chez323
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I for one do not have enough "extra" money laying around to buy firearms I will not shoot. Maybe at some time in the future, when I hit the lottery I'll change my thinking on this, but I'm not holding my breath.
Why get a gun if you won't shoot it?
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In response to the original question, guns make a great investment. With the cost of raw materials going up, gun and ammo prices will go nowhere but up. In the not-so-distant future, a decent handgun will easily be a grand or more (S&W already is approaching it with a number of their revolvers, and they're cutting corners like crazy).
As far as guns go, why would people buy swords, replica weapons and armor they won't use? Sometimes people just like collection or investment pieces. And though some like special collectibles (just as some people buy collectible coins), others just buy silver and gold rounds as investments.
Pundits say we're not in an inflationary cycle, but they're not taking into account the shift in manufacturing to China. Had not that conduit happened, the prices of everything would have skyrocketed. The idea of buying quality used revolvers for $300 will soon be unheard of.
Bottom line is that guns, like any other commodity, can be an excellent investment. But they're also fun to shoot.
As far as guns go, why would people buy swords, replica weapons and armor they won't use? Sometimes people just like collection or investment pieces. And though some like special collectibles (just as some people buy collectible coins), others just buy silver and gold rounds as investments.
Pundits say we're not in an inflationary cycle, but they're not taking into account the shift in manufacturing to China. Had not that conduit happened, the prices of everything would have skyrocketed. The idea of buying quality used revolvers for $300 will soon be unheard of.
Bottom line is that guns, like any other commodity, can be an excellent investment. But they're also fun to shoot.
huntsman
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Yep especially now the way .gov has ruined the look of the currency
they've made worthless FRN's look worse than Monopoly money. Who wouldn’t want to look at a pretty nickel or deep Colt Blue finish?Every one of my guns is an occasional shooter, even an S/42 bringback Luger that I inherited from a family member. I keep em all clean and in good condition but I don't consider them appreciating investments (unless I live another 200 years, maybe then). I've found other ways to make money.
With all due respect to guys who buy collector piece guns as an investment I've never thought of my gats as commodities. I just buy them for their uniqeness and the enjoyment of shooting them.
With all due respect to guys who buy collector piece guns as an investment I've never thought of my gats as commodities. I just buy them for their uniqeness and the enjoyment of shooting them.
XxWINxX94
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As a collector, sometimes 90% of your guns you may not feel comfortable shooting due to age, value, condition. Some people can just look at certain guns, cycle the action, clean it, and find more enjoyment in those things then shooting it. Depends on the gun though!
You could even go as far and say your collectable guns are an investment.
You could even go as far and say your collectable guns are an investment.
Mike OTDP
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For profit!
I've been squirreling away original Civil War guns for the last 5 years or so. I'll sell them in 2013, at the height of the Civil War sesquicentennial...then turn the profits into other items sure to increase in value.
Now, I do keep my shooting battery separate from my investment portfolio.
I've been squirreling away original Civil War guns for the last 5 years or so. I'll sell them in 2013, at the height of the Civil War sesquicentennial...then turn the profits into other items sure to increase in value.
Now, I do keep my shooting battery separate from my investment portfolio.
browningguy
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Because I can, that's the only reason I need.
For people that just want a tool to use don't worry about it.
For people that just want a tool to use don't worry about it.
bushmaster1313
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I bought a Steven 620 from WWII just because it was military issue.
I did, however, get it tuned up and I have shot about 15 rounds out of it.
I Don't really like how it shoots, but I am keeping it and will shoot it again, especially with friends who appreciate our military and our troops.
I did, however, get it tuned up and I have shot about 15 rounds out of it.
I Don't really like how it shoots, but I am keeping it and will shoot it again, especially with friends who appreciate our military and our troops.
jayjaypunisher
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i look at it like an investment, Example- I bought a original M1A1 paratrooper carbine from the CMP for $3,200, I know lots of loot, but a WEEK later had multiple offers for $4,000 plus, imagine what I can sell it for when Im old and wrinkly and wanna go die in the bahamas, OR how much it will be worth when I hand it down to my 3 year old son some day? Dont wanna shoot it, it sits in a safe but hey its there for a rainy day collecting money, just my view!
