{"id":6945,"date":"2020-02-07T00:42:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T07:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.commanderzero.com\/?p=6945"},"modified":"2020-02-05T14:18:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T21:18:00","slug":"serendipity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commanderzero.com\/?p=6945","title":{"rendered":"Serendipity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Years ago, I was talking to a long-time gun collector who would come into the most amazing stuff and I asked him how he found these deals. He said something that has stuck in my mind as very wise and very true; he said “When you’ve been in this business long enough, you don’t have to go looking for good deals..the good deals come looking for you.”<\/p>\n

SNSTIW, minding my own business and getting ready for class. I had walked into the room a bit early, the teacher not being there yet, flopped my bag on the desk, took off my coat, was pulling my books outta the bag, and as I sat down a voice two rows behind me said….<\/p>\n

“Anyone wanna buy some guns?”<\/p>\n

Now, I realize how absurd that sounds but, hand to Crom, that’s what happened. What happened next was my head reactively spinning around as I said “Me!” and so did three other guys. I talked over them and basically browbeat my way into a conversation with the potential gun seller. He had an AR and a ‘custom’ Glock he wanted to sell. Tip: when someone says they have a ‘custom’ Glock (or especially<\/em> a ‘Custom’ AR) what they really mean is they kitchen-tabled a bunch of mods into their guns. I don’t care how talented an amateur gun-plumber you are, you are not as skilled and experienced in assembling an AR as the guys at Stag\/Bushmaster\/Noveske\/Ruger\/etc. who have the tools and experience and do it for a living. (Although you’re probably more skilled than the drunken monkeys at Century). So. I took a pass on the custom longslide threaded Glock .40 and went hard for this:<\/p>\n

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Operators gonna operate….<\/p><\/div>\n

A Rock River Arms Operator…for when operators need to operate operationally. Nice gun except for the funky half cheese-grater\/half smooth forend. But the flip up sights, side swivels, and really surprisingly nice 2-stage trigger are quite pleasant. And its got box-n-docs. And….no paperwork. A lovely free-range AR to go in the bunker.<\/p>\n

My AR leveling up skills seem to be improving. I’ll pull a Palmetto outta storage and what I sell it for will cover what I put out for this guy. It’ll be a net of zero dollars, but a severe upgrade in quality and features.<\/p>\n

In the meantime I discovered that virtually every guy in the class was a gun guy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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