Gonna sell some of my collection to help get another car.

[hso]

Sure

 

[Orion8472]

Again, I'm not completely certain that I will sell them. The M44, probably will. Perhaps a few others. I would get most of the money from one of the guns and ammo. Might miss that one.

I have time to decide what to do. My car isn't in the best of shape, but holding its own at the moment.

Good posts, BTW, guys. Keep them coming.

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I buy and sell as needed. I didn't marry any of them and promise to keep them regardless. Some guys get too sentimental, the gun doesn't miss me a bit. If I can sell something that is not being used regularly at a good price I have no problems selling some to finance other things. My guns are not the most important things in my life. They are tools that I use to do other things that are more important than the guns themselves.

There are a few with family history that are off limits, but all the others are just stuff that can be replaced. Usually with something better.

Probably the best way to be. I wish I could think and act like that.

 

[silicosys4]

I feel you.
I just put up a couple of guns up on consignment at a local gun shop. A few duplicates, and one that I'm glad to be rid of.
Some tough choices though...like;
How many model 10 HB's does a man need? Is one enough?
If a man had to keep only one...PPk or PPk/s, both nice SS Interarms....which one?
I need to finish my degree though, It will put me at a much higher grade of pay.
Universities aren't cheap.

 

[IronMLS72]

I've considered trading my ACR here lately but only to gain something in return that I want, otherwise, would not be able to part with any.

 

[CopperFouling]

If you're considering buying some really expensive new car with tons of options, you might want to consider settling for something cheaper so you don't have to sell if you don't want. From what you've said, though, you're not going to miss the ones you plan to sell, so I wouldn't worry much about selling them.

 

[Legionnaire]

Yes. I like all my guns, but am not emotionally attached to them. I have sold off many for a variety of reasons; have a Rem 700 VSSF listed right now. My interests change, and so does my collection.

 

[herrwalther]

It is gut wrenching to say the least when it comes down to either having firearms or paying bills/getting something you need. I have sold more than a few firearms in the last few months in order to pay bills because of work slowdowns and outright stops for the wife and I. It is important to have a "line in the sand" of what you won't sell. Even if things got bad. Best advice to give is sell to a private party if time allows. You will get a much better deal than selling it to an FFL. My local gunstore is fair (as far as buying used firearms goes) as they give me about 60% of the firearm value since I keep everything I own in good condition.

 

[tonygunn6474]

Fnh 5 7

hey Orion8472 what would be your asking price on the FNH 5 7?

 

[WC145]

I have sold guns at different times specifically to fund other purchases. A couple of years ago I decided to get back into the car hobby and sold a number of guns to finance the purchase of an old car, a 1966 Ford Thunderbird, along with tools and other stuff to go with it . I sold another batch a few months ago to buy some more car stuff and to cover the cost of a custom 1911 build (which is about a week away from being done!).

Like everyone I have guns that I'll never sell and will eventually hand down but I decided that the some of the money I had gathering dust in my gun safe could be put to better use. For me it was the right decision. Sure, I can't claim ownership of some pretty cool pieces anymore but that's all I was doing with them, they never got used. My Tbird, on the other hand, has been terrific fun and is something I really enjoy personally and we enjoy it as a family as well. We are regular participants in car shows and cruise-ins and like just taking it out on nice days and going for a ride somewhere. It has rekindled my love of cars and the hot rod hobby and, to me anyway, it's been money well spent.

 

[smalls]

I had to sell my shotgun a few months ago to pay for a pretty expensive car repair I didn't have the tools to do myself. I was lucky enough to find a guy who did the repairs, and gave me some cash for the shotgun.

 

[HexHead]

Seriously, it's just "stuff". Every gun that I've said was a keeper and would never be sold, has been replaced with something else as my interests shifted. Again, it's just stuff and stuff can be replaced with other stuff.

I loved that comment "the gun doesn't miss me at all".

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I would sell a gun or two for a nice driver T-Bird.

 

[happygeek]

Gonna sell some of my collection to help get another car.

I enjoy shooting, and like the firearms I have, but there are a few that I can let go and be fairly okay with. But cars are expensive to purchase and a sizeable downpayment amount is nearly required, these days, so something has to give.

It's your money, but if I had to sell stuff to make the down payment on something ... I wouldn't buy it at all, espicially not on credit. Just doesn't seem like a good deal financially.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

There are a few with family history that are off limits, but all the others are just stuff that can be replaced. Usually with something better.

+1 on this.

 

[Ryanxia]

It happens to the best of us. I've done it but luckily (so far) I've got a big enough collection I could pick something that 'didn't hurt'. Aside from an old Colt that was passed down to me I think everything else I've got could go if it meant food on the table (would still suck but oh well).

