What were your best buy's?

I almost bought a beautiful 12 ga. riot gun with extended mag and rifle sights from an "old friend" for $75 until I turned it over and stamped in the rcvr was Property of Houston Police Dept. Gave it back to him (after wiping off my prints) and asked him to leave.

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"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats." H.L. Mencken
 
Deffinately the Ruger P-95. I knew I was getting a good deal, so I KEPT it.

Ben

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Best hand gun trades were (1) traded a S&W 19 for a commercial Colt 1911 made in 1918 and a Mk 1 ruger .22 (2)traded a Llama .38 Super and $100 for a Series 70 Colt GM in 98% plus condition (3) purchased Colt SAA in.44 Spcl in excellent condition for $450. regards, birdman
 
A Glock 17 with a hi-cap for $475, with a Hogue Handall grip. Both were in absolutely pristine condition and the 17 is my new carry gun.

A Glock 20 with night sites and three hi-cap mags. The 20 had some slide wear but outside of that was practically new in box, as were the mags (no marks or wear at all). Price? $525.

I picked these two up within 10 minutes of each other at a gunshow two weekends ago.
 
Best buy I ever made was two M16s about three or four years ago for $3500.00 each. I have turned down offers recently for $7000.00 each.
 
I make good buys 'cause I am so cheap!
A few years ago, before the P-32 came out,I bought a Sundance Point Blank Derringer. It was in the case for 85 bucks, but I gave the dealer the " wife says I can just spend xx dollars". He reduced the price by 10.00. I thought that was cool.
I think the KelTec pistols were a good buy, and....... heck, all mine were good buys, I wait till they go on sale or a local dealer has an overstock.

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"Any world that I'm welcome to.....Is better than the one I come from"
 
A NIB SS Mitchell, an almost NIB Polished SS Gold Cup Series 80 and an 8" Python. I have a total of $1300 in all three. :) I have been told the Mitchell is worth $1300.
 
No doubt about it, the best buy I ever made on a firearm was my Russian Makarov. I paid, IIRC, $130 for it brand new.
DAL

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Hmmm... My best buys would be a NIB HK P7M8 for $800 out the door and a LNIB HK SP89 for aoubt $2,500 that I just sold this past December for a shade over $5,000...
 
Maybe $450 for an 8" nickeled Python NIB chambered in 38 spl only over a decade ago.

Or maybe one 95% 1955 Browning 380 and one LNIB unfired for 400 the both of them last month.
 
CZ75B black finish with two 15 round hi-caps for $350. That's not a great deal on a CZ, most won't cost much more than that.

What you can't buy is a better gun for the money. You get the CZ for that (with the hi-caps) and you've got a gun that will perform at least as good as guns that cost twice as much.

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Take the long way home...
 
A NIB kel-tec p-11 hard chromed for $195.
$208 out the door with tax. I have never had a jam, but I can't seem to hit anything I aim at with it.
 
BHP used. Non matching frame, barrel, slide. Three factory full caps. Throw-away leather for pistol and mags. Coating that looks like clear nail polish where it isn't chipped off. - $250. Why is that a deal? It shoots better than my BHP with the trigger job and other bells and whistles.

Sig P225 NIB k-kote&night sights - $459

P7M8 refurb w/tools, box, manual, & mags - $625

P7 PSP NIB - $950 (I know it sounds like a lot of money, try finding a better price)


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Best,
- Jawper
 
Mauser HSc, 7.65mm, with original holster, still in the German equivalent of Cosmoline. A WWII vet had "liberated" what turned out to be an early wartime version from a German police station or arsenal. I gave him what he wanted - $35.

Also traded a Ruger Super Single Six even for a pristine S&W M27 (5" barrel, pinned, counterbored, TT, TH, wood case) to a guy who thought the .357 "kicked 'way too much." Gee, I guess I forgot to tell him he could shoot .38's! :D

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A really nice (like new) Star Firestar Plus at a local pawnshop for $129. Surprisingly accurate. I've used in in IDPA matches with good results.

At the same pawnshop a few weeks before, I passed on a very nice Colt Slide/Essex Framed 1911 -- with all the whistles and bells: ambi controls, extended beavertail, adjustable sights, adjustable trigger, nice grips, and a fresh parkerized finish. Trigger seemed good. $325. I already had a nice 1911 and was looking for a CZ-75 (which I got later that day at a gun show.)

Went back, a couple of days later, to look at it again -- and probably would have bought it, but it was gone. (Someone else was more decisive; my loss was their gain.)
 
Best rifle purchase: NIB post-ban Bushmaster 20" rifle, Davidson's Lifetime Replacement Warranty, $655.

Best shotgun purchase: NIB Benelli M1 Super 90 Tactical, 18.5" barrel, factory ghost rings, three choke tubes, factory seven round magazine extension, $689.

Best handgun purchase: police trade-in Glock 23 with night sights and two new factory pre-ban magazines, $450.

Justin

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Justin T. Huang, Esq.
late of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
 
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