What's The Best Gun Trade You've Ever Made?

[RiverRat]

Best trade: (In the mid-80's) A 2 channel Tektronics 50 KHz scope for a Remington model 1100 and a 1911 Colt 9MM. Still have both.

Worst trade: A pre-64 Winchester 94 for a Kraig 8-track (the trade was circa 1971). Still have the 8-track in my '67 Chevelle......hard to find the tapes anymore. Wish I had kept the 30-30.

[USA1]

Not sure if these were good trades, but they made me happy!

when it comes down to it , isnt that all that really matters ?

[joe817]

The craziest gun trade I ever made was when I was exhibiting at the big Ft.Worth gun show at Will Rogers in 1983. A guy kept going by my table admiring my shotgun collection(U.S. military marked riot and trench guns). Concurrently, my gun show buddy's had a table right next to me. They were really into militaria and edged weapons of WWII, mostly German items, but a few from other countries.

The guy walked by for the 4th or 5th time & I finally asked him, what he was going to buy. He picked up 3 or 4 shotguns, and settled on a Remington M31 riot gun. All proper markings...arsenal rework, proper cartouche on the buttstock, etc. He said he didn't have enough to buy it out right, and I said "what do you have to trade"? Not much he said...only a wrist watch. I said lemme see it. It was an Omega Speedmaster Professional, first variant(wind up kind, pure mechanical movement...the original moon watch). I gulped and offered the M31, he laughed. I added 2 cloth survival maps(1 from WWII, 1 from cold war), he said no, and went on down the line. 2 hours later he came back to barter with me. He said he liked the Webley No.2 Mark 1* on my buddy's table. I turned to my buddy and said "trade that piece of junk Webley for my Mauser Commercial HSc that has a broken firing pin??? (He'd been eyeing it for more than a year). "Nice gun, but broken firing pin". I said how about the HSc + $20 to boot? "Make it $25 and you have a deal." DONE!" Traded my HSc(wartime production commercial German pistol relatively rare) for the Webley. Handed the passerby the shotgun, the Webley(complete with original holster), the 2 cloth maps, and threw in a U.S. Navy PAL RH 36 fighting knife of WWII. It was in mint condition and hated to see it go.

The guy took off the watch and handed it to me. He said he didn't like the watch anyway. Sooooo it was a win-win trade for both of us.....but I think I got the better end of the deal.
[the Rem. M31 riot gun was 1 of 2 I bought for $137 each 3 years before, in Good to V.G. condition, but all original. The maps? Worth about $45 for both of them back them. The Webley...about $125 back then. The knife....about $40.]

My worst trade? 2 years before I traded a CZ-27(.32 acp) Nazi wartime production, all Nazi markings, for the Mauser HSc that had a broken firing pin! I really wanted the HSc, and I wondered why the guy would want a CZ-27 in trade for the HSc on an even trade. I found out. But it all worked itself out quite well.

BTW, the watch I traded for? Worth today(used) about $2,299.99 according to amazon.com:

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[USA1]

BTW, the watch I traded for? Worth today(used) about $2,299.99 according to amazon.com:

good move... guns come and go , but a watch like that doesnt come around that often .
BTW im a huge watch nut and collector

[mymojo]

I traded a Wolrd of Warcraft beta key for a Yugoslavian SKS... which I then traded for a milled Yugo AK kit.

[timdsmith72]

I once traded an old beat up Colt 1911 Commander that misfed at least once a magazine and an old 4X Tasco scope (any of you that have ever used a Tasco scope know that they are worth just about their weight in sand) for a Stainless Colt Mk IV Combat Elite with Pachmayr grips.
I didn't think that was a bad deal.

[Dan20703]

Best deal for me was a case of Miller light for my brothers 80's vintage Ruger 10-22. He never used it anymore and I offered the trade and he accepted.

[USA1]

Best deal for me was a case of Miller light for my brothers 80's vintage Ruger 10-22. He never used it anymore and I offered the trade and he accepted.

so far your the winner..

[KD5NRH]

(any of you that have ever used a Tasco scope know that they are worth just about their weight in sand)

Hey now, you've just got to use them right: I put a Tasco 3-9x40 on my good telescope to replace the cheapie finder, and I've been really happy with it for that. Lack of recoil seems to help a lot.

[timdsmith72]

Hey now, you've just got to use them right: I put a Tasco 3-9x40 on my good telescope to replace the cheapie finder, and I've been really happy with it for that. Lack of recoil seems to help a lot.

ROFL! I never even thought of using one that way!

[CJATE]

buddy of mine moved to Mass where he could not have a handgun. I gave $400 for us USPc in 40. we agreed if he ever wanted it back, same price. but he will never leave mass and has probably forgotten about the gun.