I bought a Sig Sauer P320C 9mm from my LGS two weeks ago for $299.99 before tax. It came with 4 magazines. It was used, but never fired.
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Storytime! Your best LGS deals
Around 2005--2006, LGS calls me and tells me they've got a Smith & Wesson SNUBBY Eight-shot .357 in and do I wanna' come take a look? I ask how much & assistant manager tells me $600--I couldn't get there fast enough...
Turns out it was a pre-Lock "Bloodwork" 627--The one with the 2 & 5/8'' Barrel, IIRC--At the time, total production on both known runs was well under 600 guns, and they were selling for stupid money on GunChoker--I couldn't get the money outta' my wallet fast enough! Ended up trading it to a friend for about double my money--And he thought HE got a "Good Deal"--LOL!
Turns out it was a pre-Lock "Bloodwork" 627--The one with the 2 & 5/8'' Barrel, IIRC--At the time, total production on both known runs was well under 600 guns, and they were selling for stupid money on GunChoker--I couldn't get the money outta' my wallet fast enough! Ended up trading it to a friend for about double my money--And he thought HE got a "Good Deal"--LOL!
Haha this is great. I guess my $850 Model T purchase in 1908 doesn’t count.
March 2019. Candler Road Pawn (RIP - OOB April 2019). Found a Colt model 1911 w/original mag mfg. in 1918. She was, as I said in college, good from far but far from good up close. Talked the owner down to $250 (I’d known him for 20+ years). She had the Army “black” finish. Took it home, cleaned it up. Someone had painted the diamonds black. Worked on the barrel for a week - it went from sewer pipe to just rough and I could make out the lands and grooves. Loaded up some 230 grain lead ball ammo and took her to the range. Not too shabby at the line for a then 101
year old pistol.
A few years ago I was at the gunshow at the Fairgrounds in Lawrenceville. I walked past an old revolver on a table. I got to thinking about it and went back to look at it closer. What he had was a second Gen Colt SAA with the wrong grips and hammer plus it was filthy. I had a couple of old long guns with me and worked a trade. Luckily I had the correct grips and knew where to get the right hammer for it. The gun cleaned up pretty nice. Sold the pistol and cleared a cool $1000.
Nothing CRAZY crazy, but back in 2010 or so my buddy’s dad was the manager at one of the LGSs in Douglasville. I was always in there. I walked in right before Christmas and they had a 36” barreled Harrington Richardson single shot propped up in a Nut Cracker’s arms. I commented on how awesome it would be at a turkey shoot. He told me that was their thought when they got it in but it was a slow mover. They had $150 on it and were about to knock it down to $80. He told me if I wanted it, I could have it for $60 OTD. It won 12 out of 15 turkeys two days later.
Not mine, but my Dad's.
Early '70s, he was driving down a country road and passed a guy carrying a shotgun. He stopped and asked the guy where he's going with a shotgun. The guy replies that he inherited the shotgun and has no use for it. But he knows the owner of the convenience store a few miles down will give him a carton of cigarettes for it, so he's going to trade.
My Dad had a carton of his brand in the trunk, and saved him the walk.
The shotgun is a Browning Sweet 16.
Early '70s, he was driving down a country road and passed a guy carrying a shotgun. He stopped and asked the guy where he's going with a shotgun. The guy replies that he inherited the shotgun and has no use for it. But he knows the owner of the convenience store a few miles down will give him a carton of cigarettes for it, so he's going to trade.
My Dad had a carton of his brand in the trunk, and saved him the walk.
The shotgun is a Browning Sweet 16.
Having worked in gunshops since I was a teenager I've gotten a bunch of deals. The prices paid for used guns today seem even lower now then we were paying for them in the 1980's. One that sticks out the most was about 10 years ago. I was in a local pawn shop when a young guy comes in with a pistol wrapped in a T shirt. He put's it on the counter and unwraps it. The shop owner takes one look at says "the gun is missing some parts, he's not interested." He ask me if I'm interested and if so take it outside. In the parking lot I look at it and find it's first gen Colt Single action Frontier Six Shooter in 44-40 in a Bisley configuration. I ask the guy what he wants for it. $150 I pull out $150 and get the guys ID info. The gun needed some parts but it was the only one I've ever seen with a 7.5" barrel to this day. I sold it on GB a year later to pay some bills.
Not LGS, but private deal.
Almost new Colt Diamondback .38 in nickel finish for $300.
