What to sell your gun for... How do you decide?

[I am Groot!]

I wish I was in the same shape as some of you that never sell your guns, but to buy more I need funds. I have three kids and don't make bank. We do just fine, but I don't want the wife up my butt about buying "to many guns". Selling a gun that I don't shoot is a good way for me to raise those funds. I generally check gun broker.

[Lowpower]

I haven't thought much about determining a sellinfg price for my guns as they aren't usually for sale.  Several years ago I sold one to a relative at a fraction of its value.  At the time I needed the cash and he needed a good quality pistol. 

Please let me know if you have any more of those deals. You can call me Uncle Lp!   :D

 

Seriously, I used to check eBay for going rates because anyone can ask for the moon but looking up what the item sold for tells the real story.

I wish I could look up a list of just my guns and what they actually sold for. Not just one at a time because that doesn't really show the average sale 

price.

Edited November 23, 2014 by Lowpower

[Lowpower]

I wish I was in the same shape as some of you that never sell your guns, but to buy more I need funds. I have three kids and don't make bank. We do just fine, but I don't want the wife up my butt about buying "to many guns". Selling a gun that I don't shoot is a good way for me to raise those funds. I generally check gun broker.

I don't own a gun I don't shoot. That said I have a tendency to buy a gun I think I like. After shooting it I may find imho, It aint what I thought'd be. When that happens, and that's fairly uncommon due to my age, I use those guns for trading material than selling. 

 

'sides if folks never sold their guns what'd there be out there for us to buy? :)

Edited November 23, 2014 by Lowpower

[DaveTN]

I wish I could look up a list of just my guns and what they actually sold for. Not just one at a time because that doesn't really show the average sale 
price.

You can do that in GB. If you create an account and sign in you can do an advanced search of the completed auctions and see what they actually sold for, if they sold.