I've been working on the NRA Distinguish Marksman, but hastily went to a Glock Indoor League Saturday. Got a 487/500, which is my highest to date. Trouble is all my practice last week was 5 rounds in 10 seconds, so my timing was a little off for the Glock match which is 10 rounds in 15 seconds. Oh well, 490 is my goal when I can find another match.
There's been a S&W 629 w/ 8-3/8" barrel on GunBroker for months from a local pawn shop. $899 Ridiculously high price. I don't know what the reserve has been, but I've posted a $600 bid a couple of times and of course haven't won it. They've let it roll over umpteen times this summer. I've been tempted to just go to the pawn shop with $600 in small unmarked bills in hand and make them an offer. Well, this weekend, I hastily, without reading carefully put in a $650 bid and won it! Evidently they got tired of it not selling and had dropped the reserve. I could have probably gotten in for less! Now how do I tell the wife since I wasn't suppose to buy anything else till September? HONEY? I got a really great deal?
There are a number of early fall auctions out there with various things. Rock Island Auctions has another "regional" auction if you feel like bidding on mutliple guns at once. I have a bid in on a S&W 625 pretty cheap ($375), but it probably won't stand when the auction goes live next week. I use ProxiBid to find the auctions, then signup directly to save 2%. Just remember all of them have pretty steep buyer fees (15%+), but if you only bid on really good deals, it works out.
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