Pawn shop finds

[wakal]

Hmm...would have been about 2002 or so.

Same pawn shop sold me a finish-worn, mechanically perfect pre-28 Highway Patrol for $250 ten years later.

Deals are out there, but...rare...

 

[birddog]

Anyone else seen fake/knockoff optics at pawn shops? Stuff like ACOGs, Eotechs, Leupold, etc.....

 

[wakal]

All the time. And they...even the ones I used to work for...would get pissed off AT ME for pointing out what they had bought. Usually after I brought in a real one to compare with their mistake because they didn't believe me when I told them the first time.

 

[motorcarman]

Small town locally owned one's seem to have better deals. If you are a regular you can get the item for about 2/3 asking price.
I bought a 130 amp TIG/Wire feed welder combo ($500 retail new) for $100 out the door. They were asking $159.

They had a German Mauser 1943 Nazi Marked and no import stamp that I paid $300.
I sold my Russian Capture (NAZI marks peened and import stamped) for $350 a few weeks later.

They sold me a nice Savage Model 99 30WCF for about $400.

I stop in every few weeks. I never saw a GOOD guitar in the music section. They must have a REALLY GOOD customer that has 'dibs' on that stuff!

bob

 

[Dad_Roman]

I never saw a GOOD guitar in the music section. They must have a REALLY GOOD customer that has 'dibs' on that stuff!

bob

Yep, I know of several guys on the gun forums that do that. Made themselves available and they get the call on the "special" or "I dont want it" or "cheap" etc type guns.

My kid does Guitars, he's hooked up in a couple of pawn shops in Houston.

 

[bfm0072]

Recently bought a Marlin 1894 in 45 Colt for $389 at Action Pawn in Killeen. Good shape very minor scratch in stock.

 

[Jon Payne]

Yep, I know of several guys on the gun forums that do that. Made themselves available and they get the call on the "special" or "I dont want it" or "cheap" etc type guns.

My kid does Guitars, he's hooked up in a couple of pawn shops in Houston.

I have a few people on my "call first list" For all types of firearms. Almost all of my guitars are on consignment from my "Guitar Guy"; he helps me keep my rack full of decent stock.

 

[TheMailMan]

You ever fish Mayfield Lake when you lived in Portland?

Never did.

 

[easy rider]

You ever fish Mayfield Lake when you lived in Portland?

Isn't that in Washington?

 

[deemus]

Yep. Best trout fishing I ever did. Its up I5 from Portland.

 

[easy rider]

Yep. Best trout fishing I ever did. Its up I5 from Portland.

I thought so, although I've been there I hadn't fished it. There are many good trout fishing lakes in Washington and Oregon, but I preferred the steelhead and cutthroats out of the rivers.

 

[Maverick44]

I found a cheap (presumably Yugo) SKS that somebody had painted (the wood stock) black, and used a cheap paint to do it with. It looked horrible. They wanted over $400 for it.

Did I mention this was in 2012-2013 when SKS's were still dirt cheap?

 

[Hoji]

Many years ago I found a Bersa .380 marked as a Beretta for about $450.

When I pointed out that the pistol was not a Beretta but a Bersa( stamped clearly on the slide) Pawntard looked at me and said” it is a rare mis-stamped Beretta, very few made it into circulation and this worth much more”

I told him to save that bullshit for his regular halfwit customers and walked away.

 

[Moonpie]

One of the local pawn shops has a S&W M66 that looks like its been put thru a meat grinder. Non factory grips. Rear sight damaged beyond repair. Bent crane.
ONLY $899.

 

[easy rider]

One of the local pawn shops has a S&W M66 that looks like its been put thru a meat grinder. Non factory grips. Rear sight damaged beyond repair. Bent crane.
ONLY $899.

So what did you do with it?

 

[General Zod]

I walked through a pawn shop in Gun Barrel City a few months ago. In the tool section they had used Harbor Freight bench grinders with serious wear on them...priced about $70 more than the same model popped up on Harbor Freight's website for.

Sorry, not buying used crap tools for the same price I could go down the street to Home Depot and buy something decent for. I didn't even get as far as the firearms counter.

 

[TreyG-20]

I find deals in pawnshops occasionally. Not everytime and not on everything, but sometimes. This was a score I found this past Sunday. Matching numbers early type 56. Would not function because of the Cosmoline packed in it. Marked as a non working Chinese SKS, which I guess was correct as far as they knew. $125 plus tax OTD. Not the prettiest SKS I have, but after a little work it functions well and the bore is pristine!

