Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire LGS: selling guns to, or consigning?

I could be wrong, I'm often wrong, it's part of my charm BUT.....

If an FFL is selling I'm thinking it needs to be on his books, and he can't just hand it back to you if it doesn't work out.....

Was just at one of my LGS (don't deal there because if their practices, was looking for donations for a benefit for one of their regular customers I work with..). Watched them buy a Bergera Rifle with scope (stock had adjustable cheek piece, not sure much else) AND a Remington 870 matte synthetic from a guy for $600.....

Another vote to list them here first. Costs you nothing, give it a week or so and you'll know of they are gonna sell, if not then you xan pursue other options.

Which is again why to sell on consignment. The more you get for it the more that they get for it.

Absolute top dollar means knowing exactly what you have and putting them up for sale on niche sites. Rimfire Central ect, ect.

Consignment for me has almost always worked out. I pay 12% . The thief gunstore around the corner charges 30 % and doesn't even list the gun on broker.

Or list on Gunbroker...

You take a big hit on Gunbroker. Lately, guns sell fast. Almost too fast to post here.

Both of my LGS's charge 10-15% to consign and it would be the way I would go if selling. Almost every firearm I have purchased over the past few years have been consignment ones. The seller sets the price and they are sold local so no shipping to deal with.

consignment is fine but you'll lose up to 20% depending on who you use. I just sold several on consignment high end guns made quite a bit of money due to the prices rising so much. But if I sold them myself I would have made more of course, to busy right now selling my home and down sizing so consignment worked in my situation. Another thing to consider if your selling online is shipping its high have too take that into consideration also. Good Luck

One of the benefits of a consignment sale is that you don't have to pay for shipping, you don't have the hassle of boxing/packaging and finding a shipper, you don't have to worry about lost or damaged shipments, you don't have to worry about a potentially jerk buyer and you don't have to worry about being ripped off.

I'd say it depends on how big of a hurry you are in, how much hassle you are willing do deal with and if you are looking to get top dollar or are willing to sell 'reasonably'. If your local shop will consign for $50/gun, then that is probably the quickest, easiest and safest.

This ^^^^^^ Our lgs get's a 20% commission and for that all you have do do is drop off the gun and do a little paperwork on the spot. For me, it's worth avoiding the hassle and headaches. For their commission, they're providing a secure, brick and mortar location that gets a lot of traffic from people interested in buying guns. Right now, over 40% of the inventory they have is consignment stuff.

Not really.. Compared to consignment - it's cheap.

Top dollar for most of the stuff that sells here is going to come from gunbroker. It’s the eBay of the gun world and it has the most eyes/most exposure.

Not sure what you mean by top dollar stuff that sells here coming from gunbroker?? Regardless, this site is good to sell on sometimes, but never expect to get top dollar out of your stuff here.. Sometimes your stuff sells for ridiculous prices on gunbroker, which more than makes up for anything you think you may have "lost", or "took a hit on", what every the f that means. I don't take a hit on any of my rifles... It's really not going to happen. Selling through consignment has it's pros though. Like someone else said, you don't have to worry about much when having a shop sell it for you. Here we don't get raked over the coals either. 10% to the shop and that is it. Unlike some of these other guys getting fd over with 20% to the seller. One thing that I don't like about gunbroker recently (last year or so) is they have been charging buyers taxes. The good ol IRS may be able to use that against you too, if you do not claim it on your taxes.