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SLCDave · 03-21-2005, 08:52 AM

before Friday!

Thursday night, we get a call from my daughter's sitter, she has the flu, and can't watch my daughter the next day. Looks like a daddy-daughter Friday is in the cards. I make a run to Walmart to pick up a few things, taking my time since I know I don't have to get up early for work the next day.

I wander through Sporting Goods, and spot a shotgun on clearance. It's a Winchester 1300 12 gauge with a nice walnut stock. The price? $125.00. It's sitting next to another 1300 with a lighter hardwood stock, and the lighter stock isn't marked down. I spin the rack, and notice a Winchester 1300 compact 20 gauge on clearance for $75.00, and next to it, a Mossberg 500 20 gauge youth model for $50.00. I call the kid working the late shift over, and I fondle all 3, and notice the Mossberg has quite a bit of rust on the outside of the barrel, but for $50, I can deal with that later. The kid informs me he can't sell them to me at the late hour, even though I have a CCW, because Walmart has to call and verify that my CCW is legit.

They also can't hold any of them, because they are clearance items.

Nevermind the fact I have cash in hand, and would gladly exchange said cash on the spot for the firearms, their policy won't let them sell them to me that late, and their policy won't allow them to guarantee that the items will be there at 9 in the morning when they will be allowed to sell them to me.

I tell my wife about them, and tell her I'm considering buying all 3. She tells me, "I think if you don't buy all 3, you'll be kicking yourself later..." Wife instantly earns a little more respect.

I toss and turn that night, and show up at 8:30 the next morning to buy all three, which are all still there. As I fill out the paperwork, I talk to the brand new Sporting Goods manager, who informs me the guns were all transferred in from a California store that was no longer selling guns. They got mixed in their inventory, and missed the markdowns. When the new manager came in, she did a thorough inventory, and discovered these needed to go, and I was more than willing to take them.

When they went to box them up, the Mossberg needed to be broken down to fit in the box, because no gun can leave Walmart if it isn't in the box. Store Policy. This actually ends up being a good thing, because the screw on cap at the end of the magazine tube is cross threaded, and won't come loose. They will be sending it to the Mossberg Service center to fix the broken part, AND address the rust, and when the repaired gun comes back, it's still mine for $50.

My pics will follow, but from Winchester's site, here is the 1300 12 gauge:
http://img148.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img1...ge=13004yd.png

and the 1300 Compact 20 gauge:
http://img148.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img1...compact6hx.png

Will post my pics when I get them back.

XD BACKUP GUN · 03-21-2005, 08:57 AM

Wow!
Good Buys!
3 shotguns for $250

ghouse78 · 03-21-2005, 08:58 AM

sweet find

Brickboy240 · 03-21-2005, 09:18 AM

Good buys. I carry an old Winchester 1200 12 gauge under the seat of my Silverado. It has always been reliable and a good piece. I have had the gun for about 6 years now and not a trouble one.

The 870 Remington is probably a better pump-gun, but I got my 1200 about as cheap as you did the 1300 so I can't complain.

-Brickboy240

Lranger65 · 03-21-2005, 09:25 AM

i would've been there when the store opened the next day too...for all three. congratulations and good shooting........

SLCDave · 03-21-2005, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brickboy240

Good buys. I carry an old Winchester 1200 12 gauge under the seat of my Silverado. It has always been reliable and a good piece. I have had the gun for about 6 years now and not a trouble one.

The 870 Remington is probably a better pump-gun, but I got my 1200 about as cheap as you did the 1300 so I can't complain.

-Brickboy240

I've shot the 870 before, and it's very similar to the 1300, as far as I can tell. Breaking the Winchesters down was simple, and it blows me away how few parts there are.

I figure the Mossberg will be my $50 truck gun, if it proves reliable.

DigMe · 03-21-2005, 09:51 AM

Incredible deals. Congrats!

brad cook

NExd · 03-21-2005, 10:02 AM

I would have bought all 3 as well

thirdtimesthecharm · 03-21-2005, 11:50 AM

you lucky bastard.....great buys!

HamsXD · 03-21-2005, 11:59 AM

Score!!!

