re: Buying a rifle from a Pawn Shop

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That fricker has said some of the dumbest shite I’ve ever read on Tigerdroppings all in the span of a couple of days, which is saying a lot. What a frickin retard.

Get out

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They expect you to ask what they'll take or make a lower offer.

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I once went into a pawn shop and found a nice, aluminum army cot (I was in the market). Price tag said $90. It was very lightly used and they were about $90 to $100 bucks brand new back then, IIRC. So, I picked up the cot and walked it to the counter. I asked if he would take $40 for it.

His counter was to laugh and say he wasn't going to give it away. So, I put it back and left.

And I've never shopped in a pawn shop ever again. I mean, counter with $70 and then not budge if that's your position. (If he had countered with $70, I probably would have gone to $55 or $60.)

But, don't laugh/insult a customer who is clearly there to negotiate. Or, don't price your merch as high as giraffe's balls in the first place.

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know what the value OUGHT to be, and dont pay any more for it. Google for places like thehighroad.org, jousterforums, glocktalk, thefiringline and ask there.

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True

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Be sure to use a bore light and look it over carefully

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Good advice

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guarantee you that they didn't pay more than 1/2 of current retail to get it and you should not pay more than 3/4 of retail for it. If you do, you'll have lost money on the deal.

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More good info

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If you can, take a 5 gallon bucket of gravel and 6", 3 ft long, thick walled steel pipe to fire down into. Put rags atop the gravel, cover the top end of the pipe with stretched and wired inner tube rubber (like a drum head) cut a slit into the rubber, insert the barrel. If it's a longarm, you'll have to tilt the bucket a bit. 15" of gravel will stop 12 ga slugs or 308 ball ammo, guaranteed. It will not make much noise at all, actually.

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WTF

I became friends with an owner of a pawn shop. Charged me only $10 for any FFLxfer fee if I bought online and sent to him. Although they don’t let you shoot a firearm from the case or rack prior to buying it, he would tell me if It functioned as intended. We’d bargain some over prices and sometimes grab a sammich together. He always made $$$ on any deal however, I’d buy at a good agreed To price.

If the rifle looks good, there’s really nothing to worry about.

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know what the value OUGHT to be, and dont pay any more for it. Google for places like thehighroad.org, jousterforums, glocktalk, thefiringline and ask there. Be sure to use a bore light and look it over carefully. I guarantee you that they didn't pay more than 1/2 of current retail to get it and you should not pay more than 3/4 of retail for it.

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you sound like a normal human being.

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If you do, you'll have lost money on the deal. If you can, take a 5 gallon bucket of gravel and 6", 3 ft long, thick walled steel pipe to fire down into. Put rags atop the gravel, cover the top end of the pipe with stretched and wired inner tube rubber (like a drum head) cut a slit into the rubber, insert the barrel. If it's a longarm, you'll have to tilt the bucket a bit. 15" of gravel will stop 12 ga slugs or 308 ball ammo, guaranteed. It will not make much noise at all, actually.

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ah nevermind

I watched a youtube video where someone did this with a subsonic 308 in a garage. They used a bucket of sand.

Bullet was at the bottom of the bucket.

Found it. entre on youtube

I have found several good deals at pawn shops. Just gotta negotiate. Picked up a kimber 1911 for 800. A browning gold for 450 Just a couple weeks ago got a curado on a falcon rod for $20 that looks and functions like new just gotta check look around and negotiate