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Spinoff. Investing in guns and ammo

When I lived in AZ and was moving back to Cali I stocked up on a lot of guns that are legal to own in California and could be transferred aka sold private party BUT couldn't be bought new from a business. I made decent money doing that and it paid for a few of my personal guns and 1000's of rounds of ammo I kept.
 
2JZ said:
Spinoff of my own thread.

I like the idea of investing in guns, and possibly ammo. My son in law buys and sells a lot of guns and always seems to make decent money. I have a few, but nothing that would be really considered "investment" guns. They're all just average pew pews.

If IBB was to buy guns, and maybe ammo, what would you buy?

Where's the best place to buy?

Best to buy new and leave it in the box?
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This isn't as good as Backpages was back before they got shut down, but there's still some good deals to be had. I'm selling some powder on there now, and will likely sell some guns as we get closer to Nov and the buying panic that is sure to come.

Guns Arizona FREE Classifieds | Buy Sell Trade Firearms in AZ
 
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MONSTERMUDDER said:
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:lmao:
 
AKnate said:
How about multiple of them?

Sadly all fell in the lake, clumsy me 😉
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we're getting better around here. 66 posts until someone made a stupid "lost my guns in a boating accident" joke. in the past, you could count on that in the first half dozen replies.

maybe, someday soon, there wont be anyone who says it, ever again.
 
Texas97 said:
we're getting better around here. 66 posts until someone made a stupid "lost my guns in a boating accident" joke. in the past, you could count on that in the first half dozen replies.

maybe, someday soon, there wont be anyone who says it, ever again.
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🤣😂

Last gun I used was to put holes in a burn barrel cause the fire was too hot to use a drill.
 
MuntCuffin said:
Can't go wrong with class 3 items.

Only so many out there.

Desire to own them is doing nothing but increasing.
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This is absolutely NOT true. Unless you meant machine guns.

There is almost zero market for used silencers, SBR's and SBS's. Anything out of your state of residents requires 2 stamps.
it kills most deals.
Even in your state the market is incredibly small, when F1's are turning around in a week most people wil not buy an SBR?SBS and wait a year

This comes from a guy who's had 9 items for sale for months with zero interest in my state. A few in other states but see the 2 stamp requirement.
 
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rockmup said:
This is absolutely NOT true. Unless you meant machine guns.

There is almost zero market for used silencers, SBR's and SBS's. Anything out of your state or residents requires 2 stamps.
it kills most deals.
Even in your state the market is incredibly small, when F1's are turning around in a week most people wil not buy an SBR?SBS and wait a year

This comes from a guy who's had 9 items for sale for months with zero interest in my state. A few in other states but see the 2 stamp requirement.
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I'd of bought your stuff if you could have tossed it to my ffl, a roadside ditch beside a mile marker:flipoff2:
 
Texas97 said:
we're getting better around here. 66 posts until someone made a stupid "lost my guns in a boating accident" joke. in the past, you could count on that in the first half dozen replies.

maybe, someday soon, there wont be anyone who says it, ever again.
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A man can dream, right.
 
Texas97 said:
we're getting better around here. 66 posts until someone made a stupid "lost my guns in a boating accident" joke. in the past, you could count on that in the first half dozen replies.

maybe, someday soon, there wont be anyone who says it, ever again.
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Fuck you..

I think DieselMH is the guy to go to with that complaint.
 
Texas97 said:
its probably why i dont have a closet full of $100 turkish shotguns
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ugh
"but they were cheap" (acting proud of himself)
yeah and you can't shoot ten of them at the same time, but you sure coulda bought something actually interesting with that kinda money

and then he acts like a tranny that got called on their delusions
 
rockmup said:
FIFY
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Dead drop style shit is still a million times more secure than anything face to face.

[486] said:
shot a chipmunk today, and another two days ago

bastards keep finding new holes in the house
really gotta get that cement poured...
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Why are they getting in? Chipmunks don't usually want in without a reason. They'll eat mice directly and eat some of their food too so they're real good to have around if they're not causing you problems.
 
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arse_sidewards said:
Dead drop style shit is still a million times more secure than anything face to face.


Why are they getting in? Chipmunks don't usually want in without a reason. They'll eat mice directly and eat some of their food too so they're real good to have around if they're not causing you problems.
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dunno man, they dig under and get in
then once they know there's an inside, they keep digging new holes until you put lead in them
 
[486] said:
dunno man, they dig under and get in
then once they know there's an inside, they keep digging new holes until you put lead in them
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Took me a minute to realize you were talking about chipmunks and it wasn't a metaphor about agents of the state :laughing:
 
I miss Armslist, it still exists, but it SUCKS!

Gunbroker has too many buyers with more money than sense, mix that with delusional sellers, it's hard to find even reasonably priced stuff there. Might be okay as a seller.


I'm a never sell guy myself. I have plenty I don't shoot, some I've never shot, but I have pretty much every one of them for a reason. Some are dumb reasons, but they're reasons. I've made some friends upset that have sold me guns and then try and buy them back years later. I wouldn't have bought it if I didn't want it.


My favorite gun nut uncle passed away this spring. He called his collection his "retirement portfolio." He had a bunch of S&W and Colt wheel guns from the '70s & '80s, I'm talking a bunch, 60+. Had a regional fella from RIA come visit when he got ready to sell, after talking to one of their reps at Wanenmacher. Guy at Wanenmacher either didn't know what he was talking about or was just making stuff up. I don't recall the details, but RIA's cut was WAY more than uncle was willing to lose and WAY more than the guy at Wanenmacher told him.

Uncle wound up consigning them all with a local dealer he'd done business with for years. 90% or more sold through Gunbroker.

I don't know what he made, but he kept meticulous records, and sold Jewels and me a nickel S&W 27-2 and an Interarms Walther PP .32 for his cost in the early '80s when he got them, $300 and $200 respectively. Said he couldn't justify making a profit on us, just wanted what he had in them. So knowing his cost vs. what those 2 examples were actually worth, he made a pretty decent return. That was sitting on a collection for 40+ years though. Those are both FOREVER guns, just because they were his.

I miss that guy!
 
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If you want to actually make money on this, you would need to buy the more rear and limited production guns.
In 30 years your parts built or palmetto state ar won't be worth much. Old run of the mill hunting rifles from the 70s aren't worth any more than other used hunting rifles.
You may fare better with special editions and or limited production guns.
The guns that appreciated the most in my lifetime are guns like the G series FALs, Sig PE57s, the very few semiauto FAMAS ect.
Now guns like the JDI sig 550 series rifles coming in are well over 5K starting, don't see them appreciating a huge amount.

Then take into consideration that the government on a whim can destroy the value of your investments. They could probably do this with almost any investment.
 
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