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I look to you experts (is that a drip under pressure?) for fair market value of some items I have. I have seen really high numbers and really low numbers. PM or post here. Let me know if I am way off base and be honest:
S&W 29-2 3 screw... Was purchased in the '70's Was thinking $600ish [Dunno]
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And a DPMS SASS (.308) with tools. Zero rounds fired... Was thinking $2000ish [Dunno]
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Your best bet is to jump on GunBroker, Guns America etc and see what comparable sales are going for. That will give you a realistic number to go by. Remember, an items worth is only what one is willing to pay.
Let me know if you will sell the AR10 tools separately. I am interested if so.
Libraries tend to have big big books of gun values. You could look there, especially for that older revolver.
A quick look at Gunbroker shows that model revolver is a big deal in nickel. It's also valuable based on condition, special features or having original box & papers. That's the problem with being married. Wives like to throw out this old junk.
Steve
As far as I can tell, from watching prices on stuff being sold for years on the internet, what you do is take your old guns, add 20% to whatever the gun is now selling for new, and describe it as "LNIB, only without the box...a few scratches and some wear including the front sight broken off; no more than 5,000 rounds shot through the gun, lost the original grips so I glued a hot pad on the handle." [ROFL1]
Make sure when checking prices on Gunbroker that you sign in and search listings of items that have sold and ignore the asking prices and reserve items that don't sell.
I think your prices are fine (if I was selling that 29 I'd ask a little more maybe ... but I also happen to like old S&Ws so I probably wouldn't sell it :p).
LNIB is a way abused term. If you search closed auctions on Gunbroker you'll see guns that never sell with all this puffed up talk. Collectors are funny folk. Having the original box can add to the value even if the gun has been shot to pieces
Gunbroker is just like a gunshow. There's a bunch of dealers who'll be selling the same overpriced stuff forever and some who offer good pricing and are really busy.
It's not hard to sell on GB. Be totally honest about condition. Take good pictures and set the price off actual sale prices. That can even lead to bidding wars that drive the price up.
Steve
Thanks guys for the thoughts on where to look. The 29 isn't LNIB but the .308 is, each without the box. I am sure my mom threw out the box for the 29-2 about 28 years ago... I'll start doing some research.
Books will give a baseline but are really only accurate on the day they are printed anymore. Online sales will give a current idea.
Are those 'football' target stocks on the 27-2, if you give me the first couple of numbers in the s/n I can give you a rough estimate of build date. All -2 Smith N Frames are 3 screw, the 4th screw in the trigger guard was dropped in 1961.