In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.
Options
Going out on a limb ...A Gun Question
William81
Member Posts: 24,625 ✭✭✭✭
I have been hanging out here for almost 14 years. Every once in a while, there is a thread where someone talks about selling a gun(s) and there are always answers along the lines of "I would NEVER sell a gun"
As I retired a few months back and working on moving to another State etc, I have considered selling off a few firearms I hardly every shoot. To me they are small stacks of cash that can be used to obtain other items.
So the question is: "Why would you Never sell a gun ??" Not trying to be a smartbutt, I just am trying to understand the mindset.
As I retired a few months back and working on moving to another State etc, I have considered selling off a few firearms I hardly every shoot. To me they are small stacks of cash that can be used to obtain other items.
So the question is: "Why would you Never sell a gun ??" Not trying to be a smartbutt, I just am trying to understand the mindset.
Comments
Someday it will go to my son.
Hopefully not for a long time though. [8D]
That is why I prefer not to sell any guns, unless I just don't like one, but even then [:D]
I have guns that I would never sell. I also have stuff that I have acquired that I would have no problem selling off. Also, I always try to get another gun or something I really want. Using the money to help with the move is no different than getting something you really want.
Pretty much. I sold a shotgun that I bought from Kasey. I'm terrible with a shotgun but I think it is a good idea to have at least one. I sold the shotgun because my uncle moved back to California and stores his (it belonged to my great grandpa) in my safe. It is a lot nicer than the one I had. I figured that I don't need two guns that I'm not good with.
All of my other guns are either heirlooms or utilitarian.
and post the link here in GD.......[;)]
What's the big deal? To some they are heirlooms, and sentimental. I TOTALLY get that. But they are not to me.
No one would pay me near what it's worth.
I would sell any gun if I felt the need to. They are pieces of metal. I have some old pieces willed to me by my Grandfather, a deer rifle from 1957, a shotgun from 1931, and a .22 from 1934. I would look hard before I parted with them...but there are too many fine guns out there to hold on to one I won't use, or don't consider useful.
What's the big deal? To some they are heirlooms, and sentimental. I TOTALLY get that. But they are not to me.
I totally agree with you. If you want to know what happens to your stuff after you are gone, just start going to public auctions.
The one I'd soonest part with is a Ruger KP95DC that I picked up quite a while ago for about $200. It's my only 9mm, but once I get a Beretta 92 it'll probably go away. It shoots fine, but is a little picky on ammo unless it's extremely clean.
Brad Steele
I have over the years bought and sold a "few" [;)] as I would switch out hobbies , and not having a endless supply of cash to keep every thing . I would sell off one stock pile of hobby items to fund another . Do I wish I had kept all the cars and parts and guns, Well hell yes , but sometimes its the bottom line that decides it for me . I still carry one to a gun show with me sometimes , just in case I get a good offer or tradin material . it is usually one I have more of or just do not use.
I have two sons I am sure they will pick out one or two and sell the rest when I die .
I always tell my wife that I don't buy guns, I invest in them, like depositing money in the bank!
Probably the very last gun that I would sell would be my Python, always been my favorite!
Have never sold or traded any away, mostly I guess because I never needed to.
And I have 'invested' in ammo for each. Now my son figures he just has to outlive me, and not piss me off, and he has a pretty nice collection.
Smart kid. [;)]
I sold a bunch here shortly after getting married to help me pay the rent (thanks GunBroker!).
So the question is: "Why would you Never sell a gun ??" Not trying to be a smartbutt, I just am trying to understand the mindset.
This is the rule told to me in MA, by the gun crowd, and the rationale is EXTREMELY simple.
Getting (any) guns in MA is difficult, and the State has implemented ever-increasing bans on importation of new models.
Plenty of common guns (eg 1911s, all Glocks, etc) simply cannot be legally imported into MA anymore, and not only are they scarce, but prices of legal in-state existing ones are through the roof.
The "never sell a gun" rule is because once sold you quite literally may never be able to legally get a similar one again, and there is also a fear that ALL guns will be banned, so you'll never be able to get ANY gun again. Don't think that last thing is going to happen, but to be honest, don't think the FEAR that it might is irrational.
Most stuff I have would garner the 3-$700 range so even if I did sell its not like its going to chang the game. Unless I sold the whole batch which would keep me a float for sometime, but even then selling a collection doesnt happen over night.
But reasons for a few items that I would not sell..
1. Heirloom or handed down to me
2. My first gun i bought at 16 winchesters 12 gauage pump
3. I live in NY so AW would not get sold as I could never get that them back
But like I said life in general is survival. And if it meant selling something to survive I would do it.
Other guns I would sell, if I had any.
How much do you want for the chair Mark?[:D]
As things sit, I would never sell my grandpa's guns, even though they are in terms of absolute value fairly 'meh.' Not enough money to buy them from me as things sit, as I'm not rich but am not hurting.
If I or my family absolutely needed money fast for an emergency- medical, whatever, and it was for people, not to acquire more stuff, while they might be the last to go they'd go in a heartbeat.