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Watching an auction last night to try to look at a couple. Seller's market now. Here's some samples.

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Model	Cartridge	 Serial	         Notes		Bid Price	With Juice
99EG	300 Savage	 408645				  $975.00	$1,150.50
99A	243		1102695				$1,100.00	$1,298.00
99F	358		1053548	postmil, cut checkered	$1,700.00	$2,006.00
99PE	308		1092750				$3,250.00	$3,835.00
99DL	300 Savage	1134968	pressed checkering	  $900.00	$1,062.00
99DL	243		A774407	pressed checkering	$1,025.00	$1,209.50
99EG	243		 954146	wrong buttstock?	$1,350.00	$1,593.00
99F	358		1184209	postmil, cut checkered	$1,600.00	$1,888.00
99EG	250-3000	 420160				$1,075.00	$1,268.50
99EG	250-3000	 630966				$1,100.00	$1,298.00
99G	30-30		 368279				$1,200.00	$1,416.00
99C	7mm08		D723636	cracked recoil pad	$2,200.00	$2,596.00
99G	303		 369766	replaced rear sight	  $975.00	$1,150.50
99F	243		 919293				$1,150.00	$1,357.00
99DL	300 Savage	1094275	pressed checkering	  $725.00	  $855.50



And those are just the first auction prices. Every one of those will probably be flipped through tommyguns for a huge markup and will be on gunsinternational or gunbroker. Except that 99EG in 243.. that buttstock is not right, wood proud to the metal on sides and a huge gap behind the tang. Wonder if it will show up on gunbroker?

There were some nice guns, but when postmil 99E's in 308 with varnished birch stocks are selling for $1,120 the prices have gone where I won't touch them.

EG's in 300 going for $1150.. Mad Dog would choke. grin


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Makes me feel a little better about the RS


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That's just a sampling of the rifles, mostly just the ones that will show up on tommyguns with a huge markup. There were quite a few others.

A 99-375 brushgun without box for $3,422, 99R in 243 for about $1,600 (that one's pretty good, even with concerns about the tang area), 99K in 300 looking reblued and d&t for $1,888. Another postmil 99E in 300 for $855. One of the premil receivers made into a 99E with the rounded forearm went for $944.

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I really can’t believe the price of the “E” models


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It made no sense. A 99A in 243 for $1300? Sure.. higher than it used to be, but not absurd. A 99E in 300 for $1125? Crazy times.


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I know everyone I wanted a tang safety 99A especially in .250 the bids have just gone crazy


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And there is no way I am paying over $1000 for a 99E in .300 Savage.


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Prices are up but I've been watching a few that nobody seems to want to touch. One is a stellar post war 99R that's on it's second auction cycle at just under 1K. One K is a high starting price by my standards but this thing is being totally ignored while guns in worse condition get priced way out of sight.


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Originally Posted by S99VG
Prices are up but I've been watching a few that nobody seems to want to touch. One is a stellar post war 99R that's on it's second auction cycle at just under 1K. One K is a high starting price by my standards but this thing is being totally ignored while guns in worse condition get priced way out of sight.


Bid on it and watch the competitive bids come flying in. Sometimes, all it takes is one person breaking the ice to confirm that the gun is worth a closer look.

I recently got aced out of a 16 gauge sxs that way. It had gone through one full cycle with no bids and was reposted. One bid and the bidders came out of the woodwork. It ended up going for far more than I was willing or able to pay.

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Originally Posted by Remington40x
Originally Posted by S99VG
Prices are up but I've been watching a few that nobody seems to want to touch. One is a stellar post war 99R that's on it's second auction cycle at just under 1K. One K is a high starting price by my standards but this thing is being totally ignored while guns in worse condition get priced way out of sight.


Bid on it and watch the competitive bids come flying in. Sometimes, all it takes is one person breaking the ice to confirm that the gun is worth a closer look.

I recently got aced out of a 16 gauge sxs that way. It had gone through one full cycle with no bids and was reposted. One bid and the bidders came out of the woodwork. It ended up going for far more than I was willing or able to pay.

have seen this more than once, go figure

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Originally Posted by texken
Originally Posted by Remington40x
Originally Posted by S99VG
Prices are up but I've been watching a few that nobody seems to want to touch. One is a stellar post war 99R that's on it's second auction cycle at just under 1K. One K is a high starting price by my standards but this thing is being totally ignored while guns in worse condition get priced way out of sight.


