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About 20 years ago I mentioned to a friend that I was headed to a gun show. He asked me to keep an eye out for a good usable and inexpensive pump shotgun. I happened on an old 1950's Ithaca model 37 for something like $125.
I typically wouldn't buy a gun for another person (definitely won't now), but he was a good friend. It turned out that he didn't ask me for himself, but for a friend of his. That guy turned out to be a weirdo, tried to talk me down on price, when I wasn't asking for a profit. I got a bad feeling about the guy so I just kept it, refused to sell it to him at all. I found out years later that the guy ended up going to jail for some shady wheeling and dealing. I learned long ago to stay away from shady weirdos.
Anyhow, I kept that old Ithaca, and after I shot it a few times I wouldn't have sold it for double. Nowadays I just wouldn't sell it at all. It's my favorite shotgun.
I typically wouldn't buy a gun for another person (definitely won't now), but he was a good friend. It turned out that he didn't ask me for himself, but for a friend of his. That guy turned out to be a weirdo, tried to talk me down on price, when I wasn't asking for a profit. I got a bad feeling about the guy so I just kept it, refused to sell it to him at all. I found out years later that the guy ended up going to jail for some shady wheeling and dealing. I learned long ago to stay away from shady weirdos.
Anyhow, I kept that old Ithaca, and after I shot it a few times I wouldn't have sold it for double. Nowadays I just wouldn't sell it at all. It's my favorite shotgun.