Grayfox54

Ok, wadaminit. Are you saying that I can only expect the high price if I sell outside our state to a buyer in a one of the more restrictive ones? I'm trying to sell as much of this stuff as I can in state just to avoid such hassles. What do you think I can get for it here?

Holy Cow! I'll need to take another look to be sure, but I think that's the same rifle he has. And here I was thinking that I'd do good to get $500 for it. According to the seller's description, anything under serial # 10300 is pre-ban. The rifle we have is #7XXX and looks brand new. I'm just not an AR guy. Never really liked them since Uncle Sam handed me a M-16A1 way back in 1972. Don't know much about them and never cared to learn. That's why I asked. Thanks for the info.

Well, that's the problem. The similar Colts aren't selling and the DPMS is a long discontinued model. Asking prices are all over the place on anything even close. Just trying to get in the neighborhood of a fair price without going too low or too high.

I know there are a bunch of AR guys here, so help me out if you can. I've got these two AR-15s in my friends collection that I'm having trouble getting reliable pricing information on. Both are older guns. Sorry, no pics as I don't have the guns here. I'll try to describe them as best I can. DPMS AR-15, pre-ban, .223/5.56, 16" barrel, old style fixed carry handle & tall front sight, adjustable butt stock, round hand guard. I called DPMS and all they can tell me is it was made somewhere in the early 90s. Colt AR-15, Match Target, Light Weight, 7.62x39, made 1995, 16" barrel, fixed carry handle & tall front sight, solid A1 type butt stock, round hand guard. I'd appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks.

Thanks for the enthusiastic responses. I was just hoping to get a feel for how posting some of them here would go. It looks like this is going to work out just fine. Please understand that I'm still doing the inventory. There's still one entire gun cabinet I haven't started on yet. His wife still works and I can only do my thing on the weekends. So this will take time. I do hope to get a few posted within a week or two. Gotta see how it goes. We intend to save some of the best stuff for Jackson so we can attract a good crowd. So the first ones posted here will be good, but pretty much ordinary firearms. I will post a full list before the Jackson show. Sorry guys, but he wasn't much for wheel guns. There are a few modern Taurus revolvers including a .454 Raging Bull. For the C&R stuff there are only a few Iver Johnson Breaktops, a 1895 Nagant and a rather unusual Japanese Type-26 revolver. However, there is a good assortment of early semi-auto pistols. Anyway, stay tuned and be patient. I'll get there as soon as I can. P.S. :Forgot to mention that there is also a ton of ammo and much of it is hard to find stuff for antique firearms.

Well, OK then. The grand plan is to get some tables at the RK GunShow at Jackson in July. But we couldn't afford enough tables or have enough people for even half this stuff. Gotta do something with the rest of it. Hopefully, I'll get my stuff together and start posting a few here and on Armslist in the next week or so. Stay tuned.

My best friend recently passed away and I have the sad task of liquidating his gun collection for his wife. He was very heavy into Mil-surp rifles and has about 50 of them ranging from about 1900 to about the end of the Korean War. They also come from many different countries. Please understand that I'm just beginning the inventory and NOT ready to start selling just yet. In fact, I may make posts here seeking info on some of them. What I want to know is if there is enough interest on this board to post some of them for sale here. Especially some of the more obscure pieces. It would be both quicker and easier for me to sell them in state, face to face rather than having to ship them all over the country. So how about it folks? How many would be interested in buying some old military hardware? Any particular ones you're looking for? BTW: we are in the memphis area.

We went to the Zoo yesterday. There is a small NO GUNS decal in the lower corner of the ticket window. The print was too small and I just didn't have time to read the details. So I can't say if licensed carry is allowed or not. Sticker was only a few inches in size. No other signs posted anywhere else that I could find and I was looking.

Last Monday. My GFs 40ish niece and her 19 yo son are visiting from upstate New York. The niece hunts with a .243, but neither had ever fired a handgun. So I loaded up a bunch of guns and ammo and off to the range we went. We shot .22s, .38s, .357s, 9mm and .a .45 1911. Both did surprisingly well for their first time. The niece is a bit of a Tom Boy and fell in love with my 4" S&W Model 19 firing full house 158 JHP Magnums. The son took a real shine to my old S&W Model 39-2 9mm. My GF got in some trigger time on her two .38s. and put a little over 100 rounds down range. As for me, well I spent most of my time teaching and supervising the noobies. But I enjoyed it just as much as they did.

Throw this guy in jail and put him in general population. The people in there may be thugs, thieves and killers, but many are also fathers. Child molesters don't fair well in prison.

Oh, great. I've carried at the zoo several times without any problems. I guess now they'll rush in and put up signs forbidding concealed carry. OTOH, is the zoo considered a park? Just so happens that my GF has relatives visiting. One of the places they plan to go is the zoo. If I go along, I will be carrying. Guess I'll find out when I get to the gate.

