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Ok, this subject I am sure has been tossed a around a little, but I have to rant a little bit.
Since getting this book listing the Value's and prices of firearms, seems to me that people are asking way to much money for used firearms.
For instance, a few years ago Wal-mart was selling those Model 70's with the black synthetic stocks, no hindge plate and the Simmons 3-9 x 32 scope for around 370 to 390 dollars brand new. Ok, was looking at something on Gunbroker, and have seen these in the local pawn shops and in gin shops on the used rack.
Can someone tell me how 6 years later, this same firearm can be selling for 450 to 650 dollars? Ok, so someone put a 40 dollar tasco scope on it, a 5 dollar sling, and a 4 dollar buttstock shell holder on it. I am sorry this is no ferrari of firearms here.
On saturday I offered a pawn shop in this area 300 bucks for a 7 mag in this Winchester rifle configuration, and he was insulted, whipped out my price book, and it said in good condition that this rifle was only worth 280 at best. Well he insisted that it was in excelent condition, ok, so I started quizzing him on the scratches on the barrel, the worn blueing on the bolt, the chunk missing out of the recoil pad, the epoxy around the sling swivle stud, and the rust on the barrel, and he took the rifle back and would not talk to me at all, until his partner said if I do not leave they would call the police to have me removed from their store. When I left I was asked never to return to their store, as all gun prices in this store are fair market prices, and that all guns are only marked up with a small percentage of profit. Bull-Crap. These are low quality firearms, not top of the line firearms. So what gives???? Most of you know if you take a gun to a pawn shop, you only get a 3rd of what it is worth.
This just fired me up, so I started looking at gunbroker, and seems that most of the rifles are being sold way over what they are worth.
OK, I just had to rant.
Since getting this book listing the Value's and prices of firearms, seems to me that people are asking way to much money for used firearms.
For instance, a few years ago Wal-mart was selling those Model 70's with the black synthetic stocks, no hindge plate and the Simmons 3-9 x 32 scope for around 370 to 390 dollars brand new. Ok, was looking at something on Gunbroker, and have seen these in the local pawn shops and in gin shops on the used rack.
Can someone tell me how 6 years later, this same firearm can be selling for 450 to 650 dollars? Ok, so someone put a 40 dollar tasco scope on it, a 5 dollar sling, and a 4 dollar buttstock shell holder on it. I am sorry this is no ferrari of firearms here.
On saturday I offered a pawn shop in this area 300 bucks for a 7 mag in this Winchester rifle configuration, and he was insulted, whipped out my price book, and it said in good condition that this rifle was only worth 280 at best. Well he insisted that it was in excelent condition, ok, so I started quizzing him on the scratches on the barrel, the worn blueing on the bolt, the chunk missing out of the recoil pad, the epoxy around the sling swivle stud, and the rust on the barrel, and he took the rifle back and would not talk to me at all, until his partner said if I do not leave they would call the police to have me removed from their store. When I left I was asked never to return to their store, as all gun prices in this store are fair market prices, and that all guns are only marked up with a small percentage of profit. Bull-Crap. These are low quality firearms, not top of the line firearms. So what gives???? Most of you know if you take a gun to a pawn shop, you only get a 3rd of what it is worth.
This just fired me up, so I started looking at gunbroker, and seems that most of the rifles are being sold way over what they are worth.
OK, I just had to rant.