Gun Market Getting Crazy!

[mmissile]

I do think it's interesting that a lot of the guns that I am seeing for sale, aside from the Czech crap, is DAO police trade ins. These were supposed to be the end all for police, and now it looks like every department is dumping them and going back to traditional DA/SA pistols.

I'm seeing police trade-in DAO Sigs selling for $229!

HK's with the light-LEM, are the **** for a DA pistol. Standard DA...no.

 

[Seventy]

Mighty nice of you to take such good care of the trusting old widow.

I explained to her and him that the guns were worth more, she didn't care, she said she had 2 offers 1 was less than what she told me and the other was identical, she said she didn't want anyone else in her home, and she was nervous about having them there. BELIEVE ME, there was NO ONE HURTING FOR MONEY at that house, lol. Her husbands family had something strong to do with Dupont plastics a long time ago, and her nephew told me they have been getting a couple hundred thousand a year since the 80's from the company, plus they were worth millions in the 80's, she was no blank old women, she had her marbles, she was driving a $90K benz and has a full time employee that hangs out with her, drives, and cooks for her...

NOT sure what type of people you think would own a $50K gun collection and live in this area, not rare to pull up to an 8000 sq foot house with a pair of 75 year olds in it that havent worked since they were 50, lol.. Different kind of money up here. I am the first one that would have a problem with "ripping" off an old widow, the women knew what they were worth, and I was there and able to fulfill what she wanted done.

I even told her I was going to sell 75% of them, her exact words were "I hope you do well with them, make sure not to scratch any of the wood work on your way out" lol, I dont know if she meant the houses wood or the guns...

Everyone was happy though, I take my gun collecting as a hobby that no matter what is going to cost me a lot of money because I shoot way over $5K a year in ammo, and I reload, lol. BUT just like with the cars, when I can buy an estate or lot for short money and turn a profit I turn into more things I want, then I do, now am I out three looking in old ladies drawers for pistols their husbands may have left behind, NO, a lot of people know I am the type to come with cash right then, and they don't have to worry about me coming back in the middle of the night with a mask on, so I get a lot of leads and tips.


So you want a good story, listen to this...
Actually just got a really good lead on a house 3000 sq feet, 20 acres of land, built in 2005, the mother just passed son wants cash fast, house is worth $480K I called and asked what he wanted to do, he said, how fast can I come up with $250K. SO, I said, lets meet and talk, he told me he would meet me at the house, I went there and told him to bring all the ppw he had. I called my assistant, I had her start the background and title search, I called the town hall and the probate judge, everything checked out good. I met with him he explained he was an only child everything is his, there are no bills, his mother never gave him anything his entire life he struggled, and now they just left him 3 other properties in Florida, he is not spending another minute more than he has to in new england especially in the winter!!! PROBLEM WAS, the cash she left is enough to pay off the lenders that did exist plus a small bit, which had to be done because he didnt have the credit to move any loans to his name!!!

I already knew all of this from the probate judge who is a friend of mine. I told him, "look, I will give you $200K cash, but $50K right now, and I need a solid 2 weeks to close on something like this, because of probate"... HE stuck out both hands in a gesture I never seen, one to shake mine and the other open for the money, lol...

Thats why I havent really posted on here today, I was dealing with that, but we actually look to close on Monday the 26th!!! HERE IS THE BEST PART, not only did I buy the house for almost $300K under what I can sell it for by the end of the year, IT COMES FULL OF GORGEOUS FURNITURE, he wants nothing, he wouldn't even walk in to see what is there, I have a security guard parked their right now, making sure no one enters (she had some shoddy employees that felt they were owed money and he was worried about coming in to rob the house, I left a note with the security company to give anyone that comes by, saying to contact me if they were owed anything, I will just take care of that stuff, this kid is way too petty, lol)...

I walked around the house and it is pristine, just perfect, I am meeting a company I donate all kinds of furniture and clothing to tomorrow and I have to setup payment for Monday of the balance (just moving that money into an account I can draw a check out of, can't do it online any more, thanks fcc, lol).. I miss this stuff, although I used to tell my wife "I bought a house today" and she would be like "wow, where, that was fast" and now I tell her we are closing on a property with a 65% profit potential and she says "great, can you check the cabinet for stewed tomatoes, I want to make baked mac and cheese tonight", the **** is that?.... I want to go have a steak and whiskey, I closed a deal today that didnt exist yesterday, dammit...

