A few weeks ago, my brother comes to me and says the gun dealer - ( he has purchased many firearms from ) - has a Remington 700 pss .338 Lapua. The dealer says hes tired of constantly moving the rifle from display to gun safe every day, for months. In doing so, it has picked up a ding here and there on the finish, but no real issues and would sell it to him for $1150.00.
So, my brother comes to me and says "if I buy it, I wont have anything left over for Christmas presents, so, uh, do ya wanna go half?" I said "yeah, go for it!" The next morning, as he is pouring coffee, he says "I didn't pressure you into going half, did I?" I say "yeah, but I'm good with it, so go for it!"
Monday afternoon comes, and I send him a text asking "did ya get it?" His reply, "I drove by after work, and there was absolutely NO parking anywhere. So, I took that as a sign from God that maybe it wasn't meant to be. Besides, I pressured you into it" I text back "so, what are you gonna do? Are you gonna call and see if it's still there?" He replies "I'll go in on Saturday, and see. If it's still there, then it was meant to be"
So, on Tuesday, I drive up to the gun dealer and buy it out from underneith him! I tell the dealer "don't say a word! it's gonna be his Christmas present!" You should have seen the sad look on his face on Saturday at the gun shop, contrasted with his total joy on Christmas morning!
The receipt is in his name, so he still has to fill out the paperwork, and sit out the waiting period, so, no pictures or reports yet.
One question though, is the barrel lapped at the factory, or do we have to go through that laborous and painfull "new barrel break in procedure"?
Bill