On the eve of 1914… what will happen to WW1 milsurp values?

My feeling is that as the old timers head off to that shootin range in the sky, their collections will come up for auction. Or when all the baby boomers move into condos with no storage space, the market will be saturated enough for me to buy some of the things on my wishlist. I think there's a lot of guns out there with no one to inherit them.
 
I think prices will probably stay where they are. I don't know if the movie "War Horse" had any impact. Maybe if they make a real bad WW1 movie, prices will drop!
 
Rest assured the prices of Military rifle's from the First word war or from the Second will continue to climb.I'm old enough that I remember looking at the barrels of No.1's, No.4's and No.5's at the Army & Navy stores.Dont get me wrong $9.95 was a lot of money back then. If you are serious about something,you can turn it into a shooter.Reloading is the key and the hard part is bullet moulds for most of the "unpopular milsurps".Finding a mold for a .43 Mauser or a .268 Carcano is a challenge.I already have every thing I need for most but some times you just need that one last piece that will get you going.It's a hobby that only someone that cares about history, or someone that wants to make a quick buck off of someone interested in history will invest their money into.
 
stripperclipper said:
My feeling is that as the old timers head off to that shootin range in the sky, their collections will come up for auction. Or when all the baby boomers move into condos with no storage space, the market will be saturated enough for me to buy some of the things on my wishlist. I think there's a lot of guns out there with no one to inherit them.
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My son will be waiting for mine, hopefully for qute a while yet.
 
Coyote Ugly said:
I think prices will probably stay where they are. I don't know if the movie "War Horse" had any impact. Maybe if they make a real bad WW1 movie, prices will drop!
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It will be interesting to see what happens but have to agree here...I think those of us who are interested in WW1 will already have their favourite No1 MkIII's, P14's etc. and will not be prepared to pay over the odds anyway. Might be a few sellers out there taking advantage of the 1914 connection and asking big $.. Good, original examples may still fetch a higher price. The newer, younger firearm collectors will probably still associate more with WW2 & cold war periods....
 
I was thoroughly disappointed with passchendaele and equally so with flyboys. I have since gone back to the classics like paths of glory, the blue max, wings, and all quiet on the western front to name a few.

Coyote Ugly said:
I think prices will probably stay where they are. I don't know if the movie "War Horse" had any impact. Maybe if they make a real bad WW1 movie, prices will drop!
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I am very interested in the early automatic handguns Roth-steyr 1905 (so ugly), steyr mannlicher 1907, c-96, Bergman, borcharDt c-93 , and others. I am in my mid 20s
 
My $.02 is that there will be a spike in interest in Great War arms with the anniversary due to the media coverage and TV and Hollywood efforts. Sadly this means my chance of finding a good, affordable, Lebel to "complete" my Great War long arms collection will diminish a bit. And forget about a Canadian-contract Colt 1911.

Even without the anniversary, prices for milsurps will, I believe, continue to grow. My observation at recent gun shows has been that the first rifles being bought and carted around the show are often milsurps. They're being scooped by young(er) guys who have perhaps become hooked on the currently cheap and readily available "gateway drug" SKS, Mosin, SVT and Tokarev options and are stepping up to the heavier stuff.

Certainly, interest in Ross rifles seems to have ballooned over the past several years.
 
While there were some great oldies about WW1, theyt won;t capture the imagination of new, young collectors. We'd need a new "Savin g Private Ryan" or "Enemy at the Gates" to do that IMHO.
 
RangeRover said:
My $.02 is that there will be a spike in interest in Great War arms with the anniversary due to the media coverage and TV and Hollywood efforts. Sadly this means my chance of finding a good, affordable, Lebel to "complete" my Great War long arms collection will diminish a bit. And forget about a Canadian-contract Colt 1911.

Even without the anniversary, prices for milsurps will, I believe, continue to grow. My observation at recent gun shows has been that the first rifles being bought and carted around the show are often milsurps. They're being scooped by young(er) guys who have perhaps become hooked on the currently cheap and readily available "gateway drug" SKS, Mosin, SVT and Tokarev options and are stepping up to the heavier stuff.

Certainly, interest in Ross rifles seems to have ballooned over the past several years.
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They will grow slowly, as they have. And the Ross rifles are an understated jewel, one I use is a beautiful smooth operating gun.
 
If anything, that stupid show on History, "The Great Martian War" might just turn off any interest or potential buyers. Tell it like it is without creatures.
 
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