Edmonton gun show soft sales

gun shows are a reflect of society. Yukon economy was blooming because of exploration and in 2011 everything we had on the tables was gone before mid day. since then i sold and bought stuff but it is not the same and there is also the fact that some are trying to sell like here ...

what i like on gun shows is talking to the family members and buying and selling why not but it s more being together in one event that we all cherish.
 
struff55 said:
Well all that being said guys I paid over 2 k for a gun built in1919 at the show and there is a new gun on any store shelf that has the quality of this gun . Also just like some of the EE sellers this gun would sell in the USA for 5K us . I already had a offer from a fellow on a us site let’s just say a site that is devoted to sxs’s Canada is not a shotgun nation that’s how it is and the comment about 1 k for a new semi proves it . No did to any one that is just the way it is . Not everyone drives the same trucks some people still drive Fords and dodges. One day they will discover chevy’s and live happily ever after
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Now, now. My old Dodge and my old Chevy get along just fine!
 
skidderman said:
I was there Saturday. The parking lot had more vehicles than I have ever seen. I go mostly to enjoy a day out but did drop some dollars on low cost items. I talked to more than one person there and I believe there are two thoughts. Mostly old worn out firearms and two, why pay gunshow price when one can buy the same thing at a store for very little difference. Example blr 308,s going for $850 to $1000. Why would anyone pay that unless it is rare & these are not. Savages asking price more that a new on on sale at Cabelas. One would be lucky if 10% of any firearm there was in good or better condition. As buyers most of us know gun values pretty good so asking a $150 to $300 premium isn't going to work. And my wallet was full of cash for the right deal.
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finally like here for some on EE.
 
heronfish said:
I'm not sure what that has to do with a soft market for old pump guns but it's always appreciated.
I do quite like the silver, it does everything I need for half the price of other new autos and yet handles modern loads without a hitch.
Better value than a used 300 dollar pump gun that requires expensive short chambered ammunition.
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Thought maybe you could learn something about your gun and how it evolved from an old vintage firearm . I was wrong even trying
 
gunsaholic said:
Now, now. My old Dodge and my old Chevy get along just fine!
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LOL makes two of us. Maybe Struff55 wanted a dog :)

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Travis Bickle said:
There aren't many who appreciate the older guns anymore.
At least less and less these days as time passes. There's a couple clear reasons for that.

It's hard to sell a near 70 year old fixed config gun to a 20-30 year old that can get a brand new, modifiable, choke/barrel swapping Rem 870 Express for around $450 CAD MSRP

I'm an oddball. At 34 years old I see a good working condition Model 12 for $300 and I get an erection and weak in the knees lol I know the value of them especially the build quality, attention to detail in assembly, quality of steel and materials etc etc
But I'm not the norm.

There's mountains of modern mass produced rifles and shotguns now, selling for way less than what some people are asking for ancient well used models (Win 1894 prices......people asking $800 for a run of the mill lever they made 7.5 million of lol!)

I know this is not what a lot of older guys want to hear, but it is the reality. Its an unrealistic expectation sadly that just because "they don't make them like that anymore!" doesn't mean that anyone born after 1985 cares.
You can expect this to only get worse if anything.
If the prices are fair, people will still buy them. But guys trying to hock beaten 1894's for $600 to $1K et al are living on a different planet now.

Just my observations as a "younger generation" gun owner who also still loves the old time guns and designs (proud owner of a Model 12, Stevens 311, Win Mod 72, Cooey 600) and also modern ones.
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For years i looked for a beater 311 to make a SxS Canadian compliant Mad Max shotgun. It just never happened. When we are talking about a low end shotgun, from a "economy" brand, we are certainly not talking about any Model 12.
 
I think that even collector items are, in the end, just a commodity. So its all about market demand. Today that's impacted by economic conditions, for some models impending legislation, location of the buyer / seller or the transaction, the marketing and presentation leading up to the transaction, perceived scarcity (haha … try buying toilet paper in Edmonton yesterday). All of that would suppose there were no competing or substituting products to further depress pricing and interest.
 
heronfish said:
Someone will have to fill me in on why remington 31s have no following or name recognition. There seems to be a great many guys who will buy and stack 870s, but the 31 has no interest.
If one were to wind back the clock 50 years, did guys collect these or was it the same then.
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Buying 870's to make 12" barreled, tactical, ear busters...
 
BigUglyMan said:
12.5". Otherwise the mag cap is in front of the muzzle which is quite gauche.[/QUOTE]

Kay, Biglyun……………...do s'plain this cawfee/snawt running owt me snout...…………………………………………...ha:

gauche.

[ɡōSH]

ADJECTIVE

lacking ease or grace; unsophisticated and socially awkward.

"a shy and gauche teenager"

synonyms:

awkward · gawky · inelegant · graceless · ungraceful · ungainly · bumbling · maladroit · inept · socially awkward · socially inept · lacking in social grace(s) · unpolished · unsophisticated · uncultured · uncultivated · unrefined · raw · inexperienced · uneducated · unworldly
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3macs1 said:
At least I have some money and have not made any serious money in years since I retired in my late 40's. LOL
Plus have a ton of 870's stashed
Who is the real fool. Humm
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The people buying the 870's. Have you not heard the expression before?
 
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