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Ditto.

Actually I think mine might be nicer.

sit tight...they'll get better.

Im not sure the gun prices are going up,just the dollars value is going down !!!

You can't make or lose any money on your guns unless you sell them.

I was going to comment...then remembered what my mom used to tell me.

We have a winner. Dont know your eduaction Loggah. Doesnt matter. You could teach Econ 101 like a prince.

Mistake #2:

Too many people look at $X as a price of something and compare it to another sale at a later date. It is really wrong to do that without running some numbers. Inflation or deflation on the buying power of the dollar is really important. Commodties like food and necessities like gasoline are a good measure. Find the price of gas and food three years ago and compare it to today.

Guns and antiques can be used as an investment but far from the best thing to do IMO. I will agree that they are a lot more fun than stocks though. But you dont have to oil small cap stocks and bonds.

I am an optimistic guy, but were all doomed. Go out and buy what you want and dont sweat what it costs.

there is a poster that I have not seen around here in a while!

Pretty thorough description of the rifle by the seller. He sounds like he'd make a pretty good car salesman.

For people that have been around this stuff for a while, the condition of the rifle speaks for itself. Clear pictures are all that is really needed.

If you think the price is so outta line - think back to how many guns you've sold you'd buy back at twice the price you sold them for...

+10 on the good pictures. I have snagged some shooters lately, including a premil F in 300, great shape, for $380, and a C in 308 with a professionally shortened barrel (to 20.5") with excellent bluing and an action like glass, with original wood incorrectly described as "aftermarket" because it was the later Monte Carlo stuff, for $351. Why did they slip thru? Bad descriptions, poor research and poor pictures. If you want someone to shell out the big bucks for your whatever, have the sense to take good pics and describe it well. A little research pays off well. If you are a buyer, don't be afraid to conta=ct the seller if you have any questions. There was a premil F in 308 that sold this week for like $500 because it was described as an E. Seller lost his butt from either mistyping E not F or just from not looking at the barrel. Either way, silly mistake.

Bert,

Not meaning to offend you, but MY answer to your question is easy.............NONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One I MIGHT buy back for even money,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,but ONLY one.

I agree completely! I was going to say more but it would be a waste of time.

I can't agree - AT ALL! There are many guns I would pay double to get back.

There was a little Parker 20 gauge VH with 28" barrels bored F/F that I doubled my money on that I can't afford to buy back again after it was professionally "freshened" up. IIRC it sold for 3X my selling price.

Also there's a sweet little 1926 250-3000 "F" that's haunting me now. Wonder what price it's valued at today?

Two Tournament grade 21's,a 16 and a 20 I sold in the 80's for $2000 each.The memory's hurt big time.The unfired 358F I sold for $400 doesn't hurt as bad.But the biggest hurt was my 1969 Charger R/T 426Hemi 4 speed car I sold in 1973 for $1800.Ouch!!!Bought it from the orig. owner with 42,000 mile's on it.Make's me wanna puke when I watch those Barrett-Jackson auctions.

Squeeler - I am not expert but I have watched the car auction shows and one can imagine the type price that '69 Charger would bring now. So, can we safely assume you would buy that unfired .358 back for $800?

I watch the Mecum shows. The prices are amazing....sqweeler, what do you think your hot rod is worth today?

I was thinking about a Winchester M1894 .25/35 SRC I let go quite a while back. It was in decent shape but nothing like the "wtf" gun discussed here. However, it had special order side sling swivels (like you see on the "Congo" M1894 SRC's). I have never seen another like it. I would pay five times what I let that gun go for. If I think hard enough, I will likely think of others I might even pay more than five times what I sold it for. I would certainly pay five times what Squeeler let his Charger go for - sounds like a heck of a ride.

Any original Hemi car from 1966-71 goes from $250,000 to a mil.Never seen one like I had,every option,Ps,PB,power window's &seat's,everything but A/C cause they couldn't fit it under the hood!!I remember having to gas up on even day's during the gas crunch of the early seventies.I still have a set of key's and registration somewhere.