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#619631 09/22/22 08:36 AM
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You should read the article "Shifting Sands" in this months E-Mag by Diggory Hadoke. It speaks to the ever present issue of the decline in side by side guns, especially English guns.
As an owner of several English guns I have sadly came to the realization that my investments are now ever going to pay out. So I have resigned myself to the fact that either I sell and take the loss and have regret till my last day or let my "Heirs" sell them.
Just wondering how you guys feel about the American doublegun market? I have bee thinking about buying a Parker or maybe a Winchester 21 20 bore and wonder if I will live to regret this decision.
I have a friend who loves English "Best" guns, especially a Boss. But every time he buys his first thought is "Can I sell it later and get my money back".
I am not thinking like that, I buy on the whim because I like the gun or the Maker. Should I change how I look at things now?


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I acquired my few double guns because they intrigued me. It was, and still is, a matter of how they move, their balance, their design, and their quality. It was also a fascination with the period and the place they came from. They connected with some innermost elements of my existence. Reselling them has never part of the ownership process. For me these things have far greater value than just money. I’ve never considered them an investment.

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I used to think long and hard about the ability to resell later, knowing I might find something I like more later on. I am close to 70 and have a few guns, frankly a younger me never thought I'd be able to own. I'd like to think my family will be able to get close to what I paid but if not I have enjoyed them for several years so I am ok with a loss, hoping it won't be too great. Right now I am more concerned about the fate of our nation.


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Originally Posted by FelixD
I acquired my few double guns because they intrigued me. It was, and still is, a matter of how they move, their balance, their design, and their quality. It was also a fascination with the period and the place they came from. They connected with some innermost elements of my existence. Reselling them has never part of the ownership process. For me these things have far greater value than just money. I’ve never considered them an investment.


Exactly how I feel about them. If I was looking for an investment, there are many better, more liquid things to invest in.

Everything can be bought low and sold high. The question is do we have the time and energy to learn to do it well with any particular category of item. My business career was spent buying things and selling them. I devoted 40 plus hours a week to that for over 30 years. I still occasionally made mistakes, even at the end. I buy guns because i like them. My heirs can worry about the ROI.


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acquiring, enjoying and then passing happiness on to others is fun and entertaining along the way...

and if you loose money on a gun, well consider it to be a cost of recreation...

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keep it simple and keep it safe...
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This proves that my wife is right in limiting the amount I have at any one time. Domestic risk management:)

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I mainly wind up just renting guns.


My wife lets me buy all the guns I can hide.
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Guns are not an investment anymore than antiques or muscle cars of my youth. I have bought a few English and Spanish doubles to enjoy, in part because the prices are so depressed. Most in the UK are down by half from a decade ago. So I buy them and enjoy them, use them and not worry about their value after I’m done with them. Invest in stocks, land or other things but enjoy guns for what they. Just neat old things which go bang, bang.

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ky, except there are two magic words in the gun investment world...one is colt and the other is winchester...shotguns excluded, for some reason, i do not understand...


keep it simple and keep it safe...
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Having plunged in with the £12 winning bid on the Parker-Hale 12 bore BLE with chopper lump barrels I mentioned on the Heronshaw thread I will try to be philosophical if I fail to re-coup the £15 (with buyer’s commission) it owes me.

Mind you, it will cost me over double that to shoot 50 sporting clays to find out that it shoots better than I do.

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