.Is there added$ value to a shotgun because it's a D U Commerative
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Hi Struff
In canada overall no unless you have a real rare one. State side there seems to be a few collect them so you may break even or may be make a few dollars but not much 95% of the time
I had 13 DU guns in the stash around the time when I joined here all NIB all unfired and in matching boxes /case etc except one I think was missing the box. The newest maybe mid 80's and the rest before. Like many I thought they were worth collecting years back so did
11 are now sold and probally because they were complete NIB and vintage yes with the exception of one did I get the equivalent of what a new gun of similiar model would sell for today but just that no extra
I kept two a sweet 870 20ga with a 21" barrel and a fairly rare 1985 1100 12ga with the upland stock. Rare because it was the first model remington ever installed choke tubes in which were a special thread briley and two years prior to remchoke
That one state side is selling for probally double what I originally paid for it
Now the one I sold that was worth money and sold for over three times what I paid for it and I could have got a lot more like 5-6 times state side was a Winchester superx1 DU. It is also the only one I kick my ass for sellng. NIB state side now is in the 2500 range so yep that one I should have bought all I could at the time but we are talking like over 35 years ago too
Put it this way would I have been better off back in the day putting the money into more model 21's as an investment most definately
If someone wants a pretty model to shoot usually at least the old ones have super nice wood etc and I would say go for it but don't collect them like I did thinking they were a good investment
Have never lost money on any or sold less than a new model but then again mine were all vintage and still unfired when I sold them
The way they were rolled out originally created the problems as far as worth collecting. We all thought they were special which they were so stashed them as an investment unfortunately too many did so they are still around in high numbers to have the price where it should be today
Just like beanie babies
Cheers
In canada overall no unless you have a real rare one. State side there seems to be a few collect them so you may break even or may be make a few dollars but not much 95% of the time
I had 13 DU guns in the stash around the time when I joined here all NIB all unfired and in matching boxes /case etc except one I think was missing the box. The newest maybe mid 80's and the rest before. Like many I thought they were worth collecting years back so did
11 are now sold and probally because they were complete NIB and vintage yes with the exception of one did I get the equivalent of what a new gun of similiar model would sell for today but just that no extra
I kept two a sweet 870 20ga with a 21" barrel and a fairly rare 1985 1100 12ga with the upland stock. Rare because it was the first model remington ever installed choke tubes in which were a special thread briley and two years prior to remchoke
That one state side is selling for probally double what I originally paid for it
Now the one I sold that was worth money and sold for over three times what I paid for it and I could have got a lot more like 5-6 times state side was a Winchester superx1 DU. It is also the only one I kick my ass for sellng. NIB state side now is in the 2500 range so yep that one I should have bought all I could at the time but we are talking like over 35 years ago too
Put it this way would I have been better off back in the day putting the money into more model 21's as an investment most definately
If someone wants a pretty model to shoot usually at least the old ones have super nice wood etc and I would say go for it but don't collect them like I did thinking they were a good investment
Have never lost money on any or sold less than a new model but then again mine were all vintage and still unfired when I sold them
The way they were rolled out originally created the problems as far as worth collecting. We all thought they were special which they were so stashed them as an investment unfortunately too many did so they are still around in high numbers to have the price where it should be today
Just like beanie babies
Cheers
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DU is short for Ducks Unlimited. You have DU banquet editions which I believe are worth less than a regular version and then you have the manufacturer/DU limited editions which I believe in some cases are worth a small premium over regular versions or as 3macs1 stated in the case of the SX1 a large premium.
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Most DU guns are called dinner guns. As in you go to a fundraising dinner and the gun is a raffle prize. If it was a brand new gun...just won at a dinner...maybe 10% more than new because of the fancy engraving and the DU writing. Once fired and a few years old ....or replaced by a newer model by the manufacturer.....the same as any other used gun, demand and condition.
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No isn't always correct. Sponsor event guns can be if they were produced just for sponsor events. Sponsor events are very limited in numbers, especially in Canada because there aren't many chapters with access to major populations. Sponsor events are held in large cities and are not regular banquets. Back in the 80's when the average dinner banquet ticket was $25-$35 per person Sponsor events fetched as much as $200 per person for a ticket. Those events usually had 1 or 2 guns made in very limited numered quantities for those events. As an example D.U's 50th Anniversary in the U.S the sponsor gun was a beautiful high grade Browning A-5 50th Anniversary of which 1500 were made. Canada had a Winchester Model 101 50th of which 145 were made. D.U Canada could not come up with 145 Sponsor events for the 1987 50th Canadian Anniversary so most of these guns ended up at dinner banquets based on area populations and DU chapter records of profits per past banquets. In other words they sent them where they felt they would get the most bucks for the ducks! That is how I ended up with the 50th 101 I have. The North Bay chapter had a long running record of achieving 100%+ full sponsorship for all the items they brought to the banquets so whatever they auctioned or sold was already paid for by donors and sponsors netting them pure profit proceeds. DU guns of extremely limited quantity by make/model/number and event do appreciate in value if left NIB and usually retain market value of a similar gun if used.
We have all seen the countless 1100's, 870's, Nova's, SBE's, Gold's etc banquet guns but how many 40th Anniversary Model 12's or 50th A-5's have you seen?
We have all seen the countless 1100's, 870's, Nova's, SBE's, Gold's etc banquet guns but how many 40th Anniversary Model 12's or 50th A-5's have you seen?
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Once anything is used and the original packaging or paper work is lost value goes way way down. Seen that for years collecting and selling NOS vintage car parts . Many firearms are the same
If you are talking about buying a modern gun that is still in production, then IMO it doesn't matter that much to most people. It is only new once so one has to decide if it is a shooter or a collector when they buy it
Give you an example. Say a guy has a NIB 3 1/2 870 wingmaster yes they made them. That I think is a collector and should be treated as such
There are many guys that just like to collect and never shoot most of what they have
How does the saying go my gun my rules
Cheers
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I have won a few guns at RMEF and NWTF banquets, none were worth keeping to me. Happy to sell them at up to 75% of new price. I donated one back. I would not bother buying one. After they have been shot, I'd value them at less than the equivalent store bought gun. That is just my thought line on it, someone else may think they are cool.