 

[Orion8472]

Happygeek, . . . I don't necessarily HAVE to sell stuff for a downpayment, but the more downpayment I put on a car, the lower the monthly payments will be. I plan on getting a new Civic and will drive it for many years after it is paid off. My current car was purchased in 1998.

tonygunn, I don't want to give my asking price on any of my guns. They will go to gunbroker if I sell them, and to keep it honest, I won't state my gunbroker username on here.

But the Five Seven is a mild custom. It has low profile night sights on it set up for the "slower" and more commonly found boxes of ammo, like the American Eagle or the SS197SR.

As I said, I'm still debating it in my own mind. Some will probably be sold anyway [like the second M44]. Others may be kept afterall.

Like has been mentioned, some of my guns are just tools. Others are definite keepers.

WC145, . . . NICE T-Bird!

 

[CoalTrain49]

Never sold a gun for a need

I don't have that many anyway and none of them are worth that much.

Best thing to do is not get into a situation where you have more than you need or can use. A family in my neighborhood has 5 vehicles (6 if you include a company vehicle) and there is only two drivers. None of those vehicles are junkers either, all run and are maintained. A guy can have too many guns just like too many vehicles.

I routinely sell guns I don't shoot anymore but I refuse to take a lose on anything I sell. It doesn't get sold until I see a small profit. It sometimes takes years for that to happen.

 

[cat_IT_guy]

I've never sold any out of necessity, but out of desire for other things...

In college I was big into guns. Once out of college I bought and jeep and poured time and money into it. I trimmed down my gun collection to pay for some upgrades that I wanted.

Later down the road, sold some guns to buy new guns that covered broader roles and put the difference into an engagement ring.

Now I dont have the jeep anymore, and my gun collection is growing again.

 

[Bexar]

Orion...Near mint Garands...carbines...mint Colt GI 45s...Lugars...shotguns...1903's...heirloom revolvers...heirloom guns over twenty-seven in all but she finished college at a Tier One university and finished top graduate in her major.

Broke my heart to sell them but she burst my heart with pride with the way she returned the favor.

Dang dusty room.

 

[kimberkid]

I buy and sell as needed. I didn't marry any of them and promise to keep them regardless. My guns are not the most important things in my life. They are tools that I use to do other things that are more important than the guns themselves.

To me, guns fall into one of three categories

(1) Sentimental. Given as a gift, inherited, etc. Non-negotiable
(2) Non-replaceable.
(3) Chunks of wood/plastic and steel.

Unless it's one of the rare ones in the first two categories, it's always for sale at the right price. You make your money when you buy, not when you sell. That's why I almost always buy used at super low prices. If it isn't a screaming deal I move on. If I need to sell one, I can get all my money, maybe more, they're just a commodity.

I have sold guns at different times specifically to fund other purchases.
Like everyone I have guns that I'll never sell and will eventually hand down but I decided that the some of the money I had gathering dust in my gun safe could be put to better use.

I've thinned out the collection several times for different reasons; once I sold my HK 91, 93, 94 & SP89 to start a collage fund for my daughter. Another time my wife & Abby went to visit her parents ... while they were gone I was supposed to get the carpets cleaned but instead I bought (and had installed) 2700 square feet of new carpet.

When I wanted a convertible sports car, the wife said fine, but no car loans and you have to pay for it with your own money, so I sold 11 firearms and bought a 1955 MG A ... after a year or so I wanted something more reliable, something I didn't have to spend all my free time working on because every time I'd fix an oil leak, it would spring a new oil leak every time I fixed one ... and when the summer time temps started hitting 90-100, I thought A/C would be nice so I sold the MG A & another 14 guns and ended up with a brand new 2007 Saturn Sky.

Rather than plagiarize some of the other posts, I just edited them to say what I would have said ... While giving credit to the original posters.

 

[Orion8472]

I figured that, with what I would like to get out of them, and the ammo, I could get ~$4500 towards a new car. That's tempting.

 

[USAF_Vet]

I've sold a few here and there, but only to fund other guns. There are a couple I regret (Hungarian M44, Hi Point 9mm carbine) and some I don't (Savage Axis .30-06, Taurus 94 that patterned like an open bore shotgun). Of my current stable, there isn't anything I'd really be willing to sell.

 

[StrawHat]

I used to buy and sell all the time. Build up a collection, then sell it and move on other things. The fun was building the collection and finding a good home for it. Now, I have a couple of firearms, not many, and if someone wants one more than I do, that is okay.

 

[Hunterdad]

I sell and buy all the time. If I buy a new gun and it doesn't tickle my fancy the 1st range trip out, I usually get rid of it. I have no use for guns I don't like and won't shoot. There are a few with sentimental value that I will never get rid of