What Do You Consider an Expensive Gun?

[fightingquaker13]

I ask this question not to evaluate your financial status, just your mental comfort zone for buying a new firearm. The reason is that makers are going to be putting out a lot of new models, priced all over the map. Pretend we all have comfortable middle class incomes. What do you consider a bargain? What do you consider fair? What do you consider a stretch, but reasonable, and what falls under the "you have to be sh@tting me Pyle!' category? Obviously, the type of firearm will set the price to some degree, but I'm talking just a good solid weapon with no gold engraving, hand made reciever, virgin old growth walnut cut and and polished by naked unionized virgins, or an exact replica of the 1854 Acme whacKinator. Just something solidly built that you would take hunting or use for SD or a day at the range. Me, I consider anything under $500 to be a bargain. $500-$700 to be reasonable and up to about $1k, something I'll look at a rifle, and extend that to $1800 for a side by side (but it better be nice). Anything over $1800 might as well be on Mars, as I wouldn't buy even if I had the cash (hell, who am I kidding, I probably would buy it, but I'd still consider it expensive). Your thoughts.
FQ13 Who is not including the price of glass here (again for me, figue $300 to $600 as reasonable for a hunting scope)

[tombogan03884]

 Really it would depend on the gun, $1,000 for a Glock is ridiculous, but for a nicely balanced Double rifle it is a steal.
But general market type guns I'd say under $750 should buy any type of fire arm you want.

[bulldog75]

I am a farm boy, 870 is about as expensive as it gets. Glock is the best bang for my buck when it comes to handguns. Rifles it would be a decent bolt gun.

[TAB]

anything over 5k...


i've not done that yet, did make a offer a couple years back of 6k, but it was not taken.

[tombogan03884]

anything over 5k...


i've not done that yet, did make a offer a couple years back of 6k, but it was not taken.

 I'll bet it was an over and under shotgun . Those are like double rifles, any thing under $10,000 is reasonable .

[Sponsor]

[TAB]

nope. it was a cape gun.  In all honesty it was most likly worth three times what I offered.  The was hard up for money and all I had at that time was 6k.

[TexGun]

Anything over $700 for a "normal" handgun I consider expensive.  (What I "feel" is expensive and what I'll actually break down and pay are not always in line with one another, much to my wife's dismay.  )

Shotguns, any pump that costs more than an 870, and any over/under that costs more than $1,500.

Rifles, an bolt gun over $800, any EBR over $1,000. 

[Rob Pincus]

"Expensive Gun" - noun/concept:

1. Any gun that I need but truly cannot afford to buy.
2. Any gun that I want but can't justify the compromises necessary to purchase.


I've never run into a gun that fit into category 1... I've always found affordable options in the category of guns that I truly needed or was issued/loaned them for the purpose/time that they were necessary.

As for category two, that has changed over time. I paid what I considered a lot of money for a .50 at one point, then hit a spot where I needed the $$$ it was worth a lot more than I wanted the gun, so I sold it. Today, I really want a Bren Ten, but I can't justify the $$$ to buy it. Someday, maybe I will... The point being that definition #2 is not a constant value.

-RJP

[fightingquaker13]

Anything over $700 for a "normal" handgun I consider expensive.  (What I "feel" is expensive and what I'll actually break down and pay are not always in line with one another, much to my wife's dismay.  )

Shotguns, any pump that costs more than an 870, and any over/under that costs more than $1,500.

Rifles, an bolt gun over $800, any EBR over $1,000. 

We are on about the same page. I think that I should be able to walk into a gun store with about $500-$600 dollars and walk out with some thing used but solid. EBRs and doubles will cost more, but for 6 bills I would expect that I could get a decent pump shotgun, bolt action 30-06 or .308, or semi-auto pistol, if not new, then pretty darn close to new.
FQ13

[twyacht]

They are ALL expensive!!!!

The big BUT is:

My family is worth it.
My "a**" is worth it.

I thought $1200.00 was unreal for my Sig556 in Feb. 08.  Than they went close to $2000. My Walther PPK/S was expensive, but my slightly used Glock21 with 400rds of ammo and 4 15rd. mags, was a steal,....

and so it goes....

Unless your billt....and by them by the pair,....