SweaterBones
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There is a chance the guitar offer was a good deal depending on what it was. You don’t have to look very long to find a $1000 guitar in a music store.
Are people in private sales losing their minds?
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That's what they're selling for now at market with 3 magazines. I understand prices fluctuate with demand, and you will find that these are more rare than ARs at this point. Plus my model had all sorts of gizmos on it which fetched that price. In fact, I sold it to someone who had an FFL and definitely knew his stuff.
However, Selling a used Riley AK (which are low quality AKs) for $1300 when they're selling brand new for $700 is stupid.
Selling 800 rounds of 7.62x39 when they're selling for around $350 for 1000 rounds brand new is stupid.
Selling a Mosin for $900 is downright crazy. These things were selling for $90 back in 2012.
There's a difference between selling stuff at a profit because the market is tight and trying to unload stuff at realistic prices because suckers don't know what they're buying.
"There is a chance the guitar offer was a good deal depending on what it was. You don’t have to look very long to find a $1000 guitar in a music store."
If it was such an expensive guitar, why not sell it to the music store for cash, buy the Ruger, and have money left over?
Sorry but I smell BS. Last time I checked there wasn't a guitar shortage in this country. People aren't panic buying Fenders and amps right now.
That said, my father has been building guitars for years and I've seen clones, fake labels, people adding cosmetic parts to make them appear more valuable than they are. People just exaggerate what they think things are worth and you'd be getting the short end of the stick in my opinion to even trade a cheaper firearm for a more expensive guitar the way things are right now.
If it was such an expensive guitar, why not sell it to the music store for cash, buy the Ruger, and have money left over?
Sorry but I smell BS. Last time I checked there wasn't a guitar shortage in this country. People aren't panic buying Fenders and amps right now.
That said, my father has been building guitars for years and I've seen clones, fake labels, people adding cosmetic parts to make them appear more valuable than they are. People just exaggerate what they think things are worth and you'd be getting the short end of the stick in my opinion to even trade a cheaper firearm for a more expensive guitar the way things are right now.
.308 Norma
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The "stupid tax" - that's a good one! I'm going to steal that and add it to my vocabulary. Thanks Tortuga!
Mini 14s are uncommon, but I wouldn't call em rare.
Some folks think they are getting an AR without the look (some political safety in ownership).
While a K for a Mini 14 might be the going rate, I wouldn't pay half that for one.
As they don't feel good to me.
Glad you got what you wanted out of it
Some folks think they are getting an AR without the look (some political safety in ownership).
While a K for a Mini 14 might be the going rate, I wouldn't pay half that for one.
As they don't feel good to me.
Glad you got what you wanted out of it
Im seeing used HD type revolvers and shotguns fetching 100-150 over normal pricing.
My LGS has no 870s.
I can drive 40 miles and buy news ones at a big chain store.
Its crazy.
People are scared or at least nervous.......will pounce on overpriced rigs that are local.
Sounds like a great time to be a seller and not a buyer.
My LGS has no 870s.
I can drive 40 miles and buy news ones at a big chain store.
Its crazy.
People are scared or at least nervous.......will pounce on overpriced rigs that are local.
Sounds like a great time to be a seller and not a buyer.
Unfortunately, this is also being fed by the people out there who have no idea of gun values and pricing, and many times pay more than they probably should.
It's a seller's market, not an informed buyer's market, right now. As to people being rude, well, they are just angry that they are not having their expectations met. Not that the way they are acting is right...
eastbank
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due to being ammo and gun starved as a youth, i turned into a super hourder as soon as i became gainfully imployed and have not been able to turn down any good buys on any thing related to firearms over the years. and now at 76 i have enough ammo and firearms to last me the rest of my shooting life that i can help out some friends when they are in need, i just fell into a great deal on several thousand rounds of surplus ammo that i couldn,t pass up.
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Mini 14s are uncommon, but I wouldn't call em rare.
Some folks think they are getting an AR without the look (some political safety in ownership).
While a K for a Mini 14 might be the going rate, I wouldn't pay half that for one.
As they don't feel good to me.
Glad you got what you wanted out of it
I would say that when all of this started M14s were pretty rare. That is, you'd always see a few (overpriced) ARs floating around but virtually no minis. I agree with you that I wouldn't pay that much for a mini because I didn't get the performance out of it that I wanted -- which is why I sold it.
