Gun Control & RKBA

sir pball

(4,940 posts) Wed Jun 22, 2016, 12:38 AM Jun 2016

I am seriously considering selling my semiauto rifle.

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It's not, by any stretch, an "Assault Weapon"...if we want to conflate/derive terms, it's a "Battle Weapon", a target specific model based on the AR-10 "battle rifle". The HK G3, the M1 Garand (the "greatest battle implement ever devised" per Patton), the Gewehr 41s, all shoot true high power .30 cal rounds - same as mine. It's not a gun that can be shot standing, or from the hip, it's a four-foot-long fifteen-pound precision rifle that must be shot off a rest, or the bipod.

That being said, I'm already getting offers of over $4000 for it, which I don't WANT to take, because I tremendously enjoy shooting it and am also damn good with it...but they're very tempting. I can have the actions on both my M700s (300WM and 338RUM) blueprinted, Krieger barrels fitted, McMillan stocks bedded, the scopes aligned, and the rifles Cerakoted, all for about $500 more than I could sell the AR for. It's very tempting.

ETA - every firearm I have ever sold has been through an FFL. I eat the transfer cost myself and keep a bill of sale with the name of the dealer and the date of the transfer. CYA, dude.

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I am seriously considering selling my semiauto rifle. (Original Post) sir pball Jun 2016 OP

The talk of gun control, virginia mountainman Jun 2016 #1

My son bought a Bushmaster AR-15 before the '90s ban. JohnnyRingo Jun 2016 #2

I'd sell it...then buy 2ARs and pocket 3000 bucks. ileus Jun 2016 #3

I love horse tradin'... Puha Ekapi Jun 2016 #4

virginia mountainman

(5,046 posts)

1. The talk of gun control,

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 01:46 AM

Jun 2016

really drives the market...

I have myself been tempted to sell a few rifles when the prices are driven super high by all the gun ban talk, wait a bit, and use the money to do some serious upgrading with the money made on just such a sell.

I did sell a dozen 30 round AK magazines during the late 90's at $40 a piece, and when the ban expired I used the money to more than fully restock the supply when I found them for $6 apiece. Even at that time I knew where I could get them for about $15 to $20 apiece

I bought "a few dozen" more than I had before, with the money I made from that one panicked buyer..

I did NOT, price my extra magazines, I was not trying to sell them, he made a offer, and I took it.

BTW, the magazines where completely legal, they where all manufactured WELL BEFORE 1994, most likely in the 50's and 60's...It's not my fault people make laws about things they know NOTHING about.

JohnnyRingo

(19,281 posts)

2. My son bought a Bushmaster AR-15 before the '90s ban.

Reply to sir pball (Original post)

Wed Jun 22, 2016, 02:03 AM

Jun 2016

After the cosmetic ban went into effect the value of his rifle rose to well over $1000. After the law was sunsetted it became just another used gun.

He could have sold it and made a tidy profit to a panic buyer. If he wanted he could replace it at half the cost now.

Unless you plan to shoot someone, a quality gun is a commodity that trades at a market price. Buy low, sell high.