Have you ever thought about selling.....
- Thread starter Coyote Ugly
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DJdeadlyDALEK
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Waterloo Region of Ontario
Why?
my taste in them comes and goes, sometimes ill buy a handful, sell them for something else, then pretty soon they creep back into the gun cabinet. im not a hardcore milsurp collector, but i do enjoy shooting them and reading about them.
I don't think I could ever later buy my milsurps back for anything near the prices I paid for them...
.....in 6 short years 
, I've seen M-1 Garands triple (or worse 
) in price.........so I think I'll hang-onto what I currently have !....
.....in 6 short years , I've seen M-1 Garands triple (or worse ) in price.........so I think I'll hang-onto what I currently have !....
Coyote Ugly
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
The thrill of the hunt looking for them.
Be careful!!! (now you've got me started...
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- Location
- Sudbury, On
I don't own any "true" milsurps. Only a sporterized #1mkIII.
BUT...
I am waiting for that truly golden piece, the one you hang on the living room wall, with a plaque beneath it... "This gun killed Nazi's sixty years ago, and will undoubtedly be called upon into service one again."
BUT...
I am waiting for that truly golden piece, the one you hang on the living room wall, with a plaque beneath it... "This gun killed Nazi's sixty years ago, and will undoubtedly be called upon into service one again."
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While I do collect the SMLE, Lee-Enfield and Ross rifles when one presents itself for a reasonable price, my first love is the Swedish Mauser rifle, more specifically the wonderfully accurate FSR Target rifles.
The majority of these were privately owned rifles, rifles given as prizes for shooting, and Military and Civilian Club rifles. While these are still in Military configuration but have the addition of target sights, the rifles can easily be returned to original condition by simply the use of a screw driver to remove the sights and other accessories. In other words, they can not be cut down, "bubbaed' or severely modified but must be able to be easily returned to military specifications in time of emergency.
Many of these rifles have had the Military "condition stock disk" removed when sold or loaned to the Club or Civilian population, so the owners then put silver ownership disks in the vacant holes, or covered these holes with plaques when put up for shooting prizes.
To sell, for example, a rifle once belonging to the famous Swedish race car driver, Erik Lundgren, or a rifle that was a Home Guard Prize Rifle for a certain year or event, and then try to find another one that was the same to replace it would be almost impossible. Many of these rifles are "one of a kind" rifles.
Another reason is financial. I might be able to make a bit of a profit by selling my present rifles, but to replace them with the same quality rifles would cost me a heck of a lot more that I could get for them. The milsurp market is drying up, and many of my rifles are simply not available any more.
So my answer is "NO." I would not consider selling off my Milsurp collection and starting over again.
While I do collect the SMLE, Lee-Enfield and Ross rifles when one presents itself for a reasonable price, my first love is the Swedish Mauser rifle, more specifically the wonderfully accurate FSR Target rifles.
The majority of these were privately owned rifles, rifles given as prizes for shooting, and Military and Civilian Club rifles. While these are still in Military configuration but have the addition of target sights, the rifles can easily be returned to original condition by simply the use of a screw driver to remove the sights and other accessories. In other words, they can not be cut down, "bubbaed' or severely modified but must be able to be easily returned to military specifications in time of emergency.
Many of these rifles have had the Military "condition stock disk" removed when sold or loaned to the Club or Civilian population, so the owners then put silver ownership disks in the vacant holes, or covered these holes with plaques when put up for shooting prizes.
To sell, for example, a rifle once belonging to the famous Swedish race car driver, Erik Lundgren, or a rifle that was a Home Guard Prize Rifle for a certain year or event, and then try to find another one that was the same to replace it would be almost impossible. Many of these rifles are "one of a kind" rifles.
Another reason is financial. I might be able to make a bit of a profit by selling my present rifles, but to replace them with the same quality rifles would cost me a heck of a lot more that I could get for them. The milsurp market is drying up, and many of my rifles are simply not available any more.
So my answer is "NO." I would not consider selling off my Milsurp collection and starting over again.
I just started educating myself on milsurps about a year ago. I have already bought 5; sold 3 and kept just 2.
The fact of the matter is I enjoy learning about them, finding them, cleaning them up/restoring them. Being a young father of two, I don't get a lot of range time so then they end up just sitting in my safe. So, when someone shows real interest in one (I have a few gun friends) I don't mind selling it cause I know they will be appreciated. That frees up safe space and funds to go find and rescue another. That is the largest part of the hobby for me right now. That may change when my kids are grown and I have more space, time and available funds.
The fact of the matter is I enjoy learning about them, finding them, cleaning them up/restoring them. Being a young father of two, I don't get a lot of range time so then they end up just sitting in my safe. So, when someone shows real interest in one (I have a few gun friends) I don't mind selling it cause I know they will be appreciated. That frees up safe space and funds to go find and rescue another. That is the largest part of the hobby for me right now. That may change when my kids are grown and I have more space, time and available funds.
Alot of people feel the fun is in the hunt. Myself, I enjoy owning a true peace of history, exactly as it came out of the arms factory. My wife doesn't get too bent when I decide on a puchase. We also enjoy taking the "new" milsurp out to the range, which we do every other weekend. So, NO, I would not sell my current collection, just to start over!
Me too... I love looking at my milsurp firearms and knowing that they are just as they were the day they were born... I do not alter them one bit.. And the hunt is such a thrill... The almost giving up on finding the one you've been searching for for years, then finding it or having it find you... The way my heart pounds till the deal is done and it is safely at home and in my collection is such a rush!
EDIT: I consider myself a collector and to let something go through trade or sale that I climbed over mountains to get is not fun in my eyes. I enjoy my collection and would feel empty and know I'd regret it forever if I sold off or traded even one of my cherished Milsurp's
- Location
- Winnipeg, now
I can't even talk myself into selling any of my old excess 22's. I worked too hard to find the milsurps and bayonets I have to just sell them off.
Ive thought about getting rid of everything except one type and focusing on only that, but in the end I think Id like some variety.
I love the hunt, but would never sell my K98s. If I replaced one i would, but other then that no.
The real question is if for some unknown reason you could only keep one milsurp, which would it be. One item from your collection........that would be tough. which is why I keep working! haha.
I love the hunt, but would never sell my K98s. If I replaced one i would, but other then that no.
The real question is if for some unknown reason you could only keep one milsurp, which would it be. One item from your collection........that would be tough. which is why I keep working! haha.
I have had some really nice guns that others really want. A few time I had a weak moment and traded some off only to find one guy cut down a mint Swede 38.
Another sold an Exc No4 Long Branch 7.62 with target sights and the 7.62 mag that he borrowed, for half the price I would have paid to get it back. Didn't get anything for the mag except an apology. It took me years to find one. IT REALLY TICKED ME OFF.
If someone doesn't appreciate a piece that took you years to find, keep it, let them find their own. They will only keep it for a few months or years and sell it.
Another sold an Exc No4 Long Branch 7.62 with target sights and the 7.62 mag that he borrowed, for half the price I would have paid to get it back. Didn't get anything for the mag except an apology. It took me years to find one. IT REALLY TICKED ME OFF.
If someone doesn't appreciate a piece that took you years to find, keep it, let them find their own. They will only keep it for a few months or years and sell it.
