I Have a couple friends who own pawn shops. They set things aside with my name on them.
That's great for you. (seriously) but I think that is a big reason why pawn shops always carry the same crap every time you go in. The good stuff is in the back on the buddy system.
That's how both of those places worked. I used to get a heads up when something good would be available and it could come out for inspection before the pawn was up. That's how I got the switch barrel.
One of them used to sell reloaded ammo he took in. I tried and tried to talk him out of doing that. One day he took in a bunch of 38 special ammo that was reloaded and he decided to run it through his carry piece. No powder and it stuck in the barrel. After that he listened and I just tore some of it down to make sure it was safe whenever he took in more.
