DLT 1,646 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 I literraly wanted cry. But in the end, got some good $ for it. Still got an unconverted 7.62. Guess I'll be breaking out my tool set soon. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evlblkwpnz 3,418 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 I say keep them moving. I sold off nearly everything I had and have no regret at all. I had some really nice collectible pieces. It is still just stuff and on top of that it is stuff that you have to worry about someone stealing or selling for nothing if you happen to die before you can do something sensible with it. Really, if you don't shoot it and can do ok on it, let it go. That's how I see it. I went from being a rigid collector to if it doesn't get used regularly and hard it gets gone. The only exception is if it is something that will be used for a future project and I still haven't had time to do it. I'm much happier. A nightmare of my wife selling my very early Polytech Legend for $50 at a yard sale led to that. Things like that do happen. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLT 1,646 Posted July 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 I'm starting to feel that way about a lot of things. Seems they just sit in the safe. I've been thinking of getting rid of my M1A for something I will actually shoot with frequency. Maybe get a IWI Ace instead. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 I have a HARD time wrapping my head around selling my things. Eventually we all need to decide what to do with our things when we will no longer have use of them. I hope to be able to give most of them to the Grandkids, so there will be some selling of what I like and buying of what they like - just hope I am around long enough to enjoy some of these things with them, and hand them over personally. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HB of CJ 1,263 Posted July 20, 2017 Report Share Posted July 20, 2017 I also am down sizing. Aged 72 now. Too much stuff. Way too much. Including guns and ammo. Plus the fun fact that the bucks released or generated can be spent going on that long planned but never realized vacation. That plus more doting on the grandkids. Fun! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evlblkwpnz 3,418 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 I also am down sizing. Aged 72 now. Too much stuff. Way too much. Including guns and ammo. Plus the fun fact that the bucks released or generated can be spent going on that long planned but never realized vacation. That plus more doting on the grandkids. Fun! Oh, the ammo is easy. Shoot a lot like you always wanted to but were too worried about using up the ammo. Keep enough for serious matters and have a great time with the rest. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mancat 2,368 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 I have been on arfcom a lot Someone over there recently sold an SGL-31 for $2.2k Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evlblkwpnz 3,418 Posted July 21, 2017 Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 Ridiculous. Absolutely no way I would pay that for any AK. I am very utilitarian. As long as I could find something with a commie-made barrel in that caliber for less, I'd be spending less. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLT 1,646 Posted July 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2017 2.2K........on ARFCOM........mother fu..... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lone Eagle 839 Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Been downsizing and consolidating myself. Witht eh new Russian sanctions, I've been paring down my 7.62 rifles. DLT, My insurance appraiser valued my SGL21-16 at $1800 last year. I was offered $3K after the SH fiasco, and turned it down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLT 1,646 Posted July 31, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 Ughhhh.....oh well. I doubled my money on the same, so I can't really complain. Sold it to my best friend who agreed to only sell it back to me, so I don't feel that bad. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
getitat 609 Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 Hello I've got (3) sons (step) who shoot and (7) grandkids, (5) of who enjoy shooting. My take on the subject is that while we're enjoying a respite from the grabbers for the time being, it won't be long 'till the pendulum starts to swing the opposite direction. I'm thinkin' some of my grandkids will never be able to buy their own firearms and/or ammo, so my mission is to see to it that they will have what they need. So, I'm a buyer, not a seller. Obviously, enough is never enough, but I'm doing what I can. That includes teaching them about reloading and hand loading. -Guido in TX 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 I had a great grandmother who was Irish, so I naturally believe that guns are a generational investment! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLT 1,646 Posted November 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 And in only a few months later.....shes coming back to me. My friend needs the money for some crazy ass project. Called me and asked if I wanted it back. By pure coincidence, the timing is perfect with my annual bonus. So the SGL is headed back to be with it's other friends! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sim_Player 1,939 Posted November 19, 2017 Report Share Posted November 19, 2017 That's funny! Everything happens for a reason. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLT 1,646 Posted November 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2017 Baby is back! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mullet Man 2,114 Posted November 20, 2017 Report Share Posted November 20, 2017 Baby is back! You got lucky, they are commanding premium dollars now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
liberty -r- death 1,445 Posted November 20, 2017 Report Share Posted November 20, 2017 For me firearms have always been a commodity or a tool. I'm not rich, so sometimes to get something I want (not need) something has to go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLT 1,646 Posted November 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 There is one other SGL21 floating around these parts that I transferred for a doctor back when they were running $700. I've told that doc many times thaet I've got $700 ready when he decides to sell. Keeping my fingers crossed he doesn't check current pricing if he ever calls me up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DLT 1,646 Posted November 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) Back with it's sisters. The last one is a Bulgarian cousin. Edited November 21, 2017 by DLT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rhodes1968 1,638 Posted November 21, 2017 Report Share Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) Just metal and composite. Function is everything and emotional attachment to inanimate objects one of the weirder aspects of human behavior... Wish I could get time to focus on selling mine. Edited November 21, 2017 by Rhodes1968 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
semper299 284 Posted November 30, 2017 Report Share Posted November 30, 2017 I only have 3 AK's....two Saiga's that I did full conversions on and a WASR. If we could still get Saiga's, I would have one more. But I see them as a generational investment, like someone mentioned. If I needed the money, however, I wouldn't have too hard of a time letting them go. I did trade my VEPR 308 for a S&W M&P 10. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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