I know two guys who routinely frequent gunshops and pawnshops and each carry between 2 and 3 thousand dollars in cash just in case they find a nice private deal where a gunshop did not want to purchase a firearm from an individual and so they meet off property and cut a deal. Thanks.i used to carry 100 -125 on me all the time in case the occasional 22 sangle shot appeared on here, local pawns, gunshow.... but those have disappeared like my cash stash.