A good idea----or not?
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Pics of ammo may indicate your choice of quality vs not-quality ammo and that may infer how you maintain the arm. I have a 'new' rebuild that I will not fire the Barnaul ammo in due to the bi-metal bullets, and so if I showed that ammo it would show I didn't care that much.
As for the 'pick-up' requirement, that would depend on the size of your community and the location. If it's around a major centre it wouldn't matter, but if you're 50 kliks or more 'out', I think that would be a detraction. You can always ship the arm and sell the ammo at your local range or on G-post.
Just the way I look at the EE and 'other' ads.
As for the 'pick-up' requirement, that would depend on the size of your community and the location. If it's around a major centre it wouldn't matter, but if you're 50 kliks or more 'out', I think that would be a detraction. You can always ship the arm and sell the ammo at your local range or on G-post.
Just the way I look at the EE and 'other' ads.
Yes. Ship the guns and put the ammo in an auction.
Anything sells if it is priced right.
Determine how much you think the gun is worth and how much the ammo is worth separately.
If you are willing to ship the gun your market will be bigger so you could find a buyer who is willing to pay more.
Agree with the sentiments about ammo quality. I know I would look less favourably on, say, a .22 if there were boxes of Remington Thunderbolt in the photo. Rightly or wrongly, we infer certain things from what we see. I remember looking to buy a used car years ago and in looking at some online postings, I zoomed in on the tires - I could see that the seller bought these extremely cheap "Sailun" Chinese tires. Whether it was fair or not, I wondered what else was skimped on in regards to the parts on this car. I passed on the car.
Tying the gun to the ammo as a condition of sale would may cause some more logistical headaches as there are few choices to ship ammo that won't make it cost-prohibitive. Locally, someone may be less inclined to buy the gun if they see that the ammo is priced into the sale. Depending on what the ammo is, I'd just sell it separately (now or later), or if you have something else that can shoot it, save it to use it up on that.
Tying the gun to the ammo as a condition of sale would may cause some more logistical headaches as there are few choices to ship ammo that won't make it cost-prohibitive. Locally, someone may be less inclined to buy the gun if they see that the ammo is priced into the sale. Depending on what the ammo is, I'd just sell it separately (now or later), or if you have something else that can shoot it, save it to use it up on that.
Thanks for all the comments.
These guns have not been fired since the mid 1970's when my Father was still alive.
I have no intention of shooting them.
My interest is in collecting (not shooting) U.S. Civil War guns.
I will probably hold on to the Winchester 9422 for a while--I still have a lot of .22 cal ammunition.
The rest of the stuff I have no interest in.
Here is the story.
Two cheap shotguns that I have never fired.
These guns have not been fired since the mid 1970's when my Father was still alive.
I have no intention of shooting them.
My interest is in collecting (not shooting) U.S. Civil War guns.
I will probably hold on to the Winchester 9422 for a while--I still have a lot of .22 cal ammunition.
The rest of the stuff I have no interest in.
Here is the story.
Two cheap shotguns that I have never fired.
I have sold my WWII (and some sporting) guns all over Canada ---so shipping is not new to me.
What has caused me to start thinking about the subject of selling ammunition with the gun on a pick-up basis--rather than getting stuck with unwanted ammo, is because on July 6th 2021 I fought my way through detours and construction to get to the Canpar terminal in Lachine (a suburb of Montreal) only to find out that Canpar stopped shipping ammunition and guns as of May 27 2021.
I was pissed and told the guy at the customer service counter to tell someone in the organization to change Canpar's info on the Internet.(he said he would pass on the message.)
That is why I have posted this thread.
What has caused me to start thinking about the subject of selling ammunition with the gun on a pick-up basis--rather than getting stuck with unwanted ammo, is because on July 6th 2021 I fought my way through detours and construction to get to the Canpar terminal in Lachine (a suburb of Montreal) only to find out that Canpar stopped shipping ammunition and guns as of May 27 2021.
I was pissed and told the guy at the customer service counter to tell someone in the organization to change Canpar's info on the Internet.(he said he would pass on the message.)
That is why I have posted this thread.