ANYWAY- Hey Bru, is that a low number p38? 44' would have bakalite grips I believe, I know a gentleman looking for a low number specimen, I am not sure how low but I would think under 4000? I have few of them, I more like the ppk's from that era and have a drawer full of nazi marked walthers...

That was a deal on the italian guy in .40, I am noticing 357 sig, 40, 45acp's are much better property that the rest of the bunch as of late...

As far sw revolvers, they are my absolute favorite, I know people talk about the snakes, BUT to me saw was always on top, I had a cracked grip on a 22mag ( the lite frame that holds 8, awesome little spinner), sent them a picture of it and they sent me a new set of grips, no questions asked, lifetime warranty is for real with them... I had a worn out revolver 357, just base cop gun, was missing the center every few shots, so I sent it in, they called me and said "shes pretty well worn, we can get her running but for another $99 we can do a trigger job, rebarrel, new grips, recoat, and you will get her back NEW, I was like **** yah, how much for an unmilled stainless cylinder (I like how they look smooth), he just laughed, I got my gun back with a smooth silver cylinder!!!! Now that is service...

One of my favorite guns to shoot is a sw revolver, everytime I go to the range to shoot target pistol, I bring these 2 guys, the 1911 is a custom built les baer (older one, actually built by the man himself), I shoot lead wad cutters with that guy, its about the most accurate pistol you will ever shoot, I have a sig p210 that is also super accurate, but I enjoy shooting this more. The revolver is just a simple sw 357 8 shot, comes looking just like that off the shelf as a pc gun, I sent it back for a tiny bit of work, and the gun outcshoots other revolvers I have that were custom built by legends!!!! I shoot lead out of both these guns, and they NEVER have issues, ever...

 

[Bruzilla]

Handguns like that crack me up. They are so representative of the obsession so many people have today with matching an aim point with a hit. Never used to be like that in the good old days when the obsession was with shooting. Back then, a good shooter could pick up any gun, put a couple rounds through it to see where it was hitting, then adjust their aim point to compensate and just tear the hell out of the X. Now folks want compensators, lazers, projected aim points, hand-fitted components, and all the other gizmos that take the place of knowing how to shoot. If their hit location isn't identical to their aim point, there's something wrong with the gun.

Glad I learned how to shoot from shooters and not aimers.

 

[mmissile]

A really good shooter, can and does shoot anything...well.

 

[Seventy]

Handguns like that crack me up. They are so representative of the obsession so many people have today with matching an aim point with a hit. Never used to be like that in the good old days when the obsession was with shooting. Back then, a good shooter could pick up any gun, put a couple rounds through it to see where it was hitting, then adjust their aim point to compensate and just tear the hell out of the X. Now folks want compensators, lazers, projected aim points, hand-fitted components, and all the other gizmos that take the place of knowing how to shoot. If their hit location isn't identical to their aim point, there's something wrong with the gun.

Glad I learned how to shoot from shooters and not aimers.

I can shoot anything, not saying I am a great shooter but I do well, have my share of marks in the cases at a few clubs, BUT I am not sure what you guys are talking about with the shooters aimers thing, lol. Today I am going to a SWAT course in RI, gonna run through with my ar and my sig see how I score, I havent done it in 3 years, CT can no longer do it since we dont allow ar15's, but ri is right down the road. NOW, when I am punching paper, I like to shoot wad cutters, they make perfect circles that are easy to read (no tearing shaggy holes), they are cheaper, and I can load them exactly how I want them. THATS what them 2 guns are in the picture, the barrel treatment on the sw is factory, that comes like that out of the box)...

I like to see a gun tuned to the shooter, sure I can pick up anything and if the sights are on and the ammo is consistent I only need 1 shot and the next one will be touching it. The guys that "crack me up" (not exactly sure what that means), are the ones who strap their guns in a sled and shoot, lol. That kills me, but I have no issue with customizing a gun, and if you dont think it makes a difference, go ahead and buy a stock colt gold cup, pop 10 papers and then send the gun out for a bit of work and try again, it will look like 2 different shooters were shooting 2 different guns... Trigger jobs, hand fitting, and tuning to a specific round recipe will make such a difference you wont want to put t down. BUT a lot of guys dont do it, because a gold cup is $1100 and then who is going to do $900 of work to it and $180 of parts? BUT well worth it if you are shooting for competition or pretty paper... If you are shooting to make noise or just be sufficient with your muscle memory and aim, then sure, go get anything reliable that you can afford and put it in your dresser drawer...

