I'm almost ashamed of myself. My neighbor from just down the road from me "whom I met the same day"...noticed that I did alot of shooting on my backyard range. He stopped by, introduced himself, and asked if I was interested in buying or trading any guns? I told him I might be, and asked him what he had in mind?
He mentioned he had alittle bit of everything, and needed a little cash to help him with child support and attorney fees. He was going through a divorce, and said he was really wanting to do some trading. Mentioning that most of the guns he had were in the family for years, and most of them had some sentimental value.
I brought out a couple of guns that I would be interested in trading for something else....a Mossberg .22 tactical style rifle with 3, 25rd. mags; and a Hi Point .380 with 4 mags. He asked me what I was looking for, or what I would be interested in from his extensive list of firearms? I told him I'd like to see his Winchester .30-30 lever gun, and a Ruger super single six convertible .22lr/mag.
He loved the little Mossberg. It is fun to shoot, but I was looking for a lever gun I could hunt coyote here in Ohio, and take down to N.C to my son-in-laws for deer, bear, or boar hunting. I traded the Mossberg for the Winchester + $50!
Then he wanted to trade me a Marshwood double-barrel 16ga. for the Hi-Point. I told him I really wasn't interested in the Marshwood, "valued at about $125-150", but I would trade him for the Ruger super single six. I offered an extra box of .380 shells, a hip holster, and a soft pistol case. He did the trade!
I checked the serial numbers of both the Winchester, and the Ruger. The Winchester was made in 1967, and it was beautiful! Not a scratch on the steel, and only a couple of small dings on the wood. Nothing that couldn't be fixed. The Ruger super single six convertible was even better. Perfect in fact! Had "never" been fired, and in it's original box! To make it even better, as if it needed to be....I found out it was the old style 3-screw model! Gun Broker has one for sale. The same model, manufactured in the same year, (1966) listed at $500, with a buy it now price of $600! I can't believe it? I know neither of them are stolen firearms because a buddy of mine went to school with this guy's father. He said they've always been gun collectors. And wouldn't mess around with stolen guns. So can you tell I'm excited as a virgin on prom night?
So how'd I do? lol
He mentioned he had alittle bit of everything, and needed a little cash to help him with child support and attorney fees. He was going through a divorce, and said he was really wanting to do some trading. Mentioning that most of the guns he had were in the family for years, and most of them had some sentimental value.
I brought out a couple of guns that I would be interested in trading for something else....a Mossberg .22 tactical style rifle with 3, 25rd. mags; and a Hi Point .380 with 4 mags. He asked me what I was looking for, or what I would be interested in from his extensive list of firearms? I told him I'd like to see his Winchester .30-30 lever gun, and a Ruger super single six convertible .22lr/mag.
He loved the little Mossberg. It is fun to shoot, but I was looking for a lever gun I could hunt coyote here in Ohio, and take down to N.C to my son-in-laws for deer, bear, or boar hunting. I traded the Mossberg for the Winchester + $50!
Then he wanted to trade me a Marshwood double-barrel 16ga. for the Hi-Point. I told him I really wasn't interested in the Marshwood, "valued at about $125-150", but I would trade him for the Ruger super single six. I offered an extra box of .380 shells, a hip holster, and a soft pistol case. He did the trade!
I checked the serial numbers of both the Winchester, and the Ruger. The Winchester was made in 1967, and it was beautiful! Not a scratch on the steel, and only a couple of small dings on the wood. Nothing that couldn't be fixed. The Ruger super single six convertible was even better. Perfect in fact! Had "never" been fired, and in it's original box! To make it even better, as if it needed to be....I found out it was the old style 3-screw model! Gun Broker has one for sale. The same model, manufactured in the same year, (1966) listed at $500, with a buy it now price of $600! I can't believe it? I know neither of them are stolen firearms because a buddy of mine went to school with this guy's father. He said they've always been gun collectors. And wouldn't mess around with stolen guns. So can you tell I'm excited as a virgin on prom night?
So how'd I do? lol
