10 years from now...

[indiuckian]

About the youth....

I think as the youth get older nostalgia will creep up on them as it does every generation and the value will continue to increase. We are in the last period before another jump in prices as the twenty somethings become thirty somethings they will want to go "retro".
They always have and always will. Films, Fashion, Clothes, Music, Cars, Guitars, G I Joes, Swing music, and firearms.
Somewhere in Middle America CA 1953-1963 "Hey Joe, Do ya think I should go ahead and customize this !903 Springfield, Ithaca 1911, Winchester 37 singleshot (need a turkey gun) etc...???" Joes says, "Yeah, they made a million of them and they are only $ 20 bucks or so. I mean come on, How much can they go up, Geez Louise, now hand me that hack saw, power sander, and Falls City Beer."
All IMHO ofcourse,

Indy

 

[random_rest]

All I can do is extrapolate from my own experience, which is that I was introduced to S&W revolvers as a kid in the 1960s and their beauty, design, and functionality stuck with me. I have been unmoved by the proliferation of high capacity plastic guns. Some designs are timeless, and the workmanship behind the classic double action smiths will make them desirable for many decades to come. I agree with earlier comment: it seems unlikely we will avoid high inflation in the future, and having things of intrinsic and lasting value is probably a good strategy.

 

[Reddog]

All I can do is extrapolate from my own experience, which is that I was introduced to S&W revolvers as a kid in the 1960s and their beauty, design, and functionality stuck with me. I have been unmoved by the proliferation of high capacity plastic guns. Some designs are timeless, and the workmanship behind the classic double action smiths will make them desirable for many decades to come. I agree with earlier comment: it seems unlikely we will avoid high inflation in the future, and having things of intrinsic and lasting value is probably a good strategy.

I feel much the same only I started a decade and a half sooner. There is no place, other than guns, that I can see to maintain the value of money. Gold, maybe, if they don't outlaw it again. I feel that even my poor little accumilation of Smiths will maintain most of their value!
Dick

 

[old bear]

As it’s impossible to determine what the future holds the following is my best guess. The days of garage sale, flea market, and gun show deals are about over. Yes some are still out there, but it has become almost a fulltime occupation to find the super deals. So the market is generally controlled by dealers who, as they should, sell at profit, and collectors selling to other collectors. Firearms collecting are at best a niche market that may well be shrinking. There are only so many folks who can afford and are willing to spend a thousand + $$ for a classic firearm. I think a perfect example of this may be the cigar and bourbon boom of the early to mid-twenty-first century.

 

[Engineer1911]

Speaking only of numbers, not purchasing power of the dollar, I have not lost money selling a gun after 5 years. Paid $300 for S&W, Ruger, or Remington and 5 years later I got $300 back or maybe more. I sold guns that had above average use, 1,000+ rounds fired per year.

The S&Ws I've bought the past year I got because I could afford them, I or my wife wanted it, and why hoard money at 0.05% annual interest -- right 1/20% when guns are going up 5% to 10% annually. I'm not worried about leaving an inheritance because the kids are more successful than I was.

Diversify your purchases revolvers, calibers, or semi-automatics. 10 years from now something will be hot if you need funds. Its my money, I'm going to enjoy it.