I shoot the crap out of each and every one of my guns - that is because shooting, rather than gun owning, is my iteration of the hobby. In fact, I could not possibly own a gun and not shoot it! But I don't have any problem with people who don't - each to their own, if collecting mint examples are what floats peoples boat, more power to 'em. Certainly would be cheaper that way....!
KarenTOC
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Don't guns cause tragic boating accidents?
I think people either understand collecting or they don't. Guns are no different than dolls, tea cups, matchbooks, thimbles, or beanie babies.
Carl N. Brown
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It's all in the eye of the beholder:
Some guns are weapons.
Some guns are tools.
Some guns are curiosity pieces.
Some guns are historical relics.
Some guns are works of art or ornaments.
Some are investments.
Some are sentimental pieces (grandpa took me hunting with a Model 12).
Personally, I wouldn't own a NIB (as New in the Box) gun with no intention of shooting it. I could have bought a NIB unfired Nylon 66 for $400; I bought a pawn shop orphan that looked like it had been run over by pickup truck for $50, bought $13 in replacement parts, covered the scars with camo tape and shoot it with no fear of lowering its resale value. The NIB I could have held as an investment and later got $600 for it; some people do that; some people like to own pristine guns with no intention of shooting or selling them. That is not my thing, but it is theirs. Different strokes for different folks.
Some guns are weapons.
Some guns are tools.
Some guns are curiosity pieces.
Some guns are historical relics.
Some guns are works of art or ornaments.
Some are investments.
Some are sentimental pieces (grandpa took me hunting with a Model 12).
Personally, I wouldn't own a NIB (as New in the Box) gun with no intention of shooting it. I could have bought a NIB unfired Nylon 66 for $400; I bought a pawn shop orphan that looked like it had been run over by pickup truck for $50, bought $13 in replacement parts, covered the scars with camo tape and shoot it with no fear of lowering its resale value. The NIB I could have held as an investment and later got $600 for it; some people do that; some people like to own pristine guns with no intention of shooting or selling them. That is not my thing, but it is theirs. Different strokes for different folks.
Ronsch
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Why? Because I can...That's why.
mcdonl
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I only KEEP guns that I shoot. I buy many, that just dont do anything for me so I get rid of them and get a different one.
I suppose if I had more money to spend on guns I may just keep them if I didnt like them, but... I dont.
I suppose if I had more money to spend on guns I may just keep them if I didnt like them, but... I dont.
loadedround
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Guns are a lot like potato chips...you just can't buy just one!
I hoard them. Collecting infers hobby or investment. I just admit I have a disease.
Reasons I have some I don't shoot:
1. The are historic, for example, the 1911 I have that served in both World Wars.If I break it, it will never have the original parts in it.
2. They are pruidy and shiny and I want to fondle them and keep them that way till they pry them out of my cold dead hands.
3. Some of the collectible SAA will decrease in value once I turn them, let alone fire them.
Reasons I have some I don't shoot:
1. The are historic, for example, the 1911 I have that served in both World Wars.If I break it, it will never have the original parts in it.
2. They are pruidy and shiny and I want to fondle them and keep them that way till they pry them out of my cold dead hands.
3. Some of the collectible SAA will decrease in value once I turn them, let alone fire them.
Kentucky_Rifleman
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And like car folks, some of us shoot (drive) what we collect, while others don't.
I've never considered the terms collector and shooter to be mutually exclusive. I consider myself both; I just happen to collect guns that I also plan on shooting.
KR
Carl N. Brown
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The Armalite AR-7 sold at $49.95 in 1959 when originally introduced. According to the inflation adjustment calculator available at Wikipedia, that in today's money would be $373 adjusted for inflation (about the asking price of a Henry U.S. Survival Rifle, the current incarnation of the AR-7).
A 1959 Armalite AR-7 in used condition would be priced at over $50 today, NIB well over three times the used, good condition price.
A 1959 $50 dollar greenback on the shelf would have 1/7 the buying power it had in 1959.
Guns are a better investment against inflation than a pile of greenbacks.
Sav .250
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Different strokes for different folks!
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