How to decide

[bellavite1]

One for each caliber/purpose.

[eddiememphis]

How do you decide which and when to sell a firearm?

Cyclical ebbs and flows of wealth and poverty.

I fell into a deep pit of poverty and sold a Kimber and, most reluctantly, a Winchester 9410.

I have sold in good times as well, in order to buy something very sweet, like a Wilson Supergrade.

Otherwise, I buy. Much like silver or gold, a decent firearm will hold it's value.

[Jim B]

They sit there for decades, never being shot or moved.

Unless a gun has collector or sentimental value, if I hadn't shot it in decades I'd almost certainly sell it. Put the money toward something else you'll enjoy more. Some guns are easily replaceable. If you later decide you screwed up selling your Glock 22 (or M&P, SIG, Springfield, etc.) it's not too big a deal to go buy another.

I had a Makarov that was a great gun. (Accurate and a surprisingly nice trigger.) I didn't feel like getting myself set up to reload 9x18 (I rarely buy factory ammo anymore) so I wound up putting only fifty rounds through it in ten years. I eventually sold it and used the money to buy a S&W M2.0 in 9mm Luger. I've shot the S&W much more than I ever shot the Makarov.

[Jim B]

I've regretted selling most of the guns I've sold...

Funny, I don't think I regret selling any of the guns I've sold. There are definitely some I regret not buying when I had the chance. I sure wish I bought quite a few K31s when Big 5 was selling them for peanuts. Buying a few more $199 Russians SKSs or $179 MAK-90s wouldn't have been a bad idea either...

[3beansalad]

Firearms are for buying not selling. Don't shoot it, right now. Times may change, guns and ammo would never lose (all) their value.

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[rondog]

So, what? You?re going to just accumulate stuff your entire life until you look like one of those people on those hoarder shows?

[WETWRKS]

I try to never sell any guns. The only time I have ever sold any was out of necessity and there are several I now horribly regret. The odds of replacing them is basically zero. They were not anything of sentimental value but have become exceptionally rare and quite expensive.

[Great-Kazoo]

Myself. I could care less. It's tool, nothing more, or less. Most if not all i'm in to for such a good price, selling or trading them is a win. However they have always been great barter material when it comes to hiring someone to do a job we're unable to do. I have a moderate stash, which i've considered selling in order to buy a few high end hand guns and call it good.

If they're collecting dust, see about trading them off, for something else.

[00tec]

I've only sold 1 gun in my life. If buying it back were to become an option, I would. I miss it for some reason.

But, I'm not like most folks. I just horde them like fat folks horde oreos. They're not exactly a depreciating asset like most of the disposable crap in the rest of the house.

[Frac]

I?ve sold enough firearms by now that it just doesn?t really matter to me. I once was a ?collector? but now, I realize I was more of an accumulator. Guns go up in value, but rarely do they beat an investment in the market or real estate (unless you started collecting MGs decades ago). Even when they do, it takes too long to sell them unless you?re giving someone else a steal. You guys that say guns are an investment are just fooling yourselves, especially if your talking AR-15s and striker fired pistols. When you kick the bucket, most of them will get sold for half the value or less.

Today, I just want a high quality firearm that does what I need it to do. I carry, I hunt, and I plink. I have quality guns for all of that.

I would like to retire in 10 or 15 years and I would like to own a vacation property. I remember that every time I am tempted to buy new gun. It turns out that I would rather invest that $1,800 instead of buying another Benelli, for example.

Oreos, on the other hand?