What was your best gun buy?

solomon said:
Dear Sir, I now hate you with the kind of deep hate only true jealousy can bring! :D



J/K. Very nice gun - if I had means and opportunity here I would snag one as well for the sheer coolness and fun factor of it. (I believe there are a grand total of 7 transferables in the US and all are build on "clone" frames due to import stupidity.)

Please don't tell me you have a VP70M too!
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Well thank you ;)

No I don't have a VP 70 although you can find it here. Never liked it much, and the stock needs to be attached for bursts, which I find quite restrictive.

Just bought and received a WWII Thompson 1928A1 though.

http://smith-wessonforum.com/firearms-knives-other-brands/423247-beretta-93-r.html
 
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CLASSIC12 said:
No I don't have a VP 70 although you can find it here. Never liked it much, and the stock needs to be attached for bursts, which I find quite restrictive.
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Understood - only way I could justify what I believe to be absolutely the world's worst trigger! I love the looks of the VP70, love the fact that HK made it work decades before Glock, love the 18rd magazines, but oh, the trigger ... dear god the trigger. :eek:

I was going to say that was my best deal - wanted a VP70z quick before Colorado's magazine capacity ban, and found a guy dumping a P9S and a VP70z together for less than what most VP70z were going for alone. I guess the GunBroker buyers didn't look because it was two guns - but I got the pair for less than either alone IIRC :D (maybe it was +$100 over the single unit price but it was a steal IMO) I was going to flip the P9S and get a "free" VP70z until I shot the dang thing - now it's apparently found a permanent home :rolleyes: Oh well, someone had to.


Lesson there ... sell individually, not in groups/lots!

ETA: Re your 93R thread - I think the other poster is off by a factor of 10. Given the single-unit quantities of 93R here, I can't imagine they're under US$30,000 - and I wouldn't be surprised at $40-50k. They might have been US$5,000 when the first guy sold them pre-1986 but by now....

ETA2: Gratuitous VP70M video:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZSK9jtzdNI"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZSK9jtzdNI[/ame]
 
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solomon said:
Understood - only way I could justify what I believe to be absolutely the world's worst trigger! I love the looks of the VP70, love the fact that HK made it work decades before Glock, love the 18rd magazines, but oh, the trigger ... dear god the trigger. :eek:

I was going to say that was my best deal - wanted a VP70z quick before Colorado's magazine capacity ban, and found a guy dumping a P9S and a VP70z together for less than what most VP70z were going for alone. I guess the GunBroker buyers didn't look because it was two guns - but I got the pair for less than either alone IIRC :D (maybe it was +$100 over the single unit price but it was a steal IMO) I was going to flip the P9S and get a "free" VP70z until I shot the dang thing - now it's apparently found a permanent home :rolleyes: Oh well, someone had to.


Lesson there ... sell individually, not in groups/lots!

ETA: Re your 93R thread - I think the other poster is off by a factor of 10. Given the single-unit quantities of 93R here, I can't imagine they're under US$30,000 - and I wouldn't be surprised at $40-50k. They might have been US$5,000 when the first guy sold them pre-1986 but by now....

ETA2: Gratuitous VP70M video:
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Good buy that. Do you still have both ?

Yes I see prices for MG are crazy in the US:

I agree the HK VP 70 has a historical significance being the first functional polymer pistol by a large margin. And the full auto rate of fire : 2'200 shots/min :eek:. Still not very pretty though in my opinion, but then neither were the first Glocks (we just got used to them as they are gazillions now).

I updated the 93 R post explaining how I bought it, and prices then and now.
 
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CLASSIC12 said:
Good buy that. Do you still have both ?

Yes I see prices for MG are crazy in the US:

I agree the HK VP 70 has a historical significance being the first functional polymer pistol by a large margin. And the full auto rate of fire : 2'200 shots/min :eek:. Still not very pretty though in my opinion, but then neither were the first Glocks (we just got used to them as they are gazillions now).
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Yep, the P9S has grown on me - such that I occasionally suffer from the idea of seeking out the .45 cal version :rolleyes:

To me the VP70z looks like a science-fiction ray gun - so while definitely not "pretty" it has always had an odd appeal to me. (I know you're a wood grip guy, so I can see the VP would be the antithesis of that!) Not a gun I plan to give up - though I shoot it VERY rarely :(

ETA: I should have mentioned the unique optical illusion front sight also ... another innovative (if not popular) feature of the VP70.
 
solomon said:
Yep, the P9S has grown on me - such that I occasionally suffer from the idea of seeking out the .45 cal version :rolleyes:

To me the VP70z looks like a science-fiction ray gun - so while definitely not "pretty" it has always had an odd appeal to me. (I know you're a wood grip guy, so I can see the VP would be the antithesis of that!) Not a gun I plan to give up - though I shoot it VERY rarely :(

ETA: I should have mentioned the unique optical illusion front sight also ... another innovative (if not popular) feature of the VP70.
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Well I have a G 17 as well. And so far I've kept my two HK P7s (M8 & M13) originals, plastic grips and all.

