New but "rare" guns - keep and shoot or sell and cash out?

[Brian]

I've been on a list for a SCAR 17 for probably 6 months now. It finally arrived today. I wasn't in a hurry, but I did want one.

Now I'm pondering these options:

1) Keep it, shoot it, enjoy
2) Sell it for some sort of premium and get back in line again. Spend what will probably be decent "extra" cash on ammo, whatever.

At some point, they won't be rare anymore and prices will come down, so I'll be able to pick one up cheaper (maybe).
I have plenty of other guns to enjoy for now, and could frankly probably use the cash more.

Seems like the community is divided - am curious what others think.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

I've been on a list for a SCAR 17 for probably 6 months now. It finally arrived today. I wasn't in a hurry, but I did want one.

Now I'm pondering these options:

1) Keep it, shoot it, enjoy
2) Sell it for some sort of premium and get back in line again. Spend what will probably be decent "extra" cash on ammo, whatever.

At some point, they won't be rare anymore and prices will come down, so I'll be able to pick one up cheaper (maybe).
I have plenty of other guns to enjoy for now, and could frankly probably use the cash more.

Seems like the community is divided - am curious what others think.

Just don't do what I did. I regret selling a few guns that I could walk into the store and buy now.

Sent from my teepee using smoke signals.

[Brian]

Just don't do what I did. I regret selling a few guns that I could walk into the store and buy now.
Sent from my teepee using smoke signals.

You regret selling them in general, or at the price you sold them for, or...?

[zteknik]

Keep it..
Unless you sell soon and know you can get another one.
I've sold stuff that I can never get my hands on again...

[baglock1]

I picked up a high-demand, low availability firearm not too long ago. I fully intended on keeping it but once I went out and shot it, realized it wasn't what I was looking for. I sold it at a minor profit, but didn't price it at GB/AL levels. I felt it was enough to get someone into it without taking food off the table but not so low that he'd flip it. Of course, after it sold in a matter of minutes, that didn't keep me from thinking I should have priced it a wee bit higher.

My situation was a little different though as I never intend on buying this firearm again. It's not that it was a bad gun by any stretch of the imagination. It simply wasn't for me. I wouldn't sell a gun that I'd eventually want back again.

[stevelkinevil]

I love my 17, at the height of the craziness I was offered 5k for it, but I didn't buy it to play the market I bought it to shoot it.

[ChunkyMonkey]

Everything has a price. [Flower]

[Wulf202]

With the current price of 308 id flip it

[JM Ver. 2.0]

You regret selling them in general, or at the price you sold them for, or...?

In general. A brand new gen3 glock 19. Should have kept it. It carried well.

Ruger lcp. Just for how easy it carried.

My usp. Just because it was badass.

My ar uppers.


Here's the chain of events.

Traded AR for a little 1911 looking thing. Immediately traded that for the USPc. Traded the USPc for a Sig 1911. Traded that for a Sig 226 SCT. Traded that for a Glock 19 and a Ruger LCP. Traded the LCP for a Savage 223 bolt gun. Sold the savage and the glock 19 for cash.


Sent from my teepee using smoke signals.

[Sharpienads]

Sell it.

Ain't nobody got time fo SCAR 17s.

[spleify]

I dont think I would put the SCAR 17 in the class of "rare"..they may be hard to come by right now, but far from "RARE"

[Portsider86]

If you really wanted it then you should keep it.

[spleify]

If you really wanted it then you should keep it.

This^^ you obviously bought it at some point because you wanted it.

[Skip]

"Used" is used.

If I were interested in buying it from you, I would expect you to have put a couple hundred down range and would be fine with that.

Being a .308/7.62, you probably can't afford to shoot it much anyway (if your wallet looks like mine that is).

[TheGrey]

I'd hang onto it until the political climate calms down some, unless you are desperate for money.

If you plan on selling it, I'd be VERY careful about where you're advertising; I'm noticing a lot more 'confiscation' stories in the news lately.