Do you sell your guns?

[cookie62]

I used to have a large collection. I sold most of them off years ago, Now I just have some heirlooms and the rest are practical "tools". All the tools have a price, either upgrade or my needs and wants change. Thats what makes it a hobby. Of course there are some basics you must always have.

[jaybet]

I sell a gun when it isn't what I expected when I bought it or I am unhappy with its performance.  I chalk any monetary loss up to the price of an education. 

Also, when it comes back from a factory "upgrade" with a twelve pound trigger I sell it and throw the hat in as well. 

I guess we will be forever linked. I still have the upgraded hat, and wear it occasionally.

[Big Frank]

I sold a pistol to a friend at work, but I still have most of the guns I ever bought. I would sell any including family heirlooms if the price was right.

[alfsauve]

This is my second life....and I am older....I walk a little slower, I consider things a bit longer.  And I have more money.
My plan now is to purchase carefully, shoot often and sell only if I don't care for the piece.

ditto +++

[fightingquaker13]

Might I add.....

This may be the best time of your life to sell your guns...... or maybe the worst....


Fear is driving this run on the market right now. Lack of product (ammo and firearms) are causing prices to soar and are contributing to the shortage of supply. Obama's four years in office and if he gets elected or not are going to be the deciding factors. I just "hope" that in four years things "change" and we have a pro gun Republican in office so that I can add to my arsenal at discount prices.

   


Amen, but be creful you don't buy, sell or trade OUT of fear. I speak from bitter experience. I own the only$2000 Glock 17 in America. Why? I panicked before the Brady Bill passed. As you fellow old farts remember, some yahoo shotaup a Luby's in Killeen and killed or wounded about twenty folks. There was a big push to have semi-auto handguns added to the banned list. Owning 2 .357s My dads blackhawk (heirloom) and my used python, I traded the python for an nib Glock 17. Seemed like a good idea then. Dumbest trade I ever made now. I think the only thing we really have to worry about are high cap mags, the rest I wouldn't sweat much. That being said, if I had an AR and didn't need the green, I probably wouldn't be in a hurry to sell, but I damn sure would't race out and drop 3Gs on a $900 rifle either.
fughtingquaker13

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[Thanos]

Thanos, Who said it ?

Hermann Göring,

But Thatcher said "The Soviets put guns over butter, but we put almost everything over guns."

[tombogan03884]

Hermann Göring,

But Thatcher said "The Soviets put guns over butter, but we put almost everything over guns."

He would have known the difference   

[Frisco]

Heck yes! I have and will sell guns.

I have a BUNCH.  I will always have a BUNCH.

But, truthfully...most of them are in the "fun gun" class nowadays.  1911's, Hi Powers, a Bren Ten.  I don't carry anything but a Glock.  I have built a collection of two of every Gock model, except the Gock 18 (lust lust lust) but even a Glock 18 would be a "fun gun" and not a serious choice as a carry gun.

That being said, I have pared my personal firearms down to three categories...Defensive or Carry Guns, Hunting Guns, and Fun Guns. 

The Defensive Guns are going NOWHERE.  They are a battery of weapons I have put together that, to my mind, represent the best of the breed in fighting guns.  Glock models 21 and 30 for pure fighting handguns.  A pre-ban Colt AR-15 A2 that the wife calls "Fluffy" and my M4 in A3 configuration, my Remington 100 with a 20" BBL, Choate Extender, Side Saddle ammo carrier, and ghost ring sights, my wife uses a Benelli Super 90 at work and at home.  Her handguns are her Glock 17 she carries on duty, and her Glock 26 she carries off duty or as her at-work BUG. We each have a Browning Buck Mark and a scoped Ruger 10/22.  There are also 2 Smith & Wesson Model 686's paired with Rossi .357 Model 92 Carbines.  One Remington 742 Woodsmaster .30-06 and a Remington Model 700 .30-06.  These are what I call the essentials.  I could have these guns forever, and not NEED anything else.  There are also a pair of Taurus .357 AirLite snubbies....used ONLY with .38 Spl unless 38 is gone for some reason.  They are not for sale.

All of my 1911's, Hi Powers, Bren Ten, Sig pistols, single actions wheelguns, large frame Smith wheelguns, you name it....are all fun guns, or "for sale" at the right price guns.  I like them for sure...but there is not one among them that I couldn't live without.

Thus far, I have been lucky enough never the HAVE to sell a gun.  I have sold many, many, many, many, many guns over the years in trading for fun, or to fund other gun projects.  I sold a few to buy a quad...but they were all "for sale" guns.

My hunting guns are, for the most part, for sale too.  They have been bought for specific hunts, or because they were a good deal.  The reality is, nothing any of these guns do, can't be done with guns from my DEFENSIVE gun stock in a pinch.  So, as much as I like them...under the right circumstances....they too would be for sale.

As much as I hate to say this...and I DON'T want to sound boastful...but, I have too many guns.  Some just sit for YEARS and never get shot, handled, or thought about until I "bump into it" while looking for a specific gun, or my small (very very small) stash of cash in my gun safe that my wife isn't supposed to know about.  Heck, I have a 98 Mauser of no special value, other than I got it as "boot" in a trade with a feller who was moving out of state.  It's kind of a neat gun, but useless to me.  I have had it for 15 years or so...and have never fired it.  I have a Ruger Number One single shot rifle in 7mm Mag that I got in trade for a 1978 Yamaha 125YZ.  The YZ didn't run...but the guy wanted it, and didn't want the rifle, and I wanted the space in my garage.  I probably would have given him the darned YZ, but he offered me the rifle because he knew I was a "gun guy".  I still have the partial box of 7mm ammo that I got with the rifle.  There were 6 rounds missing from the box when I got it...and there are still only six rounds missing from the box.

This thread has made me think about a yard sale...

Look for a listing in CLASSIFIED some day soon.

[shooter32]

Frisco, where's the porn

[ericire12]

  


Amen, but be creful you don't buy, sell or trade OUT of fear. I speak from bitter experience. I own the only$2000 Glock 17 in America. Why? I panicked before the Brady Bill passed. As you fellow old farts remember, some yahoo shotaup a Luby's in Killeen and killed or wounded about twenty folks. There was a big push to have semi-auto handguns added to the banned list. Owning 2 .357s My dads blackhawk (heirloom) and my used python, I traded the python for an nib Glock 17. Seemed like a good idea then. Dumbest trade I ever made now. I think the only thing we really have to worry about are high cap mags, the rest I wouldn't sweat much. That being said, if I had an AR and didn't need the green, I probably wouldn't be in a hurry to sell, but I damn sure would't race out and drop 3Gs on a $900 rifle either.
fughtingquaker13

Prices are getting steep indeed..... ammo and guns.

In my observations, both are running a 25%-33% premium when available.




* Here is a $10,000 Glock 19 on GunBroker..... It has gold inlay...... there are also some Glock 26s for $8,000.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=124617287