Sorry, thread drift.
 
CLASSIC12 said:
Well I have a G 17 as well. And so far I've kept my two HK P7s (M8 & M13) originals, plastic grips and all.
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Have you seen the Nill grips for the P7 series? Absolutely gorgeous - I should snag a set, but my P7s are working guns so seems silly to put fatter prettier grips on them.

CLASSIC12 said:
Sorry, thread drift.
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Agreed, really my fault - I'll have to start a "Jealous of Classic12" thread ;) and stop hijacking this one.
 
I bought a 6906 off GB 3 or 4 years ago. My brother has a 5906 and I always loved that gun and wanted one of my own. I found a low round count, non police gun, in box with all the paperwork, etc.

I was so excited I went to my buddy's house(20 year Army & worked in armory) and showed him. In 2 seconds he looks at it and says, "umm did you look down the barrel?". When S&W machined the rifling, they cut it offset!

Normally S&W only warranties original owner guns. But they took care of everything(all expenses paid) and installed a new barrel and test fired it.

So now I have a brand new un fired pristine 6906. It has increased in value over the last few years.
 
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My best purchase was probably my Lee Enfield. $45 dollars in great condition, interesting marks, and matching numbers. I generally buy handguns new.
 
624 purchased new in 1987 for $225.

Wish to heck I still had it.
 
Most recently:

* A nice, clean S&W M12-4 for $339.

In the past 20 years or so:

* A 1966 Colt Official Police with 5" heavy tapered barrel and Officer's Model Match hammer (98%+) for $199
* A re-imported Winchester M1 Carbine (arsenal refinished and MINTY!) for $199
* A MINT Remington-Rand WWII 1911A1 for $300
* A DCM H&R M1 Garand (all matching and unfired) for $400.
 
I husseled guns rather hard when the girls were in college. Guy called wanting to sell me a lightly used Model 12 in a ragged box. LGS offered him $150. He thought it should bring $250. Paid him and sold it about two hours later for $950. Bought a just about perfect pre 10 square butt snub nose recently at a pawn shop for $140, no box or papers. It is a keeper. I didn't even fuss about the tax. Bought a Model 70 Super Grade .270 from a dealer who was afraid to clean the bore ( looked bad dirty) for $325 many years ago. It cleaned up fine and I made a really handsome profit on it.

These days, since the daughters all have graduated college without debt, I tend to keep everything I buy. I don't look that hard or often
anymore.

Jack
 
Maybe not my best deal but still pretty good- Model 13-2 ('upgraded' to -3 at the factory) I recently picked up for $325. They threw in a Bill Jordan-style holster. Gun used to belong to the Sacramento Sheriff's Office.

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Not me, but about 10 years ago my brother found a like new in box Model 70 , pre '64 in 375 H&H for $100 along with five boxes of shells at a garage sale.
 
My best buy was actually a trade. I traded a base Anderson AR-15 that I had a total of $700.00 in for a NIB S&W 1911 Performance Center .45acp plus the dude threw in another $200.00 cash so I would leave the cheap red/green dot scope on it. Not like he does not know guns since he owns 46 1911's, mostly Colts. This was his first AR-15 and he was like a kid in a candy store.
 
Maybe my used 6" python for $150, or a NIB Python Target 38 for $500, both in the mid-90's. What is that in Today's dollars? It's not NIB anymore, it's my Bullseye gun.
 
I had a older neighbor of mine ask me if I liked guns. Well yeah I guess I have a few. She needed money and had a few for sale. We went over to her house and proceeded to produce 6 or 7 old shotguns and rifles that really didn't interest me much. Said she had 2 more. Came back out with this 1972 S&W model 66 and a Winchester model 61 22.

The 61 was kind of beat up and didn't have much bluing left, it did have an octagon barrel, I really liked it. She changed her mine on it, it was her rifle as a little girl.

The 66 was bought for $250, I could have gotten it cheaper. Before I left she said it came with a holster and a letter from a lawyer. ???? What history about the 66 was I about to find out. Well the letter turned out to show that the 66 belonged to a Memphis policeman that had been killed investigating a home invasion in 1982. Whether he was wearing it isn't known but it now has a special place in my safe.
 

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Here are a few: All in last 3 years
1006 $500 with box and mags from Gander Mountain!!
19-4 snubby $250
Baby Chief Special 95% $300
669 with box and docs (Never used) $250
Model 36 from 1962 95% $200
 
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