But I run as many as 30K rounds a year down range, so call me an 'aimer" or "shooter" or whatever else you want, Ill bet most guys on here haven't shot 30K in their life!!! I know guys that have been club members for 30 years and havent shot 30K rounds, even 1000 rounds a year is 20 rounds every single week. Today I am leaving here at 11 going to the club, shooting the sig and ar for a bit, maybe 90 rounds through the ar and 50 through the 357 sig, then I will go to the field a couple dozen times times and probably shoot another 150, plus I went to my local club twice this week, burnt up around 800 rounds of 45acp (probably a bit more than that, that is conservative count), so about 1000 rounds just this week!!!!

It goes fast and EVERY time I get better, so again, call me what you want, you name the competition and I will set it up for ya, come on up, in fact Ill let you try to outshoot my 16 year old first, lol (he has won a lot in the last year, not someone you want to compare paper to, he is USAS J2!), then you can let my wife out shoot you (she has shot next to Jessie Abbate and did WELL, she is phenomenal with a bow), you even come close to besting one of them and Ill consider letting you see me make some noise ;) ....

I am sure bru did tons of shooting with all that time in ital fighting off the mafia, lol...

 

[72 CHARGERmb]

If you have your CWP they hand the gun over to you right then and there Zilla.

Same here in Iowa if you have CWP you can look buy and walk out store same day.

 

[Bruzilla]

I can shoot anything, not saying I am a great shooter but I do well, have my share of marks in the cases at a few clubs, BUT I am not sure what you guys are talking about with the shooters aimers thing, lol. Today I am going to a SWAT course in RI, gonna run through with my ar and my sig see how I score, I havent done it in 3 years, CT can no longer do it since we dont allow ar15's, but ri is right down the road. NOW, when I am punching paper, I like to shoot wad cutters, they make perfect circles that are easy to read (no tearing shaggy holes), they are cheaper, and I can load them exactly how I want them. THATS what them 2 guns are in the picture, the barrel treatment on the sw is factory, that comes like that out of the box)...

I like to see a gun tuned to the shooter, sure I can pick up anything and if the sights are on and the ammo is consistent I only need 1 shot and the next one will be touching it. The guys that "crack me up" (not exactly sure what that means), are the ones who strap their guns in a sled and shoot, lol. That kills me, but I have no issue with customizing a gun, and if you dont think it makes a difference, go ahead and buy a stock colt gold cup, pop 10 papers and then send the gun out for a bit of work and try again, it will look like 2 different shooters were shooting 2 different guns... Trigger jobs, hand fitting, and tuning to a specific round recipe will make such a difference you wont want to put t down. BUT a lot of guys dont do it, because a gold cup is $1100 and then who is going to do $900 of work to it and $180 of parts? BUT well worth it if you are shooting for competition or pretty paper... If you are shooting to make noise or just be sufficient with your muscle memory and aim, then sure, go get anything reliable that you can afford and put it in your dresser drawer...

But I run as many as 30K rounds a year down range, so call me an 'aimer" or "shooter" or whatever else you want, Ill bet most guys on here haven't shot 30K in their life!!! I know guys that have been club members for 30 years and havent shot 30K rounds, even 1000 rounds a year is 20 rounds every single week. Today I am leaving here at 11 going to the club, shooting the sig and ar for a bit, maybe 90 rounds through the ar and 50 through the 357 sig, then I will go to the field a couple dozen times times and probably shoot another 150, plus I went to my local club twice this week, burnt up around 800 rounds of 45acp (probably a bit more than that, that is conservative count), so about 1000 rounds just this week!!!!

It goes fast and EVERY time I get better, so again, call me what you want, you name the competition and I will set it up for ya, come on up, in fact Ill let you try to outshoot my 16 year old first, lol (he has won a lot in the last year, not someone you want to compare paper to, he is USAS J2!), then you can let my wife out shoot you (she has shot next to Jessie Abbate and did WELL, she is phenomenal with a bow), you even come close to besting one of them and Ill consider letting you see me make some noise ;) ....

I am sure bru did tons of shooting with all that time in ital fighting off the mafia, lol...

