Now you can slowly watch your bank account go down.
I ran straight into that problem yesterday at the Frederick show. Came home with a lighter wallet and a beautiful antique revolver.
Now you can slowly watch your bank account go down.
Here's the way I approach the Mosins:
Buy online for $100. Then pay $25 in shipping and $25 in fees from you FFL which puts you at $150.
OR pay $160 (+$9 tax) at a show from a LOCAL BUSINESS and know exactly what you're getting.
I picked this baby up on Sunday along with some 50 cal cans. She was born in 1922 and matches my Model 42 beautifully. I passed it up on Saturday and woke up thinking about it on Sunday and made the drive all over again.
Here's the way I approach the Mosins:
Buy online for $100. Then pay $25 in shipping and $25 in fees from you FFL which puts you at $150.
OR pay $160 (+$9 tax) at a show from a LOCAL BUSINESS and know exactly what you're getting.
Also, do the $100 ones come covered in cosmoline?
Nice early Model 12, looks to be in good condition.
Lou had some nice looking Mosins. Don't know if he sold any of them.
I'm hoping he'll be at the Timonium show this coming weekend.
-Jeff
Very reasonable question. My price range depends on the condition and markings of a(ny) particular rifle. For an average run-of-the-mill Mosin with nothing special about it, I'd like to see something in the $130-140 range. I'm more then willing in going higher if there is something that justifies it.
I saw the ones that Lou had at the show. Prices were okay, but I didn't recognize anything special or unique about them?
-Jeff
p.s. My C&R is in process.
That's not reasonable given today's Mosin prices. Dealer cost for run-of-the-mill is right around $130. Unless demand drops off, the days of cheap Mosins are quickly slipping away. If I were a dealer at a local show familiar with Mosins, I wouldn't sell special ones for $160. $200-$300 would be more like it, depending on rarity.
The other VERY important thing that most people probably don't realize or don't think about is the probability that MOST of the Mosin's that were being sold by dealers were PROBABLY bought before the $99 Molot fire sale. Just some more food for thought.
I don't know ANYONE that is going to buy something, cart it to a show and THEN sell it at a loss. Just doesn't make sense. Does it???
Lou had some nice looking Mosins. Don't know if he sold any of them.
I'm hoping he'll be at the Timonium show this coming weekend.
-Jeff
Yes they do, but so did the ones that Lou had. They were fresh out of the box, cosmolene and all.
.22 was high and i didn't see it selling. I brought 6 1,000 round boxes of M22 that I wanted $65 for (more than I paid but still a good price). I only sold two boxes (one of which was to a vendor, lol). I used the proceeds of my two sales to get two German Flare guns with flares, and came out of pocket for a third flare gun.
Damn. I have to start bringing things to sell at these shows. Adds a whole new dimension.
Yeah, it was fun. I basically traded a $55 box of .22lr for a German flare gun and a 10 count box of parachute flares (and did this two times).
I was a little annoyed with the vendor that purchased my .22. He tried to haggle with my price of $65/1,000 when his prices were $80 for 500 round bricks of .22. I almost told him to pound sand but I wanted the flare gun too badly.