Cheapest fully functioning gun I ever bought was a $35 dollar sporterized Japanese 7.7mm Type99. (About a dozen years or so ago.) It had an aftermarket (Bishop?) Monte Carlo style stock and a commercial Williams rear sight installed.
It was at a pawnshop and due to it having the Lee Metford style rifling they had mistakenly thought the barrel's original rifling had been jacked with. (It still has the original factory chrome lining in the barrel and on the bolt face.) It was priced at $70 or $75 IIRC.
I looked around at the other few employees visible working there and asked the salesman if $35 out the door would buy everyone lunch for the day. (All the cash I happened to have in my wallet.) He bit and out the door with me it went. It shoots just fine and is an exceptionally good grouper, especially with handloads.
Sometimes even a blind squirrel finds a nut.
Last edited by tenntex32; 10-20-2020 at 06:25 PM.
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