lever actions going up like AR's ???

Magnum Wheel Man · January 14, 2013, 02:56 PM

I was at the Gun Show this last weekend in Rochester MN... I was not pricing AR's, but was curious what they were selling for... I was kinda looking for another lever gun, in 44 Mag, 44-40, or 444, so I was paying attention to prices... yikes

the levers are / were selling for almost as much as the AR's...

CAS shooting, or Marlins "break" in production to fix their QC issues driven up prices that much, or ??? what has driven those prices so high???

jason_iowa · January 14, 2013, 02:59 PM

Everyone is trying to get their piece of the panic pie. Wait 6 months to buy it. Its unfortunate that legislators create such a mess for law abiding citizens.

Baba Louie · January 14, 2013, 03:01 PM

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what has driven those prices so high?

Call it supply/demand, call it greed, call it awareness that if I am not allowed to own one thing I'll damned sure have another in its stead. There's always the shrinking dollar syndrome as well.

Arizona Fusilier · January 14, 2013, 03:35 PM

It seems very few things that go bang are immune to "The Panic", which ironically is shaping up to be 10 times worse than anything Obama-Biden-Feinstein are likely to do to us.

B. Lahey · January 14, 2013, 03:42 PM

Yikes, glad I bought my lever when I did, I had been feeling poorly about my leverlessness for some time.

BigJerm79 · January 14, 2013, 03:45 PM

Just replied about this SAME freakin' thing in the post below this one. I was at the gun show in SF this past weekend and I almost threw up looking at the prices. One booth had a cool little 94 Trapper in fairly nice condition for $1000!!!! I laughed my butt off...LOUDLY. And crap like that for not-so-special lever guns was the NORM on the show floor. I HATE to complain about pretty much anything. I'm a roll with the punches kinda guy. But what's happening here is disgusting.

Arizona-Ironic INDEED.

J

Strafer Gott · January 14, 2013, 04:19 PM

Well, a 94AE with a saddlering and an extended loop will run about a 1,000 USD, and that was prior to the stampede. I laid away the trapper model with similar trappings for $695. Now if you wanted it with an M4 collapsible stock, with rails and a flash supressor, bought that one for under $400, go figure.

BigJerm79 · January 14, 2013, 05:48 PM

Roger that Strafer. So in my search for my pops, $600-ish should be about right for the Trapper model? He's buying it, but I'm locating it for him. I don't want him to get bent over on the price. Waiting it out is a viable plan too as he isn't in any hurry. Idk man, it just seems like it wasn't so long ago (talking months), that AE's were going for 600-700 and Trappers were in the 350-500. Funny thing is, Marlin 336's don't seem to have stayed steady...from what I've seen any way. I know Winnies are more "collectible" and people can command more for them, but still. I'd think the ol' 336 or other Marlin models would be following suit.

J

Baba Louie · January 15, 2013, 11:36 PM

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So in my search for my pops, $600-ish should be about right for the Trapper model?

Add at least $200-300 in another pocket just in case.

Rossi Trappers will be cheaper than the Winchester or (gulp) the Marlin Trappers.

Typically I've found that the Trappers, being fewer and farther between, seem to hold higher values than your run o the mill 20 inch 94, all things being equal. Pre locks will run even higher.

Strafer Gott · January 16, 2013, 12:30 AM

Yes, for as ungainly as they seem, thet sure are handy, and Winchesters continue to rise. $500 would be a real good deal. I'll say $600 more likely. More for tang safety.

Sparky277 · January 16, 2013, 09:19 PM

Bought my marlin a couple of weeks ago. Can't find a box of 30-30 anywhere. Cabelas is out. They have everything else. What's the deal?

reynolds357 · January 16, 2013, 09:27 PM

I went to Wal Mart today and they had everything they usually have except .223 and 7.62X39.

BerdanSS · January 16, 2013, 10:04 PM

Lever guns have BEEN up. Going price for rifle calibers has been in the $550-$675 range. And pistol caliber guns are going in the $700s. Been that way for the last few years around here. All the Rossis are around $550-$600.

tomrkba · January 18, 2013, 09:33 PM

There should be used lever guns all over the place.

