Should I sell it?

[rugerdude]

I am going to a really big gunshow in a week, and I'll have about 400 bucks. All of which I need to spend on ammo, but I am seriously itching to get a new rifle for longer range stuff (the gun club I am joining has ranges out to 600 yards).



It's a 10/22 with:
1. ATI drag stock
2. bushnell 2.5x scope on millet rings w/ butler creek covers
3. AR-15 vert. fore-grip
4. BSA laser sight
5. 3.5" muzzle brake
6. 25 round magazine (x2)
7. 10 round magazine (x2, on a connector)

I'm wanting like 300 bucks for it.

It's a great plinker, but I don't do that much plinking. I have a buckmark and a marlin 925 to keep the .22 niche filled.

I've never sold a gun, and while it's not sentimental to me, I do wonder if I will regret it later. Would YOU sell it?

(I know this is a very subjective topic and that I will have to make the final choice, but the folks here have never steered me wrong before)

Thanks in advance.

 

[MErl]

would you be able to replace it for the sale cost and would you want to?

 

[nwilliams]

Well the nice thing about a 10/22 is that you'll always be able to buy another if you want. I personsally wouldn't sell it with all the accessories (scope, mount/rings, vertical grip and laser) I would just sell the rifle as basic as you can make it. Selling it with all those attachments isn't going to add much in value to the gun, and most of those things you can use on future guns. Recycle any accessories you can it will save you money down the line or sell them separate from the rifle because you'll usually get more for them that way.

Whenever I sell a gun that has been customized I strip it down to the basic components, pretty much the way I bought it. If I put a synthetic stock on it but have the original I put the original back on. If I have multiple mags, especially hi-caps I sell those seperate also. It takes longer to get rid of the parts and some accessories I still have from guns I've sold years ago. However I've recycled many scopes and other attachments from guns I've sold and saved a lot of money that way, at least more than I would have saved by including them as a package with the gun. Although sometimes the accessories aren't worth anything new or used so if I want rid of them I'll include them. It really depends on what you spent on each part and how much it would cost to buy another. Also like I said the re-usability of the parts as well.

Just a suggestion, others may not agree.

 

[joab]

That particular gun, no. Not unless I could get replacement value for it.

but if it were a gun that I did not much care for or have much use for, yes

I have sold guns in the past that had my friends thinking I was stupid, but to me they were space takers that would never be shot.
I have found that if I sell a gun to get a gun I usually don't have regrets, if I have not made a rash decision

 

[rugerdude]

Well, one thing about it is that I'm almost sure I could sell it for that price which will (A) give me most of what I spent on it back and (B) give me enough cash for a new rifle and ammo.

I find myself shooting it less and less now that I have a buckmark, and I will usually just shoot my marlin anyway.

I took it to a gunshow a couple years ago, and all it had was the stock and flash hider and I must have had at least 5 people come up and ask me about it even though I didn't have anything on me suggesting I was selling it. Selling it shouldn't be a problem, and I'd be happy to get 300 bucks from it, I paid more for it, but it was also new then.

 

[funfaler]

Nope! Don't sell it. $300 sounds nice, but if you are serious about putting lead down range at 600 yards, you will not see $300 as a drop in the bucket. Also, the 10/22 is an excellent trainer for short range shooting at reduced sized targets. You can simulate shooting 500-600 yard targets at 25 meters with it to hone and keep your shooting skills, then save time and money putting lead at actual ranges out to 600 yards. It is much more economical to shoot a 10/22 than an M1a, FAL or even a bolt gun.

Good luck, and happy shooting.

 

[B.D. Turner]

I would keep it. I never throw in ammo or accessories with a sale or trade.

Back during the high cap ban I was able to trade high cap 10/22 mags I had kept and not thrown in with the rifle for some nice pistols and other firearms.

I traded M16 mags I picked up on yard sales for as low as .50 to a dollar each for a new Beretta 92F. Total of $75 invested in the Beretta.

My point is just because you can buy it now don't think you can buy em forever at this price. At the current rate and chance of a future restriction it would be in your interest to stock back on some things.

 

[NC-Mike]

I wouldn't sell. Someday your kid can shoot that rifle.

 

[doubleg]

What about a 20+ " bull barrel? That will help you with accuracy.

 

[Bazooka Joe71]

That is the most tacticool looking 10/22 I've ever seen.

I wouldn't sell it either, you won't find anything for long range for $300.

 

[hagar]

NEVER sell a gun to buy another gun, unless the gun is such a pos that it is useless. And then don't sell it here on the forums..

There are a number of reasons. You never know what guns are going to be in fashion in the next couple of years. Might be grandpa's rusted shotgun from 1920 that is worth $50 today, but $2000 next year. If you consistently lose money on a gun trade, you will end up with next to nothing in 20 years. And if you wanted that firearm to begin with, why trade it off or sell it? It will just cost you more to replace it once you realize you miss it and still need it.

You can buy a Model 1 flattop upper with 1 in 8 twist for around $400, just add a lower, bolt carrier group and T-handle. Loaded with 75 AMax bullets, it will shoot rings around most hunting rifles at 600 yards. If you have never shot an accurate flattop AR before, they are so accurate it is scary. I'm talking 2-3 inch groups at 600 yards (and even less, but few would believe it).

 

[rugerdude]

I don't intend to get a grouping rifle, just a nifty semi-auto for shooting steel plates at around 300 yards.

It's neat, and I like it alright, but it seems I never take it out for anything more than draining the magazine.

I think I'll take it with me to the gun show, and put something like a 400 dollar tag on it and see if anyone bites. 400 bucks is about what is in it at this point and I can get me a decent military pattern rifle for that much....well....an AK/saiga at least.

And if nothing catches my eye there, then I don't have to part with it.

However, i'll be sure to shoot it before going, just to refresh my memory about how much I enjoy it.

 

[rugerdude]

Hmmm.... I may just hold off on the semi-auto for now.

I figure I can bang a gong at 325 yards just as well with a Yugo mauser, and it will be cheaper to buy and feed.

Man i'm so indesicive.