I attended an auction today that included, among many, MANY, other items, upwards of 100 firearms.
It was an estate sale, on the property, and only had a few dozen people in attendance.
The firearms offered might have brought a MUCH better price if they had bothered to get any information on them at all.
The auctioneer sold a "military bolt gun, probably German, and likely a .22..."
After the sale I talked to the buyer to tell him that was NOT a German gun, and not a .22, but a 6.5 Carcano. He grinned and rolled his eyes then said, " I knew what it was when I bought it".
The caller also tried to sell a ".42caliber revolver" that turned out to be a
22 He misheard the helper?
As much of a fuster cluck as that was, it was not the only drawbacks.
More than 90% of all the firearms were rusted, BADLY!
When I stepped up to look at the tables I noticed they had more than a dozen firearms and numerous parts laying in the grass!
Not on a blanket or tarp, nothing, just laying in the grass.
The guns that weren't rusted to hell went for stupid prices.
An OLD Marlin model 1894, so old I couldn't find the caliber marking ( believe it was a .357/.38spl) had zero percent finish left.
Almost looked like it had been steel wooled to bare metal and then allowed to rust.
This horrible example went for $900!
An H&R Handi-Rifle in .22 Hornet (I really wanted this one) was new, with the hang-tag still attached, and RUSTED . It went for $425!
There were many new guns, still in the boxes, and most were the highly recognizable names like Davis, Lorcin, Jennings...
I watched a new in the box Lorcin .380 take $360!
I was appalled, and disappointed, and confused, and disgusted, and in general disbelief.
I'm genuinely worried, if this is the state of the secondary market for firearms today.
It was an estate sale, on the property, and only had a few dozen people in attendance.
The firearms offered might have brought a MUCH better price if they had bothered to get any information on them at all.
The auctioneer sold a "military bolt gun, probably German, and likely a .22..."
After the sale I talked to the buyer to tell him that was NOT a German gun, and not a .22, but a 6.5 Carcano. He grinned and rolled his eyes then said, " I knew what it was when I bought it".
The caller also tried to sell a ".42caliber revolver" that turned out to be a
22 He misheard the helper?
As much of a fuster cluck as that was, it was not the only drawbacks.
More than 90% of all the firearms were rusted, BADLY!
When I stepped up to look at the tables I noticed they had more than a dozen firearms and numerous parts laying in the grass!
Not on a blanket or tarp, nothing, just laying in the grass.
The guns that weren't rusted to hell went for stupid prices.
An OLD Marlin model 1894, so old I couldn't find the caliber marking ( believe it was a .357/.38spl) had zero percent finish left.
Almost looked like it had been steel wooled to bare metal and then allowed to rust.
This horrible example went for $900!
An H&R Handi-Rifle in .22 Hornet (I really wanted this one) was new, with the hang-tag still attached, and RUSTED . It went for $425!
There were many new guns, still in the boxes, and most were the highly recognizable names like Davis, Lorcin, Jennings...
I watched a new in the box Lorcin .380 take $360!
I was appalled, and disappointed, and confused, and disgusted, and in general disbelief.
I'm genuinely worried, if this is the state of the secondary market for firearms today.
I would never treat someone that rudely even if they were in the wrong.
