The Top 10 Guns You Should Never Sell No Matter What

charleslee · March 1, 2018, 04:09 PM

from The Truth About Guns:

#1 Colt single action army model 1873 – valued between $1,500 – $30,000

#2: Walther P38 (Pronounced val-tha’, not “walther”) – valued between $800 – $3000

#3: M1 Garand - valued between $1000 – $6000, something to do with Obama.

#4: FM Browning Hi-Power – valued between $800 – $3000

#5: Colt Detective Special, .38 Caliber – valued between $650 – $1,800

#6: S&W Model 29 .44 Magnum – valued between $800 – $3,000

#7 Pre WW2 to WW2 Colt/Remington 1911 – valued between $600 – $3,000

#8 Russian SKS – valued between $600 – $1,200, value rising every year.

#9 Russian Dragunov – valued between $1,500 – $10,000

#10 Sig Sauer P210 – valued between $2,700 – $15,000

Rachen · March 1, 2018, 04:22 PM

And above all, there is one gun which you should never sell, and that is the gun that you have trained with, weathered the storms with, and is willing to trust your life and the life of your loved ones with. Because when the worst happens, you want that gun to be an extension of your hand and an extension of your instinct.

"When in combat, my sword is my will. The sword is what makes the man. Know yourself. Know your sword" - Miyamoto Musashi, 1604

FITASC · March 1, 2018, 05:14 PM

Add the HK P7 to the list

But the guns to never sell are the ones you bought face to face............

lamarw · March 1, 2018, 05:38 PM

S&W Regustered Magnum

S&W 1950 .45 Target Model (Light Barrel) "Pre-Model 26"

**44 AMP** · March 1, 2018, 06:19 PM

nice list, but it seems too much about money.

The guns I will never sell are my Grandfather's Ithaca double that has been in the family for 109 years. My Father's Colt Govt model and his model 29.
The 1920s vintage Winchester model 12 that was my 16th birthday present.

The Remington Model 600 .308 carbine that my father gave me to hunt deer with, that same year...

You cannot put a price tag on them. Everything else is negotiable...

DaleA · March 1, 2018, 06:44 PM

Yup. For me too it's the guns I have a sentimental attachment to. My father gave me a Colt .22 conversion unit and I will never get rid of it even though I have disgust, I mean discussed, the unit and it's short comings here several times.

Plus I am a devote follower of Cheapshooters Rule of Firearms. Never sell or trade any of 'em. (I'm paraphrasing).

**Aguila Blanca** · March 1, 2018, 08:09 PM

I'm still waiting for one of those pre-WW2 Remington 1911s ...

FITASC · March 1, 2018, 08:21 PM

Quote:

nice list, but it seems too much about money.

The guns I will never sell are my Grandfather's Ithaca double that has been in the family for 109 years. My Father's Colt Govt model and his model 29.
The 1920s vintage Winchester model 12 that was my 16th birthday present.

The Remington Model 600 .308 carbine that my father gave me to hunt deer with, that same year...

You cannot put a price tag on them. Everything else is negotiable...

Yep. My dad's two police revolvers will stay in the family.

TXAZ · March 1, 2018, 08:30 PM

"Just another opinion".
It really doesn't matter what someone else wrote in an article they were paid to write.

If it's from a collectible investment perspective, it's probably not a gun.

CajunBass · March 7, 2018, 06:47 AM

I've never seen a gun I wouldn't sell, and it's a good thing a lot of other people feel that way.

If they didn't I wouldn't be able to buy them.

doofus47 · March 7, 2018, 10:00 AM

I have a limited size safe, so I have to move firearms to buy new ones.
There's been a few guns I missed after I sold them, but "never sell"? I dunno.

I probably won't sell my pop's shotgun.

**4V50 Gary** · March 7, 2018, 10:04 AM

I wanted a Dragunov but Bubba outlawed their importation from Russia.

