds for the princely sum of 500. Early enough that it had a compensator that indexes upside down, had to sell it because of exciting medical bills but nowadays LifeSizePotato has it so it's in a good place.
My other one was a Dan Wesson SuperMag for 650. It's an Elgin T. Gates Super Magnum and it came with a Redfield scope and 200 rounds of SuperMag ammo and brass along with load data for the thing. Big stainless 8 incher.
One of my friends is the real winner though, same guy that sold me my .357 Mateba sold him a nickel .44 Mateba for 600. Came in it's original shipping box with hardcase, a 6" and 8" barrel with compensators, and an original manual that is signed on the back by Emilio Ghisoni. Serial number is under 100.
>>30196947
>.357 Mateba Unica 6 with four extra barrels and shrouds for the princely sum of 500
Jesus Christ.
i traded a guy the crappier of my FALs for a pristine PSL with scope, 4 mags, cheek pad and sling. he got a 400 dollar rifle with a beat up railed dust cover and no muzzle device, i got an 1800+ dollar rifle which im pretty sure has never been fired.
>>30189154
I want a daewoo
>Get handed this by my dad, who seemed to have forgotten about it in his safe.
>"If you can get the rust off of it, I will give you the damn thing."
>"Needs a better stock too."
>Free .308 Mauser.
>>30189048
>be 23 out of the army and going to school living with parents
>dad owns a moving company
>guy calls asking for an estimate to move his stuff out of his house he shares with his soon to be ex wife
>"not much stuff. My sons twin bed matress boxspring and frame, a nightstand, maybe a dozen boxes, and my gun safe"
>dad and i go out to do an on site estimate to see what hes moving
>gets to the gunsafe
>dad casually mentions were gun guys and mentions how hes looking into getting an m1 garand through cmp
>guy lights up and opens the safe
>behold, m1 garand in pretty darn good condition, not collector grade but no rust or pitting at all, wood is in good shape, oiled and well maintained
>admire his sks, nugget, and m1 in the safe and explain we love milsurp
>guy explains his wife is taking him for everything he has
>car
>house
>alimony
>guy explains his 14 year old son is basically a faggot who doesnt like guns and hes disappointed he cant share the hobby with his son
>guy says "if i give you guys the sks, nugget, and m1..."
>dad says "free. Well do it."
>2 weeks later quick and easy move for a few hours, nothing a few people and a small uhaul couldnt do
>decent condition russian sks, nugget, and m1
Fast forward a few years and my dad gave me the M1 as a bday gift since he ordered one through the CMP. So yeah. Id say that was a pretty sweet deal, few hours of sweat and that was it.
>>30197147
Find ammo for that baby?
>>30197175
Yeah my dad ordered like a bazillion rounds of greek surplus M2 ball. I only put 3 or 4 clips through it...shooting it just felt wrong. Like, it shot great, but i just felt kinda shitty shooting such a classic piece of american history. Like i wanted to pat it on the head and say "sorry for teasing you with bringing you out of retirement, ill put you back in your PJ's and let you go back to sleep now until its time to shoot nazis."
So now i just keep it in the safe with a bandolier of loaded clips ready to go...for what exactly im not sure.
>>30197220
Aww don't be like that to the poor thing.
I'm sure you can find clips at any surplus store you have, they sell them for cheap.
Plus it's nice to bring her out so the old vets at the range can hear that ping.
>Took my M1 to the range, paid and showed what I was going to shoot.
>All the RO's are vets.
>Instant best buds.
>Searching a Schmidt Rubin 1889 for reasons
>Finds ad for a guy selling "old swiss stuff"
>Call him
>Go to his house
>Get out with two matching 1889 with their slings and a first model bayonet
>80 bucks
>Bayonet alone is worth 150
>>30197235
Oh ive got tons of clips, probably close to 2 dozen or so, like i said i have a surplus bandolier ready to go. Ill be taking it out to shoot with my dad some time soon since he just got his cmp rifle a few months ago.
Also the ranges near me suck donkey balls so i just go to my buddy's property where we have a range set up with all sorts of fun targets. The RO's are not cool at my local ranges.
>>30197279
>Uncool RO's
Shit, that sucks.
I have a kind of similar situation you have but my dad still owns his M1.
And my brother and I have had the talk on who gets it over the M14.
And yes, we have had the 'sorting the guns' chat with dad when he croaks.
>Still bitter that he gets the Les Baer 1911, but I get the Seacamp.
I bought a Winchester Super X Model 1 for $375 this past December, and it seems they're going for quite a bit more on gunbroker and elsewhere.
>>30190342
noice
>>30197326
Ehh its not too bad. My buddy lets me come over whenever the fuck i want whether hes home or not to shoot. Weve got a bunch of steel and other sorts of reactive targets out there and a rubber dummy as seen in MAC vids. Lots of fun, big boy rules apply, no "range is hot/cold" or dealing with BS. Just do whatever we want out there.
>>30190822
No rifle. Could just be a receiver or hell just the tag.
>>30191390
Taurus cannot be a safe queen by definition.
>>30190114
Kinda makes me sad that these people ignored old guys interests. He was probably largely ignored by family...considered a little nutty, etc...
Better this stuff went to you OP.
I bought the Broening Auto-5 with Westernfield roll marks in pic related for $200.
Only thing missing was a stock screw
>>30197368
I put a lot more in after, obviously.
>>30189089
look mum i posted it again
>be me in high school
>want a cheap, accurate, .22 pistol to shoot without going broke
>tell fudd neighbor about this
>don't expect anything good but oh well, he has alot of friends who shoot, maybe one has something to sell I figure
>months pass
>like a year
>Fudd neighbor's friend dies and he's in charge of selling his buddy's gun collection
>Beautiful mint High Standard Supermatic, barely shot
>Ruger MkII bull barrel never shot, early production
>mfw "they're just .22s, and I haven't even heard of the brands before"
>redneck fudd neighbor is possibly illiterate btw
>walk next door
>$350 for both
Pretty gudd
>>30189048
Not too crazy, but I have a couple
>buy 10/22 for $150
>trade it for practically new Nova Tactical a year later
>have pre-64 Win 94 in decent shape
>trade it for OPAP with Serbian Crown etching
I got my Mossberg 500 for $180 during the great WalMart Black Gun Purge of 2015.
I did not get any of the $300 ARs though. Shame they were already gone.
>>30192695
>Norcross
Georgia?
>>30196947
I'm so jealous of this deal I have an erection.
Cabelad near me has a sears roebuck semi auto 12gauge in pretty solid condition. Minor wear, modified choke, good barrel for 350. Is it worth it?
>>30189089
>Mfw plan on getting the same raifu for twice as much
Why is life suffering
>>30190196
>"a bag of random rifle take-off barrels"
A friend of mine got a bucket of barrels in a trade deal. All damascus. Knife makers paid top dollar for them at a show. Made many thousands. Asshole.
Well, my best deal was probably my single shot h&r pardner 20ga I got for free. My father my great grandfather and myself were going deer hunting, I was about 9 at the time. We all go over to my grandpa's house one evening about a week or so before the hunt. All the adults are visiting having a good time, when suddenly my grandpa says he has something for me. He goes to the corner of the room and hands me the shotgun, wrapped in a brown canvas gun sock. I cherish that gun. Will give it to my kid someday.
>>30201609
Grandpa still keeps his single shot 20ga next to the front door with a few different shells depending on the need
>>30199675
get yourself a k1 for 3x the price if you want something more rare