This was not one of those rifles.
Still, someone would be crazy to buy a Mosin for that price imo.
earlthegoat2
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I’m running into a great many of these rarer ones lately. Seems every one of them has the rare non-matching numbers or the rare 91/30 designation or the rare 7.62x54R chambering.
Not "panic buying" but they are most definitely buying:
Fender has sold more guitars in 2020 than any other year in its history
The used guitar, amp, and effects/accessories market is booming too. But you know, what an idiot right?
Tallinar
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Quick 2 cents. My late father was a Mosin collector. Depending on what the Mosin is, it could very well be worth $900 to the right buyer. They aren’t all just cheap beater import rifles.
There is actually a lot of rich history spread across the gamut of Mosin Nagants. Some guns tell very interesting stories based on model, year of manufacture, what armory it was made at, whether or not it was a Soviet rifle captured and refurbished by the Finns, etc.
Part of the reason they were so cheap when they started to be imported en masse into the US 20 years ago was because there was not yet a robust collectors market for them. That is no longer the case, so don’t make too many assumptions.
Food for thought.
There is actually a lot of rich history spread across the gamut of Mosin Nagants. Some guns tell very interesting stories based on model, year of manufacture, what armory it was made at, whether or not it was a Soviet rifle captured and refurbished by the Finns, etc.
Part of the reason they were so cheap when they started to be imported en masse into the US 20 years ago was because there was not yet a robust collectors market for them. That is no longer the case, so don’t make too many assumptions.
Food for thought.
If you have a ton of money, money doesn’t have the same value as it does to “Bubba”; this money being discussed on this thread is chump change to some, it is meaningless as it can be replaced in the first few minutes of the stock market open tomorrow morning without lifting a finger - money value is relative to it’s volume.
Skylerbone
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And here I was ready to commit myself for almost grabbing a Remington 10c for $299. That same day I saw a wall of 10/22s in numerous garb starting at $269 for the basic carbine. I grabbed one just 2 or 3 years ago at $169. Fully admit to being a buyer, but sales and bargains are what I hunt.
I did sell a pair of ARs recently at just over $100/ea. profit. Replaced 1 of those with a nicer build at pre-panic prices. If more people came knocking and they were strangers I might raise my margins a bit without feeling at all bad.
I did sell a pair of ARs recently at just over $100/ea. profit. Replaced 1 of those with a nicer build at pre-panic prices. If more people came knocking and they were strangers I might raise my margins a bit without feeling at all bad.
entropy
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Nor my 1916 Sestroryetsk M91 with both eagles intact and no SA stamp;
adcoch1
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I saw a mosin yesterday that was so nice looking id have given 500 for it, but it sold to the guy looking at it for 300. It was literally the nicest one I've seen in person. But I was at the gunstore with 500 burning a hole in my pocket. I consoled myself by picking up a decent taurus 85 for 200 and a 45-70 scoped handi rifle for 250. Not everything is overpriced right now.
Trey Veston
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On another gun forum's classified section, people are asking stupid money for used pistols that you can still buy new locally for normal prices. I was at my LGS today and they still had Sig P365s and SA Hellcats on the shelf for $499. But go online and people want $500 for those pistols, used.
I started looking for a Glock G23 a few months ago when the panic hit. Found a few for $479. But, I could get a Blue Label gun from my dealer for $425. I wanted one in OD Green, which aren't eligible for BL program. I figured I would pay $500 for an OD green NIB G23. Never found one. Now, G23s are $600 to $700, if you can find one. Nope. Won't do it.
I started looking for a Glock G23 a few months ago when the panic hit. Found a few for $479. But, I could get a Blue Label gun from my dealer for $425. I wanted one in OD Green, which aren't eligible for BL program. I figured I would pay $500 for an OD green NIB G23. Never found one. Now, G23s are $600 to $700, if you can find one. Nope. Won't do it.
doubleh
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My dad that lived through the great depression explained the difference between "want" and "need" to me a long time ago. I'll admit to not being quite as good as he was at separating the two but I'm fairly good at it. Right now I can't think of a thing I "need" at these inflated prices. I learned my lesson back in the days of our previous excuse for a president and am well stocked on everything. I'll admit that If I run across some gun that I really want at a fair price I will probably buy it but I don't see that happening for some time. I have been seeing an older gun on consignment at my LGS now and then at a fair price but nothing I've been interested in.
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