January 14, 2013, 02:56 PM	#1
Magnum Wheel Man Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2006 Location: Southern Minnesota Posts: 9,333	lever actions going up like AR's ??? I was at the Gun Show this last weekend in Rochester MN... I was not pricing AR's, but was curious what they were selling for... I was kinda looking for another lever gun, in 44 Mag, 44-40, or 444, so I was paying attention to prices... yikes the levers are / were selling for almost as much as the AR's... CAS shooting, or Marlins "break" in production to fix their QC issues driven up prices that much, or ??? what has driven those prices so high??? __________________ In life you either make dust or eat dust...

January 14, 2013, 03:42 PM	#5
B. Lahey Senior Member Join Date: March 17, 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,857	Yikes, glad I bought my lever when I did, I had been feeling poorly about my leverlessness for some time. __________________ "A human being is primarily a bag for putting food into; the other functions and faculties may be more godlike, but in point of time they come afterwards." -George Orwell

January 14, 2013, 02:59 PM	#2
jason_iowa Senior Member Join Date: July 30, 2011 Posts: 686	Everyone is trying to get their piece of the panic pie. Wait 6 months to buy it. Its unfortunate that legislators create such a mess for law abiding citizens.

January 14, 2013, 03:35 PM	#4
Arizona Fusilier Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2000 Posts: 1,082	It seems very few things that go bang are immune to "The Panic", which ironically is shaping up to be 10 times worse than anything Obama-Biden-Feinstein are likely to do to us.

January 14, 2013, 03:45 PM	#6
BigJerm79 Member Join Date: September 30, 2010 Location: Bay Area Posts: 53	Just replied about this SAME freakin' thing in the post below this one. I was at the gun show in SF this past weekend and I almost threw up looking at the prices. One booth had a cool little 94 Trapper in fairly nice condition for $1000!!!! I laughed my butt off...LOUDLY. And crap like that for not-so-special lever guns was the NORM on the show floor. I HATE to complain about pretty much anything. I'm a roll with the punches kinda guy. But what's happening here is disgusting. Arizona-Ironic INDEED. J

January 14, 2013, 04:19 PM	#7
Strafer Gott Senior Member Join Date: May 12, 2011 Location: New Mexico Posts: 1,315	Well, a 94AE with a saddlering and an extended loop will run about a 1,000 USD, and that was prior to the stampede. I laid away the trapper model with similar trappings for $695. Now if you wanted it with an M4 collapsible stock, with rails and a flash supressor, bought that one for under $400, go figure.

January 14, 2013, 05:48 PM	#8
BigJerm79 Member Join Date: September 30, 2010 Location: Bay Area Posts: 53	Roger that Strafer. So in my search for my pops, $600-ish should be about right for the Trapper model? He's buying it, but I'm locating it for him. I don't want him to get bent over on the price. Waiting it out is a viable plan too as he isn't in any hurry. Idk man, it just seems like it wasn't so long ago (talking months), that AE's were going for 600-700 and Trappers were in the 350-500. Funny thing is, Marlin 336's don't seem to have stayed steady...from what I've seen any way. I know Winnies are more "collectible" and people can command more for them, but still. I'd think the ol' 336 or other Marlin models would be following suit. J

January 16, 2013, 12:30 AM	#10
Strafer Gott Senior Member Join Date: May 12, 2011 Location: New Mexico Posts: 1,315	Yes, for as ungainly as they seem, thet sure are handy, and Winchesters continue to rise. $500 would be a real good deal. I'll say $600 more likely. More for tang safety.

January 16, 2013, 09:19 PM	#11
Sparky277 Junior Member Join Date: February 12, 2012 Location: Peoples Republic of Illinois Posts: 14	Bought my marlin a couple of weeks ago. Can't find a box of 30-30 anywhere. Cabelas is out. They have everything else. What's the deal?

January 16, 2013, 09:27 PM	#12
reynolds357 Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2012 Posts: 6,165	I went to Wal Mart today and they had everything they usually have except .223 and 7.62X39.

January 16, 2013, 10:04 PM	#13
BerdanSS Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2011 Location: to close to other houses Posts: 1,176	Lever guns have BEEN up. Going price for rifle calibers has been in the $550-$675 range. And pistol caliber guns are going in the $700s. Been that way for the last few years around here. All the Rossis are around $550-$600.

January 18, 2013, 09:33 PM	#14
tomrkba Senior Member Join Date: November 29, 2011 Posts: 751	There should be used lever guns all over the place.