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Most "quality" items are higher priced, which they should be, over lower quality items. Price alone (even if priced below what they are worth) puts them out of a lot of people's range....so they're harder to sell. Someone may recognize it as a great buy, something they'd love to have, but even if they can afford it they decide to hang on to the $2000 rather than purchase the $4000 rifle. They may take the $ and buy a $1500 rifle for $1000 instead....even though the "deal" might not have been as good it was easier for them to palate the cost. For most people $ matters and in a quality firearm put together with quality parts by a quality smith it's simply going to be more expensive. Same holds true for scopes, stocks, knives, etc.

Please don't take this the wrong way. This is just my opinion. You are basing this post on the difficulty you are having selling a friends rifles or at least it seems that way. I went out and looked for some of these rifles and found 3, none of which are overpriced.

1. Kimber 84 SSV Single shot rifle - You would think that the price you have on the kimber would make it sell quick. The problem is that it is a single shot 223. In my opinion, the market is a smaller for that rifle. A kimber in 308 with an internal magazine at that price would have sold quickly
2. Custom Rifle J.W. VanPatten - Custom mausers are hard to sell in your basic market. They just are. Custom rem 700 clones are all the rage. There are people that appreciate them. You just have to find them.
3. Winchester Model 70 Classic Stainless - Not to offend model 70 lovers but the model 70 does not have the market that some of the others like remington and kimber have and to sell a model 70 for that price may take longer to sell than a kimber in the same price range.

Again, no offense intended and the rifles you are selling are beautiful and are at a fair price. Its just an observation. I just think the market is smaller for those rifles which makes them harder to sell. You have to find the right market. Its kind of like trying to sell a WWII mauser in mint condtion with all the same serial numbers. You are better off going to a militaria show to sell it than selling it on this website. People will know what they are looking at and are in the market for it. I would try gunbroker.

d500lnn: I must draw your attention to a couple of more "quality" items that sold on this forum very recently!
The two "quality" items that sold (from two different sellers here-on!) sold very QUICKLY!
One sold in two minutes and the other apparently sold in 0 (zero!) minutes!
The quality items that you do not think have a chance of selling here-on were both Leupold scopes one a 4x12 with A/O and the other a Leupold variable unknown if it had an A/O.
Further proof that your original contention was/is completely specious (without merit!)!
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VarmintGuy
P.S.: I again notice that YOU are still frequenting the want-ads here - have you learned the error of your ways, DICK?

We may all consider "quality" differently. My opinion only, but when I think of quality I think of higher tier items. In scopes that would be upper grades of S&B, Nightforce NXS, etc.... Leupold scopes are more common, readily available, and at a lower price point. A $500 Leupold may sell quickly for $350.......a $2500 S&B may not sell at all for $1500.

d500ln (DICK): You must be asleep there dick!
Another quality item sold hereon for a good price and did so in less than ONE HOUR!
Refer to the want-ad for Leupold 36 power scope.
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VarmintGuy

The market is soft. You also have to factor in that the tides are starting to shift from people who can appreciate the value or perhaps sentiment of something like a New have M70 Classic or JM stamped Marlin to newer shooters or a younger generation where they dont really care. In the age of Glocks and AR15's the appeal and nostalgia of Winchester levers and Colt 1911's are shrinking. Couple that with the guys who do appreciate the classics are starting to sell off their collections as they get older and you get a surplus of what were once hard to get(driving the value up) to a surplus of guns that people are slowly losing interest in(driving prices down). Today manufacturing has made getting a quality firearm more affordable for a cheaper price. Case in point, all my Model 70's say New Haven on them but my kids likely won't care.

d5500lndick: Please refer to the recent "quality item" (Buck 119) that sold hereon in 21 minutes!
Me thinks your contention is exceptionally erroneous (ridiculous/ludicrous!)!
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VarmintGuy

Are you trying to suck this guys dick or? You’re definitely putting the time in...

When in the holy [bleep] has a $40 Buck knife became a quality item?