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Unsold at $4500.
I asked the seller for a buy now price and he politely declined. Dang, there aren't many other rifles I would covet more than that one.. Something about a 270 Win FW SG that would find it in my hands a bunch.
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Unsold at $4500.
I asked the seller for a buy now price and he politely declined. [quote=nyrifleman]Unsold at $4500 Reserve was probably $4501.00
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I played, but wasn’t going over 4500.00. Wouldn’t spend more than that in this market. Yet, knowing myself, if he would have put 5k on it BIN, I might have jumped! Something tells me he was looking more in the line of 5500.00....
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Unsold at $4500.
I asked the seller for a buy now price and he politely declined. Now that I don't understand. You basically said "name your price", and he wouldn't do it. Not to say you would have been obligated, but you might have been a buyer at the number he threw out. How could he ignore that? (Rhetorical question.) If you weren't the gentleman I suspect you are, the comeback would be "Well, gee, mister, do you want to sell the gun or not?" Am I missing something in the fine points of buying a rifle? (Not rhetorical, serious question.) Maybe he was waiting for you to make an offer?
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I played, but wasn’t going over 4500.00. Wouldn’t spend more than that in this market. Yet, knowing myself, if he would have put 5k on it BIN, I might have jumped! Something tells me he was looking more in the line of 5500.00.... My sense is that the reserve was substantially more than $5500.00.
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Asked the seller again if he had a buy now price.
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My reserve was quite a bit higher. It’s worth more to me to hang on to it. Appreciate your interest.
Doc - if I were him I'd throw a number out there. You never know.
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At those prices you are in the realm of being able to buy a nice Al Biesen rifle. I like my pre 64s that are factory, but I would rather have a 2nd Biesen rifle than pay that much for a factory supergrade.
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Asked the seller again if he had a buy now price.
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My reserve was quite a bit higher. It’s worth more to me to hang on to it. Appreciate your interest.
Doc - if I were him I'd throw a number out there. You never know. My guess is he had a reserve on it that was "unrealistic plus some more." The plan was not to sell the rifle, but to figure out what the rifle was worth in today's market. If I had such a rifle, really cared to sell it, and had a willing buyer in front of me, I'd name a price. Perhaps I'd invite the buyer to make an offer on the off chance he was terribly uninformed and would offer me even more that what I had in mind. But once you are willing to sell, it really doesn't matter who first mentions a number to get the ball rolling. IMO, that gun was never really for sale.
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At those prices you are in the realm of being able to buy a nice Al Biesen rifle. I like my pre 64s that are factory, but I would rather have a 2nd Biesen rifle than pay that much for a factory supergrade. I totally agree
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My question is, when was the last time a SG FW sold, in roughly comparable condition, and what did it go for? I think Rule's book lists 930 made.
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At those prices you are in the realm of being able to buy a nice Al Biesen rifle. I like my pre 64s that are factory, but I would rather have a 2nd Biesen rifle than pay that much for a factory supergrade. Exactly where I came down as well. My question is, when was the last time a SG FW sold, in roughly comparable condition, and what did it go for? I think Rule's book lists 930 made. I was able to find two comps in 270, both auctions. One was a lot; one was catch your breath a lot (that example was near nib.) Both were north of the last bid on this one; one by a factor.
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^^^^^^^ Any reason you are not giving us the amounts?
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Did some google searches but didn’t bookmark them and didn’t write the numbers down. I’ll try to find them again. Was going off memory from when I did them when the gun was listed and I didn’t want to post erroneous information.
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I had the opportunity three years ago to purchase a legitimate SG FW in comparable condition as this one for 5500 out of Mass. I wanted two target rifles instead from the gentleman and passed. I regret it now. If I wanted 7 or 8K or more for it ,I wouldn’t waste my time with GB, just put your number on Gun International and be done with it.
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The last SG FWT I saw personally was sold about 3 years ago. Was NIB with everything in 308. Went for 10 grand.
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Did some google searches but didn’t bookmark them and didn’t write the numbers down. I’ll try to find them again. Was going off memory from when I did them when the gun was listed and I didn’t want to post erroneous information. Thanks for the reply, for not posting information you aren't sure of, and for the link you provided.
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