re: I need advice on selling rifles and handguns

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I'll bid if they're worth it. I will win.

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Wouldn´t bet the Ranch on that

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You referring to his truck or house?

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Truck, house or name

I'll bet my double wide that KR will win.

Any side by side shotguns?

For someone who

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$754 for a damn suit.

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I'll bet my double wide that KR will win.

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Double wide ftw.

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Double wide ftw.

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The 1911's are gone

I'll go whenever you want

Worst gun sale story ever:

A friend of mine owns some rent houses. One day one of his tenants asks if he wants to buy "an old lever gun", he says bring it by, he'll have a look at it.

Kid shows up with the gun and tells his story. The gun was his grandfathers, so it's old, he says. He wants to sell it and buy an AR-15. So my friend looks it over. It's a Winchester 94 30-30 in perfect working condition but the stock has been 'customized' with an image of a jumping buck burned into the stock ('checkering' burned in on stock and forestock as well). At this point in the story, I'm picturing some high-school kid's wood burning project for shop class.

My friend tells the kid that the value is ruined by the custom work and asks him how much he wants. "$500" the kid says. So my friend tells the kid he'll buy it - and will even throw in an extra $100. The kid jumps on it and hands over the gun for the cash.

It gets better...

On the way home, the kid stops at the gun store with the cash expecting to be able to buy his AR-15. Store owner laughs and tells him he may have been able to get one 6 months ago for $600, but they're going for twice as much now. Dejected, the kid goes back home - to his wife.

The wife asks him if he was able to sell the gun, he tells her he did. Not believing him, she asked to see the money. He produces the $600 and she proceeds to take it.

No gun, no money.

So a couple of weeks back I was over at my friends ranch for some target practice and he shows me the gun. The custom job on the stock is actually quite nice looking, very fine work considering it was burned and not carved. There is no rust, and no real damage to the wood aside from the burning. He tells me he looked up the serial number and found out the rifle was made in 1959. He takes a few shots with it and hands it over to me. My first shot at the target at 50 yards, with open sights, was 1" to the right. Second shot - bullseye. We proceeded to put 20 rounds through it without a single hitch. Nice tight groups (no bench, just using the truck box for a rest).

Now I don't know how much that custom work on the stock devaules the gun, but the action was smooth as silk, and the gun is reliable and shoots right on the money. To me, that is where the value of the rifle is. I would pay $600 for it, hell, I would probably pay $800 for it.

Now we just call it "Paw Paw's gun". Poor kid.

I know, I know, csb, tl;dr, but I thought it might be a good cautionary tale for this thread.

To the OP: Look up the value of the guns before you put them up for sale.