Shotgun Value

[Timothy]

Anyone have a blue book of shotguns that can tell me what a 1969 Remington 870 Wingmaster, 12 Ga is worth?  American walnut stock and forearm, polished blue finish, in 99% condition?  This is a beautiful pump gun...

Curiously waiting...

thanks...

[Texas_Bryan]

Probably about five bucks, who do I make the check out to?  870's retain their value pretty well, I'd recon its worth quite abit, considering the new Wingmaster are blah.

[TAB]

goning to need alot more details to give you a value, things like barrel lenght, choke, length of pull all drasticly effect value on vintage 870s,


prices range from say 250- 1500  all depending on how rare it is.

if its run of the mill nothing rare about it 300-400. 

[Timothy]

TAB.

It has a 25" vented rib Improved Cylinder barrel, 2-3/4" chamber, no choke threads with gold bead sight.  LOP is 14 or 14-1/4" approx with a factory recoil pad.  It really is a fine little upland gun and there is not a scratch on the finish or a mark on the lumber.  I can take a few pictures but I don't think they will do the gun justice.

thanks,

Tim

[Timothy]

Thread bump...

Anybody?

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[WatchManUSA]

I believe that, if you are an NRA member you have access to the Blue Book of Gun Values.  I use it at the shop to access guns customers want to sell or trade-in almost every day.  It is impossible to value a gun without doing a visual inspection and move the gun parts.  Guns are like cars, their value drops like a stone once they leave the store.  The next major impact to value is how well they are taken care of by the owner.  Most people have a higher opinion of their guns value  than is reality.

Now if you purchased a limited edition gun (not a commemorative copy of an old gun) and have kept it a safe queen you might have something of value.

I had a guy bring in a Colt Python someone gave him to cover an debt.  Just doing a quick look at the gun it looked fine and in great shape.  However, when I opened the cylinder to inspect two flat faces I discovered that for some reason one of the faces had been polished and the original blued finish was removed.

The value dropped by more than half because the alteration.

[Timothy]

I'm only interested in finding the value, I realize that it's not that collectible.  I use this gun every fall for upland game and run a few boxes of shells through it at the trap/skeet range up the street. 

It functions flawlessly, gets TLC on a regular basis and is nearly perfect.  Today's 870 shotguns are junk in comparison to this one and it will outlive me for sure.  It's been in my family for 36 years, cased and oiled and I don't plan on getting rid of it anytime soon.

Just curious to know.  My brother won the gun in a Navy trap competition in VA back in the seventies and gave it to me.