Post-LGR antique rifle value projection

The US market is proof that antiques will hold their value regardless of govt's and laws that change....

Sure the end of the LGR will hurt the value of antique shooter grade rifles as people buy modern guns to replace them, but modern handguns will never replace antique handguns because of ATT's, range requirements, etc. I sincerely doubt the existence of a no list would change much as Canada pays very close to US prices. It would just allow for more models.
 
There are so many years of garbage to be undone,it will take time.
As to the price of antiques,I don't mind the price within reason high,
it keeps them in respectable hands and not misused.;)
 
I would say that there will be little affect on the price of long gun antiques.

There are an estimated 11,000,000 firearms in Canada and about 2,000,000 of these are registered. The other 9,000,000 are already safe from the "man" and the owners have been safe from prosecution for years as there have been amnesties in place.

I think folks who buy a brown bess are interested in owning a brown bess.

The legal status of non restricted firearms probably has very little to do with their purchasing decision.
 
For antique rifles that are beaters, or belt-sanded and re-blued, or cut-down, I believe their value will be diminished substantially. The only thing giving them value up to now has been the fact that they did not require registration. For completely original, high condition antique rifles, their value was in their collector's value, not whether or not they required registration. I would expect, therefore, their value to remain untouched. In fact, a lot of people got out of all guns when the registry came in, now a lot may be getting back into it, which might increase the value of collectable guns in general. For example, take a look at what high condition original Springfield trapdoors are selling for in the USA, or original Winchester 1885's.
 
I doubt orignal antique Sharps rifles will go down much.
Its up to the sellers to decide tho im not parting with mine.
Alot of antiques are very hard to find i think true collectors will still want orignals i know i do.
You can pick up a repo sharps for what $1800 or get the real deal for a few hunderd more i go for the real everytime.
 
davidsbyang said:
How is your revolvers... They might be the next to lose value...
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I doubt that one, we are a long ways off from killing the restricted registry.

I want to see it dead more than anyone but thats far fetched right now, we've got alot of work ahead of us.

Me personally I want long guns because 1. they fire an accurate and powerful cartridge, 2. they are not on a government data base waiting to be confiscated.

Thats the extent of my interest, I will be switching over entirely to modern long guns, SKS, Milsurps, CZ 858's AR-180B's mini 14/30's and so on so forth.

That being said, antique long guns are still very interesting because of the history involved. I have no doubt some of the less desireables will take a hit though.

People who are looking for a non reggy deer rifle would have originally turned to an affordable antique now they will buy a sporterized enfield for $100.00.

Just my two cents.
 
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If they dropped in value I'd just buy more. But seriously, I can't see quality unique antique handguns losing any value. I'd just as happily buy an old Colt SAA whether it was restricted or not. The value to me, is there.
 
Antique long arms are slow movers now. After deregistration, they will be even more so. The common shooters will have demand and prices drop, and we all know why. How much I don't know. High end will stay high end though. The antique handguns will maintain their demand and value, no doubt.
 
tiriaq said:
Agreed. But if you had paid $1200 for a $400 gun, you would not be a happy camper.
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If you paid $1200 for a $400 gun, you were spending your money foolishly in the first place.
Call it then, the price of an education. Education always costs something, eh. :D

On the long gun side, I don't see very many $100 Enfields showing up either, as they can be stripped for parts and sold of that way for far more. Would I buy one at that price? Heck yes! Without a lot of thought, I would.

Expanding the pool of calibers will, if anything, drive the prices of antique, non-Antique handguns up (for the cheap and nasty variety) , or they will stay about the same (for those already in the collectible class, like old Colts and similar quality arms)

As much as I'd like to see some prices come down on 1885's, I don't see the Antique Class as the driving force for their prices. I'd love to see some of the crappy, beat up, sewer-pipe bore, junk ones, priced accordingly though, rather than being priced to match the good ones.
I looked at one a while ago in such condition. The vendor declared that it was in "Original" condition. I asked if it had been dragged behind an ox cart all the way across the prairies, and he got offended, eh. Oh well. It looked like it had.

I dunno. I see some softening of prices on mediocre Webleys and British Bulldog style guns, from increased available to choose from, probably the same with the .32 rimfire stuff, simply because the gene pool of low end guns will increase if the age alone is used to determine status.

Interesting times.

Cheers
Trev
 
Thank you all for your input. Please note, however, that my question was pertaining only to antique rifles, not handguns (because only the long gun registry is on the chopping block... at the moment). :D

Anyway, I guess time will give us the answers we seek. Indeed, there are some very interesting times ahead of us!

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