![]() The lever had never been cycled, and the gun had never left its styrofoam sleeve. I was, frankly, hoping to cash in on the Model 94 fever that was so widespread at the time. Here’s another example of how circumstance affects the price of a gun: Last year I listed an absolutely pristine 1982 Winchester Model 94 Crazy Horse Commemorative on an online auction site. You may have to pay more, or you may be able to get it for less. And, concurrently, don’t assume you can buy a given gun for the figure cited in this book. The moral? If you see a value of X given for a particular gun in, don’t assume that you can always realize that figure if you sell one. In the online auction, the potential customer base is virtually unlimited, whereas selling it in a bricks-and-mortar gun shop is limited to the amount of foot traffic, and northern Indiana isn’t exactly a hotbed of Remington nylon collecting. Why? Because those would have been an entirely different set of circumstances. I can guaran-damn-tee that if my buddy had put that Model 76 in a local gun shop’s consignment rack with a $3000 tag on it, it would still be sitting there. How can this be? Simple: Worth (or value) is always a function of time, place, and circumstance. ![]() ![]() Now I ask you: what was that Model 76 worth? If we assume the saying is true that a thing is worth “whatever someone will pay for it,” that gun was worth $150 at the Michigan gun show – but two weeks later it was worth $3000, even though it was exactly the same gun in exactly the same condition. Two weeks later, he sold the Model 76 in an online auction for just over $3000. After phoning me and getting my opinion, my buddy whipped out his wallet, pulled out three C-notes and walked away with both guns. The asking price for both guns was $300, or around $150 apiece. What’s more, the 76 was the Apache Black variant with black stock and chromed metal. Here’s a real-life example:Ī friend of mine was approached at a gun show in Sturgis, Michigan, last year by a man who was offering two guns for sale: One was, as I recall, a plain-jane Remington Nylon 66 – but the other was a Model 76, the only lever-action rifle Remington ever produced. When asked what something’s worth, the classic answer is beautiful in its simplicity: “It’s worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.” That sounds fine, but it falls apart as soon as you consider it. The late Dan Shideler, former editor of Standard Catalog of Firearms and expert in firearms history, trends and pricing, had this to say about used gun values, and getting the best price whether you are buying or selling: The expert advice in the front pages of this book is worth at least as much as the 110,000 gun prices found in it's 1,472 pages.Įditor's Note: Click here for instant firearms values and gun prices.Īssigning values to used guns is an inexact science, to be sure, and fraught with uncertainty. You'll also receive gun collecting articles as part of a weekly Gun Digest e-newsletter, as well as e-mails from marketing partners. ![]() Right away, you'll get a download featuring 10 of the most collectible guns. For more gun collecting tips, enter your e-mail in the box below.
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