doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com That last percent of high condition - do ya

play, or walk away.
Where do you draw the line on cash and condition!
What's that last morsel worth to you?

There is, of course, no correct answer for all. But you know that.

If I buy 90 to 98% guns - in original condition - I can use them as I like without worrying to much about degrading their condition. This assumes I don't do something dumb, like watch one slide off the hood and hit the road as I drive away.

The "art forms" of period-correct refinishing and distressing guns is, sadly, a risk for the collector these days. I've seen it too many times in recent years......like last spring, to be exact. Sellers may be less concerned with whether a gun is original, than with whether it might be argued as original. In general, a few dings and some edge wear are reassuring.

My bottom line: 99% to NIB (really NIB, not what the seller on gunsamerica claims) specimens are too anxiety-provoking these days.

Sam

I must have been in high condition when I bought some of my junk.

jack

I shoot 'em. Every one of them. So, in some regards, I enhance the values of others guns, while depreciating my own. The membership here should thank me.

It is a waste of money for me to buy NIB guns except as trade fodder. Also, I don't care to scrutinize every gun I touch with a jewelers loop, I find it unseemly, so, the ease at which I might be duped is high.
I am a trusting soul in a sea of sharks. Better for me to buy guns past their prime and put a few dings in them before they get traded off.

I've been tempted to buy a few new-n-the box guns just so I could shoot them and put a few dings on them.

Fiscal sense gets the better of us, huh?

Sam

In my opinion guns were made to shoot and hunt with...not to sit in boxes.