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Past year I bought a near pristine 1954 Win M70 in 220Swift with an old Weaver 10x target scope up top at a local pawn shop for $800.

Two years ago at the same shop I picked up a pristine Ruger Express in 7Mag for $500. The most beautiful piece of wood I have ever owned on that one.

I picked up a post-64 model 70 lightweight .270 with a nikon 4-16x50 Nikon monarch scope on it for $300. Local classifieds. Rifle was beat to hell, but after selling the scope off, I was $50 to the good on a fun restoration project.

After restoring

Maybe not all that impressive but I bought a rem 722 with a cheap scope in 222 for $200 a while back. Always wanted a 222 and this one was in great shape. Havnt even changed the scope out as this thing shoots so well I'm afraid to tamper with it...

Two Marlin 336's from a pawn shop in good condition for $200.00. One of them was in .35 Rem.

A 98 military barreled action in a nice Fajen stock for $25.00.

A brand new Winchester 101 for $600.00.

My brother scored an absolutely pristine Model 600 Remington in .35 Rem. for $125.00. I kid you not-it was the "woman found out her hubby was cheating and sold everything cheap" sale.

Swedish Model 94 Mauser. All original, presentation wood. Serial number 3 !!
Passed on it for 300 bucks in the early 90's. ARRGH!!

Remington 600 in pristine condition for $125.00---chambered for .35 Remington. That's the one I remember most fondly. Of course, I sold it. For a good profit---I was buying/selling at gun shows at the time trying to put Dorothy through nursing school....a long time ago.

Edited to add: I ain't gophergunner's brother in law.

We had an old "Waterbury" mantel clock that didn't work...I traded it even for a pre-64 Model 70 in .22 Hornet.

Not really me, but my dad bought a Winchester model 42 pump 410 for $100.00. He gave it to me. I'm thinking it'll be my sons.

The best was a Rem 700 Bdl, 22-250 w/ a Swarovski 4-14 Pro Hunter for $450. The one I really missed out on was a Krieghoff K-80, that was in a local shop on consignment. I asked the shop owner how much the guy was asking for it and he said "Too much". I didn't inquire further. The guy right behind me asked "How much is too much?". He walked out of there with it for $1000. I was sick, but learned a valuable lesson.

Oh crap, i'm sick for ya Lt.

Gunner

There's too many good deals and "sold way to cheap" deals for me to list,...but a couple that occurred lately come to mind.

I found a pristine Sears Model 100 (Winchester Model 94) on gunbroker that nobody was bidding on and picked it up for $238,...walnut furniture,...like new condition,... I put some Lyman sights on it both front and rear. It's my "good for anything that comes along" rifle. I also bought a very nice Stevens model 620A off of Auction Arms for $175. I chopped the barrel to 18.25", milled out a front sight for it, put in a fresh firing pin and some springs, and made it into my bedside companion,.....and then there's that nice 1948 Ithaca Model 37 12 gauge that I got for $250 at a gun show,..

A 1969 Belgium Browing A5 Magnum 20 that I paid $450 for about 8 years ago.

He'd bought it for his father back in 1970. They took it out and shot it once. He explained they couldn't get it to function properly. Wouldn't eject or feed. From there it sat in a closet for the next 35 years, taken out to only be "oiled" with WD40 from time to time.

What the owner thought was rust was just varnished gunk from the WD40 he had used to oil it over the years.

Cleaned up good with some Hoppes. And the gun looked damn near "out of the box" new.

The reason the gun wouldn't function is because they were shooting 2 3/4 loads with the friction rings set up for magnum loads.

It is a beautiful and sweet shotgun and functions flawlessly.

Kimber LH model 82 with 4x leupold for $225. at a pawn shop.

That's gonna be hard to top.

I got a Marlin 336CB 30-30 new in the box at a gun show several years ago for $400.

Also found a Marlin 336 Texan for $150 out the door at a local pawn shop.

The last deal I got isn't as good as some here but I'm happy.

I bought a brand new in the box 11-87 LC Premier with enhanced engraving, high gloss finish, that was on sale with a rebate for $530.00 net including tax.

It was perfect except for a ding in the stock that looked like it had been whacked by a front shotgun bead. I mentioned it to the guy behind the counter and he said it already on sale and they couldn't drop the price. No biggie. It was exactly what I'd been looking for, it had exceptionally nice wood, it was a discontinued model, and probably my last chance to ever buy a new one.

I had to wait on the background check so I left and came back later that evening to pick it up. In the meantime the salesman talked to his boss about the ding and was authorized to give me a $100.00 gift certificate. WOW !!!

A new shotgun at a very fair price and a $100.00 worth of shells to go along with it !!!

I ended up filling the ding with a dab of clear epoxy, carefully sanded it flush, polished it to match, and it disappeared. You have to know exactly where it was dinged in order to see it and even then it's hard to tell.

None of mine have been great deals but ok. I picked up a Winchester Super x1 field in really good shape for $340. And a like new Beretta 390 20 gauge for 500.

Best deal I missed out on was not buying ever case of .22 ammo in a hundred mile radius last Fall and flipping them a couple months later for a 500-700% profit.


I passed up a Ti 7mm-08 NIB three years ago for a grand, ti '06 for 900 (could have probably bought that for 850) three years ago.

And while I have one, there was another Mtn. Guild 7mm-08 on here three years ago that was all done up that I still kick myself for not buying.

I've had two that stand out. I bought an Ithaca Model 37 .410 from the 1950s and an early Model 36 Smith Chief's Special both of which were like new from a guy that wanted money to go to the riverboat casino, paid him $400 for both. I sold the Ithaca for $600 and kept the Smith.

The other was a NIB blued Colt Python Elite 4" that I bought for $800 and then resold for $2,400 a few years ago.

I traded a LNIB Single Six .22/.22Mag for an 8 3/8" S&W M27, in the presentation box once. The guy wanted the .22 for his wife to plink with.
When I worked in a gunshop, I got another 27 in 5" for about $250, and a Mossberg 500 for $30, which I gave to a friend.