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    Quote Originally Posted by micmacman View Post
    as far as bad buys go , you got off easy , ive seen some really gut wrenching posts of people being taken , i myself learned the lesson early on , it happens to every one at some point , you just need to learn and not dwell on it
    I've been bit hard before, but I have always made the best of it. I have learned though even if it isn't what you expected it was, if its milsurps, if you wait long enough, the prices of things get to a point where you can at least get your money back. I bought a 1903 basket case as a project rifle for 150.00, missing some metal, upper hand guard and had a Bubba sporterized barrel. After getting it I discovered the receiver was cracked when I got it out of the stock it looked like bubba got happy with a big vise or something as receiver was also deformed, which was not visible in the pictures. The person I bought it from "disappeared" would not respond to calls or emails. Anyhow, fast forward three years, and I ended up selling the just Rock Island stock for $250.00 so ended up getting my money back plus some.
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