i didn't end up doing too badly...
snagged the FN SLP i'd been wanting for $1k... had an aimpoint on it to boot... thought it might have been fake at first, but confirmed it wasn't... pretty happy about that...
also, i picked up the rest of the parts to finish my spikes 22LR AR15... got the balance of them at brownells last week. ron had some of the "tan" stuff and i thought it might be wise to keep the 22LR a different color for snagging stuff on the quick from the safe to dispatch various varmints... who wants to make mistake in the middle of the night?
i also managed to get a lot of work done that had piled up, so that allowed for some breathing room...
i took a quick pic of a new unit i finished for a member here:
it'll be quite the unit when he gets the optics mounted...
i trust everyone made out like a bandit. all three of you that attended anyway...