Of course anyone can find deals on a No. 1, or any other type of gun for that matter. . . if you're patient, and cover a lot of territory (or have lots of good contacts).
Those cases are the exception, rather than the rule, so I maintain that most of us have to deal with the reality of currnet "market" prices, and feel lucky when we chance upon a great deal before some other No. 1 loony finds it.