 

[mad88minute]

I find deals in pawnshops occasionally. Not everytime and not on everything, but sometimes. This was a score I found this past Sunday. Matching numbers early type 56. Would not function because of the Cosmoline packed in it. Marked as a non working Chinese SKS, which I guess was correct as far as they knew. $125 plus tax OTD. Not the prettiest SKS I have, but after a little work it functions well and the bore is pristine!
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Reminds me of my Yugo sks I bought from a couple worker in 04 for $60.

He told me it was broken. Would only shoot one round, wouldn't cycle the action.

Took it home and researched. Found out the gas tube could be moved to shoot single shot as a grenade launcher.

Cleaned it and the thing worked fine.

Sold if for $300 later.

Wish I still had it.

Sent from my moto e5 play using Tapatalk

 

[TheMailMan]

Yep. Best trout fishing I ever did. Its up I5 from Portland.

Best trout fishing in Washington?

The seep lakes below O'Sullivan Dam. If ya knew what you were doing 100 trout per day was easy. Stream fishing? Touchet river.

Searun Cutthroats? Elochman River, also good for steelhead, coho and chum salmon. I've caught all four in one day there.

Best steelhead fishing ever? Deschutes river back in the '80's, in September and October when the Snake river fish would stack in there for the cooler water. My best day was 53 steelhead in one long day. Way back then the state park was deserted after Labor day. Now it's a madhouse. Also Ringold Springs on the upper Columbia was really good during the '80's. If you knew what you were doing you could easily get 2-5 fish per day from May through October. Of course the East fork of the Lewis river was really hot during that same time and up till the floods in '96. I caught over 100 fish per year on the East fork. The Washougal wasn't bad either, if you could deal with the inbred hicks that made it home.

I spent 9 years in Kennewick after I got out the the Marines. Worked in a Sporting goods store for most of that time. Fished and hunted my way though my first marriage. Moved to Portland in '89 and fished that area till '93. I told my fishing buddies that the year that I couldn't manage to catch 100 steelhead was the year I'd hang it up. In '93, with 110 days of fishing on the books, I only managed 88 steelhead. '94 and '95 were pretty poor years too according to my buddies. Then the floods of '96 hit in the spring and totally washed out the Washougal, Lewis, Kalama, Cowlitz, and any other rivers in that area.

Of course the "wild fish" purists lobbying the ODFW to stop stocking smolts hurt a lot of those rivers too.

 

[easy rider]

Best trout fishing in Washington?

The seep lakes below O'Sullivan Dam. If ya knew what you were doing 100 trout per day was easy. Stream fishing? Touchet river.

Searun Cutthroats? Elochman River, also good for steelhead, coho and chum salmon. I've caught all four in one day there.

Best steelhead fishing ever? Deschutes river back in the '80's, in September and October when the Snake river fish would stack in there for the cooler water. My best day was 53 steelhead in one long day. Way back then the state park was deserted after Labor day. Now it's a madhouse. Also Ringold Springs on the upper Columbia was really good during the '80's. If you knew what you were doing you could easily get 2-5 fish per day from May through October. Of course the East fork of the Lewis river was really hot during that same time and up till the floods in '96. I caught over 100 fish per year on the East fork. The Washougal wasn't bad either, if you could deal with the inbred hicks that made it home.

I spent 9 years in Kennewick after I got out the the Marines. Worked in a Sporting goods store for most of that time. Fished and hunted my way though my first marriage. Moved to Portland in '89 and fished that area till '93. I told my fishing buddies that the year that I couldn't manage to catch 100 steelhead was the year I'd hang it up. In '93, with 110 days of fishing on the books, I only managed 88 steelhead. '94 and '95 were pretty poor years too according to my buddies. Then the floods of '96 hit in the spring and totally washed out the Washougal, Lewis, Kalama, Cowlitz, and any other rivers in that area.

Of course the "wild fish" purists lobbying the ODFW to stop stocking smolts hurt a lot of those rivers too.

Did you ever fish walleye below McNary Dam? In the 80's the Burbank sloughs was my favorite for bass. If I wanted trout, Lake Sacajawea above Ice Harbor Dam was always good. And the Walla Walla where it dumps into the Columbia was a good spot for channels.