Gun auction

Well, I went to the DNR confiscated gun auction on Saturday. Turns out they haven't done this in about 4 years. I estimate there were about 1000 people there and only about 300 guns. They did about a gun a minute. I'm glad I didn't have any money, I could see how its easy to get caught up in the excitement. I looked over a lot of the weapons and the vast majority were in pretty rough shape. People were spending WAY too much money on some. I saw one basic Remington 870 pump go for $300... you can buy a NEW one for less. There were a few good deals though, I made my buddy bid on a nice Savage .22 which he got for $200. Hardly been used. I saw a Tika T3 decked out with scope and all go for $1000 even, and a like-new Marlin .45-70 govt with a Leupold 3-9x scope go for $650. The only one I saw that I was interested in was a Stainless Browning A-bolt in .338 Win Mag (I could really reach out and touch something with that!), but when the price went over $700 I new I was out... actually when the price started out at $400 I new I was out, HA! And oh what a crowd...