Very stout and reliable guns, those Nitro Specials, even if they are nothing fancy. My first Nitro was a nice little .410 that I bought for $160.00 in the mid-1980's. Asking price was $175.00. Then there's the 16 ga. Nitro that I bought at a very large gun show for $100.00 around 1990. At the same gun show, I also bought a VH Parker for $375.00, A very nice Damascus A Grade Baker for $125.00, and a FW field grade 16 ga. L.C. Smith that needed a buttplate and an easy split toe repair, for $175.00.
I didn't think I was going to buy four double shotguns that day, but I thought they were all a very good value considering price and overall condition. I've never seen gun show vendors so willing to deal as that day. The crowd was very thin because the town's NFL football team was playing a big home playoff game with a hated rival. But everyone knows how doubles are losing value, so I'd be lucky to get half that for them today... right?
Buy low..sell lower! That's how I roll.
