Slightly less than $120 for a NIB 4" model 10-5, in 1976.
What is the least you have paid for a gun?
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THE PILGRIM
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Got my Model 19 for $105 at the BX at Anderson AFB, Guam. That was in 1968.
ACP230
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I paid $19 for a new Bronco single-shot .410 back in the day.
Had seen them in the gun mags and said, "I'm buying the first one I see."
Walked in the local hardware store about a month later and there was one on the shelf.
Still have it and shoot it from time to time.
Had seen them in the gun mags and said, "I'm buying the first one I see."
Walked in the local hardware store about a month later and there was one on the shelf.
Still have it and shoot it from time to time.
deadin
US Veteran
Any number of $10-$20 guns if I go back far enough......
The most recent was a $0 Colt M1903 in about 90% condition.
It was given to me by a co-worker and he refused to let me pay anything for it. (It came from his Mother-in-Laws estate and he didn't want his brother-in-law to get it. He also didn't want it in his house.....)
The most recent was a $0 Colt M1903 in about 90% condition.
It was given to me by a co-worker and he refused to let me pay anything for it. (It came from his Mother-in-Laws estate and he didn't want his brother-in-law to get it. He also didn't want it in his house.....)
I gotta be honest, gentlemen, but I think Tunachaser has us all beat.....
rburg
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I've had a couple of guns given to me. Free/gratis. They were pretty nice guns and one not so nice. That last one was a Jennings and I kept it moving along to someone else. And I've given guns away that I'd paid good money for. One of which I was just reminded of last week. It too was a Jennings 22, but a mag. Some guns just keep gaining velocity as they're passed along.
Only one was really high quality and I'm not sure the deal was legal. In fact, I'm pretty darn sure it wasn't, but you'll need to beat the information out of me. I'm not squealing on the giver who's a good guy, and I really like the gun. I guess I just run in different circles from others here. I don't consider a gun to be that holy that I need to make a profit on each one I dump. If it goes to a good home, I'm OK with it.
I also live in a state with few gun laws. Other folks are saddled with all kinds of reporting and licensing.
Only one was really high quality and I'm not sure the deal was legal. In fact, I'm pretty darn sure it wasn't, but you'll need to beat the information out of me. I'm not squealing on the giver who's a good guy, and I really like the gun. I guess I just run in different circles from others here. I don't consider a gun to be that holy that I need to make a profit on each one I dump. If it goes to a good home, I'm OK with it.
I also live in a state with few gun laws. Other folks are saddled with all kinds of reporting and licensing.
LVSteve
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One won a rare Finnish Mosin Nagant M28 for an $85 bid at an online estate auction. Didn't hurt that everything foreign in a wood stock with a bolt was listed as a Mauser. Somebody else got a mint Japanese Type I for $95 as I recall because I forgot to go back and bid live. Shipping etc. bumped up the final cost somewhat.
NAA .22 LR, free. Mainspring was broken so I guess whatever I paid for the spring (installed it myself) would be the price of the gun. I also have a nickel Colt PP with all parts and a slight bulge in the barrel, in a coffee can. Some day I'll get around to putting it together. It was free also.
Early 60s I gave $7. for a .32 owl head. It worked and shot good. I can't remember what I sold it for. Middle 60s I gave $15. for a .32 Colt auto that had a rough cold blueing job done on it but it worked and shot good. Sold it for $17.50. Wish I had it back. Larry
westcoast362
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I was given a few nice guns back in the late fifties and sixties by neighbors that knew I liked guns. Two that I paid for in the seventies were an Ithaca Govt. .45 and a Springfield 03-A3. They were $10 each from different people.
Old Corp
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A couple come to mind.....
A nearly new S&W M25-5 4" .45 Colt was obtained by trading a co-worker a ratty old Ruger 10/22 I paid $40 for. He was delighted - the revolver was 'too expensive to shoot'. I even threw in a brick of .22's.
A friend was disgusted after completely disassembling his Beretta M21 Tomcat .22 and couldn't reassemble it, since he lost a few minor parts. Gave it to me in a bag.
I sent it to Beretta, small bill and perfectly functioning little .22.
A nearly new S&W M25-5 4" .45 Colt was obtained by trading a co-worker a ratty old Ruger 10/22 I paid $40 for. He was delighted - the revolver was 'too expensive to shoot'. I even threw in a brick of .22's.
