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Willie Sutton · February 1, 2012, 09:41 AM

Quack, where are you PCS to and from? If to/from Pax River, come find me... ;-)

Sell the thing on Craigslist like all of the other impedimentia that never makes a PCS and buy a new one. They hold their value pretty well and the difference between "sell" and "buy" is your "cost to transport" if you will.

Other thought: Sell it on the bulletin board on base. Rod and Gun Club where you are? Trap and skeet range on base etc? Put up an ad and someone will buy it. Bulletin board at the local gun shop that seems to be at the gate of every base? Guys moving in and moving out always are looking for this stuff (sort of like the XO's car in the squadron... I think it's a 1972 Dodge Dart, It's stayed on base and the next XO has bought it from the old one for, oh.. about 30 years. What a POS, but it's a tradition).

There's got to be someone "in the next office" there who wants it. Base newspaper? Free classifieds there, and at least you'll have sort of pre-sorted possible buyers out of the populace at large.

Willie

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February 1, 2012, 09:41 AM	#3
Willie Sutton Junior member Join Date: January 26, 2012 Posts: 1,066	Quack, where are you PCS to and from? If to/from Pax River, come find me... ;-) Sell the thing on Craigslist like all of the other impedimentia that never makes a PCS and buy a new one. They hold their value pretty well and the difference between "sell" and "buy" is your "cost to transport" if you will. Other thought: Sell it on the bulletin board on base. Rod and Gun Club where you are? Trap and skeet range on base etc? Put up an ad and someone will buy it. Bulletin board at the local gun shop that seems to be at the gate of every base? Guys moving in and moving out always are looking for this stuff (sort of like the XO's car in the squadron... I think it's a 1972 Dodge Dart, It's stayed on base and the next XO has bought it from the old one for, oh.. about 30 years. What a POS, but it's a tradition). There's got to be someone "in the next office" there who wants it. Base newspaper? Free classifieds there, and at least you'll have sort of pre-sorted possible buyers out of the populace at large. Willie . Last edited by Willie Sutton; February 1, 2012 at 09:50 AM.