Kyle Wright
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What’s the best deal you ever got on a firearm?
Best gun deal?
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cwiatrek86
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Picked up a Savage 243 for $70 at WalMart about 15 years ago
andrewheyser
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Bought a Mossberg Shockwave from a dude named "Peanut" for $50. He even had a giant Planters Mr. Peanut tattooed on his bicep, nice guy.
simpson.will
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The $89 SKSs in the '90s were killer deals.
The first place I go to in a gun store is the used gun counter. All of the best deals are there. I recently found JV’s birthday present, a S&W M360J Japanese Police revolver, and the guy just thought it was a regular J-Frame so it was priced like a normal 637/437.
paulammons7
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Some dumb ass on armslist sold me his grandpa’s 16 ga Fox sxs for $300 once. Had a little wear and patina on it, but overall in really good condition.
Man, I love coming across those deals and then I always remember the old joke: “My biggest fear is that my wife will sell my guns for what I told her I paid for them.”
paulammons7
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Haha i dont think he had a clue about what he had. He pulled up in a Subaru wagon wearing Teva sandals. He probably just needed cash for hiking gear.
My brother in Christ, I literally drive a Subaru wagon
deadeyejunior
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2 years ago I scored a
Winchester 94 30-30 made in '72 probably never fired
$300
Winchester 94 30-30 made in '72 probably never fired
$300
If you want to make a 50% return on your investment, hit me up in the DMs
Omega Watch Guy
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I have a few:
Picked up a fixed choke Winchester 101 20 gauge a couple years ago for $500, so that has to be the best one. Great wood, decent bluing, no complaints.
Second would be the Beretta BL-4 20 gauge with fixed chokes for $500 in 2022 and gifted that one to my dad with the understanding that it’s coming back to me one day. Made a heck of a birthday present for the old man.
Another would be my 1951 Win M70 Standard in .30-06. Got that one for $500 as well. Bluing rates probably 5 or 6 out of 10, but I live in a dry climate and keep a thin layer of oil on all the metal parts.
Picked up a fixed choke Winchester 101 20 gauge a couple years ago for $500, so that has to be the best one. Great wood, decent bluing, no complaints.
Second would be the Beretta BL-4 20 gauge with fixed chokes for $500 in 2022 and gifted that one to my dad with the understanding that it’s coming back to me one day. Made a heck of a birthday present for the old man.
Another would be my 1951 Win M70 Standard in .30-06. Got that one for $500 as well. Bluing rates probably 5 or 6 out of 10, but I live in a dry climate and keep a thin layer of oil on all the metal parts.
deadeyejunior
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It will reside in my cabin once its finished, in quintessential fashion hanging above the entry door.
I got a ‘58 Featherweight Model 70 30-06 for a similar price at a gun show about 6 years back. It’s hard to beat a pre 64 at a good price.
Omega Watch Guy
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They’re fine rifles and I’m always on the hunt for a good one at a good price. Most that I’ve seen have been carried a lot and shot very little, which is fine by me.
mharmon756
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Found a mint Marlin 336 in 35 remington from 1967 and paid $300 out the door a couple years ago. The rifle looked like it just sat in a safe for the last 50 years.
Kyle Wright
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Okay, I’m kind of wishing I’d never started this thread. These stories are making me jealous!
badgererickson
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Union Pacific had just furloughed most of our hire crew, came home and of course hit an online classifieds; Delta Elite for $600. Went to meet the guy, and his Dad was there too? Kinda weird; they had just bought out Ed's GunShop from Ed's wife after he passed; it was literally a shop he ran out of a shop attached to his garage in the country. Great guy, didn't know he had passed, father/son had bought the whole inventory. The DE is a perfect SS example, but there in the pile was also a SIG P556 with two bags of about 15 loaded GI magazines, and another 1K rounds of 5.56 to boot. I had never seen a P556 before, how much for the 2+mags and ammo? $1350 She nearly killed me with the DE!
jcupdrew
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When I turned 18, I purchased a Verona/Sarsilmaz semi auto at Dicks sporting goods. The tag said $350, which I was willing to pay. At checkout, they rang me up at $100. I did the honest thing and told them the tag was more. They said, our error, you get it for $100. I used it for a couple season and eventually sold it for $100 to a friend.
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