#1 secret to collectable is not being available.
Everybody wants what everybody wants.
Sig releases the 365 to good reviews.
It sells and you can't find them.
Everyphugginbody wants one.
Roger makes an ugly, [bleep] stocked rifle.
They sell well, cool factor....new, then don't.
CDNN gets them and blows them out...cheap.
After a bit folks realize they can't be bought new, the folks who weren't buying them new, and now they hunt them like ruby filled pussy.
Look at most highly sought guns. The ones that bring stupid money.
Common models, in weird configurations or calibers that didn't sell well.
No one wanted the freaks.
Until they are unavailable.
6mm, 257 Robert's, 760s in 222, M-7 in 22-250...
At a gun show yesterday, Dad looking at Colt Sauers.
Wanting to buy a few more.
But, the gun shows are full of plastic, black paint, tactical.
"You know Dad, I wonder about the value of nice guns in the future. Your generation is
declining, mine is soon to start. The young ones now aren't interested in blue and walnut. Some will be, but will the supply coming on out pace demand until a good gun isn't worth much more than a new Savage Axis?"
3/4 haven't read this far.
I've pissed them off.
