Old gun magazines

[kudzu3]

Are old gun magazines worth anything? Are there any collectors? I gave away two boxes of really old magazines today and am wondering if I made a mistake.

 

[mstuhr]

Howdy

Hi Kudzu,
They are treasure in their own right but generally not worth a whole lot.
I have a place I get to about once a year that has a good selection of late fifties, early sixties magazines and I get them for a dollar a piece.
I guess you are talking the printed magazines.
Hope they went to a good home.
Thanks
Mike

 

[kudzu3]

Yes they did go to a good home, a very close friend. I did keep one special one, a February 1966 edition of GUNS and Hunting with the First test report on the very first stainless-steel snub-nosed .38.

 

[powderburns]

I don't know much about the value of those old magazines, but I sure know how much room they take up. I have every single issue of American Rifleman since 1979.

 

[kudzu3]

Woops! Yes, printed magazines, the reading kind, not the ones full of bullets.

 

[bigolddave]

Room, talk about room! All Rifleman (less a couple) since 1928, all Gun Digests, all but a couple of Double Gun Journal, etc., etc.

 

[pilgrim6a]

One of my dad's friends gave me 20 years of 'The American Rifleman. Starting at (IIRC) 1948. I read every one many times. The greatest gun education anyone could ask for.
The old adds from 'The Hunters Lodge' will give you heartburn! Until you think that $35 Webley Mk VI was a weeks wages to a working man.

 

[pilgrim6a]

Here's an example from 1967.

 

[Gary]

I have a bunch that I have saved from when gun magazines were still worth reading. I use them for reference when I buy or trade for an older gun and need information about it. The gun test were a LOT more comprehensive back then. They also make for interesting reading.

 

[steveno]

the magazines go from 10 cents to 25 cents at gun shows. I have 20 + years of "Handloader" and "Rifle" magazines all somebody would have to do is come and get them.

 

[Rule3]

Here is 09/1956, Guns. I found this yesterday searching for something

The PDF is a bit slow to load.

http://jeffersonian.name/g1956/G0956.pdf

 

[cussedemgun]

For some time now, I have just saved the best & passed on the rest.

I have a three ring binder. I scan & copy articles I want for reference & save them in the binder.

Include the unwanted ones with your periodic donations to the local charity thrift store for a tax deduction. If it worked with Slick Willie's skivies, it should be a go for us

 

[sophie]

I saved my old gun magazines and American Rifleman and finally ran out of room to put them so now after I read them I pass them on to my son and let him throw them away.


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James

 

[David LaPell]

I have a few, some American Rifleman (1935-1936) early Outdoor Life (1935-1936) Hunter Trader Trapper (predecessor to Fur-Fish-Game) and a few others here and there. Some are worth a few bucks but the old advertisements are what is really cool.

 

[dsbock]

I also have some old American Rifleman magazines. 1970-1971 and 1978 as well as 1941-1945. The articles are interesting, but the advertisements are the real draw for me.

David

 

[dmar]

My wife is great, she'll purge the old ones for me, because she knows that I can't put them in the trash... I always think I'll go back and read them, and never do. To me, they really just take up space. If I need information, I just research it on the web, much more efficient.

I have never seen any real monetary value to them. And they're like anything that you want to sell, you need to have ready buyers. Even then, how much are you really going to get...?

All this reminds me, I need to cancel my gun magazine subscriptions?

 

[odhbooks]

Hello everyone! I collect any type of printed material on the subject of firearms and shooting. I noticed this thread and it looks like I'm not the only one. I do have a question to everyone here. Would anyone be interested in selling their collection? I am looking for large collections of books and magazines. If so please email me! Thanks!

 

[the ringo kid]

Are old gun magazines worth anything? Are there any collectors? I gave away two boxes of really old magazines today and am wondering if I made a mistake.

If you had any WWII Walther P-38 Magazines, I would have paid you from $60-to-$80 each--depending on makers code, condition and year. ;-))

 

[hannstv]

Here is 09/1956, Guns. I found this yesterday searching for something

The PDF is a bit slow to load.

http://jeffersonian.name/g1956/G0956.pdf

Thanks for posting this, as I read through it I remembered why I used to buy every magazine that hit the shelves and why I don't anymore.

 

[H Richard]

I take all my old gun magazines to the High School Rifle range so all the kids can read them.