Hello, I go by Usziel most of the time. It's a pleasure to meet the forum lurkers and posters here. I did a short stint in the Army in '90 but was booted due to a previously unknown health condition. So much for my career as a helicopter pilot. I've only ever purchased a handful of used firearms in my life until very recently. In November my spouse of 20 years and I decided it might be a good idea to come up with an evacuation plan just in case things went pear-shaped in Ukraine. That included buying new guns. Fortunately, things went apple-shaped in central Europe instead. Unfortunately, we were pretty easy marks for a less than scrupulous fire arms market out here in Salt Lake City. We live, we learn, we get knocked down, we get kicked in the gut a few times, we get back up and wonder what the hell just happened. I'm a jack-of-all trades type and my spouse is the Lord High God of Data at a local advertising company. We're looking to boogie on out of SLC in the next 2 years and find a nice plot of sub-rural, semi-farmland in either south central Illinois or maybe Oregon ... if we can something nice in the west under 2000 feet and under $30K. LOL, right? ~sigh~ I'm such an idiot sometimes ... P.S. You wouldn't happen to know anyone interested in a 500 year old katana? Don't mind me, it's an inside joke ... :D