I shot three perfect 300 qualifications for my Navy Pistol Marksmanship medal. Two with S&W Model 10s and one with a M1911A1. All of these were armory POSs that had been shot a gazillion times, were poorly maintained, and I swear one of the Model 10s had a bent barrel. I don't need a fancy Gold Cup, or a tuned Gold Cup to do what you allege you can do.

Why do I hear this song in my head every time I read one of your posts...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTjtJ9Psgn0

 

[Seventy]

I shot three perfect 300 qualifications for my Navy Pistol Marksmanship medal. Two with S&W Model 10s and one with a M1911A1. All of these were armory POSs that had been shot a gazillion times, were poorly maintained, and I swear one of the Model 10s had a bent barrel. I don't need a fancy Gold Cup, or a tuned Gold Cup to do what you allege you can do.

How long ago was that? and when was the last time you did it? Sure like I said I can shoot anything, anyone who can shoot can, that doesnt impress me, and short of the seal trianing, navy shooting tests are kind of funny, I did them, is that the 3, 7, 15 test, 2 rounds, reload 6, 12 rounds total, strong hand first, then 24 rounds on your last far target? I did that prefectly, I can do that half asleep, lol. Military tests are made to be passed, you know that right? They are made to sound impossible but be very possible in fact, I know plenty of military guys that watch us shoot in awe!!!!, I am talking about standing next to some of the best guys in the country (A lot of them law and military, granted) and shooting in a competition, you are far better than me obviously, lol because you can shoot a gun with a bent barrel better than me, lol. I seen a gun with a bent barrel get fired, you are full of ****, and I no longer believe much of what you say, you must be really close to mar par and his millions, lol...

Good luck with that, sorry now I am in a bad mood, I missed my shooting day because they are locking down and evacuating schools around here...

PS, its funny I think of you when I hear that song, I mean come on, you shoot perfect score cards with bent barrels, lol, get over yourself, you sound like a clown, if you feel that strongly, I will be in florida in march I believe, we can make a date out of going to the range, Ill bring my father in laws lowly beretta 92g and we can throw a few bucks on it just for fun...


PS kids are safe, but they are releaseing everyone early, a good friend of mine is a trooper and his son is now at my house, so he called me and said everyone is safe and no issues but something that looks like a credible threat is being dealt with...

 

[Bruzilla]

How long ago was that? and when was the last time you did it? Sure like I said I can shoot anything, anyone who can shoot can, that doesnt impress me, and short of the seal trianing, navy shooting tests are kind of funny, I did them, is that the 3, 7, 15 test, 2 rounds, reload 6, 12 rounds total, strong hand first, then 24 rounds on your last far target? I did that prefectly, I can do that half asleep, lol. Military tests are made to be passed, you know that right? They are made to sound impossible but be very possible in fact, I know plenty of military guys that watch us shoot in awe!!!!, I am talking about standing next to some of the best guys in the country (A lot of them law and military, granted) and shooting in a competition, you are far better than me obviously, lol because you can shoot a gun with a bent barrel better than me, lol. I seen a gun with a bent barrel get fired, you are full of ****, and I no longer believe much of what you say, you must be really close to mar par and his millions, lol...

Good luck with that, sorry now I am in a bad mood, I missed my shooting day because they are locking down and evacuating schools around here...

PS, its funny I think of you when I hear that song, I mean come on, you shoot perfect score cards with bent barrels, lol, get over yourself, you sound like a clown, if you feel that strongly, I will be in florida in march I believe, we can make a date out of going to the range, Ill bring my father in laws lowly beretta 92g and we can throw a few bucks on it just for fun...


PS kids are safe, but they are releaseing everyone early, a good friend of mine is a trooper and his son is now at my house, so he called me and said everyone is safe and no issues but something that looks like a credible threat is being dealt with...

Whatever you say Major.

 

[Seventy]

Whatever you say Major.

What ever you say "bull shitter", go back to italy with your crooked barrel, I am convinced you don't read what you type, because you would see what a douche you sound like, lol...

I notice no response to my offer, Ill meet up with you in march and we can go shooting, see that 300 point paper puncher in action, lol (actually going to be down around xmas too, but normally not much spare time)... scratch hearing that song, I smell something when you talk, similar to when mar par was telling us how wealthy he was, lol...

 

[MarPar]

Whatever you say Major Douchebag.

Fixed it for ya, Bru...

 

[Seventy]

Fixed it for ya, Bru...