A friend was disgusted after completely disassembling his Beretta M21 Tomcat .22 and couldn't reassemble it, since he lost a few minor parts. Gave it to me in a bag.
I sent it to Beretta, small bill and perfectly functioning little .22.
5-Shot
Member
$40 for this mod 17....about 40 years ago.
Ed
Ed
Norsk_jaeger
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All of my guns have been gifts from a friend. Does that count?
DGNY
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Around 1957, $5 for a single barrel shotgun, so I could cut it off to a bit over 18". The best deal, about 1951, when I was 12, was $12 total for my 'sporterized' 1878 marked Springfield 45-70 [$12 less $5 credit for an old given-to-me damascus loosey-goosey 12 ga].
Thanks for sharing your stories.
Regards,
Dyson
Thanks for sharing your stories.
Regards,
Dyson
Retired LTC USAR
US Veteran
In the late 70's or early 80's my father and I went to the yearly auction at Frankfort, KY where the state auctioned off all types of surplus and confiscated stuff. Guns were allways last.
I bid $20 on a CZ 57, another guy bid $25 and I bid $30.......and that was it. Guy wanted to buy it as we were leaving, but I said no.
Took it home, took it apart, cleaned it up, put it back together. No nicks, cuts, scrapes and bore was perfect. Not sure if it had ever been fired, and I have not shot it. Still have it today.
I bid $20 on a CZ 57, another guy bid $25 and I bid $30.......and that was it. Guy wanted to buy it as we were leaving, but I said no.
Took it home, took it apart, cleaned it up, put it back together. No nicks, cuts, scrapes and bore was perfect. Not sure if it had ever been fired, and I have not shot it. Still have it today.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
"0" zip, nada...
I inherited;
rem 30-06 pump
ted williams 20ga auto
marlin 36 in 35rem
redhawk 44mag
H&R 922
Astra 600/43 9mm luger
I inherited;
rem 30-06 pump
ted williams 20ga auto
marlin 36 in 35rem
redhawk 44mag
H&R 922
Astra 600/43 9mm luger
sipowicz
Member
Fifty one cents.
Lots of 'cheap' deals if you go back some years,,but I'd guess you'd have to apply that inflation guestimator thing to figure out what the real cost was in todays money.
Stuff like a 1911 Colt (made in 1918) with the belt, holster, mag pouch, 3 orig mags and approx 200 rds of WW1 & WW2 ammo sounds like a killer deal at $60.00. But the pistols alone were a $50.00 item when I bought that one.
A 95% Luger BYF41 all matching w/ holster and mag tool for $100,,again about market price at the time.
I did buy a Box-o-Gun last year. A Webley MkIV WW2 'War Finish' 38-200. All in parts, everything was there he said. The owner was frustrated as it wouldn't go together and function correctly he said. Something wrong with the trigger was his final opinion. I bought that for $20 'as is' for the parts.
It went together OK.
Needed a few screw slots fixed up from the gunsmith attempts and the cylinder bolt needed some work,, but other than that, it ended up a pretty clean 75% revolver w/an excellent bore.
Stuff like a 1911 Colt (made in 1918) with the belt, holster, mag pouch, 3 orig mags and approx 200 rds of WW1 & WW2 ammo sounds like a killer deal at $60.00. But the pistols alone were a $50.00 item when I bought that one.
A 95% Luger BYF41 all matching w/ holster and mag tool for $100,,again about market price at the time.
I did buy a Box-o-Gun last year. A Webley MkIV WW2 'War Finish' 38-200. All in parts, everything was there he said. The owner was frustrated as it wouldn't go together and function correctly he said. Something wrong with the trigger was his final opinion. I bought that for $20 'as is' for the parts.
It went together OK.
Needed a few screw slots fixed up from the gunsmith attempts and the cylinder bolt needed some work,, but other than that, it ended up a pretty clean 75% revolver w/an excellent bore.
I remember it like it was yesterday. In the US Air Force in upper Michigan 1961 I was offered a Manlicher Cacarno in 7.35mm with lots of military ammo for the high price of $10. Sold it ten years later for $25. Thought I hit the lottery since the gun was not well cared for.
Also bought a Ruger single six 22 cal for $49 the same year. Still have that little pistol, its a keeper.
Also bought a Ruger single six 22 cal for $49 the same year. Still have that little pistol, its a keeper.
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