Blue book of gun values ?
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The Blue Book is worthless for giving cdn prices on almost any rifle 
It is good for finding the relative rarety of a firearm & defining models sometimes, but for cdn prices forget it!
You want a value post the rifle here & ask for it.
Value is ???? What you can sell it for > in my opinion!
Quite diff than insurance value, collecters value etc...
It is good for finding the relative rarety of a firearm & defining models sometimes, but for cdn prices forget it!
You want a value post the rifle here & ask for it.
Value is ???? What you can sell it for > in my opinion!
Quite diff than insurance value, collecters value etc...
Arch, I've got the 2003 edition. Post here or pm me details on the rifle.
Its certainly not exact and I find the prices generally a bit high for us Canucks. But often by using the figures in the book and simply putting a Canadian dollar sign in front the figure; its a good guide for real world Canadian prices...
I wouldn't go quite that far senior
Its certainly not exact and I find the prices generally a bit high for us Canucks. But often by using the figures in the book and simply putting a Canadian dollar sign in front the figure; its a good guide for real world Canadian prices...
Just ask here.
I often look in the current buy and sell newspapers too on the Internet to see what guns are worth (just for fun, I haven't bought one in years)
They are available from all across the country.
Look at the asking prices in our own trading section. I've got a copy of the monthly Access to Firearms rag too, that gives an idea of the asking prices of most common (and many uncommon) guns in both private and commercial offerings.
Different dealers have web sites with used guns too.
If it is a shotgun, you can ask at the U.S. site "Shotgun world." You'll get U.S. prices, but it is a ballpark price to start with.
There is a very good U.S. site with milsurps listed by nation too, plus they have a sporting guns section.
Just out of curiosity I asked here and there for a guy who was asking for the value of a High Standard shotgun that someone had told him was valuable and he was actually considering trading a very good hunting rifle for it.
Turns out that particular shotgun was worth about $125 either in Canada or the U.S.
In the end however, as senior points out; the value is what the other guy is willing to pay for it.
I've been considering a certain line of semi-auto shotgun for example, that has been out of production since the early 1960s.
People are asking from $200 to $350 for this essentially obsolete shotgun, as the manufacturer has come up with three different new and improved models since then. Well I'd buy one, but not for more than $150. I'm not desperate, I can take it or leave it.
Then people get stoked about really really wanting a fairly ordinary rifle like a Winchester Model 94 or a Marlin 336 or a Model 70 or a (insert favourite gun here) and pay whatever is being asked, even if it is WAY out of line.
I often look in the current buy and sell newspapers too on the Internet to see what guns are worth (just for fun, I haven't bought one in years)
They are available from all across the country.
Look at the asking prices in our own trading section. I've got a copy of the monthly Access to Firearms rag too, that gives an idea of the asking prices of most common (and many uncommon) guns in both private and commercial offerings.
Different dealers have web sites with used guns too.
If it is a shotgun, you can ask at the U.S. site "Shotgun world." You'll get U.S. prices, but it is a ballpark price to start with.
There is a very good U.S. site with milsurps listed by nation too, plus they have a sporting guns section.
Just out of curiosity I asked here and there for a guy who was asking for the value of a High Standard shotgun that someone had told him was valuable and he was actually considering trading a very good hunting rifle for it.
Turns out that particular shotgun was worth about $125 either in Canada or the U.S.
In the end however, as senior points out; the value is what the other guy is willing to pay for it.
I've been considering a certain line of semi-auto shotgun for example, that has been out of production since the early 1960s.
People are asking from $200 to $350 for this essentially obsolete shotgun, as the manufacturer has come up with three different new and improved models since then. Well I'd buy one, but not for more than $150. I'm not desperate, I can take it or leave it.
Then people get stoked about really really wanting a fairly ordinary rifle like a Winchester Model 94 or a Marlin 336 or a Model 70 or a (insert favourite gun here) and pay whatever is being asked, even if it is WAY out of line.
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Salty said:Arch, I've got the 2003 edition. Post here or pm me details on the rifle.
I wouldn't go quite that far senior
Salty is correct most gunstores use the Blue book in exactly this manner for most used gun values... I said "most" not all ... it is the bible man.
Yes in a lot of cases you can just change to cdn but my experience is only hunting guns! The easiest way to value a hunting gun is by observing what there selling for
For instance look up my 71 win in a newer one .
Win 71 D/lx 1936 (long tang) in 95-98%
Haven't checked in a while but what does it say??
$3000 ?? betcha maybe even higher than that
Is it worth that much I think not
For instance look up my 71 win in a newer one .
Win 71 D/lx 1936 (long tang) in 95-98%
Haven't checked in a while but what does it say??
$3000 ?? betcha maybe even higher than that
Is it worth that much
I think notsenior said:
From my 2003 edition:
98% condition is $1000 95% condition is $900. They add 30 to 50% for early edition long tang depending on condition.
So it'd be about 12 to 15 bills. I agree here's an example where the Americans will pay more than we would. This seems to be the case for most older lever guns...
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The price of a firearm varies from one country to the next as well as one area of a country to the next. In my area, a well used Remington 760/7600 holds a value of around $350-$500. Take that to an area where they are not popular at all, and the "value" is lost.
Our country's "bonus" of being able to get M305's versus the U.S. is another indicator.
Our country's "bonus" of being able to get M305's versus the U.S. is another indicator.
And look what USGI 1911 .45 ACP pistols have done in the States since Saving Private Ryan & The Band of Brothers series. An average mix-master USGI might sell for $450 Canadian up here but the same pistol is going for $700-$800 US down there because of collector demand...
Salty said:
Mines a 17th edition
Salty your must be about the same
Mine says $950 for 98% + 40% for pre-war
I looked at an newer edition & prices for that same 71 was up to $2500.
I would be very interested to hear what the latest B Book says??
The statement gunner made is very true too!
Rem auto's that hold there value well here in Ont are certainly a LOT cheaper out west.
Slight detour on Blue Book topic
Thanks Salty--that price must be for L61R base as Deluxe seems to be priced substantially higher, both here and in the States.
The Ruger is an absolute sweetheart, I tried a friend's Ruger #1 stainless 45-70 and loved everything about it. Does Blue Book have a value listing for the stainless variant? That said, I kind of prefer the look of blued/walnut and they're probably more widely available.
Salty said:
Thanks Salty--that price must be for L61R base as Deluxe seems to be priced substantially higher, both here and in the States.
The Ruger is an absolute sweetheart, I tried a friend's Ruger #1 stainless 45-70 and loved everything about it. Does Blue Book have a value listing for the stainless variant? That said, I kind of prefer the look of blued/walnut and they're probably more widely available.
Algonquin said:
Correct. The deluxe model is $775 for 90% condition compared to $650 bor base model. You still add 10-15% for "popular magnum calibres".
On the Ruger No. 1 there's tons of different models and variations. It looks like in general stainless comands another 10% minimum.
senior said:
That's what I'm starting to think. Just like the real gun market there's trends and such that change year to year. I've just ran a bunch of stuff for some members and some of the figures seem low to me. I think my book (24th edition) is outdated for some stuff already. Go figure.
