More on local gun show Values and sales

[The Baron]

nowadays older field guns need to be altered to accommodate steel shot. this does two things ,lessens any resale value, and there is an extra charge added to your purchase to have chokes opened up. Sometimes these things are a deal breaker

Old/classic guns are just fine for clays or upland hunting with lead, or with Bismuth for low volume waterfowling - no need to make any changes for shooting steel. Although, often old double are choked very tight and having the chokes opened a bit can make them both more useful and less collectable, so you need to weigh the balance of what’s important to you. I was able to get my hands on several cases of Kent spreader target loads and they work great for using F choked guns on clays.

My Auto-5 Light Twenty is a later model, made by Miroku in Japan and has invector chokes. Which means it’s steel shot safe. Thank God no one bought it. lol

 

[Grouse Man]

A full choked gun isn't very versatile, to my thinking. I will take every advantage I can for wingshooting, so an IC choke or a little tighter is ideal for me. Works for lead on upland and steel for waterfowl.

If I found a nice example of an older quality pump that I wanted and it was choked Full, I wouldn't hesitate to get it opened up. I would limit steel shot size to #2, as the larger steel can damage the forcing cone.

 

[Arseno]

We had a gunshow in Fredericton, NB last month, and the prices there were closer to the EE prices here... and then some! Single shot Cooey shotgun going for $300-$400 is insane honestly

 

[BigUglyMan]

The displayers seem to think people are not wanting to buys guns at this time do to our political situation. I would agree to a point . As for vintage smooth bores I think they have just run there coarse the maverick 88’s and the Turkish guns rule

I was just to a gun show here in NS on the weekend. For the most part, Buchmastr hit the nail on the head...condition is everything. There were some 99s that might have been interesting but they looked like they had gone through a cement mixer and were priced like they were VG. There were a few decent rifles...I saw a second year Model 94 rifle in 30-30 that was reasonably priced, but not enough to make me jump. A very cool 9mm Mauser with scope and ammo asking $1200 which probably would have sold for $1000 and been a fair deal at that. But there was a lot of stuff that looked pretty rough with strong prices. I'm not sure if I'm just out of touch with used gun prices, but the numbers I saw were extremely strong for what the rifles were. Similar situation for shotguns and even our local "nice shotgun dealer" was short on inventory. Everything else was pretty basic and overpriced for what it was.

 

[reddog]

The price may be down but the lowballers are still hammering away.Sometimes wonder why I sell stuff on line just to be ridiculed by offers that are insulting ,less than half price and I'm not one who is trying to get rich