Nothing impressive here, other then being cheap.
Top one, I got for $60 off of a desperate drunk who needed beer money, and I honestly felt I was doing society a favor by getting it from him. It had some rust on the barrel he said from being left out in the dew on a camp trip. Cleaned that off with Hoppe's 9. Sold the wood furniture on eBay for $40, bought the black p grip and foreend off ebay for $28 and made it a home defense cheap gun I'd be willing to give up to the PD in the event something went down. Mossberg 500.
Next up, Mossberg 835 with 28in threaded barrel with Turkey Choke I bought brand new as it sits for Duck Hunting.
Next up, Mossberg 500C 20gu. Get this, A guy I know bought it one day to commit suicide with. No Joke !!! Knowing I have guns and what they'd do, he calls me up after he bought it brand new. Asked me if I knew for sure that a 20gu would kill him if he put it in his mouth and pulled the trigger. At first I kinda chuckled, and said a 12gu would be better, if you're gonna make a mess, do it right. He responded with, That's I was afraid of, that the 20gu might not do it, and I don't want to live all crippled up, I want it to work for sure. I then said, man, you're being fuggin serious aren't you? He said hell yes. I bought the cheapest shotgun they had in stock. I told him, dude, that won't work, let me come over, I'll bring my 12qu. :rofl: I got there and we'll go shoot some rounds and you can see the difference. He said OK. Stopped off and got a box of 100 12gu, told him to get a box of 100 20gu and he did. Talked about shit and his issues for an hour drive out to my dads place and I could tell he was calming down. I told him, man you just need to blow off some steam and no better way to do it than blow some shit the hell up. Got out there, he shot off the box of 25 rounds he first bought, I shot off 25 rounds. We sat and talked some more. Decided to go on home since it was an hour drive and getting late. Talked some more on the way home. Dropped him off at his house. I asked, you think you're going to be OK, or you want to come hang out at my house for a night? He said, No, I'm all good now, you're right, blowing some shit up helped and our talk did some good, but please keep all this to yourself, which I have. I suggested I take the gun to my house since I have a gun vault and he didn't. He said, I don't need that fuggin gun, give me $100 you can have it and the 100 box of shells. I said, I'll give you $100 so you have some cash (He bought the gun and shells on a Credit Card), I'll take the gun, but you can buy it back for the $100 when you're ready. That was about 5 years ago. He's still alive and doing well now. I still have the gun and about 50 rounds of the 100box. I've asked him if he wanted to go shooting and blow some shit up and shoot off the 100 box of shells. He's always declined. He don't want the gun, and he did end up filing bankruptcy on all his debt, so he's been debt free for about 4 years and I don't have to feel guilty about getting the gun and the 100 shells for $100. To this day he still does not own a firearm and has no desire too. Which is probably a good thing.
OK, sorry it turned into a long story, but I'm sure I probably saved a life that day, and got a cheap gun out of the deal. Oh, one more note, the reason he bought the 500C, I guess the C stands for Carbine or Child, he said he did that, so he could for sure reach the trigger. I think he was serious as a heart attack that day.