[grcsat]

Last week I drove 150 miles to a gun show hoping to get some 270WSM brass. Well I found some, but at the outrages prices of $60 for 20 once fired. There was no way I was going to pay that.
There was one vendor that had a rack(6) of NOS Mowrey rifles. I laughed at the prices. $600 for the small bore and $800 for the big bore rifles. By the time we left, the vendor had sold every Mowrey rifle he had. All his rifles had the made in Texas and were the iron frame models.
Who would have thought that a unfired Mowrey rifle would be worth that kind of money.
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[tuckerd1]

Who would have thought that a unfired Mowrey rifle would be worth that kind of money.

Gary, I'm seeing very high selling prices for rifles I would like to buy.

 

[sharps4590]

Who would have thought a lot of things about today's prices. The show here last weekend was pretty much priced too high for me....but that might be because I'm old...lol!

I had the 36 cal. Mowery, iron framed and it was a good shooter! I killed a lot of squirrels with it. I don't believe mine was a Texas Mower, however.

 

[LIKTOSHOOT]

I was at one that had a tRusty 97 and some 20 year old pemican. Felt like I had seen both before.

 

[Firpo]

Everything is just nuts! The meat head in the Oval Office was touting how inflation was down. Only 8.1% for groceries BUT that’s a YOY number and if you add the 10.3% it was up the year before that’s an 18.4% increase in 2 years. Have a few guns I was considering just selling because I’ll never shoot them but have been thinking “they’re not hurting anything and who knows what they’ll be worth in 5-10 years. I don’t see the value of ARs going down anytime soon and if a guy happened to have one…..well……as I recall black market chocolate in WWII was worth a small fortune. 😉

 

[soonerfan66]

I may go to a gun auction once in awhile but it's been few years since gone to a gun show . Got were I wasn't seeing any of the stuff I liked or was looking for and the prices of the stuff is crazy . But even the auctions are crazy on what people are paying but guess if you don't have it and really want it you will grit your teeth and pay it .

 

[Grousesassin]

There is a local online auction I frequently bid on junk I don't need. I was on there earlier today and they have a FIE 45 caliber Kentucky rifle circa late 1970s. Its not pretty. It looks like they knocked down the rust with some steel wool and oiled it up for the pictures. Heavy scratches on the barrel near the hammer. starting bid $100 currently it's at 150. I looked it up because I was curious what they were going for, well its looking like between 150 and 200 in very nice condition and around 100 in the condition of this one. auction ends on the 20th I'm curious what it will go for. My max bid would of been 150 if I was bidding. I am planning on hitting the local gun show on April 8th not sure what I'm gonna be looking for.

 

[Shawlerbrook]

I still enjoy walking around and browsing the tables and talking to fellow firearms enthusiasts. Also love to hear the banter about our crazy “leaders”.

 

[sharps4590]

There is a local online auction I frequently bid on junk I don't need. I was on there earlier today and they have a FIE 45 caliber Kentucky rifle circa late 1970s. Its not pretty. It looks like they knocked down the rust with some steel wool and oiled it up for the pictures. Heavy scratches on the barrel near the hammer. starting bid $100 currently it's at 150. I looked it up because I was curious what they were going for, well its looking like between 150 and 200 in very nice condition and around 100 in the condition of this one. auction ends on the 20th I'm curious what it will go for. My max bid would of been 150 if I was bidding. I am planning on hitting the local gun show on April 8th not sure what I'm gonna be looking for.

Grouse, my very first mzzleloading rifle was an FIE. It was a POS but it did shoot very well and I don't recall any mis-fire issues. 'Course, that's approaching 50 years ago so the memory could have dimmed. I do remember for a fact that it shot very well.....but was as historically accurate as a resto-mod car....not at all. I couldn't deal with that at all, back then so it went down the road.

 

[Firpo]

Fortunately I have pretty much all the guns I ever wanted and certainly more than I’ll ever need so I can be picky and won’t pay more than I think something is really worth. Never seen prices jump so quickly and I’m specifically talking about used guns. At first I thought things would settle down after a few years but this has now been going on for MANY years, since Obama and Sandy Hook and has me thinking where pricing is now is where it’s going to stay. Any of you having the same thought?

 

[CS4570]

Don't forget the buyers premium (vig), tax and shipping it could be as high as 40% more.