WOW no wonder you are only a few years older than me and doing "MUCH BETTER FINANCIALLY", (to quote you) , because you are so WITTY, I don't know what to do with myself, WOW did you just correct him by writing "douchebag" funny funny funny... LOL, you guys are something else, Ill bet when you guys get together its all blow jobs and reach arounds, mix in bit of arguing on who is going to play trump and who is going to pay his daughter, lol...

Go take a nap and dream you were what you think you are... but when you wake up do your best not to kill yourself when reality sets in.. clowns..

 

[Bruzilla]

He's not a Major Douchebag! He's Major McBrag! He's the house flipping, making gun deals, shooting 30k rounds a year, international travelling, real estate mogul who somehow still finds time to post on here all day.

 

[MarPar]

WOW no wonder you are only a few years older than me and doing "MUCH BETTER FINANCIALLY", (to quote you) , because you are so WITTY, I don't know what to do with myself, WOW did you just correct him by writing "douchebag" funny funny funny... LOL, you guys are something else, Ill bet when you guys get together its all blow jobs and reach arounds, mix in bit of arguing on who is going to play trump and who is going to pay his daughter, lol...

Go take a nap and dream you were what you think you are... but when you wake up do your best not to kill yourself when reality sets in.. clowns..

:blahblah:

 

[Seventy]

He's not a Major Douchebag! He's Major McBrag! He's the house flipping, making gun deals, shooting 30k rounds a year, international travelling, real estate mogul who somehow still finds time to post on here all day.

Hey bud, I have no problem proving what I say, do you need more pics? you know how I like sharing ;) , Lets see some pics of the mafia in italy you dealt with oh so many times... What do you want to see a picture of this time? Don't insinuate I am being untruthful, I have no issues backing up anything I say, I am not the liar, shooting bent barrelled pistols and spending years in italy.... Or a millionaire living in a $80K neighborhood, you guys are only kidding yourselves and each other NOT me, lol...

So go ahead, if it makes you feel better to think I am telling untruths, then knock yourself out, I still smile..

I am on a few forums all day in and out, maybe my posts are so memorable, you think I am on here constantly, but I have a laptop with internet everywhere in my truck, want a picture???? I am sitting at my sons foot ball practice right now, watching him from the comfort of my loaded 2015 -1794, want a picture of that too????? Lets start another bragging thread since it obviously bothers the **** out of you guys, my wife bought an $1100 pair of shoes today for a wedding we are going to next week, want a pic of them, lol... Does you wife own an $1100 car... She picked up my $1900 micheal kors suit that I ordered specifically for that wedding, you want a picture of that too.. Ill take them, not an issue...

 

[ECS]

....that doesnt impress me......

Here's a bit of sound advice young man. Stop the oneupmanship! The more you claim something "doesn't impress you" and the more you continue to write chapter upon chapter trying to prove it doesn't "impress you", the more you expose the fact that it really DOES "impress you".

"Thou doth protest too much!"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_lady_doth_protest_too_much,_methinks

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......my wife bought an $1100 pair of shoes today for a wedding we are going to next week, want a pic of them, lol... Does you wife own an $1100 car... She picked up my $1900 micheal kors suit that I ordered specifically for that wedding, you want a picture of that too.. Ill take them, not an issue...

I'm surprised a person of your self proclaimed stature would settle for such cheap items!

 

[cr8crshr]

Bru and Seventy

These two Clowns are something else!!!! Too much "Machismo" BS from you two trying to see who has the bigger "Swantz". Gheezz!! Some really silly **** happen
here....INMHFO...cr8crshr/Tuck:kermit::kermit::kermit::kermit::kermit:

 

[Someotherguy]

Well, to join in on this without adding to the idiocy...

Plenty of guns here in my area of TN, but that doesn't really mean anything around here, you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a gun store in my neck of the woods lol

As a matter of fact, my next door neighbor is a FFL..So i can literally walk to the gun store in under 1 minute

 

[Bb70charger500]

Cases are full in my area of fl.
Ammo is everywhere too. Not like a year ago you couldn't get ammo anywhere. If a deal comes around I'll buy it but I'm noticing prices have increased since all the news about guns but guns still arnt selling fast

 

[PP1RT]

Geez. I looked at handguns a while back and couldn't afford one. Found a dollar in the parking lot the other day and was feeling pretty good about myself til i read about all the rich people... Oh well, finished with my first job and on to my second one....maybe some day...