Tom2 · March 7, 2018, 01:31 PM

I am on my last M1 carbine after owning tons of them years ago. The last one I sold years ago went for 250$ and it was an excellent condx shooter GI. My last one is a franken gun with all GI parts I had fitted with a postwar NOS SA barrel. Tack driver. IF I had room for all the ones I sold I would be setting on a fortune. Including a mint condx. unfired factory X gun.

zukiphile · March 8, 2018, 09:15 AM

That top ten list reads very much as investment advice. Second hand investment advice is tricky, and even expert investment advice or soundly reasoned investment advice can turn out to be wrong.

Last fall, I sold some Boeing at $250-ish. That's six times its value at its 2010 low, and I had plenty of losses to offset it.

I just checked it, and it's above $350. Ooops.

The value of an investment like a firearm rests in one day selling it. If you have a neglected and unwanted Hi-Power and someone offers you a generous price for it, you can probably put the money to better use. Sell it and don't look back.

Tom68 · March 8, 2018, 06:18 PM

"#4: FM Browning Hi-Power – valued between $800 – $3000"

should that be FN (Fabrique Nationale) or FM (as in Argentine)? If it's not a typo, I had no idea the FM's could be worth anywhere near that amount.

Having addressed that one question, my comment would be an agreement with others who think this topic is pretty much for the purposes of investment. There are several on the list that I have and will not be letting go, but if I were making my own list I am sure a few different ones would be on there. We all have our own preferences!

ThomasT · March 8, 2018, 09:33 PM

Well I am never selling my Charter Arms Pathfinder 22. Don't even make an offer. I ain't sellin'.

There are a couple of guns I won't sell but most of the rest could be sold if the price were right. I don't have any rare guns except maybe my SW model 631-1 32 mag and a S&W model 34-1 22 trail gun. And those are not really that rare.

I don't buy guns for investments. I buy shooters.

March 7, 2018, 10:00 AM	#11
doofus47 Senior Member Join Date: June 9, 2010 Location: live in a in a house when i'm not in a tent Posts: 2,483	I have a limited size safe, so I have to move firearms to buy new ones. There's been a few guns I missed after I sold them, but "never sell"? I dunno. I probably won't sell my pop's shotgun. __________________ I'm right about the metric system 3/4 of the time.

March 7, 2018, 10:04 AM	#12
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 21,841	I wanted a Dragunov but Bubba outlawed their importation from Russia. __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

March 7, 2018, 01:31 PM	#13
Tom2 Senior Member Join Date: June 23, 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 5,676	I am on my last M1 carbine after owning tons of them years ago. The last one I sold years ago went for 250$ and it was an excellent condx shooter GI. My last one is a franken gun with all GI parts I had fitted with a postwar NOS SA barrel. Tack driver. IF I had room for all the ones I sold I would be setting on a fortune. Including a mint condx. unfired factory X gun. __________________ Your gun is like your nose, it is just wrong for someone else to pick it for you!

March 8, 2018, 09:15 AM	#14
zukiphile Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2005 Posts: 4,457	That top ten list reads very much as investment advice. Second hand investment advice is tricky, and even expert investment advice or soundly reasoned investment advice can turn out to be wrong. Last fall, I sold some Boeing at $250-ish. That's six times its value at its 2010 low, and I had plenty of losses to offset it. I just checked it, and it's above $350. Ooops. The value of an investment like a firearm rests in one day selling it. If you have a neglected and unwanted Hi-Power and someone offers you a generous price for it, you can probably put the money to better use. Sell it and don't look back. __________________ http://www.npboards.com/index.php

March 1, 2018, 04:09 PM	#1
charleslee Member Join Date: October 19, 2008 Location: Northeast Posts: 70	The Top 10 Guns You Should Never Sell No Matter What from The Truth About Guns: #1 Colt single action army model 1873 – valued between $1,500 – $30,000 #2: Walther P38 (Pronounced val-tha’, not “walther”) – valued between $800 – $3000 #3: M1 Garand - valued between $1000 – $6000, something to do with Obama. #4: FM Browning Hi-Power – valued between $800 – $3000 #5: Colt Detective Special, .38 Caliber – valued between $650 – $1,800 #6: S&W Model 29 .44 Magnum – valued between $800 – $3,000 #7 Pre WW2 to WW2 Colt/Remington 1911 – valued between $600 – $3,000 #8 Russian SKS – valued between $600 – $1,200, value rising every year. #9 Russian Dragunov – valued between $1,500 – $10,000 #10 Sig Sauer P210 – valued between $2,700 – $15,000

