Browning Superposed Pigeon Grade Broadway Trap Gun - 1963

frenchyguy

frenchyguy

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hello. i met an elderly lady that is selling her husbands guns. he has been dead for 3 years. problem is that i want to buy a 1963 Browning Superposed Pigeon Grade Broadway Trap Gun from her, but the guns are still registered in his name. i only want to buy this piece to re-sell. what do these guns go for in Canada? i can only find any for sale in the states. it is in used very good condition.
 
Wait until the gun registry is over. As far as value, check blue book or have the ones on line actually sold at the asking prices. If so, that will give you a fairly close idea. You can always come down on your asking price as long as you are in the ball park.
You said you are buying this to re-sell. This sounds like you are offering her a low ball price and you want us to tell you a price that you can make a bunch of money on, otherwise where is she getting her asking price from?
 
frenchyguy said:
hello. i met an elderly lady that is selling her husbands guns. he has been dead for 3 years. problem is that i want to buy a 1963 Browning Superposed Pigeon Grade Broadway Trap Gun from her, but the guns are still registered in his name. i only want to buy this piece to re-sell. what do these guns go for in Canada? i can only find any for sale in the states. it is in used very good condition.
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You are looking to make a profit at her expense?
 
I can see that some people here automatically assume the worst about a person. you are the ones showing poor form. she is asking 1000 dollars for this shotgun. i know it is worth much more. i am trying to establish what the Canadian market is doing, to give her a fair price, for me to make a small profit, everyone is happy. if i wanted to make it at her expense i would have given her the thousand dollars. you people commenting negativity without knowing the whole situation, or anything about me need to give your head a shake!
 
frenchyguy said:
I can see that some people here automatically assume the worst about a person. you are the ones showing poor form. she is asking 1000 dollars for this shotgun. i know it is worth much more. i am trying to establish what the Canadian market is doing, to give her a fair price, for me to make a small profit, everyone is happy. if i wanted to make it at her expense i would have given her the thousand dollars. you people commenting negativity without knowing the whole situation, or anything about me need to give your head a shake!
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First off, you posted your question on a public forum and from the information you gave there was pretty much no conclusion to be drawn except for you were trying to take advantage of an elderly woman. From your post, it appeared that here was a person who was just grabbing at the chance to take advantage of an elderly widow which whom you just met. Many on this forum do not take kindly to situations like that. You gave no clue as to her asking price and no remarks made that you want to give her a fair price. Why did you not post all the facts in your original post? Had you done so, maybe people would not have come to the conclusions that they did.
 
I wouldn't be planning a retirement on the potential profit from this deal. The Pigeon Grade is one small step up from the Grade I with a silver coin-finished receiver and some light engraving.

There would be no interest in this gun from a collector unless it was in mint condition with the case, papers, etc. There is no shortage of Pigeon grade Superposeds. The real interest is in Diana and Midas grades.

A trap gun from that era will have fixed chokes. It's still a viable trap gun but not good for much else. Too heavy for the field, too tightly choked for skeet or sporting clays.

I've seen Grade I Browning Trap Guns in very good condition selling in the 1,100-1,250 range. While it's hard to rate this gun without seeing it I'd say $1,250 to $1,500 perhaps up to $1,750 if it has a spectacular piece of wood and was in slighter better condition.

BTW, you aren't taking advantage of the widow IMO. She would probably not get much more if she took the gun to a dealer herself and you are saving her the trouble of doing so. As well, some dealers are notorious bordering on criminal when it comes to dealing with "widows guns."
 
the retail on that model would be in the $1,200.00 -$1,400.00 range tops they are not that sought after and they are not one of the most pleasant o/u's to shoot.Personally to purchase the price would be in the $7-$800 range.
 
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