Well, I did end up going hunting till about 8:15 am, didn't see a thing. Then I headed over to Canton after that and bagged myself a nice little gal, a really "mint" 026. It has the adjustable carb and is in really nice condition, runs as good as it looks too. The guy put the ad up late last night asking "$275 CASH" for it and indicated that he would post up some photos today:
http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/grd/3424228586.html
I emailed my interest late last night about 11pm, then posted here about it. It was too late to call last night, so I called from my 11'x13'x13' tree "house" back in the woods (the kids think I built it for them but we know better) hunting at 8:15 am today. Although the ad said "CASH" in capitals, I figured what the heck, and asked him about a possible ammo trade. The guy eagerly replied that that was the
one item he would consider a trade for. After discussing calibers, I loaded up all the 9mm, 45 ACP, and 7.62x39 and headed for Canton. No need to hit the ATM, had enough ammo with me to cover 2 saws.....
The saw was in mint condition and ran like a charm. He wouldn't budge any on the price since I was the first buyer on the first morning ..... couldn't blame him there. But he also knew his ammo and was not going to buy into the highly inflated (current) prices that I first wanted for my 10-20 year old ammo that I paid peanuts for. In the end, I gave him about $190 worth of ammo to come up with his "$275" price. He didn't want the more expensive "fancy defense stuff" either, just the plain jane FMJ ball stuff. Better for me, I still have the best ammo left! Not the killer grand theft deal I did on that MS460 two weeks ago, but a good fair deal instead. Here are some photos of the saw.
This pretty much rounds out my Stihl collection, I mean, how many saws does a guy need
. I might move the 191T in favor of a 192/200T, and I do sort of feel a void around the "360" zone, who know how long that rebuilt 031AV will last. I still have lots of ammo left. Barring a zombie epidemic, or a big storm with hostile gas lines, food shortages, extended power outages........ naw, that could never happen, I still feel I could unload more of that ammo! Maybe I'll start collecting work dogs......you know, mushers, of the "huskie" variety. Wow, I wonder if TSC takes old ammo trades!