I must have been good this year! A friend and I have both been looking for a Ruger GP-100 with 4" barrel to use as a sidearm when we predator hunt. We hunt with shotguns alot and the idea of carrying a short barrelled revolver for the occasional longer shot at coyote or if we ever get lucky and Mr. mountain lion shows up seemed good to us. We have been pricing them new and found that the blued versions can be had for $359 with the stainless going for $399. Well, we ate lunch the other day at a Chinese restaurant right next next to a Sports Authority store here in Arizona. We went to the store after lunch and asked the guy at the gun counter if he had any Gp-100's. He said that a matter of fact he just got one in. We asked how much and he checked the price and told us it was $199.00! I told him he must be mistaken as I'm guessing they paid way more than that themselves. He double checked and asked the manager to check also and verified that they were indeed $199.00! My friend who was there first cried sold! Unfortunately, we were told it was already sold but if we wanted he would call around to some of the other stores in the valley to see if they had any. Well, he succeeded in finding us each one at different stores, put a hold on them in our names and we flew out to get them. I had to drive to a store about 60 miles away for mine and my buddy only had to go about 25 miles but get them we did, $225 out the door. When I got to the store where I got mine I had the manager check it out again as I told him I thought it was priced wrong. He checked at every level he could and came back saying that was the price! I whipped out the plastic and had my GP-100, in stainless to boot. I still think there was a goof up somewhere but I made sure they checked with all their managers before I bought it. Best deal I ever got on a brand new gun!
