Blue book of gun values

In my opinion this book is useless in canada. so much stuff isnt available here or is more available, less owners, more product, license restrictions. Wouldnt tell you much for our market.
 
Agree, the book is useful only in US or if you deal with uknown finds on the regular basis. Things available in Canada are very limited unfortunately and market prices on some rare finds depend only on the fase of the moon.
However if you're determined - Amazon either.ca or .com is your friend. I have one, nice reading on the stuff we cannot have in Canada.
 
I have a copy. It is not very useful. I look at it once every few years for novelty. Problems: many variations listed that never came to Canada., prices are way off, maybe 1 in 10 guns gets a photo, usually not the one I'm curious about.
it does help you get an idea of when a gun was made and the variations offered but that's about it
 
Hi,

I agree with many of the points already mentioned.

We don't have the market to support U.S. prices. As well, owning collectible firearms in Canada is somewhat of a burden (licensing, various classes, ATT's, ect.).

It's like looking up past Rock Island Auction results, most of those guns would sell for much less here.

Regards,
-Steve
 
Try Manowar's milsurp prices website. It's decent. The thing I pay most attention to is the prevalance part of his charts. I think a lot of people will poke holes in his work, but he has put a lot of effort in - I don't see anyone else stepping up. When Wolverine had his huge estate milsurp sale years ago I was tracking prices and they were fairly consistent with Manowar's.

http://rangingthoughts.org/manowar/prices.asp
 
Blue Book of Gun Values prices mean nothing in Canada. Not a lot Stateside either. The values are averages from all over the U.S. without any consideration for local supply and demand. However, if your local gun shop doesn't have a copy, try Amazon.ca. Isn't exactly cheap anywhere though. Starts at $56 Cdn.
Manowar is American too. U.S. values mean nothing here.
 
THE BLUE BOOK wouldn't be of much help on EE. EE could write it's own book and call it "THE GOLD BOOK". I've quit selling my Swede rifles, you simply cannot replace them anymore.
I did buy a nice ROSS not long ago on here, Sooooo every once in a long while a deal will come up.
Enjoy.
 
Personally, I prefer the Standard Catalog of Military Firearms. Not that the prices in it are any more or less relevant to Canada, but it's a good book with good details on how to differentiate between various models, as well as their bayonets, clips, magazines, etc.
 
I finally got fed up reading other price guides and coughed up the cash for a new Blue Book. I thought it must be better, more definitive than others...but I was wrong. It was a total waste of money. Not only are averaged prices way off for Canada (for all the reasons listed above by others) but unless you are merely sticking to Colt/Winchester, etc. so is the technical and historical information. There simply is no valid guide for used firearms in Canada. It just doesn't exist. The only real rule is that prices for old guns are less here than in the States, just as prices for new guns are more. A gun is worth only whatever someone will pay for it and if you spend enough time at gunshows (virtual EE or real) and pay attention to what sells and for how much, you will sooner or later get a pretty good sense of the current values of guns in your geographic area and in your area of interest. See you at Easter in Calgary.
 
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I finally got fed up reading other price guides and coughed up the cash for a new Blue Book. I thought it must be better, more definitive than others...but I was wrong. It was a total waste of money. Not only are averaged prices way off for Canada (for all the reasons listed above by others) but unless you are merely sticking to Colt/Winchester, etc. so is the technical and historical information. There simply is no valid guide for used firearms in Canada. It just doesn't exist. The only real rule is that prices for old guns are less here than in the States, just as prices for new guns are more. A gun is worth only whatever someone will pay for it and if you spend enough time at gunshows (virtual EE or real) and pay attention to what sells and for how much, you will sooner or later get a pretty good sense of the current values of guns in your geographic area and in your area of interest. See you at Easter in Calgary.
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I thought the same read it once tried to compare anything in there to Canadian prices and gave up.. nice pictures though..

It now sits on the shelf if it did not cost so much I'd throw it away.
 
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