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I worry that my Cyber prepping friends are not up to speed on protection of the homestead..so.. Here ya go!!! Unsolicited stuff!! and worth every damn penny your paying for it!:
I know a lot of yawl..hell maybe most of you simply can't afford to go out and buy a new arsenal of weapons you may not "need".. right now...
So.. lets talk about some ideas that will make it cheaper or at least not so damn expensive...
I've bought a few good deals in Pawn shops the secret is knowing what your looking at and also hints of how long it's been on the shelf , which can mean a good deal awaits!!
A few years ago I went into a pawn shop in Butte MT , just looking .. I noticed two shotguns of the same model and both sporting the old cutts compensator type chokes on them , looking at one I found it was an old JC Higgins pump 12 ga... these were made back in the 40's or 50's by big name companies for a lot of different retail stores...like Western Auto, Sears , etc.. they were fully machined and all American but usually considered "cheap"... both these guns had been pawned by the same old fellow who didn't need them anymore... It was easy to see the paper / string tags were well worn... so I figured what the hell.. they had $125.00 on each..I offered $50.00 each.. they countered at $75.00 I got them for $62.50 each !.. took them home and cut them both down to 21" bbls... cleaned them up and they are outstanding guns!.. better made then newer units costing $300.00 ++.. there is no such thing as too many short bbl shotguns!..
I got a Ruger 10-22 out of one shop for 80.00..it was damn near new.. made a great Christmas gift for a young lady..
In 1999 I wondered into a shop I was known to haunt.. mostly because the cute blond hottie behind the counter was fun to BS with... well on this day I saw a 1911 pistol in the case..she handed it to me..it was a Para P-14.. which uses 14 round mags..they had $650.00 on it and before I could start "working" she said OK $600.00 no less!!.. Now this was in the middle of the Bill Clinton anti gun days and hi-cap mags over 10 rounds were not allowed to be sold " NEW"... so knowing this I told her sorry mags are to hard to find... with a loud laugh she reached under the counter and laid 9..yes..NINE!! mags and mag pouches.. the whole package in like new cond.. I grabbed it so fast it scared her...lol.. now I had a big need for this gun so it was a steal...why?... High cap mags were so hard to find in those days I saw used 17 round Glock mags sell for 150.00 !! I could have that day sold 5 mags for the cost of the whole package...
So..the reason for this long story which probably bored the crap outta most of you is that if you look, ask questions you can arm your whole family for way less then you think..
Garage sales are great "IF" you get there first!.. cash talks!
And ! pawn shops are loaning more then they are selling.. so money is tight for them too.. I usually offer 40% of their asking price.. if they won't counter I leave..there are more pawn shops then customers with cash..
Papers?... don't worry about it.. buy what you really need and can afford if the price is right papers don't mean much.. better without but not a real issue...
If you have a question and have time to send a PM I'll be glad to offer what small bit of knowledge I can...
And armed man is a citizen, the unarmed....a slave
I know a lot of yawl..hell maybe most of you simply can't afford to go out and buy a new arsenal of weapons you may not "need".. right now...
So.. lets talk about some ideas that will make it cheaper or at least not so damn expensive...
I've bought a few good deals in Pawn shops the secret is knowing what your looking at and also hints of how long it's been on the shelf , which can mean a good deal awaits!!
A few years ago I went into a pawn shop in Butte MT , just looking .. I noticed two shotguns of the same model and both sporting the old cutts compensator type chokes on them , looking at one I found it was an old JC Higgins pump 12 ga... these were made back in the 40's or 50's by big name companies for a lot of different retail stores...like Western Auto, Sears , etc.. they were fully machined and all American but usually considered "cheap"... both these guns had been pawned by the same old fellow who didn't need them anymore... It was easy to see the paper / string tags were well worn... so I figured what the hell.. they had $125.00 on each..I offered $50.00 each.. they countered at $75.00 I got them for $62.50 each !.. took them home and cut them both down to 21" bbls... cleaned them up and they are outstanding guns!.. better made then newer units costing $300.00 ++.. there is no such thing as too many short bbl shotguns!..
I got a Ruger 10-22 out of one shop for 80.00..it was damn near new.. made a great Christmas gift for a young lady..
In 1999 I wondered into a shop I was known to haunt.. mostly because the cute blond hottie behind the counter was fun to BS with... well on this day I saw a 1911 pistol in the case..she handed it to me..it was a Para P-14.. which uses 14 round mags..they had $650.00 on it and before I could start "working" she said OK $600.00 no less!!.. Now this was in the middle of the Bill Clinton anti gun days and hi-cap mags over 10 rounds were not allowed to be sold " NEW"... so knowing this I told her sorry mags are to hard to find... with a loud laugh she reached under the counter and laid 9..yes..NINE!! mags and mag pouches.. the whole package in like new cond.. I grabbed it so fast it scared her...lol.. now I had a big need for this gun so it was a steal...why?... High cap mags were so hard to find in those days I saw used 17 round Glock mags sell for 150.00 !! I could have that day sold 5 mags for the cost of the whole package...
So..the reason for this long story which probably bored the crap outta most of you is that if you look, ask questions you can arm your whole family for way less then you think..
Garage sales are great "IF" you get there first!.. cash talks!
And ! pawn shops are loaning more then they are selling.. so money is tight for them too.. I usually offer 40% of their asking price.. if they won't counter I leave..there are more pawn shops then customers with cash..
Papers?... don't worry about it.. buy what you really need and can afford if the price is right papers don't mean much.. better without but not a real issue...
If you have a question and have time to send a PM I'll be glad to offer what small bit of knowledge I can...
And armed man is a citizen, the unarmed....a slave