Had a fun experience the other day. I won a $500 gift card to a local sporting goods store that despite being a "big box" store is a stellar place to buy firearms. Sales folks are generally very knowledgeable and if you catch them in a blind spot every one I have ever worked with was up front about not knowing the answer to the question and went to find the answer. All in all a fine place to shop for a gun. Anyway I digress.
So I had a $500 gift card and had some additional 2018 gun money saved up. With no other immediate "needs" and a gift card that was only good for sporting goods I had roughly $700 to spend on a firearm with no guilt trip from the spouse. Oh the joys of winning stuff.
Here is the best part. I was not expecting the windfall so had nothing on my radar in terms of a want. There are lots of guns I like and lots that I would like to own but when I look at my collection there is nothing that I see as an over all gap that I feel compelled to fill.
I can not express how much fun it was to walk into a store with out a clue as to what I was going to purchase and no expectation of success IE if I don't get X gun I will be disappointed.
So that's the question to you...... If you had $700 to spend in anyway you want what would you get?
I ended up picking up a CZ 75 SP01 which was way off my radar. Certainly did not need another 9MM but price was right and left enough that I was able to get some range ammo and an extra mag. All in all pretty happy with my pick up.
So I had a $500 gift card and had some additional 2018 gun money saved up. With no other immediate "needs" and a gift card that was only good for sporting goods I had roughly $700 to spend on a firearm with no guilt trip from the spouse. Oh the joys of winning stuff.
Here is the best part. I was not expecting the windfall so had nothing on my radar in terms of a want. There are lots of guns I like and lots that I would like to own but when I look at my collection there is nothing that I see as an over all gap that I feel compelled to fill.
I can not express how much fun it was to walk into a store with out a clue as to what I was going to purchase and no expectation of success IE if I don't get X gun I will be disappointed.
So that's the question to you...... If you had $700 to spend in anyway you want what would you get?
I ended up picking up a CZ 75 SP01 which was way off my radar. Certainly did not need another 9MM but price was right and left enough that I was able to get some range ammo and an extra mag. All in all pretty happy with my pick up.