... I knew a guy once that came across a few safes.... full of Garands....
So, who wishes they had bought random firearms instead of investing in their 401k for the last 10-15 years?
Lack of ammo availability has killed much of my interest towards foreign milsurps. I've got a few hundred rounds left of 7.62x54R and I think that will last the rest of my lifetime with how much I shoot that old Mosin. If anyone's interested, I just saw an ad for minty Yugo SKS's @ Atlantic Firearms for $799.
I keep a spreadsheet of all the firearms I own, including the price I paid for them, which got me thinking about their appreciate in value so I did a little research...
I've found opinions of everything from "Quality fire arms increase in value at about the same rate of inflation. 2-3% a year, 15 years that can as much as 45%" to "In general, new factory-produced firearms depreciate about 15% when they are purchased. After that initial depreciation, guns generally hold their value for the next 15 years while only losing an additional 1% per year. Guns that are 15 years old generally don’t lose any value until year 50 when they start to appreciate about .5% per year" to even "Most new guns lose about 20-30% of their value after you 'drive them off the lot'!”
I've even seen "Guns are not an investment."
While I get that last point, I fundamentally disagree with the claim certain firearms don't increase in value and shouldn't be collected with the intent with their increasing in value.
Which gets to my question...generally, how much have your firearms increased in value say over the last 10-15 years?
I know certain guns will gain value quicker than others, and I realized the current or potential political climate greatly affects the cost of guns and ammo; I'm looking for a reasonable estimate on how much my collection is worth.
At this point, I generally agree with the 2-3% average; but also realize some initially cheap milsurps I paid $99 15 years ago and now selling for 4-5x that price!
What do you project will happen to the .50 BMG rifles? Lawmakers have huge issue with those. I realize it depends on what the final say will be, but they've increased steadily,...much like the DJIA.Let’s talk a minute about guns you’ve seen go down in value.
That was my fault.I don't know where this tie to the stock market and investments came up, I was only inquiring about the value of guns and how much they appreciate/depreciate over the years...
Do NOT get a Sero GM6.What do you project will happen to the .50 BMG rifles? Lawmakers have huge issue with those. I realize it depends on what the final say will be, but they've increased steadily,...much like the DJIA.
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