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December 25, 2013, 12:31 PM | #1 |
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youth 20gauge remington 870 magnum express trade in value?
I'm about 200$ short of an AR purchase, and It just dawned on me I had an old youth remington 870 magnum express shotgun with real tree camo furniture that I just never used, I would rather use a coyote gun and shoot them instead of hunting turkeys which I haven't had much luck with anyway. But the question is will I get anything for towards a new gun? He has been pretty fair trading, he took my used ruger m77 in as a even trade towards a Springfield xd9 and only marked it up 100$ from what the Springfield cost so he doesn't try to rip you off too bad, But I dunno if shotguns are even worth anything, its a nice shotgun but he does have a fairly good size rack of the things.
Do I have much chance on getting 200$ of store credit towards a new rifle? He has a used windham weaponry ar for 700 im curious if he would give me a little more credit towards. Obviously the quickest way to find out is to drive down and its christmas and I'm trying to figure out if its worth cleaning up. |
December 25, 2013, 12:45 PM | #2 |
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My SWAG
Again, condition is everything and if your 870, is in good shape with the synthetic stock, you are just about right, on the $200.00 value. However, don't know about the shop you are dealing with. I can tell you that he won't get much more, over what he has into it. Again, I suspect that he could eventually get $250.00 out of it. If yours is an older model, all the better, over the newer. .....
Good luck and; Be Safe !!!
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December 25, 2013, 12:57 PM | #3 |
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Its been shot maybe 30 times, it has the lightest speckling of discoloration on part of the reciever from when the house got humid but I expect a little CLP and it will wipe off. Everything else looks brand new
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December 25, 2013, 03:43 PM | #4 |
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You'll come out better to sell the 870 and pay cash for the AR.
Used guns in really good shape are worth about 70% of the cost of a new one, and trades just mean more paperwork for the dealer Or even better would be to have some patience, and save another $200 and KEEP the 870
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December 25, 2013, 03:52 PM | #5 |
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Sell it if your family has outgrown it !!!
Unless your family has outgrown this youth model, I too would recommend keeping it. From your description, I feel that I would not have a problem selling it for $200.00 at one of our local GS's. It's a great starter, for a small body and the barrel length and Mag rating, is pretty neat as well. ....
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December 25, 2013, 05:21 PM | #6 |
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Ive outgrown it, neither of my sisters hunt nor have interest in guns and they are a tad irresponsible anyways. I am a college student and Ive already saved an extra 200$ if that makes sense, sure I could save longer, but then I would be close to a colt so I might as well save for a colt, but then I would be close to a nolvske, it just keeps going on and I would rather shoot coyotes now.
Its a nice shotgun, if money were free I would keep it, but Ive never used it for anything but fruit annihilation |
December 26, 2013, 01:17 PM | #7 |
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Yeah, on the local market, I can get my 'pick of the litter' of Remington 870 Express shotguns for $200.00. Which means that the shop owners paid considerably less than that for them, probably about $100.00. Unless you can sell it at private contract, don't expect to get retail for it.
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