I have several stocks that are up 400% plus over the last five years. One stock is up 300% in little over a year. More blind luck than brilliant investment strategy. None of my guns are up anywhere near that amount, or perhaps at all, in the real world.
The "recovery" is very spotty and tends to be localized in many areas, if it has happened at all. If it has hit where you are God bless you and if not hang in there. We get older every year and the need to sell our estates will wait for no man. As investments guns are a dog in most cases, as things to enjoy and pass on to others when done with them they are good as ever.
Small bore doubles are getting very pricey. Have you seen what a 16 or 20 AE Fox or a .410 Smith go for? And do not even think about a 28 anything in a classic American double. High grades when the sell go for respectable dollars but they do seem to linger on the net for a long time.
