Well I just got an answer in the mail about the 870 Cabelas has them on sale for 269.99 right now so I would have to say that a used one would not be worth it especially seeing as there normal price is around 330 bucks, personally I think I would rather pay the extra 50-60 bucks to buy something that no one else has handled or mishandled. How about tri-star they have a semi-auto on sale for 339???