I followed this advice today. Last night I texted the owner of a SOCOM II and offered a price that I was comfortable with for the gun that he's been trying to sell for the past 2 or 3 weeks. I didn't get an answer back from him so I forgot about it and went around and got some things done. I had the muffler and tailpipe repaired on my truck this morning, and came home when that was done. I checked the same site the SOCOM was on and noticed that someone had a Ruger Gunsite Scout for sale. This is the third or fourth one I've noticed for sale, but this one had the best price so far. I gave the guy a call and he was in the mood to sell, and he came down from his price even more, so I went out to meet him. While I was waiting for him to arrive, I checked my cell phone again and noticed a text from the SOCOM owner. I texted back and he answered, so I arranged to meet him a short while later.

The guy with the Ruger showed up and his gun was everything it was supposed to be, ANIB with everything that came with it from the factory so I bought it. I then went to meet the SOCOM II seller and liked what I saw so I bought his rifle too. I stopped and shot the SOCOM on the way home and it is a nice rifle! I only shot 20 rds, but it worked flawlessly. It's got rails all over the front end, but I took the bottom one off, which cleaned it up a lot. I even have a couple ammo cans of 7.62x51mm, so I'm good for ammo for a while. I told my fellow gun nut friend Pete about them, and he's already trying to get me to sell the Ruger Scout rifle to him. I don't do this very often, but I'm glad both deals came together, and it was fun to be able to drive around and buy a couple of cool guns.