My big score:

In 1997 I walked into a small gun shop that was a mobile home. It was operated by a man and woman not on speaking terms.

I peered into the display case and saw a like new in box S&W 29-4 for $200.

Without asking to touch it, I said, "I'll take it!" and started pulling out money.

Once form 4473 was being filled out, I asked, "Why is it so cheap?"

They said the consignment seller was just there and wanted the price lowered, as he wanted it to sell soon.

I asked why the gun store did not buy it.
They said they did not have that much cash.


There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps