guns & gear are a store of value, like gold and silver, they generally hold their value.. hard to call them an investment, more like a placeholder of value
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Guns as investments…in our future.
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Patguitarman
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Patguitarman
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Remember the, not so distant, days of the $79 mosin nagant? Have y’all seen the price of them things lately? I wish I woulda bought a crate of those things along with the $40 spam can of ammo that was everywhere…..
Care to place a bet?
Let those retards on the left pass blanket registration Wednesday, then place a full stop order on all transferable semiautos Thursday, and then let the population double for a couple decades (like it has since the 1986 cutoff date for transferable $1,000 full autos) and watch "supply and demand" at work on semiautomatics, in real time... just like it already has with full autos
You're ignoring the past and doomed to repeat it if you fail to recognize what could and probably will happen... this is the goal of all the billionaire gun grabbers with more smarts, lawyers and money than 99% of America...
including me and you
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I agree, I even worry about guns holding value by the time I retire circa 2050-2060. Perhaps there'll be some new technology that replaces firearms and the market is flooded with cheap pistols and carbines? Some things seem like they'll always hold value for collectors but even a transferrable Mac10 might not be desirable when we can zap targets with laser beams or use magnets to hurl rice-grain sized balls of steel at Mach 30.
In the short term I see firearms as a way to hold value over the next couple decades of volatility but I'd be lying if I said they were the most responsible way to buy a better/comfortable future.
Fodderwing
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But it would come close to taking the same percentage of my bi-weekly check to buy one today vs back when they cost $79. Fortunately my income has increased along with the cost of Mosins. Hopefully yours has as well.
My salary has at least tripled since the last time I saw $39 Mosins at Rose's in North Carolina.
J pace
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Alone with everything else!!!
Viking1204
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I've always been a Marlin fan and when Remington first bought Marlin and I figured out no more JM Marlins would be made I started buying up as many as I could in the pawn shops before prices went up. I wish I had the cash to buy more at the time. I have since sold a few of the larger caliber lever actions for twice as much as I bought them for or close to it. I have a couple of 336 30-30's that I bought for $400 or less that now I see posted for sale in the $800 to $1,000 range. I've already given one to my youngest son and all the Marlins I have (The're all JM Marlins) will go to my two sons.
Fodderwing
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Yep, if it had I would be making 10 million per year now.
FNHman
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I don't think modern day guns increase in value anymore due to the high inflation and mass production. It will be interesting if any gun from today's market does what guns from the past have.
That being said, if I were investing and trying to beat inflation kill any real value I'd only buy stuff that's 1 of 3000 or less.
That being said, if I were investing and trying to beat inflation kill any real value I'd only buy stuff that's 1 of 3000 or less.
I have honestly never purchased a gun as an investment. I have some that doubled in value over the years, but I've always purchased them for a specific purpose(s), and still look at 'em that way. Because of how I was raised, if it does what I want, I intend to keep for ever/as long as possible, maybe pass it/them on. Everything I've purchased has been done so accepting that one day I won't need this/that, or just plain won't be able to handle/use it. I like 'em, but they're things; tools. Sorry for the realism. Didn't mean to ruin anyone's hobby.
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PensacolaOperator
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Guns are an ok way to supplement an investment plan, but not an end all be all investment plan. I'm hoping that a lot of my forum brothers have jobs that have a retirement/401k/Roth whatever. if not, please begin as soon as possible.
While I think you are right about that. I believe that will be the beginning of peaceful protesting.... And they know that, which is why they want them and try to get them every way other than door to door confiscation. By now too many people see what's going on and their agenda.
