ammo at gun show

[vrichard]

I have maybe 40 boxes of various NIB ammo that I got in the 1970`s,thought i`d take it to the gun show to sell,22 cal.to 45 cal.
?? what kind of price to put on it ,or sell it to what ever the traffic
will bare.It is stored in army 50 cal.boxes.Thanks
Dick

 

[Lee D]

unless its for a collection, ive never had luck selling older centerfire ammo at gun shows. theres always the fear that they are reloads and perspective buyers dont usually wanna take that chance.

 

[KJM]

I have maybe 40 boxes of various NIB ammo that I got in the 1970`s,thought i`d take it to the gun show to sell,22 cal.to 45 cal.
?? what kind of price to put on it ,or sell it to what ever the traffic
will bare.It is stored in army 50 cal.boxes.Thanks
Dick

Put 10 or 12 dollars a box on the 45 ammo, if it is name brand.
Go from there.

 

[vrichard]

unless its for a collection, ive never had luck selling older centerfire ammo at gun shows. theres always the fear that they are reloads and perspective buyers dont usually wanna take that chance.

Your right,I never thought about that,if I take it to a show I hope there is a lot of ammo collectors there.
Dick

 

[rburg]

My gun show partner Joe specializes in buying it! He wanders the aisles, constantly looking. He's like the rest of us old retired guys, no budget and refuses to use much common sense. Its why we all have the huge stockpiles of ammo. If pressed, we could double our shooting volume and go for the rest of our lives. But instead we just keep on buying.

I've personally had pretty good luck both buying and selling ammo. Its true there are people who worry. Most experienced shooters can tell a reload from a block away. Don't buy things that scare you. I'm not even afraid of others reloads if they're really cheap. I can always break them down and use the cases and bullets. But it must be really cheap.

There are certain types of ammo I've taken a liking to over the years. When I see them I usually buy them if reasonable. I tend to doubt if the OP here will find one person to buy all his ammo. But it only takes one guy to buy all of a caliber. My experience watching other table partners selling down ammo is they tend to haul it around for a few shows before it finally finds a new home.

One of our friends is a widow. She was selling down his stuff (she had no use for much of it.) The ammo was fun to watch. Some calibers sold the first day it hit the table. Others not so much. One surprise was the 22 mag ammo. She had 15 boxes of it. So after the 3rd show I was wondering if we'd see it again. Well, the next show she brought it back. So I made her a deal. I told her I'd buy all 15 boxes at $5 a box, but she could try to sell it at the show for her $7.50 a box. If she failed, she had a way out and didn't need to lug it around. She sat there brooding and after about a half hour, she took her arm and swept it over in front of me. It had become more of a pain than it was worth.

 

[125JHP]

In the last few shows I have gotten rid of calibers I no longer have at what I thought were pretty good prices and it didn't take long to move either, but then dealers are asking about double. Examples of factory ammo I sold - 32-20 $30/box, 300 WinMag 20/box, 41Mag - $30/box, 25acp, 30 Luger & 45 Colt - traded for 38 super. I'd ask about 66-75% of new or what the going rate is. Put up a little sign saying it isn't reloads.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

If it were me I would look around at the other dealers prices and put a price on my ammo that was one Dollar less than theirs... lol (I have done that)