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How do I figure out the value of a rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dean2" data-source="post: 1629702" data-attributes="member: 26077"><p>Huggy</p><p></p><p>I don't agree that guns and hunting gear are a bad investment. I have been buying and selling guns, loading gear and components for going on 55 years. I have never done worse than break even and have usually made some good money on them. Now very few were bought brand new, and the ones I did buy new were sold MANY years after they were bought so natural course of inflation means their used prices exceeded what I paid for them new. Same is true of components. Bullets I bought less than 15 years ago for $20/100 now go for $50.</p><p></p><p>Would I have made more money buying Microsoft shares, sure, but they aren't near as much fun to play with. Besides, if you bought even a couple of thousand Microsoft shares 25 years ago, the price of guns and what they resell for is completely irrelevant.</p><p></p><p>All in, if you buy good quality guns and take good care of them, over 10 years you should be able to get all your money back. If you buy quality used you will probably sell for more than you paid. Scopes are a different deal, they drop in value as newer and better glass seems to get released every few years. You get way more money back selling a gun than you get selling a used set of $3000 Ping golf clubs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dean2, post: 1629702, member: 26077"] Huggy I don't agree that guns and hunting gear are a bad investment. I have been buying and selling guns, loading gear and components for going on 55 years. I have never done worse than break even and have usually made some good money on them. Now very few were bought brand new, and the ones I did buy new were sold MANY years after they were bought so natural course of inflation means their used prices exceeded what I paid for them new. Same is true of components. Bullets I bought less than 15 years ago for $20/100 now go for $50. Would I have made more money buying Microsoft shares, sure, but they aren't near as much fun to play with. Besides, if you bought even a couple of thousand Microsoft shares 25 years ago, the price of guns and what they resell for is completely irrelevant. All in, if you buy good quality guns and take good care of them, over 10 years you should be able to get all your money back. If you buy quality used you will probably sell for more than you paid. Scopes are a different deal, they drop in value as newer and better glass seems to get released every few years. You get way more money back selling a gun than you get selling a used set of $3000 Ping golf clubs. [/QUOTE]
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