Prices on Gun Broker

Trent said:

What, all that, but the part about him only taking wire transfers for payment didn't bother you???

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I meant to mention that AND the "as is -- no refunds" stipulation.

One of the few times I actually hope the bids are from shills...

If you look at the bid history, the first bid was legit. This mystery new buyer was the only one who bid until he hit $7000. Smells entirely phoney to me esp with the wire transfer only.

No affiliation to me but There is One of these is Like new condition at http://www.dennydennis.com/
on their consignment rack for $950.

Their contact info is below.
DennyDennis Sporting Goods
#1 Gravois Rd.
Fenton, MO. 63026
636-343-9447

I almost just fell off my chair. That same bidder just got a positive for buying this :http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=323905505 Who has 15 grand to blow on two guns like this ?

I just looked around GB. It seems like things may be leveling out? I saw some insane asking prices on AK mags but not many overpriced bids. there were some overpriced guns (like a WASR at $1300) but they seemed to be the exception rather than the rule.
I was also looking at prices for the SKS-M. thought they'd be higher. Most seem to be in the $500-$700 range. No big shakes there.

^^I paid 400 for my wasr a few years ago,couldnt imagine spending up to 1400, which is the most i saw it going for.when things cool off ,these buyers better not go on gunbroker & see how bad they screwed themselves

19-3Ben said:

I just looked around GB. It seems like things may be leveling out?

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I thought it might be until today.

I've been using the Colt AR-15 6920 as a yardstick, and up until yesterday, prices -- which had climbed to near $3000 (that's sold price, ended auction) -- had steadily dropped down to $2000.

Today, several multi-bid auctions are near ending at the $2500 mark.

I think there was an initial panic buy; it settled a bit as the first wave was satisfied and prices went down some; lot of gun stores closed a few days for New Years and then inventory, reopened and all the waiting buyers saw there's virtually nothing left and are driving the prices back up.

Sub-2000s (my other yardstick), are following a similar curve.

Going to be spring, perhaps summer for this to normalize -- and that's only assuming the ban talk diminishes.

Well I finally did it. I put my DPMS up for sale. It went for $1400 which I believed was a fair price even though it was used. I also included 4 aluminum 30 round mags and 60 rounds of ammo. Took it to the gun shop and it sold within 2 hours.

For half the price of those galils, this seller has 'em both,if you see his other auctions. http://www.gunauction.com/buy/11653288/rifles-for-sale/semi-auto-rifle/galil-galil-223-with-5-mags That guy would really kick himself if he saw this,thats why you have to shop around!

I have saved a few auctions for various rifles the least few days, AR, AK, M1A, FAL and such and see a pattern that almost ALL bidders and winners are newbies with no feedback or 1 or 2 feedback.

Like this one I just watched end, look at the bidders

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=324652661



http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=324774980

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=324805050

Guitar is a higher passion of mine than guns though I love shooting, this last year and a half I used my spending money on a strat, 3 Marshall amps and some pedals and I don't regret it but what I regret within it is not getting a Saiga and a newer post ban M1A standard back then, now I can't bring myself to buy it at the recent pricing. Besides that no ammo to be found at a decent price to feed them anyway meh....

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=324408686 & a reserve to boot; pretty ballsy....

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=324408686 & a reserve to boot; pretty ballsy....

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Assuming he/she paid retail that's actually within resonable at that price.. POF's are not cheap and neither is the glass..

It's when you see stuff like this its sickening.

Stripped lower
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=324084827

One filled with junk.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=324103087

You could buy the lowers at one time for 250.00

Trent said:

Uhh... $1500 for AR lowers?

Yeah, so they're Larue. Big deal. They hold parts together just like the rest.

I'm filing this under "Yougottabekiddingme."

At these prices I'm tempted to disassemble my AR-15's, sell the lowers, buy 80% receivers and mill them out for my own selfish purposes (as they'd lack serial #'s and there'd be no documentation).

"These are not the assault rifles you are looking for"...

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What this guys said...........the lower truly does just hold crap. It holds the FCG and the magazine......no nead for a super high speed lower.
People are just retarded.

While I would like to believe that things are getting better I know they are not. I was looking for reloading dies and they are now out if stock.

If my AR15 build gets completed at the local gunshop in the next month I may unload my Saiga .223 16" with six high capacity magazines. I'm not taking less than $1,500 for what cost me a total of about $400 (bought the Saiga used for $250 years ago).

I should feel bad but I won't, most of these folks who are buying now were probably Democrat supporters. I'm also thinking of unloading an old Romanian SKS rifle with a thousand rounds of 7.62x39, for $800.

Sorry got to fund my projects in case the AWB goes through and if it doesn't I could have $2,300 for fun purchases in nine months when this all settles down.

So far this panic isn't so bad. I still remember SKS's selling for $99 in the Shotgun News in 94 and then 2 weeks later selling for $400. 4x as much. Same thing happened to Ak47's. Remember when they were $239 and then went to $850-1000? Right now AR's are $800 or so at Walmart. 4x as much would be $3200. I saw some for $2000 the other day at the gunshow. So only 2.5 times what they were a few weeks ago. So I don't think a full panic is on yet actually.

Another example. I saw SKS's by the crate full at a shop in TN about 4 weeks ago. Wanted $389 each. 4x that would be $1550. I know most people don't believe it is possible...yet...but if Congress starts debating on some serious ban in the next couple of weeks...or actually passes one....then these prices right now are going to seem like bargains.

What dropped prices on guns during the last ban was the removal of "evil features" and the resumption of making new--"streamlined"--semi autos. Once people realized they could still buy an AR15 just without a bayonet lug and flash hider, but still capable of shooting 30rds out of the left over mags out there, the prices on all guns fell back. Then you had designations like "preban" and "postban" becoming important.

Dems aren't going to make that mistake again. They left an "out" in their legislation that allowed manufacturers to keep making the most vital part of an "assault weapon"--the ability to shoot lots of bullets quickly from a hi capacity magazine. The next legislation will not have 3 or more evil features. It will have 1. Can this weapon fire from a detached magazine of greater than 10 rounds? Yes? Then it's banned. There won't be any reduction in rifle prices because all the rifles out there will be the "last ones ever". For comparison, look at the prices on machine guns in the Class III camp. I'm sure there were guys who use to say, "No one would ever pay $4000 for a Sten gun!" They do now though. Why is that? Because no new ones are being made.

I remember when psg-1 rifles were 9-10k, but a g3? these prices are crazy & so are the buyers.& 6 months ago you couldnt even give away an acr!