RE: Gunbroker
I really like gunbroker. I've had my mind set on three different guns here in the last three years and bought two of them on gunbroker. The first was a tikka t3 7mm rem mag and I found it on there for about $150 less than shops around here. Then just today I bought a NIBrock river AR for just above the retail price and it's being shipped tomorrow. The gun dealers around here said it could take them a year to get one from the factory...so, so far it's worked out great. The other gun I found by calling my local Cabelas (2 hours away..lol) and asking them to search their used gun database. They found 1 gun that matched exactly what I wanted (nef handi rifle in .22 hornet) in their used gun database from another store and had it shipped to the nearest one. That really surprised me that their databasewas that accesible for all used guns in cabelas' everywhere...I'd recommend that route too if one is looking.
As for my local dealers, unfortunately there isn't much of one locally (since the only goodlocal sporting good store shut down about 1.5 years ago), and I have never been that impressed withany of their customer service. I'd rather just figure out what I want (and get some serious expert advice around here...on occasion) then go find it and have it sent to me.