whats the best deal youve ever got?

Well a cousin gave me 3 1911s. A 1928 commercial, a Rem Rand, and a USN stamped one- none are perfect but they function perfectly.
 
Brando1992: One of the best Gun Deals that ever came my way. Was in Aug of 1963. My Wife and I had been married and money was tight even tho we were both working 2 to 3 jobs, just trying to get started. And I just could not afford the 222, I wanted so badly, and I need a Varmint Rifle. I walked in to a LGS in Wichita Ks and there in the used rifle rack behind the counter, was a used but like new Model 43 Win in 218 Bee. The Rifle had a Weaver K-6 or K-8 on it and a real nice leather sling. The gun looked brand new to me, and She was calling to me to take Her home with me. Then I looked at the price tag and it said $40.00 with 2 boxes of ammo. I asked if the price was right, and the they said it was and I had $50.00 on me. So I paid them $40.00 and walked out as fast as I could, found out later the gun was missed marked. This Little Rifle has been one of my personnel treasures ever since. I still have it and I still shoot it quite often. That Little Rifle is still one of my most favorite Varmint, even tho I have several very nice Varmint Rifles now.
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My best gun deal was when I stumbled into my favorite LGS and saw a 3" S&W Model 65 priced at $465 about two years ago. Love that beauty.

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My blued Ruger Single Six with both .22lr/22wmr cylinders in like new condition for $125.

I should note this was back in '93 at a pawn shop just outside of Camp Lejuene, NC.
 
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A High Standard Victor with a Leupold scope on it for $400.
An Underwood M1 Carbine for $200, apparently all original from 1942. (barrel marked so and a serial number close to the beginning of Underwood's series)
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I get to post this one because I'm old.

At age 16, a brand new High Standard Citation for $79.00.
Perfectly legal over the counter at local furniture store, no paper work required.
That was almost two weeks wages, so I'm not sure it qualified as a bargain.
I still think it was. It might be the best handgun I've ever fired.
Certainly the most accurate.
I can't think of any handgun for which I would pay two weeks wages today.
 
I don't think I've ever gotten a "best deal". Other than two guns I paid MSRP for, the rest have been discounted or on sale for a small to large discount. How do I determine if it was a good deal or not when I traded a Hi-Point for a Taurus? We still don't know which one of us got cheated.
 
Pre-oned but never fired NIB Ed Brown Special Forces for $1,000. At the time, I had too many family responsibilities to be playing in the gun market for my own fun but I knew that this was one that had to be done. So I bought it and I kept it for 6 months and I never did shoot it.

I sold it for $1,900 and I put the $1,000 investment back. With the profit... I bought my Tanfoglio Elite Match 9mm, a new Marlin Model 60 (semi-auto .22 rifle) and a 10" .44 Mag barrel for my Contender.

The Marlin go a lot of use but I hardly goof with it any more. The Contender barrel was HORRENDOUS for recoil so I tried a handful of times before burying it on a back shelf (then finally sold it a year ago) and my Elite Match is undoubtedly one of my absolute all-time favorite handguns EVER, no doubt. Totally love that pistol.

Guy who sold me the Ed Brown was a long time gun guy that just decided to move out all the stuff he wasn't using and had no plans to use. He bought the Brown new and was carrying a Wilson at the time and just never got around to shooting the Brown. Still had the price tag and receipt from it -- $2,160 before tax.
 
A near perfect condition stainless Redhawk in .44 mag for three bills. I think it has an 8 or 8.5" barrel, didn't really need or want it but the co-worker selling it needed the cash. Came with a holster and 2 boxes of ammo.
 
9 inch barreled super red hawk with no visible turn line for $460 at field & stream never in a million years thought I would find a deal like that in field & stream.
 
Had a uncle call me a few years ago,said he had a old rifle which was handed down to from his grandpa, said nobody in his immediate family wanted it, I said sure without knowing what it was. When i picked it up it was a model 1873 winchester, ordered with a set trigger and a 30 inch barrel,got the winchester letter on it it was ordered that way in 1885. terry
 
Other than some great freebies, which are the ultimate deal, mine are in order, Colt Delta Elite, NIB, $425, Colt Mark IV Stainless, NIB, $459, Springfield Armory SAR-48HB, $645.

All from different dealers at Bill Goodman's Gun & Knife shows.
 
Not a gun, but related. Friend of mine told me about an older gentleman that he knew was selling a press and some other reloading items. So we went to the man's house to check out what he had for sale.
Single stage RCBS press, about 20 die sets, RCBS powder scale, outdated (1967) Lyman reloading manual, 25+ shell holders, powder measure etc.
Price was $100. I offered more after seeing what he had, but he would not accept it. Said he wanted someone to own the stuff and use it. On the way out he gave me 100 new 22-250 cases and a pound of IMR 4166.
The press is old but works for me.
I'd say I got a great deal.
 
About 2 years ago a friend of mine was in a jam. He needed 2 grand in a bad way and offered me a gun as collateral. His prized possession, a LWRC REPR with a Leupold VX6 scope a few accessories and 200 rds of Laupa ammo. This set up is well north of 5k. Needless to say a few months later he told me firearms were a no no for him. I never asked why and thankfully were still friends.
 
It wasn't me but a friend of mine. In 1976 I picked up a M1 garand for $ 100. Great rifle shot very accurate. 5 years later I sold it to him for what I paid for it $ 100. Wish I never sold it.
 
Being 63 years of age and being the last male in my immediate family with kids, as well as the last shooter/hunter, my best deals are bittersweet. They are either inherited guns, or guns sold to me in the twilight years of my relatives wanting to keep cherished possessions in the family, not wanting to give the firearms away, but also wanting to have a price low enough to interest me.

Some of these are:

pre-64 Model 70 ($0)
Fox Steringworth double 20 ($125)
Fox double 12 ($100)
Remington 513T ($75)
several other .22 rimfire ($0)
Remington 870 12 ga. pump ($0)

As I said, this is just a few, and all guns were very well kept.
 
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