unexpected favorite

[kickface]

Any ever get more than they bargained for (in a good way) in a rifle or a pistol?
Recently I bought a hi-point 995 9mm carbine and I am quite impressed with this little rifle. Accurate, very light recoil, and ammo is cheap, not to bad for less than 200$.
I hear lots of hating on hi-point but this little rifle is a heck of a deal.

 

[leardriver]

I've had that happen a couple times.

One time I bought a S&W 64 revolver off Gunbrokers. The main attraction was the beautiful wood grips. However, next day when I called the seller (a pawn shop on the east coast) to arrange payment and shipping, they had already sold the gun over the counter.

No problem, I said; that's the breaks. But the guy said he didn't want to lose a sale, and he had another 64 he would sell me at a substantial discount. But what about the grips I liked, I asked? Guy said he would send me pics of the gun he was offering, so I could decide myself.

Well, the pics looked good. Nice cocobolo wood grips, and the pistol itself looked pretty new, except that it had a pinned barrel typical of the early 64 models.

When I got the gun, it looked really good. I took it out to Red Castle and shot a couple cylinders worth. Then a guy who I know and respect as a S&W expert examined the gun. He said, where the hell did you find a brand new 64-1. I said, it's not new; it came from a pawn shop, and I have no clue what its history is. My friend showed me some details. Apparently, the gun had been shot only a few rounds, if at all, before I got it. It was really tight in the lockup.

I have not shot it since that first day. I figured it would lose value every time I pulled the trigger. I guess it will become a part of my modest estate for the boys.

Cap'n Bill

 

[leardriver]

Episode #2:

A few weeks ago, I bought a rifle from a lady whose husband was away in the military. I gave her several hundred dollar bills, but she owed me $10 bucks in change.

Well, all she had was a $10 dollar roll of quarters from one of the casinos, I guess. I told her, that would be fine; it all spends the same. I took the roll of quarters.

On the drive home, I decided to stop at one of the casinos along the way. After all, I had a roll of quarters, right? Well, I cycled that roll of quarters thru a slot machine. When I quit, I was $495 ahead. Net.... which was more than I had paid for the rifle an hour earlier.

The rifle itself? Well, it's looking pretty good, so far. But the way I see it, it was free! I would never have gone into the casino if I had not been given that roll of quarters.

Cap'n Bill

 

[sdsconcrete]

When i got my mossberg 500a,i thought it would be a cheap bird gun.Was i ever wrong i love everything about it.

 

[flatwins]

Kickface- Those HiPoint carbines are fun, aren't they?! I have one that ran like a top til I cleaned it. Now I'm getting some FTFs. Next time I'll just leave it dirty. ;-)

 

[ldp4570]

Last years vacation, after two weeks in Florida laying on the beach we went to my Dad's in Georgia, and decided to take the kids to my local haunt, a friend of mines gunstore and range to shoot some sub-machine guns. Sitting in the used rifle rack was a 1903A3 Smith-Corona. Grabed the rifle and went back to Randy's office to ask what he would take for it. He told me 500 cash out the door, I about broke my arm getting my wallet out. Got her home, checked serial numbers, markings all the fun stuff. Its an original 1943 SC to include barrel, about 1.8 on the bore.

 

[ratski]

Mine would be a Ruger Mark II. It is blue and made in '76. It was apparently a bicentenial edition.

I traded a box of baseball cards for the gun and some cash.

I've had that particular gun since about '85 and it is probably the one gun that ALWAYS goes to the range with me. No matter what I'm loading up to shoot, I always seem to put that particular Ruger in the bag and grab a few boxes of .22 for it.

I put a ProPoint reddot on it about 10 years ago. Damn thing is spot on.

Dave

 

[uncle money bags]

ill second the Ruger mark II story!
I bought one at a gun show for $120 back when a brick of .22 ran you $10 bucks at wally world. After i figured out how to disassemble it i noticed that the rifling was all but gone, but it was clean so i figured for just plinkng it wouldnt be that bad. That pistol turned out to be the most accurate i ever owned... by far. I guess i put about 5 or 6 thousand rounds through it without a problem; and that was with only one magazine, before i gave it to a relative. if i could have any gun i have owned back, i would take that little ruger.

 

[criticalbass]

About the Hi-Point carbine, do not disassemble it beyond what the manual suggests. There are parts that cannot be reassembled without a trip to the manufacturer. CB

 

[weav199]

Send that 995 in. Hi points have an awesome 100% warrantee. No matter how many times it's changed hands. They'll send it back with a free mag! I love mine. It's the weirdest looking carbine I've ever seen. I really like carbines that shoot pistol rounds.