Browning Euro bolt II

[Mr.Niceguy]

Does anyone have any experience with either the Euro bolt I or II?  The rifle handles very well for me, and I want a rifle with iron sights and a fixed magainze.  I have no knowledge of Browning rifles, and a mom and pop shop has a Eurobolt II in .30-06 for $850 (yikes).  A quick search on guns america has several 30-06s for around $600, am I missing something here?

[Zachary]

a mom and pop shop has a Eurobolt II in .30-06 for $850 (yikes).  A quick search on guns america has several 30-06s for around $600, am I missing something here?

No, in all probability you are not.  Upon introduction, the internet has opened the retail market wide open.  New .com companies have opened whereby they realized that they don't need to have high overhead like paying rent in long term leases, etc.  As a result, prices are usually lower, and in some cases, much lower. The bad thing about this is that some mom and pop shops have struggled at best, and closed their doors at worst.  

There is one thing that you may be missing - a close inspection of the gun that you will ultimately buy, and that is a risk, albeit a calculated one.  I have bought a lot of guns through the net, and all but one were perfect.  The only one that was not was becuase the forend piece on a deluxe wood grained rifle was not uniform in color.  Is it a big deal?  Well, to me it kinda was, but then again at the price that I got the rifle, it really wasn't.  Still, for others it may have been a determining factor.  So, even if you go to a mom and pop shop, or any other local store for that matter, and handle a gun that you like, you have a chance to really look it over because you will buy that particular gun.  When you go on the net to buy that same gun, it may be brand new in box, but it might have something that you don't like, like the trigger or the action seems kinda loose, or the barrel rubs against the stock on one side, etc.

It's all a calculated risk.  If the mom and pop sells the gun for $850, yet you can find it on-line for $600, then I think it's worth the risk.

Beware - make sure that the seller is legit.  Buying from gunbroker or auctionarms makes me more at ease than gunsamerica because with the first two at least you can read previous purchasers' feedback.  With gunsamerica, you have little or no clue.  

Zachary

[Mr.Niceguy]

The $250 would certainly be worth it IMO to patronize the local shop, versus some distant shop were I am not able to inspect the gun.  This would keep the shop in business of course. The local store is owned by a friend of my family, and I enjoy stopping by once or twice a month.  Ammo is almost twice the price than either from Gander Mountain or Wal-Mart.  The firearms can be priced really high or above average.
I bought my first handgun from this shop, I could have gotten it for $75 less not more than 10 miles down the road, but I did it anyway and with out any "family discount".

Back to the rifle, I would assume that the Eurobolt is basically a A-Bolt marketed towards the Europeans across the pond.  Nice looking and handling rifle if you ask me.