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Posted: 1/15/2016 7:37:47 PM EDT

http://www.stamplerauctions.com/auction/280410/samco-global-arms-firearms/

Posted: 1/15/2016 8:28:08 PM EDT

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They have a lot of cool stuff left. Hopefully Century, Numrich or Sarco will jump on it about the only ones with the juice to buy the Lot..

They always seem to have good prices but were kinda behind the times on technology. Slow to ship esp if you ordered during Hurricane season....

Posted: 1/15/2016 10:05:14 PM EDT

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as I posted in GD, this makes me sad. I got some nice rifles from them, import marks were always subtle

Posted: 1/15/2016 11:34:22 PM EDT

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Group buy?

Posted: 1/15/2016 11:59:11 PM EDT

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i'd like to be allowed in there to do my own hand-pick purchases!

Posted: 1/16/2016 3:04:35 AM EDT

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Anyone else see the whole pallet of m1 carbines??? It is in one of the pictures

Posted: 1/16/2016 9:22:11 AM EDT

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I just noticed a few days ago their website was down....

Hking

Posted: 1/16/2016 1:20:36 PM EDT

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Well, that stinks.

Posted: 1/16/2016 1:24:54 PM EDT

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yep, heard about that just before the end of the year. Sucks, as that is where I always got my 6.5 swede wood blanks to reload with. I hope those turn up somewhere else soon..

Posted: 1/16/2016 1:37:16 PM EDT

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samco, wideners..... there's conspiracy here

Posted: 1/16/2016 4:46:03 PM EDT

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What's up with wideners?

Posted: 1/16/2016 5:29:26 PM EDT

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No conspiracy.

The Surplus Market is dying, the supply of military surplus arms that are legal to import are gone. If your business is selling surplus guns your a Dodo. Tack on new international Gun bans and arms sales treaty restrictions + plus a hostile DOJ and anti gun administration putting up import roadblocks....

Even Century Arms has struggled drastically cutting back and shifting to new production and commercial ammo imports.

Posted: 1/16/2016 5:46:02 PM EDT

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Sad to see them go even though I never bought much from them

Posted: 1/16/2016 6:02:46 PM EDT

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OMG

Posted: 1/16/2016 6:42:59 PM EDT

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I was working at a LGS/ wholesler and the owner came to me saying Samco had offered him a price on all the Yugo x39 they had. He passed on it because he didnt like corrosive and didnt think it would sell.

Posted: 1/17/2016 1:28:23 AM EDT

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This answers people's question of is surplus dead

Posted: 1/17/2016 9:50:11 AM EDT

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i'm not sure it means what you are suggesting. Given they were sitting on some of their inventory for decades, I think it just means that they were poorly run.

Posted: 1/17/2016 10:28:11 AM EDT

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i'm not sure it means what you are suggesting. Given they were sitting on some of their inventory for decades, I think it just means that they were poorly run.

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i'm not sure it means what you are suggesting. Given they were sitting on some of their inventory for decades, I think it just means that they were poorly run.

That, and the low price of guns in general right now isn't helping any gun dealer. It's a bonanza for the consumer though.

I suspect samcoglobal's inventory will show up at Sarco and others. I bought a .308 Spanish Mauser from Samco for $169. A bit rough but shoots great for a 100 year old $170 rifle. I wish I had bought 3 of them before they went under.

Posted: 2/4/2016 8:58:08 PM EDT

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There is a lady on our state page ( not the hometown forum but a Washington Gun forum) who has put in a bid and apparently has high bid-pending Stamper auction rules. She has stated on the forum that IF she does win, the guns, ammo and parts would not be for sale for at least a couple years. She is mainly interested in all the paperwork, import records, and any other literature.
Other bidders now have 20 days to revise their bids to surpass hers. If someone is higher, there may be another 20 day period. I am not exactly clear on the auction rules.

Really not sure I want to link to her thread there. Use your google fu to find more.

Oh yeah, she is a self professed Democrat also

Posted: 2/4/2016 9:40:12 PM EDT

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Well I pray someone outbids her. The chances of bayonet lugs being ground off and M1 carbines being sent to the crusher for the children are way to high.

Posted: 2/5/2016 11:05:37 AM EDT

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I highly doubt that from this lady. She is an enthusiast.

Posted: 2/5/2016 11:41:39 AM EDT

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Why would she just want the paperwork? What part of WA is she in?

Posted: 2/5/2016 7:30:37 PM EDT

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She collects rare books and is into the historical aspect of it all. That is about all I know. I will update as more info from her shows up on our local board.

Posted: 2/5/2016 9:07:15 PM EDT

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Hope she loses. Seems a little high on the BS meter regardless.

Posted: 2/6/2016 11:07:59 AM EDT

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" I didn't want to see the inventory--specifically the pre-1950 and rare and unusual inventory--separated from pertinent documents. Old paper."

"No, definitely not in the know at all. I am just lucky enough to have a very smart, very financially savvy sister-in-law and a financial adviser that I trust."

"Me? Just a nurse and mother lucky enough to have made some good financial choices a very long time ago, and lucky enough to have the ability to generate a second source of income wildly unrelated to being either. That's all."

Hopefully if she does win, she moves it all from Florida to Washington! I don't think she will just destroy the weapons, but if she wins she will probably have more guns than most of the Democratic party!

Posted: 2/6/2016 12:09:27 PM EDT

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" I didn't want to see the inventory--specifically the pre-1950 and rare and unusual inventory--separated from pertinent documents. Old paper."

"No, definitely not in the know at all. I am just lucky enough to have a very smart, very financially savvy sister-in-law and a financial adviser that I trust."

"Me? Just a nurse and mother lucky enough to have made some good financial choices a very long time ago, and lucky enough to have the ability to generate a second source of income wildly unrelated to being either. That's all."

Hopefully if she does win, she moves it all from Florida to Washington! I don't think she will just destroy the weapons, but if she wins she will probably have more guns than most of the Democratic party!

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Sounds like glock girl.

Posted: 2/8/2016 1:52:56 PM EDT

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They were an odd company. I use to go and handpick from their location in Miami. Their customer service was on par with no customer service.

This being said they had a lot of odd things and if you searched hard you could find a gem or two. Sorry to see them go.

It's inevitable that the C&R wholesale market dries up unless we get an easing in importation rules. Prices will rise on everything C&R as supply dries up.

/jm2c

Posted: 2/8/2016 8:15:17 PM EDT

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Wonder what the current "high bid" is.....my dad is looking to have something to do in his retirement in a few years....

Posted: 2/19/2016 6:45:42 PM EDT

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Hope she loses. Seems a little high on the BS meter regardless.

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She collects rare books and is into the historical aspect of it all. That is about all I know. I will update as more info from her shows up on our local board.

Hope she loses. Seems a little high on the BS meter regardless.

I'm on that Washington board as well. Something seemed very weird about the whole deal, not surprised it didn't happen.

Posted: 2/19/2016 6:55:01 PM EDT

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" I didn't want to see the inventory--specifically the pre-1950 and rare and unusual inventory--separated from pertinent documents. Old paper."

"No, definitely not in the know at all. I am just lucky enough to have a very smart, very financially savvy sister-in-law and a financial adviser that I trust."

"Me? Just a nurse and mother lucky enough to have made some good financial choices a very long time ago, and lucky enough to have the ability to generate a second source of income wildly unrelated to being either. That's all."

Hopefully if she does win, she moves it all from Florida to Washington! I don't think she will just destroy the weapons, but if she wins she will probably have more guns than most of the Democratic party!

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