Ruger No. 1 Advice Needed

[MurrayNevada]

I am going to be selling my 4 Ruger No. 1 Rifles. They were purchased factory new by me and never fired. They are all still in their original boxes as they were shipped to me. They are a 450/400 N.E., a 300 H&H, a .270 Winchester, and a 7mm Mauser International Model. Any ideas as to how much I should be asking for these rifles? I don't want to be ripped off too bad at a LGS.
Thank you.

 

[200Apples]

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Check some of the online firearms' auction sites. The one I look at occasionally is Gunbroker. Look for Completed Listings or some such category to see what your rifles may have sold for.

 

[TexasPatriot.308]

a range of calibers for sure..go online and see what people are looking for

 

[ford8nr]

I don't want to be ripped off too bad at a LGS.

New they sell for $1000-1500
Used they seem to sell for $900-1500

Why the LGS? You'll probably get $500-600
Figure out what you want for them and sell them online. I'm sure members here would be interested.

 

[SVTOhio]

Sounds like an awesome collection!

 

[bannockburn]

I think you would definitely get the most for those rifles by going the online sales route, especially with those four calibers.

 

[airedaleman]

Best bet: rugerforum.com! List your rifles in their classified section.

 

[Olympus]

Had I not just bought a new Colt, I would have been interested in the 270.

I agree. Try to sell them privately first.

 

[Sniper66]

The best bet is not getting in a hurry. That said, finding a buyer who can offer you a deal for all four may also bear fruit. Do plenty of research by visiting a variety of sites to get an idea of pricing. Talk to gun shops to see what they have to say. I've sold numerous guns just advertising in local publications. My bet is they are worth around $1200 each, give or take $100 as a collection (all 4). A buyer may try to offer a bit less for all 4, but as a collection they should fetch a bit more. Good luck.

 

[natman]

Selling a gun to a gun store is like selling a car to a car dealer - something you should only do if you are desperate for cash right now.

Sell the guns on Gunbroker. Sell them individually. They are 4 rifles, there's nothing that makes them a collection.

 

[243winxb]

I don't want to be ripped off too bad at a LGS.

Then you would need to sell them yourself. Dealers need to make a profit on there investment while the firearms sit in the rack. Plus dealers will take trade-ins that helps move a product faster. If you paid full retail, the LGS buys wholesale. This can be as much as 40% markup to as little as 3% . Good Luck.

 

[Chief 101]

I would check with Ruger Forum.com. With the complexity of variations and calibers and the absence of manufacturing of these rifles, this would be your best bet. There are real experts over there.

 

[oneounceload]

A dealer will give you somewhere in the 60% range, a pawn shop/dealer even less. Sell them yourself.

Last I lived in NV ads in the local paper were still allowed; posting a flyer at local gun clubs is usually free and FTF were allowed. Has any of that changed?

 

[Awsomepossum]

you will be offered a low amount for the rugers.You could sell them here in the classifieds section.

 

[Onmilo]

Get a new copy of The Blue Book of Gun Values.
Watch the Auction sites.
New unfired in the original boxes means a dealer should offer you NO LESS than current Dealer price for your firearms as is.

The guns you are offering in the calibers you listed short of the .270 are of interest to Ruger collectors and should bring a premium as well. HTH

 

[natman]

New unfired in the original boxes means a dealer should offer you NO LESS than current Dealer price for your firearms as is.

LOL.

Good luck with that. If the dealer wanted to buy guns at dealer price, he could order anything he wants, which would be something that would leave the store faster than a specialty item like a No.1 in 450/400 NE.

The guns you are offering in the calibers you listed short of the .270 are of interest to Ruger collectors and should bring a premium as well. HTH

Which is why the OP should sell them directly to Ruger collectors online, not a gun store.

 

[Onmilo]

LOL.

Good luck with that. If the dealer wanted to buy guns at dealer price, he could order anything he wants, which would be something that would leave the store faster than a specialty item like a No.1 in 450/400 NE.



Which is why the OP should sell them directly to Ruger collectors online, not a gun store.

Apparently your local dealers neither network and stiff the very people they rely on to keep their doors open...

 

[teetertotter]

I surfed on line for used price on my 2008, Marlin 39a, back in December 14'.

I posted it for sale on our club Bulletin Board one Saturday morning in December and sold it that afternoon. I got $65.00 more than I paid for it or the asking price with no questions asked. He tried it out in our indoor 50 foot range and was satisfied.

Check on line for pricing as others have said.

 

[natman]

Apparently your local dealers neither network and stiff the very people they rely on to keep their doors open...

From a dealer's perspective, even if the guns are never fired in the box they are still used guns.

A No.1 in 450/400 is a specialty item. It may have some appeal to Ruger collectors, but it's unlikely to appeal to the walk in trade a local gunshop relies on. If a gun dealer is going to invest in a gun at full dealer price, he's going to put it into something he can sell right away, not wait for an interested collector to walk through the door.

Networking has nothing to do with it, none of the other dealers are going to pay full dealer for it either, much less full dealer + the first dealer's profit.

A dealer is in business to make money. If he's not he won't remain in business long. Just because he won't give you the price you dream up on a gun doesn't mean he's cheating you, it means you're not trying to sell the gun in the right place.

Which in this case would be online directly to the Ruger collectors who WILL pay the best price for it.

 

[CraigC]

No dealer is going to pay current wholesale for what is essentially a used firearm, that they have to sell used.

I would suggest putting them up for auction starting at $900 and expecting no more than $1200.