03-21-2005, 08:52 AM	#1
SLCDave XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 1,983	I've never owned a shotgun....<NOW WITH PICTURE!!!> before Friday! Thursday night, we get a call from my daughter's sitter, she has the flu, and can't watch my daughter the next day. Looks like a daddy-daughter Friday is in the cards. I make a run to Walmart to pick up a few things, taking my time since I know I don't have to get up early for work the next day. I wander through Sporting Goods, and spot a shotgun on clearance. It's a Winchester 1300 12 gauge with a nice walnut stock. The price? $125.00. It's sitting next to another 1300 with a lighter hardwood stock, and the lighter stock isn't marked down. I spin the rack, and notice a Winchester 1300 compact 20 gauge on clearance for $75.00, and next to it, a Mossberg 500 20 gauge youth model for $50.00. I call the kid working the late shift over, and I fondle all 3, and notice the Mossberg has quite a bit of rust on the outside of the barrel, but for $50, I can deal with that later. The kid informs me he can't sell them to me at the late hour, even though I have a CCW, because Walmart has to call and verify that my CCW is legit. They also can't hold any of them, because they are clearance items. Nevermind the fact I have cash in hand, and would gladly exchange said cash on the spot for the firearms, their policy won't let them sell them to me that late, and their policy won't allow them to guarantee that the items will be there at 9 in the morning when they will be allowed to sell them to me. I tell my wife about them, and tell her I'm considering buying all 3. She tells me, "I think if you don't buy all 3, you'll be kicking yourself later..." Wife instantly earns a little more respect. I toss and turn that night, and show up at 8:30 the next morning to buy all three, which are all still there. As I fill out the paperwork, I talk to the brand new Sporting Goods manager, who informs me the guns were all transferred in from a California store that was no longer selling guns. They got mixed in their inventory, and missed the markdowns. When the new manager came in, she did a thorough inventory, and discovered these needed to go, and I was more than willing to take them. When they went to box them up, the Mossberg needed to be broken down to fit in the box, because no gun can leave Walmart if it isn't in the box. Store Policy. This actually ends up being a good thing, because the screw on cap at the end of the magazine tube is cross threaded, and won't come loose. They will be sending it to the Mossberg Service center to fix the broken part, AND address the rust, and when the repaired gun comes back, it's still mine for $50. My pics will follow, but from Winchester's site, here is the 1300 12 gauge: http://img148.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img1...ge=13004yd.png and the 1300 Compact 20 gauge: http://img148.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img1...compact6hx.png Will post my pics when I get them back. __________________ We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate. Thomas Jefferson Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

03-21-2005, 08:57 AM	#2
XD BACKUP GUN XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Oak Grove,MN Posts: 1,723	Wow! Good Buys! 3 shotguns for $250 __________________ I carry 2 sometimes 3 guns....why not 4....that would be ostentatious. The person who carries more than 1 gun is not paranoid but prepared.

03-21-2005, 08:58 AM	#3
ghouse78 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: SC Posts: 104	sweet find __________________ XD-40 SOLD Desert Eagle (baby eagle) 9MM Chinese (Norinco) SKS w/ Drag. stock Savage MarkII Hi Point 9mm Carbine w/ATI stock Ruger 10/22

03-21-2005, 09:18 AM	#4
Brickboy240 XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 9,311	Good buys. I carry an old Winchester 1200 12 gauge under the seat of my Silverado. It has always been reliable and a good piece. I have had the gun for about 6 years now and not a trouble one. The 870 Remington is probably a better pump-gun, but I got my 1200 about as cheap as you did the 1300 so I can't complain. -Brickboy240 __________________ The top 25% of wage earners in America pay 86% of all federal income taxes collected. (according to 2007 IRS website data) Es mejor morir a pie que vivir arrodillado Volvo...the Swedish Brick!

03-21-2005, 09:25 AM	#5
Lranger65 XDTalk Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF NJ Posts: 52	i would've been there when the store opened the next day too...for all three. congratulations and good shooting........ __________________ THE LIMITS OF TYRANTS ARE PRESCRIBED BY THE ENDURANCE OF THOSE WHOM THEY SUPPRESS - FREDERICK DOUGLASS Springfield XD9 4\" S&W 19 .357 S&W 27 .357 Colt 1911 .45ACP Ruger 22/45 .22LR Mossberg 500 12GA Ruger 10/22 .22LR Remington Nylon 77 .22LR

03-21-2005, 09:51 AM	#7
DigMe XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Waco, TX Posts: 1,540	Incredible deals. Congrats! brad cook __________________ This space for rent. .jpgs and .gifs need not apply.

03-21-2005, 10:02 AM	#8
NExd XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Land of pretentious, viperous, rancorous little, little men Posts: 1,553	I would have bought all 3 as well

03-21-2005, 11:50 AM	#9
thirdtimesthecharm XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: PHX, AZ Posts: 622	you lucky bastard.....great buys! __________________ www.marcofilms.com ---- TAURUS 24/7 9B MARLIN 795 .22LR REMINGTON 870 EXPRESS 12GA GERMAN K98 MAUSER 1936 SWISS K31 1944 SWISS K31 1951 ENFIELD NO.4MK2 1952 PORTUGUESE 1904/39 MAUSER

03-21-2005, 11:59 AM	#10
HamsXD XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Okc Posts: 323	Score!!!

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