It would be a Model 617. They generally run anywhere from $500 to 800 depending on the dash number variation and if its a 6 or 10 shot model. The older pre-MIM and pre-lock models being more desirable. An early "No-dash" version in excellent condition with box and papers might go as high as $1000.

This is a rumor and nothing more. Until you see an official announcement from CMP, don't count on it.

He's entitled to his opinion. Even if he is wrong.

Congratulations! They're great little rifles and loads of fun. Just clean and lube as with any other semi-auto rifle. Oil what turns and grease what slides. I don't recommend trying to disassemble the bolt or removing the gas piston. Special tools are required for this and it almost impossible to do it without them. Also, the gas piston nut is staked in place. Best to just leave it alone unless absolutely necessary. Stick with USGI mags. There's plenty of them out there. Many can be found new in the wrap and they're reasonably priced. I also recommend picking up a copy of the military field manual to learn the ins and outs of use and maintenance. Search the web for deals on bulk ammo. Trust me, you'll need it.

GF and I saw it last weekend. We liked it.

My favorites are the S&W revolvers and the Browning Buckmark. But I think I understand what you're looking for. Something fairly small, easy to conceal, well made and accurate enough for plinking or self protection. You might consider the Walther (Umarex made) PPK/S .22. Walther made way too many of these in 2013-14 and they didn't catch on as hoped. There are many brand new ones still sitting on dealers shelves and many are willing to haggle to move 'em. GunBroker has a couple of pages of them and many are reasonably priced. You've got the classic Walther design in a light .22 pocket pistol. I will warn you that the DA trigger is a bit heavy, but smooth and will lighten with use. The guns are quite accurate and reliable with high velocity ammo. If you want, all it takes is a $20 thread adapter to make it suppressor ready. I stumbled into a used, like new, one for less than $250. I like it!

I also have a .30 Carbine Blackhawk. I guess unusual caliber is a matter of opinion based largely on the person you're talking to. Often I've been at the range with guns quite common to me and had somebody ask about them. I tell them its a .44 Special or maybe a .38 Super and get blank stares. "Its a what? Never heard of that one?"

Ok, so I'm a little late to this thread, but I'll add my 2 cents. What I carry depends entirely on what I'm doin', where I'm goin', how I'm dressed, the weather, social circumstances, my mood or how the moon are stars are aligned on that particular day. My usual carry gun is a Colt Commander .45acp. Why? Because I shoot it well and just plain like it. I have been known to carry a .38 Special or .380 auto when it suited my fancy. I've also been known to carry a .25acp from time to time. And I've always had complete confidence in any of them. As said, its not so much about the size of the hole as it is about putting the holes where they need to be. I do not carry .22s for self defense. No, its not because I think its too wimpy. A great many BGs have gone to meet their maker with the help of a tiny .22 and that's a proven fact. I don't carry .22s because they are rimfire cartridges. We've all experienced the occasional dud when shooting .22s. Its just a fact of life. The problem is that they are completely unpredictable. Ya just never know when one will fail to fire. I don't know about y'all, but it seems to me that the current crop of .22 ammo out there now has even more duds per box than they used to. I think that in the rush to catch up on the "shortage" that the ammo makers may have cut a few corners. Centerfire cartridges are simply more reliable. If you're happy with a .22, more power to ya. This is JMHO and probably not worth the I started with.

Might wanna check this out. Gander Mountain Preparing to File Bankruptcy It seems they tried to expand too fast and ran out of operating capital. Now they're broke.

Not interested. Aside from being plastic, I can't pronounce the name!

Well if this is gonna turn into a picture thread.......... I'm kinda fond of ol' slabsides myself. Its an old pic. I have more. BTW: I have 4 .38 Supers.

When I was still working for the city, we had a bunch of chain saws and I was the guy who had to fix them. We had a bunch of different brands over the years and when I retired most of them were Stihl because nothing else would out work or out last them. We had some Husqvarnas and I won't knock 'em. Also an excellent saw. But our problem was getting parts for them. Sometimes had to wait a couple of months for what should be a common part. If you have an actual dealer nearby, it'd probably be a good buy. If not, go Stihl.

Fugly sucker, ain't it? But then I guess ugly guns are the style these days.

I have one of these and its my favorite hiking/camping gun. Small enough to easily carry, very accurate and the .38+P will handle anything I'm likely to encounter. While these were limited production, they were made in small batches spread out over several years. Production started in 1990, but my gun's serial number dates it to 1993. While many did ship with rubber grips in a cardboard box, if the end label on that plastic box matches serial number and features, I'd believe it. When it comes to Smith & Wesson, never say never.