Last winter I was in a local pawn shop and saw a little Bobcat hanging on the wall. The price tag said $79 and the rust around the breech made me shake my head. The fella said he would go down to $60. Well, I went home and read that guys had bought them new for that price and I kinda chuckled. Zip ahead to this last summer. I went back and asked them how badly they wanted to sell it and I think I p***ed the guy off when I told him what they went for new. Soooo... Fast forward to today. My wife and I were doing the crazy shopping day thing and I told her I was going to go check on that rifle. She shook her head as usual as I pulled in. It was still there. Once again he told me the price was $79. I explained how Id been looking at it for a year and a half and that if they were ever going to sell it they needed to come down. He said 50 and I told him I didn't mind waiting and that I would come back next summer and buy it for 40 and he paused... so I have a new $40 toy.
Like I said, there is some rust on the breech, but nothing terrible. I hooked up the drill and JB'd the bore and it shines like new. Tomorrow it will get the big test. I have some 295gr powerbelts laying around and some fff blackpowder that I'm going to stuff down it.
Its nothing pretty or fancy by ANY means, but for forty bucks if it makes noise it's worth it for a toy. If by chance it groups at 50y it just may go to the woods with me next weekend. Report to follow...
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