Any milsurps on your list that are out of your finacial grasp?

I want to doll up the sks I got, and pick up another dolled one up. Sadly, that won't happen for awhile unless I sell something.
 
Eaglelord17 said:
Well prices will likely go down when the market crashes next. I imagine there will be people who won't be well prepared for it and that is when you buy firearms and motorcycles for cheap.
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Margin calls. People will need cash.

Just getting back into this myself after having acquired a couple of SKS (Russian). I'd love a Garand, and it's planned for in the next 12 months. Next few months I'll be paying plenty to feed those SKSs ;)
 
British made Cdn marked sniper
LongBranch sniper
Boys rifle
Bren mk1, mk1M, mk2, Bren Chinese marked
M1919
M2HB
2" mortar
3" mortar
Sterling SMG
FN C1A1
C2A1
FN Ex1
Vickers

.........oh wait, I forgot, I bought all those. ;)

I don't consider any of them an expense. They are investments. I don't think there are any there that are not worth at least what I paid for them. You do have to worry about a crash like the one that occurred back in 2008, but that is when you buy, not sell. I picked up my Piat for $1800 at that time. Prior to that they were going for over 3K. I believe they are back to that value now.
 
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stencollector said:
British made Cdn marked sniper
LongBranch sniper
Boys rifle
Bren mk1, mk1N, mk2, Bren Chinese marked
M1919
M2HB
2" mortar
3" mortar
Sterling SMG
FN C1A1
C2A1
FN Ex1
Vickers

.........oh wait, I forgot, I bought all those. ;)

I don't consider any of them an expense. They are investments. I don't think there are any there that are not worth at least what I paid for them. You do have to worry about a crash like the one that occurred back in 2008, but that is when you buy, not sell. I picked up my Piat for $1800 at that time. Prior to that they were going for over 3K. I believe they are back to that value now.
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You are gonna have to change your name to EverythingbutStencollector
 
Most Milsurps are affordable. Compared to the black rifle crowd 50% or less for a nice collectable example. Who's will be worth more in ten years? stencollector has it right!
 
There are too many to list.

Original MkIII Ross
Original MkII Rosses
Original MkI Rosses
Original No4T
Boys
PTRS
On and on...

Slowly they will come though. They've been slowly showing up. I finally bought a Bren after three years of waiting, the rest will come too.
 
Considering you can spend 20k on a rifle, yes there are plenty that are out of reach. As mentioned before, there will be buying opportunities. Milsurps tend to hold value through the crashes more than most things, but still I think we are close to the high end of a cycle right now.
 
Yep. Donny Smith(I'm guessing it's his estate) wants 300 grand for his Sherman. Then there's all the stiff the Socialist Rat Offspring of Unmarried Parents F**ks decided was too evil to own. The Chopper, the BAR(decided I couldn't spend the $500, long ago), the .30 Browning, the BREN, the Lewis gun, The STEN, et al.
 
It's not that things are out of my financial grasp, it's that there are other priorities ahead of a few milsurps I'd love to have. House needs a new front porch and new wood siding on two sides plus a full exterior paint job. So that comes before a few rifles I'd love to have in my possession unfortunatly.
 
Butcherbill said:
It's not that things are out of my financial grasp, it's that there are other priorities ahead of a few milsurps I'd love to have. House needs a new front porch and new wood siding on two sides plus a full exterior paint job. So that comes before a few rifles I'd love to have in my possession unfortunatly.
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Wow.....thats spooky....almost like we live in the same house.
 
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