What did you buy yourself today - PART 1

[Hodgie]

Colt SP1 - oh yeah.

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Now that's something to be a little envious of. Very nice I would love to have a one of the 1977 vintage.

[Democrat Gun Owner]

Like you need a figgin' bat signal. A few posts later, you're hoping to score a Walther. More like "Well, the sun came up today. I think I'll go buy another gun."

My gunshop sent out the bat signal to me. They know I love my PD marked guns. Already have a 27 but couldn't resist. Price too low to post for fear of verbal abuse

[GonzoGeezer]

Found an underpriced Walther on Armslist. 1940 commercial PPK 7.65mm, honest wear, two original magazines. The shop also sold me four Mec-Gar PPK magazines for $10 each.

The secret: do early morning searches, find a shop with little prior exposure to Walthers or .32s in general, who posts ads late at night just before going to bed. He realized his misteak and raised the price $100 but it was still a steal.

Closing the loop. Thursday I picked up the gun from my FFL (purchased from NJ shop so my C&R won't work), and field stripped and inspected it. My conclusion is that this PPK is much more than a commercial model, it is rather one purchased by the RSHA for use by the police, security, or intelligence services (Kripo, SD, or Gestapo). The s/n is within an SS/RSHA block, and are placed in the right locations. Steven Stepan's book is enroute and may provide even more information.

I got a really good deal. Neither the dealer nor I knew what it was when we did the deal.

[jcrowell72]

Very nice find, Gonzo!

Closing the loop. Thursday I picked up the gun from my FFL (purchased from NJ shop so my C&R won't work), and field stripped and inspected it. My conclusion is that this PPK is much more than a commercial model, it is rather one purchased by the RSHA for use by the police, security, or intelligence services (Kripo, SD, or Gestapo). The s/n is within an SS/RSHA block, and are placed in the right locations. Steven Stepan's book is enroute and may provide even more information.

I got a really good deal. Neither the dealer nor I knew what it was when we did the deal.

[sota]

Damn, I haven't seen the Champion 525 boxes anywhere since before Sandy Hook. Good thing I still have a few.

Do you mind if I ask what the going rate is nowadays?

Me either. I assume that's the same as the "555 Value Packs" that Walmart used to carry.
The few boxes I still have I hoard like they are gold since they feed well in what I shoot but I can't find them any more.

Gander Mtn just had the Fed 745 (525ct boxes) on sale for $24.99/box. that's not a joke either. was limit one, shipping was free over order $50, so I added 4 boxes of minimags to get the order over the limit. minimags were $7.99/100. not stellar but about average lately. I haven't seen the walmart Fed 750 (550ct) boxes in forever. 745 and 750 is the same ammo though, just different packaging, so I don't care.

[hunterdan]

Damn, I haven't seen the Champion 525 boxes anywhere since before Sandy Hook. Good thing I still have a few.

Do you mind if I ask what the going rate is nowadays?

I haven't either. My dad was there yesterday and grabbed a box of the Remington thunderbolt for 29.99, he didn't see these or he would have grabbed them instead. The 5.56 ammo was average at $40. Not great, but not horrible. I really wanted a box of 62 or 69gr but didn't see much for a decent price.

[jcrowell72]

My Geco 9x18 ammo arrived from AIM the other day.

[cruzans]

Nice - love those babies ! Great guns!

My Geco 9x18 ammo arrived from AIM the other day.

[qmcorps]

My Geco 9x18 ammo arrived from AIM the other day.

I bought one of those from SARCO in December(covered in cosmoline), I just cleaned it last weekend and put it in the case today. The safety is a bear. Nice buy!.

[MARINE DIVISION TWO]

Great gun congrats ! My MAK came years ago and the saftey can be a bear but also the mag spring has a very sharp edge too,accuracy is really good as is recoil ! MDT