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take a look around the net...these fine guns are not selling. they are in fact dogs on the market...how come?
(no insult to my favorite creatures intended)...
Last edited by ed good; 11/01/14 05:38 PM.
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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Cost versus function versus weight No screw in chokes for the young folks Not steel shot friendly An example from this FINE seller  http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=450256079
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Maybe it's the LOUSY inspection/return policy.
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Because they are the most common Fox made and most folks who want Foxes only want small bores or 12 gauges in ultra fantastic condition. IMO unless they are in great condition they are $500 dollar guns unless they have 32" barrels.
foxes rule
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just like LC Smith 00/field, Parker Trojan, Ithaca Field, to get $750 they have to be real nice....and pretty close to original.
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"Right" guns at the "right" price sell. Guns with "issues" are hard to sell at any price. Don't care if it is an 870 or a Sterlingworth. There were something like 96000 12-gauge Sterlingworths made. A potential buyer can certainly wait for a "right" gun to come up for sale. Within the last two weeks I paid nearly double what I've ever paid before for a minty example of a 12-gauge Fox-Sterlingworth variation I've long wanted.
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I have bought two 12 ga. Sterlingworths ejector guns for 500 or less off the internet in the last two months for future project guns. One gun had the short filler rib under the barrels that fits between the chambers and the loop lose. It took two hours to fix it as good as new. When ejector guns are not bringing much, a plain extractor gun is just not going to sell at all unless dirt cheap. In the last few months I have seen Sterlingworth's sell for less than 500 on multiple occasions. Even a few 20's have been bought for less than a grand in very decent shape and that would never happen last year. I think low grade, non pristine guns, like Sterlingworths are a very soft market right now. http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=444988822That was a Sterlingworth 12 Ejector that was very well restocked and was a bargain at 1600. Did not even get a single bid. The stock job alone was will worth that. Soft market for sure.
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Like most 12 gauge double guns they are pretty common and generally under appreciated by the majority of shooters. Although I own a few nice 12 gauge gun I haven't fired a 12 gauge in years opting for 16 gauge which suits my upland and clay target shooting needs perfectly.
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I liken the Fox SW 12g market to be very similar to the LC field grade 12g market. A lot of guns out there. Very common and hard to get a lot of money for unless they are very high condition.
Quality high condition guns will always sell. Common Hunter quality ones or ones with issues will sit unless they are cheap.
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well, i been dealing in mostly $500 to $1500 hunter quality guns for about 30 years now...
i have never seen the market for hunting guns this bad. 2007 was the last good year...every year there after seems like it is worse than the previous year...
it may be a supply and demand issue. the supply of classic field grade hunting guns is fixed. so that must mean that the demand has dropped off?
Last edited by ed good; 11/02/14 09:38 AM.
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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