I Think People Have Lost Their Minds!

[Emerson Dambiggins]

Saw this for a very rough looking Nylon 66 at one of my favorite crack houses. Wowsers. I'm glad I bought mine new for less than $80 back in the day. Are people actually paying this kind of money?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Rising gun prices in the face of overwhelming demand?


How is this possible?

 

[Smith& W]

Lost their minds, yeah , pretty much, but they have went way up in value. I see them at $400. to $450 pretty regularly but they are in much better condition. I had one in black and chrome way back with a lever action. I wish I still had it.

 

[firefighterjohn]

Rising gun prices in the face of overwhelming demand?


How is this possible?

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There you go again, basic Econ 101.

 

[JettaKnight]

$495 for a Nylon 66? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I guess.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Anything that can move freely, can move stupidly.

 

[Emerson Dambiggins]

Well, they did have another one in even rougher shape for the bargain price of $450!

 

[Ingomike]

What I don't get is after a year of this people are still shocked enough to post a thread.

They sold more guns and ammo than they manufactured last year.

How long can that happen?

 

[Wolfhound]

What I don't get is after a year of this people are still shocked enough to post a thread.

They sold more guns and ammo than they manufactured last year.

How long can that happen?

Yeah but I bet they don’t sell that one anytime soon.

 

[1nderbeard]

"collectible" is a loaded term.

A very nice older gentleman offered me much more than an old Winchester was worth because he just liked old Winchesters.

It's not crazy if someone is willing to pay it.

 

[Leadeye]

"collectible" is a loaded term.

A very nice older gentleman offered me much more than an old Winchester was worth because he just liked old Winchesters.

It's not crazy if someone is willing to pay it.

There's a lot of those people on GB, prices on old Winchesters are higher than I've ever seen.

 

[1nderbeard]

There's a lot of those people on GB, prices on old Winchesters are higher than I've ever seen.

I tend to think it's the branding power driving up the price. Kind of like the JM stamped Marlins.

 

[Expat]

I saw a nice Win 61 but they wanted 1450... I probably should have gone ahead and gotten it.

 

[Ingomike]

Yeah but I bet they don’t sell that one anytime soon.

So shotguns are magically going to appear soon to meet demand? We have an entire thread devoted to just how much shotguns have gone up...

 

[Wolfhound]

So shotguns are magically going to appear soon to meet demand? We have an entire thread devoted to just how much shotguns have gone up...

Uhh... I don’t know anything about magic shotguns. I was only referring to that one nylon 66 that is priced at about 5 times it’s actual value. In my own opinion of course. Everything is somewhat subjective including gun prices.

 

[firefighterjohn]

So shotguns are magically going to appear soon to meet demand? We have an entire thread devoted to just how much shotguns have gone up.

Uhh... I don’t know anything about magic shotguns. I was only referring to that one nylon 66 that is priced at about 5 times it’s actual value. In my own opinion of course. Everything is somewhat subjective including gun prices.

No giving the MSM any ideas...they jumped on the 'ghost guns'. Don't let them start talking about 'magic shotguns'

 

[MrSmitty]

You know how WWII movies increased the prices of Garands. and 1911's, and M-1 Carbines?.... well because of the movie "Into The Wild" where the dumbass went into the Alaska interior really unprepared... he had a Nylon 66..... must be because of that movie......But the movie did have Hal Holbrook, and aside from his liberal politics was an amazing actor, and married to the head lady from Designing Women, who was very pretty.....so... must be that......

 

[drillsgt]

Rising gun prices in the face of overwhelming demand?


How is this possible?

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Not everything is in demand, people just think if it's a gun they can over price it lol.

 

[Ingomike]

You know how WWII movies increased the prices of Garands. and 1911's, and M-1 Carbines?.... well because of the movie "Into The Wild" where the dumbass went into the Alaska interior really unprepared... he had a Nylon 66..... must be because of that movie......But the movie did have Hal Holbrook, and aside from his liberal politics was an amazing actor, and married to the head lady from Designing Women, who was very pretty.....so... must be that......

Not the first time TV or movies have popularized a particular gun, Dirty Harry and Rick Grimes, I'm looking at you... LOL

 

[baranjhn]

Saw this for a very rough looking Nylon 66 at one of my favorite crack houses. Wowsers. I'm glad I bought mine new for less than $80 back in the day. Are people actually paying this kind of money?

That's about going rate. They are desirable collectors items