Mark_Mark
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if I had a Hi-Point, I could not sell it. I know the struggleAll my vintage revolvers have appreciated 50-100% in the last 5 years. I really should sell them, but cant quite swallow that pill yet, they make me happy at any price.
my brother sold his M11 with all the fixings 3-4 years ago for $250. I told him WHY??? I loved that gun. Now it’s $1,000 easyWhile I don't buy guns as "investments" most all have increased in value with a few seeing significant increases. I have a good eye I guess. On occasion I'll "invest" in one I'm not interested only because it's too good a deal to pass up. I tell myself I'll flip it for a quick profit but haven't had much luck doing that. A few years ago with that thought in mind I bought a Cobray M/11 for $100 and for some strange reason it's worth10X that now. I also gave $400 for a IMI Desert Eagle that's gone up 4/5X in value. They're both still in the safe. I could probably sell a Hi-Point if only to make space for 5 or 6 mousers.
the sale guy talked me out of a Bren FDE a few years ago. I liked it, he said it was weak or something. Tell you what!If I had anything valuable, the ex made it all go away. If I still had my BREN 805 FDE it would already be worth more, being one of about 10,000 imported in the two years they were available, but no, it's in someone else's safe now. Maybe some day my BREN 2 MS will be worth more.
I like it because I couldn’t afford a SCAR, and it looked similarOne tough solid rifle, heavy and reliable, but that reciprocating charging handle got me the very first shot. But it was accurate and would always work.
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I do have to say the replacement has been rocking and rolling along quite nicely, and the NEW wife absolutely refuses to let me sell anything. I upgraded significantly.
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those JM 45/70 have gone nuts! I thought maybe $1,000 but now, $2000+Back in 2010 I spent $600 on a new deer gun.
I bought a Marlin 1894 CSS in 357 mag.
Has spent countless hrs with me in a deer stand, filled the basement freezer several times.
Today, the value of it is kinda hard to determine, hardly ever see them for sale.
Probably worth north of $2500 now?
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HK P7, the gun that keeps on giving. Remember the insane price of $1200 3 years ago. lolI am a proud owner of 4 HK P7 series. I bought them when they were 800-900$.
Now they are worth $4000 each... My 80's Colt pythons are pretty pricey now.
I was thinking about insurance on my guns! good callI look at this subject a bit differently.
Sure things I bought a while ago are "worth more" now. But that in not hitting the powerball. Currently my collection is worth nothing, it actually costs me to have it insured.....something you might look into if your value is past roughly $2500, the cap most insurance companies put on "sporting goods". No you will not get all "your money out of it" if your house gets eaten by a tornado, or fire. A little like a classic car.
They only become "worth something" after you have cash in hand, pure and simple. And there is a dementia patient sitting in the white house now.....who knows what he will do. Oh he would never......really you sure about that, gas hitting record highs and he still has not undone one of the first things he did when getting into office in killing Keystone. We have no idea what his "handlers" will tell him to do. So that valuable collection could be worth $100 per gun.
I own them because I enjoy them. I doubt I will ever sell them, so they are really worth nothing. I have silver and gold as "investments".....only worth something when I sell them....till that time, worth nothing.
machine guns is a whole different lottery. Gun money men, we normal gun mortals will never understandI never bought guns as "investments." I bought them because they filled holes in my collection, and because I liked them..
That said, a .50 cal. Browning M2HB that I paid $1,200 for (including tax) is now worth about $50,000. Pure windfall, thanks to the Hughes Amendment.
Other items in my collection may not have appreciated as much, but none of them have lost value.
Such things cannot be planned for in advance.
and the lottery winner is you^^^ $99 for pre-64 Win94’s!!!The roughly 70 milsurp rifles and pistols that I paid $100-$200 each for.
Also the 1950's Winchester 94's that I picked up for $99 each.