Bid on it and watch the competitive bids come flying in. Sometimes, all it takes is one person breaking the ice to confirm that the gun is worth a closer look.

I recently got aced out of a 16 gauge sxs that way. It had gone through one full cycle with no bids and was reposted. One bid and the bidders came out of the woodwork. It ended up going for far more than I was willing or able to pay.

have seen this more than once, go figure


This is exactly the reason you start the bidding at .01. Once people know they have to bid or it is going to somebody elses house it whips them into a freenzy.


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Running the risk of now being an "[bleep] from Minnesota" to join the one from Oregon...

Prices on guns on GB are high? I wouldn't have known it from the countless threads about it on the campfire...

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I wouldn't say prices are high, they may be high in relation to condition!! high condition guns have always been a bit more expensive. If you think there high now wait until a few more books about savage firearms come out ! smile interest creates interest!! grin

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Not just Savages either. 1903 Springfields are behaving similarly. Colt revolvers (non-Snake models) conversely are still fairly priced. I just bought a dandy pre-war Colt Officer's Model .38 for $400+change.

It's the new norm, fellas. Inflation is rearing its ugly head, spurred on by recklessness on the part of the gov't, gougers, and panicky fear mongers. Even if things get back to "normal" I bet we're going to see prices permanently higher than before.

My advice if/when things return to normal: buy all the primers you can afford, and then a lot more. Take up bullet casting and lay in the powders to shoot them. Even though lead can be scrounged most anywhere for a little bit of nothing, and the pinches of faster burning powder per charge makes a pound of powder go a looong way, it's still the primer that's the common denominator.


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Makes my 99C in 308 look good

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It's not all bad news.

People with collections are smiling ear to ear. smile

People trying to build a collection, not so much... frown

This won't last forever, it never does.

Buy low, sell high


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Originally Posted by Remington40x
Originally Posted by S99VG
Prices are up but I've been watching a few that nobody seems to want to touch. One is a stellar post war 99R that's on it's second auction cycle at just under 1K. One K is a high starting price by my standards but this thing is being totally ignored while guns in worse condition get priced way out of sight.


Bid on it and watch the competitive bids come flying in. Sometimes, all it takes is one person breaking the ice to confirm that the gun is worth a closer look.

I recently got aced out of a 16 gauge sxs that way. It had gone through one full cycle with no bids and was reposted. One bid and the bidders came out of the woodwork. It ended up going for far more than I was willing or able to pay.

I think it's two things. Number one is ignorance, if somebody bids on it the ignorant guy who thinks he needs (wants) it goes "Oh, it must be valuable therefore I will bid on it." As long as someone else keeps bidding he thinks it must be worth a little more and he keeps bidding. The second is ego, "I'm not letting that SOB outbid me!" I don't like actions for these reasons.


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I don't like auctions for those reasons too. But sometimes one has no choice but to bite down and participate if it's something "needed". I always scour GI first when on the prowl for something.


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I've bitten the bullet (pun intended) and bid on a few "that I just had to have" but I don't like it


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Code
Model	Cartridge	 Serial	         Notes		Bid Price	With Juice	Tommygun Price
99EG	300 Savage	 408645				  $975.00	$1,150.50
99A	243		1102695				$1,100.00	$1,298.00
99F	358		1053548	postmil, cut checkered	$1,700.00	$2,006.00
99PE	308		1092750				$3,250.00	$3,835.00
99DL	300 Savage	1134968	pressed checkering	  $900.00	$1,062.00		$2,199
99DL	243		A774407	pressed checkering	$1,025.00	$1,209.50
99EG	243		 954146	wrong buttstock?	$1,350.00	$1,593.00
99F	358		1184209	postmil, cut checkered	$1,600.00	$1,888.00		$2,499
99EG	250-3000	 420160				$1,075.00	$1,268.50
99EG	250-3000	 630966				$1,100.00	$1,298.00
99G	30-30		 368279				$1,200.00	$1,416.00
99C	7mm08		D723636	cracked recoil pad	$2,200.00	$2,596.00
99G	303		 369766	replaced rear sight	  $975.00	$1,150.50
99F	243		 919293				$1,150.00	$1,357.00
99DL	300 Savage	1094275	pressed checkering	  $725.00	  $855.50

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