Do you buy new guns?
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Karl Hungus
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Half and half. I only buy guns locally. I can't bring myself to buy a gun without being able to check it out in person - new or used. I've used Gunbroker, but only for guns within about a 100 mile radius of where I am.
My current favorites are all old and bought used.
My current favorites are all old and bought used.
Hawthorne2k
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Buy new guns? No.
Trade out website design work for new guns? Yes.
Trade out website design work for new guns? Yes.
MMCSRET
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I'm working up to a new Ruger 44 Special; or, not, maybe, kinda,.
Never bought a used gun. Seriously doubt I ever will.
For me, it's like with cars: I have to know everything that was ever done with it. I can trust my firearms because I know exactly how they were fired and maintained.
I was reading a post by a guy who claimed to have had a revolver failure. Turns out on inquiry that it wasn't his gun. That it had been issued to him, and that he was totally unable to answer any question at all regarding how many rounds the gun had fired, when it was last serviced, etc. He didn't know.
To me, his report is meaningless. If you don't know everything about your weapon, then you're putting a lot of trust out there on your life-saving equipment. It'd be different if I were a collector or something, but my weapons are solely for defense and I need them to be as reliable as possible.
For me, it's like with cars: I have to know everything that was ever done with it. I can trust my firearms because I know exactly how they were fired and maintained.
I was reading a post by a guy who claimed to have had a revolver failure. Turns out on inquiry that it wasn't his gun. That it had been issued to him, and that he was totally unable to answer any question at all regarding how many rounds the gun had fired, when it was last serviced, etc. He didn't know.
To me, his report is meaningless. If you don't know everything about your weapon, then you're putting a lot of trust out there on your life-saving equipment. It'd be different if I were a collector or something, but my weapons are solely for defense and I need them to be as reliable as possible.
Old Shooter
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I enjoy the used guns more than most newer ones. It's mostly steel and wood for me although with a few exceptions. No Glocks, No way.
I try not to buy ANY guns after a few gins, did it once and figure the gunshop owner must have seen me coming.
Still got that lemon.
deadin
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I think I can count on one hand the number of new guns I have bought .
(And that covers the last 50 years.)
(And that covers the last 50 years.)
MinnMooney
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by O.P.
Well............. they do sell new guns on GunBroker.com as well. And it's just as "easy".
I used to be against buying used rifles who's main use was to be for accurate shooting because you never really know how many shots have really been shot though it. After going against my better judgement once or twice, I found that 2 of the "slightly used" rifles were 2 of the most accurate rifles that I own. Now, I'm much more willing to take a chance on a used rifle as long as it's in "LNIB" or "excellent" condition. I still stay clear of of "normal dings and gouges on stock & barrel and the scope is smashed but otherwise it's in great shape. It only fell down the cliff to the rocks below once............... or maybe twice."
Devilfrog
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About half of my guns are used and all of those are C&R guns.
searcher451
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It depends on what the gun is, and what the price is, and how badly I want it, and whether I can get a LNIB version of the same piece for less money. I have bought new guns, to be sure -- but I've bought plenty more old ones.
zxcvbob
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I buy about one new gun a year from Cabela's using the "Cabela's Bucks" from my VISA card plus the $100 coupon Cabela's mails out once or twice a year. Sometimes the gun ends up being FREE. Sometimes I have to pitch in a hundred or two to buy something nice.
In addition to that, I buy used guns whenever I find something I like and I can afford it (usually several times a year)
Sometimes I have to pitch in a hundred or two to buy something nice.In addition to that, I buy used guns whenever I find something I like and I can afford it (usually several times a year)
I voted, they still make new guns? Although that isn't exactly true. 
I seem to remember buying two or three new ones during the last 10 years, and they did prove to be O.K., but I much prefer the better quality, workmanship and prices of used guns. Of course I pick and choose, and so far have been able to detect any flawed ones before reaching for my money.
I also enjoy buying ones I know have problems for considerably discounted prices, and then bringing them back to first-class working condition. That said, I occasionally find excellent buys on used, but not hardly guns, that only suffer from a little finish wear. A slightly used model is just nicely broken in at someone else's expense and trouble.
I seem to remember buying two or three new ones during the last 10 years, and they did prove to be O.K., but I much prefer the better quality, workmanship and prices of used guns. Of course I pick and choose, and so far have been able to detect any flawed ones before reaching for my money.
I also enjoy buying ones I know have problems for considerably discounted prices, and then bringing them back to first-class working condition. That said, I occasionally find excellent buys on used, but not hardly guns, that only suffer from a little finish wear. A slightly used model is just nicely broken in at someone else's expense and trouble.
Tallinar
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I prefer to buy NIB, but at the same time. There is sometimes a certain comfort (whether real or imagined) in knowing that nobody has really had a chance to screw the gun up too bad if it's factory new. At the same time though, I am not opposed to used guns. Some of the best guns I've shot were well used when I acquired them.
A lot of the comfort from NIB has to do with little annoyances like careless dings to a gun's finish. I have some dings on a stainless gun I bought as used, and I just kinda look at some of them and go "wow, how careless did the owner have to be to get this one?" I'd rather be the only person to ding up my guns. =-D
However, if I end up selling a gun I bought NIB, I am guarenteed basically guarenteed a significant loss if the gun is still being manufactured. I just ate a loss on a revolver I bought NIB on a whim a few months ago. Bitter lessons, I guess.
A lot of the comfort from NIB has to do with little annoyances like careless dings to a gun's finish. I have some dings on a stainless gun I bought as used, and I just kinda look at some of them and go "wow, how careless did the owner have to be to get this one?" I'd rather be the only person to ding up my guns. =-D
However, if I end up selling a gun I bought NIB, I am guarenteed basically guarenteed a significant loss if the gun is still being manufactured. I just ate a loss on a revolver I bought NIB on a whim a few months ago. Bitter lessons, I guess.
bushmaster1313
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I have two reasons for buying used guns.
1) The ones I buy cost less than new ones
2) I get a real kick out of shooting a gun 50+ years old, especially if its pre-WWII.
1) The ones I buy cost less than new ones
2) I get a real kick out of shooting a gun 50+ years old, especially if its pre-WWII.
Brass Rain
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I prefer to put my own wear on guns. There are some I'd like to have that could only be had used, and that's fine, but in general I prefer new.
Guncollector1982
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i prefer used and older becuase there values lowered making them more affordable and at a certain point the value will rise again. A new gun if sold a week or day or year later youd lose money like car driven off the lot but a used one will appreciate in price paid once its depreciated out. I do buy a new one now and then and usually i regret it after i do. Some though like my ARs i have had no regrets but even they have appreciated in value since obamas been president
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