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Title: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: alfsauve on March 12, 2024, 07:33:02 PM
S&W  325 Thunder Ranch .45ACP  My holy grail.

Gun Broker.  Closes in 4 days.  Right now my max is $950 and it's holding today at $905, but I know it'll close closer to $1,200. 

Should I start a go-fund-me?
Title: Re: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: Big Frank on March 13, 2024, 12:25:08 AM
IMO the big, ugly Picatinny rail needs to come off if you aren't using it. The scandium alloy brings the weight down to about 2 pounds loaded. Nice! Parts of the MiG-29 are made of an aluminum–scandium alloy too. Keep your fingers crossed and hope you get it.
Title: Re: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: TAB on March 13, 2024, 07:37:14 AM
I recently bought a gun on GB it was form a local pawn shop.   

I had made an offer on it while it was in the glass cabinet... for $150 more than i bought it on gun broker for.


I had a big shit eating grin when i walked in picked it up.
Title: Re: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: Big Frank on March 13, 2024, 09:11:04 AM
It serves them right for thinking they could hold out for a better deal, instead of taking the sure thing.
Title: Re: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: Jim Kennedy-ar154me on March 13, 2024, 11:26:10 AM
It serves them right for thinking they could hold out for a better deal, instead of taking the sure thing.

Whatever happened to "One in the hand...."
Title: Re: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: Big Frank on March 13, 2024, 04:31:54 PM
Whatever happened to "One in the hand...."

I know, right?
Title: Re: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: Rastus on March 13, 2024, 06:04:31 PM
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Should I start a go-fund-me?

Yes...!
Title: Re: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: TAB on March 15, 2024, 10:41:51 PM
Not exactly  the same thing, but damn  close.

https://boise.craigslist.org/ctd/d/boise-2000-ford-f350-4x4-lariat-73l/7719675156.html

My brain says that's 10k too much.
Title: Re: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: Big Frank on March 16, 2024, 01:58:29 PM
I'm not a Ford man but that's nice looking truck. It has new tires that still have the tits on them, so it would take awhile to wear them out unless something's out of alignment.
Title: Re: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: Rastus on March 16, 2024, 07:44:32 PM
Not exactly  the same thing, but damn  close.

https://boise.craigslist.org/ctd/d/boise-2000-ford-f350-4x4-lariat-73l/7719675156.html

My brain says that's 10k too much.

Yeah...the shortage of vehicles has been gone.  Depending on actual inspection...I'd say ~$20k too much.  I love the 7.3 diesel...ours is still running at 398k miles but the price...just too high.
Title: Re: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: TAB on March 17, 2024, 07:00:56 AM
At 20k off I would not even haggle, just start counting hundreds.

Only 2 trucks in my life time I miss.   Both were 7.3s.  Both were totalled out.   1st was a lady that ran a stop sign and  litterly went underneath the truck just behind the cab.  Rolled over her hood and ripped a spring mount out. That happend at 453k miles.  It was a 97 f350 single cab long bed 4wd. The was other was an 01 that only had 178k on it.  Sadly that truck was vandalized by a worker I had fired for pissing dirty on a " random" ua. No proof other than it happened the night after he was fired.  All glass smashed, every body plan had a framing hammer taken too it, seats slashed and covered in paint.   Several words spray painted everywhere  on the truck and all 4 tires slashed. 
Title: Re: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: Big Frank on March 17, 2024, 04:37:13 PM
CARFAX says there's a 2000 Ford F-350 8 Cylinder 7.3 L with Four-Wheel Drive, 20 Inch Wheels, Towing Package, and 202,126 miles in Ft. Worth for $15,500. That's the first one I found when I searched for 2000 FORD F350 4X4 LARIAT 7.3L. Listed right above it is a 2001 Ford F-350 XL with 196,612 miles in Tuscon for $7,995, but it's a 10 Cylinder 6.8L. There's another 2000 Ford F-350 XLT 8 Cylinder 7.3 L with Four-Wheel Drive and 204,533 mi for $11,991 in Minnesota. A dually for a bit more in NH and a flatbed dually with 141,528 mi for for $10,999 in Il. Edmunds lists a bunch of them for sale too. Some of them are $7,000 less than KBB book price, so there's no reason to pay a lot more than they're worth.
Title: Re: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: TAB on March 17, 2024, 04:49:45 PM
CARFAX says there's a 2000 Ford F-350 8 Cylinder 7.3 L with Four-Wheel Drive, 20 Inch Wheels, Towing Package, and 202,126 miles in Ft. Worth for $15,500. That's the first one I found when I searched for 2000 FORD F350 4X4 LARIAT 7.3L. Listed right above it is a 2001 Ford F-350 XL with 196,612 miles in Tuscon for $7,995, but it's a 10 Cylinder 6.8L. There's another 2000 Ford F-350 XLT 8 Cylinder 7.3 L with Four-Wheel Drive and 204,533 mi for $11,991 in Minnesota. A dually for a bit more in NH and a flatbed dually with 141,528 mi for for $10,999 in Il. Edmunds lists a bunch of them for sale too. Some of them are $7,000 less than KBB book price, so there's no reason to pay a lot more than they're worth.

Both of those numbers are very low.   This a market I watch very closely.  Out west prices are higher
Title: Re: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: Big Frank on March 17, 2024, 04:57:18 PM
There was a low mileage good looking Lariat in California that was cheap but it was only a 2 wheel-drive and had the V-10 engine IIRC. 
Title: Re: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: TAB on March 17, 2024, 08:47:02 PM
Only interested in the 7.3 diesel.   The v10 is like the 460, it can't pass a gas station.
Title: Re: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: PegLeg45 on March 21, 2024, 07:14:32 PM
Only interested in the 7.3 diesel.  The v10 is like the 460, it can't pass a gas station.

Yep....my b-i-l bought one to tow his camper and didn't keep it long.
Title: Re: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: TAB on March 24, 2024, 03:09:08 PM
https://www.ebay.com/itm/375323526215?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5337851298&customid=708339&toolid=10001&mkevt=1
Title: Re: Oh Lord Give Me Strength
Post by: Big Frank on March 24, 2024, 07:17:36 PM
I was still a teenager when that one was built. It's older than my first car.