Looking for opinion of value if sold.

Rastoff said:
This is not directed toward you littleriver1. It's just a generic viewpoint using this statement:I think we've all made this statement at one time or another. It's not completely accurate. What it probably should state is, "I once sold [something] for less than I might have sold it for to someone else."

Value is a fluid thing and changes depending on the people involved, their experience and the depth of their pocket. Value is determined by only two people; the guy with the stuff and the guy with the currency. Whenever something is sold, that's its value. It doesn't matter what some book or some friend said, if money and merchandise exchanged hands, that was the value of the thing at that moment.

I once sold a Marlin rifle for $600. According to the "Blue Book" it was worth $350 in 100% condition. Nothing is ever in 100% condition. According to what most will tell you, I sold it for more than it was worth. That obviously isn't true, because it was worth $600 to at least two of us. I didn't want to sell it, but getting that price allowed me to buy an AR for my father-in-law and seeing his grin was worth every penny.

I once sold a Browning BT-99 to a friend for $650. The "Blue Book" said it was worth $900. So what? He didn't have the full price and it was worth it to me to see him with a good shotgun.


Value is fluid. The worst thing you can do is to sell something and then after the sale go looking for similar transactions on the internet. If you're the buyer I promise you'll find lower prices and if you're the seller you'll find higher prices. So what? Be happy with the transaction or don't make it. You'll only find regret when looking behind.
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Well said but knowing it doesn’t change anything. I still regret it plus a lot of other youthful indiscretions. A fact of life I learned young is that no one has a lot of regard for other peoples regrets.
 
Let me put it as you simply as I can, first of all I have put a lot more into my first Gen than you.

Second I see no reason for me to sell it since I like what I did to it and I am satisfied with it's performance and looks.

Thirdly I will never in my life time get what I put in to it, so basically what I am trying to say it will stay in my possession till they day I die.

If it was me I would hold on to it and enjoy, only you and you alone can make that choice. Good luck on your choice.:):):)
 
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Plazzman said:
Let me put it as you simply as I can, first of all I have put a lot more into my first Gen than you.

Second I see no reason for me to sell it since I like what I did to it and I am satisfied with it's performance and looks.

Thirdly I will never in my life time get what I put in to it, so basically what I am trying to say it will stay in my possession till they day I die.

If it was me I would hold on to it and enjoy, only you and you alone can make that choice. Good luck on your choice.:):):)
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Yup I decided to hold it. I still have all the original pieced, :trigger, hand stock, etc. so putting it back to stock is no big deal. It is set up way better than I ever imagined at this point & to sell at such a loss , well I couldn't sleep well on that, so its a keeper .
 
I have a S&W Sport II AR that I paid about $600 out the door when they first came out. I also added a Nikon 3x9x40 P223 scope. I know the market is down and I would lose money if I sold it. I'm not that excited about the 1/9 twist rate but at the range it shoots fine. I also have 2 PSA AR-15's with 1/7 twist stainless barrels that cost me about $100 less at the time of purchase.
I like all 3 of them and I don't plan on selling any. To me it doesn't matter what the market is when I buy a gun it's more that I want it and it will be in my collection of rifles.
 
Muss Muggins said:
Well, the polymer framed home builds have flooded the market at $400, so steel fetches a little premium . . .
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I built a couple of those, back when generic m4geries were
over $1200.

Radical Arms is putting out stuff now, with the typical 1st-time-
buyer-mods, for around $475.

The market's doing what a market should, IMO.
 
I had an old I fired bushmaster m2.... wanted an m4 style instead. For $478, I bought all the parts to build a 2nd gun. Now I will have a 16” collapsible stock m2 shtf gun, and a scoped 20” target AR. Funny thing, last gun show, I could have bought a like new (could have passed for new) Anderson for $500. Saw another at $500, and another at $525....this was gun show prices. ( negotiable)
 
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Muss Muggins wrote:
Well, the polymer framed home builds have flooded the market at $400, so steel fetches a little premium . . .
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Steel?

The upper and lower receivers of an AR are typically made from aluminum. I am not familiar with anyone making them from steel.
 
dogboy99 wrote:
Thinking of selling my SW MP15 sport first Gen. with the 5R, 1:8 melonite ... barrel with metal sights. I purchased this new ... have put through it about 400 rounds of 5:56 & it is in excellent condition.
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Well, considering you didn't customize it the way I would have wanted it customized, I consider all of that - apart from the Red Dot - to be worthless.

And it is used rifle. You say that it has about 400 rounds through it, but without a forensic inspection who can tell? You might have put 4,000 rounds through it for all anyone knows.

This is a bad time to be selling an AR. If you can, hang on to it and wait for values to recover.
 
When you buy a gun brand new it will in most cases will be worth less than you paid for it. So my S&W Sport 2 is worth less than I paid for it but my scope and scope mounts are almost still worth what I paid for them. The scope and mounts are worth far more than other upgrades to the AR 15 upgrades out there.
 
You will never recoup the money you lay out on about 90-95% of guns you buy.

Right now you can forget it when it comes to ARs.

Now in few years when the Liberal/Democrat backlash is in full effect, it might be worth its weight in gold.
 
hdwhit said:
Well, considering you didn't customize it the way I would have wanted it customized, I consider all of that - apart from the Red Dot - to be worthless.

And it is used rifle. You say that it has about 400 rounds through it, but without a forensic inspection who can tell? You might have put 4,000 rounds through it for all anyone knows.

This is a bad time to be selling an AR. If you can, hang on to it and wait for values to recover.
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Your arrogance is worthless to me
 
Steve912 said:
Wow...your local market is HIGH!
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While he didn't make any of his statements very gently, the sentiments he expressed are exactly what anyone who wouldn't want the exact same mods you have made to the rifle, and what anyone who doesn't know you well enough to trust your word 100% would think in looking at the gun.

Not what you wanted to hear and not delivered in the most polite or considerate manner, but there is some truth to the perspective he expressed. The suggestion not to sell an AR in the current market (if you can afford to wait) is good advice.
 
Went to a local GS this Sunday & brought the rifle in for trade without flashlight or red dot. Best offer was $400. I am not selling that cheap. I tried to trade in for a G20 for carry in bear country, which I will be in for a few months, & dealers were selling those new for about $550 (don't want a used 10mm) on average. I guess I'll just buy the G20 for cash & store the rifle in the safe when away. Funny thing is they were selling MP 15 sport 2's asking from $500-650 new.
 
Be very interesting to know how many were sold the last few years including home and gun store built versions. Bet it would be a really large number. Probably be interesting to know the amount of ammo as well!
 
Dogboy,

You actually got a pretty good trade in value for the MP15. Most
LGS usually will give around 2/3 of what they can sell a used gun for. If you really want the G20, let them have it for 400, put a little more to it, and get something you really want.
 
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