Posted on 11/15/2023 3:24:18 AM PST by marktwain
Pictured below are a dozen of the firearms purchased by private buyers at the Dallas event on October 21, 2023.
Private buyers at the Dallas gun turn-in event, also known by the Orwellian term “buyback,” were able to purchase numerous firearms at bargain prices. The gift cards ran out in the first hour, and the first ten vehicles in line. Before then, prices tended to be a bit higher than the value of gift cards offered. After the cards ran out, prices tended to drop. There were about a dozen private buyers at the event. Some purchased items other than guns. One person purchased an 870 shotgun barrel. Another hauled off several hundred rounds of ammunition for very little or nothing. It appeared to this correspondent the private purchasers all purchased more than one firearm. One purchased at least a dozen firearms.
One of the best deals of the event was the purchase of a minty pre-ban Colt SP-1 (AR-15). In the picture, it does not have a magazine. This correspondent has learned a magazine came with it. The magazine was a classic 20-round mag loaded with 5.56 period ammunition stamped 1982.
Colt SP-1 (AR-15)
Another great deal was this S&W classic and minty-looking model 36. Handguns predominated, as only $100 worth of gift cards were offered for handguns.
S&W Model 36
Below is a WWII-era Enfield revolver in .38/200 (same case as .38 S&W) not .38 Special. The three other pistols were ignored. The Enfield was purchased for $60, because the owner said it was jammed and could not be unloaded. As this correspondent is familiar with the type, he was able to unload it for the purchaser.
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One of the private buyers at the Dallas event.
Private sales the check valve against registration and confiscation.
I’m jealous. When will one of those opportunities be coming my way?
Yeah, but I would be avoid buying guns in such a venue because of the possibility of buying stolen merch. Or worse, a gun used in a crime. Not worth the risk.
Everyone has their own risk tolerance.
The risk of being prosecuted for possession of a stolen gun is very low.
We work at posting them at AmmoLand. We call them cheap gun opportunities.
This Saturday, one in Houston. One in San Antonio on Sunday.
No kidding. I have an Armi Galesi .22 made in the early 50’s. Mafia gun. The mag spring broke a while back. It is probably worth zero, but if a town or city is going to give me money for it, what the hell?
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