Gun price complaints

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Seems like non stop complaining from buyers/sellers/traders about current gun prices. “Wow, when did they get so high!?!” “I’m glad I bought in the 20th century.”

I bought a brand new Sig 226 in 1994 for $550 (01 FFL price) to my house. That $550 is $1190 today according to the “inflation calculator.” Got a brand new one on Saturday, SS slide 4 15 rd mags in “retro” box for $823 OTD. Took it out Sunday, put 165 rds mixed ammo through it 100% right out of the box.
Zero complaints from me. Joe
 
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Base upon what I have experienced during the last 5 years, I would pay extra to the firearm manufacturer for the defense carry pistol of my choice, if they offered an option to have it completely inspected, measured, checked for all design, quality, and tolerance specifications, then test fired with 25 rounds of three of the most popular brands of self-defense ammo.

Being in frugal mode, money and expenses are always a concern. However, when it comes to my defense carry, the price is not at the top of my list of check boxes.

I can spend $500, $1,000, or $2,000.

How much is my life worth if I have to defend myself with my self-defense firearm?
 
I don't think most new guns are that expensive. It's the prices that collectors and cats around here are trying to charge for used guns that surprise me. Prelock revolvers routinly appear at my LGS for 20% less than what I see them posted for here.
 
38 Specialist said:
I don't think most new guns are that expensive. It's the prices that collectors and cats around here are trying to charge for used guns that surprise me. Prelock revolvers routinly appear at my LGS for 20% less than what I see them posted for here.
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+1. At local shows or a local gun board here in VA anyone with a milsurp rifle, vintage S&W or pre-64 Winchester wants a boatload more than its reasonably worth it seems.
 
38 Specialist said:
I don't think most new guns are that expensive. It's the prices that collectors and cats around here are trying to charge for used guns that surprise me. Prelock revolvers routinly appear at my LGS for 20% less than what I see them posted for here.
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If you look closely at the guns here many are TopNotch. Don't get much better kind of guns.
 
I never had a lot of money when guns were much less expensive. Let's look at the 30 year ago prices. They doubled in 30 years. My wages in 1968 are multiplied by 8 when calculating them for social security. Almost 60 years ago. So you doubled in the last 30 but quadrupled in the last 60 give or take. Maxed out social security was around $13500 in 1972. Now it is very close to 8 times that much (haven't checked recently). Pop's 45 auto was $12 in 1943. How much is it now? In new condition 100 times as much, but he threw his 45 overboard on the boat coming home and he was making $375 a month with combat pay. How many people make enough today to buy 100 brand new 45's today, every month.
 
I’ve been going to gun shows since the mid 70’s and watched prices go out of sight. Relative to wages, quality guns have never been cheap. In 1978 I bought a new M28 for $178 and couldn’t quite come up with the difference for an M27. A few years later I found a new Blue 6” Python and had to sell my M28 to my brother to buy it at $350 OTD. I did eventually trade my brother out of the 28.

Prices continue to go up but my income increased way faster than gun prices. I bought most of the guns I ever wanted with a couple of exceptions. Kept them a few years and made about 10X what I paid. Now I wish I’d held them and sold them now. The catch is the $$ has dropped in value like a rock and inflation has pushed everything higher so it’s all relative. Collectables increase faster in price because they’ve become trendy and the well healed will push up prices because they’re willing to pay whatever they feel like which pushes up prices. But if you’re on the selling end, that’s great.

I remember when fresh Turkey was 25 cents a pound, bananas at 6 cents. How about a 3 cent 1st class postage stamp or a banana split with cherry and nuts for 25 cents. A haircut was 25 cents and even when I was in college, University of TN, Tuition and feed per 1/4 ram under $140. It went up to $160 ish while I was there between 1967 and graduation in 1971.

In 1958 my parents had a custom home built for $13,500 and a new Porsche 356C was ~$4,000.

Just got to work a little harder, save more and invest smarter. Don’t buy every toy you see and don’t marry a woman like I did first go around. She got 30 credit cards I didn’t know about was taking around $40,000 a month and blowing it and dumped about $300,000 debt on me.
 
Everything is high priced.
My wife tells me "you're living in the past"
I don't want to join the present.
 
Just converted the $105 I paid for rhe Model 19 in 1967 in Guam.
Inflation runs it up to $1,007.
Haven’t been to Guam lately, not sure if the BX has any guns.
They actually didn’t have any then, it was a special order rejected by the original buyer.
He was expecting a price of $95!
The $105 was probably close to wholesale, nada Taxes!
 
what has not increased in price in the past 15 years?
New gun prices are higher and will continue to go up:eek:
New gun Quality Control is at an all time low.:rolleyes:
Will not be purchasing anything new until quality improves.:coffee:
 
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