Are there still a ton of police trade-in 40 caliber duty pistols out there? I got some screaming deals on several within the past year or two. My Glock Model 22 and Sig P229 were about $300 OTD apiece, including the box and one or two spare magazines.
I see plenty of new 40 caliber pistols for sale, and plenty of 40 caliber ammo as well. Academy must have ten different varieties.
It doesn't seem anywhere near dead to me.
This was my best deal. A place was Gunbroker auctioning a bunch of surplus/turn-in Beretta 96's. When they got towards the bottom of the barrel, they put one up that was a Frankenstein pistol: an American DAO slide on top of a regular Italian frame. No one wanted to bid on it. I won it for a $149 bid. It's a great shooter (DA/SA due to the Italian trigger assembly). I don't care that it doesn't have a safety or decocker. I got it about a year ago. It's a nice pistol that I paid next to nothing for.
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