March 1, 2018, 04:22 PM	#2
Rachen Senior Member Join Date: May 10, 2006 Location: Weekend cowboy Posts: 542	And above all, there is one gun which you should never sell, and that is the gun that you have trained with, weathered the storms with, and is willing to trust your life and the life of your loved ones with. Because when the worst happens, you want that gun to be an extension of your hand and an extension of your instinct. "When in combat, my sword is my will. The sword is what makes the man. Know yourself. Know your sword" - Miyamoto Musashi, 1604

March 1, 2018, 05:14 PM	#3
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,446	Add the HK P7 to the list But the guns to never sell are the ones you bought face to face............ __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

March 1, 2018, 05:38 PM	#4
lamarw Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2010 Location: Lake Martin, AL Posts: 3,311	S&W Regustered Magnum S&W 1950 .45 Target Model (Light Barrel) "Pre-Model 26"

March 1, 2018, 06:19 PM	#5
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,846	nice list, but it seems too much about money. The guns I will never sell are my Grandfather's Ithaca double that has been in the family for 109 years. My Father's Colt Govt model and his model 29. The 1920s vintage Winchester model 12 that was my 16th birthday present. The Remington Model 600 .308 carbine that my father gave me to hunt deer with, that same year... You cannot put a price tag on them. Everything else is negotiable... __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.

March 1, 2018, 06:44 PM	#6
DaleA Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2002 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 5,313	Yup. For me too it's the guns I have a sentimental attachment to. My father gave me a Colt .22 conversion unit and I will never get rid of it even though I have disgust, I mean discussed, the unit and it's short comings here several times. Plus I am a devote follower of Cheapshooters Rule of Firearms. Never sell or trade any of 'em. (I'm paraphrasing).

March 1, 2018, 08:09 PM	#7
Aguila Blanca Staff Join Date: September 25, 2008 Location: CONUS Posts: 18,468	I'm still waiting for one of those pre-WW2 Remington 1911s ...

March 1, 2018, 08:30 PM	#9
TXAZ Senior Member Join Date: September 5, 2010 Location: McMurdo Sound Texas Posts: 4,322	"Just another opinion". It really doesn't matter what someone else wrote in an article they were paid to write. If it's from a collectible investment perspective, it's probably not a gun. __________________ Cave illos in guns et backhoes

March 7, 2018, 06:47 AM	#10
CajunBass Senior Member Join Date: May 6, 2005 Location: North Chesterfield, Virginia Posts: 4,767	I've never seen a gun I wouldn't sell, and it's a good thing a lot of other people feel that way. If they didn't I wouldn't be able to buy them. __________________ For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (NKJV)

March 8, 2018, 06:18 PM	#15
Tom68 Senior Member Join Date: September 20, 2011 Location: Alabama Posts: 349	"#4: FM Browning Hi-Power – valued between $800 – $3000" should that be FN (Fabrique Nationale) or FM (as in Argentine)? If it's not a typo, I had no idea the FM's could be worth anywhere near that amount. Having addressed that one question, my comment would be an agreement with others who think this topic is pretty much for the purposes of investment. There are several on the list that I have and will not be letting go, but if I were making my own list I am sure a few different ones would be on there. We all have our own preferences!

March 8, 2018, 09:33 PM	#16
ThomasT Senior Member Join Date: January 22, 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,753	Well I am never selling my Charter Arms Pathfinder 22. Don't even make an offer. I ain't sellin'. There are a couple of guns I won't sell but most of the rest could be sold if the price were right. I don't have any rare guns except maybe my SW model 631-1 32 mag and a S&W model 34-1 22 trail gun. And those are not really that rare. I don't buy guns for investments. I buy shooters.