OT - good place to sell guns??

Jake in NY · Mar 17, 2014

Hey guys, I have a couple of old military rifles that I would like to sell and wonder what would be a good place to try. Apparently, Craigslist doesn't do guns?

The guns are an Enfield 1917 30-06 and an Arisaka Type 38.

Thanks,
Jake

Stephen Newell · Mar 17, 2014

That's the gun show loophole. Here you can take your own gun to a show and carry it around with you with a for sale sign in the barrel. Then you can sell it without all the background checks.

RickieBlue · Mar 17, 2014

Where are you located? Here is an auction in Geneva that appears to be very popular. And one coming up this saturday.........click on the link!
hessney auction

Goose · Mar 17, 2014

A consignment auction might work. The auctioneer would know any legalities.

ramblineagle · Mar 17, 2014

Contact your local gun dealer, most of them buy guns from private citizens. Or if there is a gun show near you take them there and sell them.

T in NE · Mar 17, 2014

And how is that a loophole? No different rules there than there is anywhere else.

Bob Huntress · Mar 17, 2014

armslist.com

JOHNNYfromMI · Mar 17, 2014

gunbroker.com

D beatty · Mar 17, 2014

You could try local gun shops. Most of them buy guns. I take it you live in New York state and Numricks Gun Parts is located in New York state and they buy complete firearms as well as parts.

Brokengun · Mar 17, 2014

First know the gun laws in the state where live before you try and sell a firearm.

Selling to a private individual is always best provided you know the person. Contact the State gun group and ask them about selling guns in your state.

Your Jap gun isnt worth alot but your enfield might bring decent money

JF in MI · Mar 18, 2014

I'll second that. I've made some insane money selling some of my guns on Gunbroker.com. The good part is that everything goes legally through a licensed dealer's paperwork in the buyer's state. You're also getting retail price where a dealer or pawn broker, etc can only afford to give you resale.

ohiojim · Mar 18, 2014

the parts guys is no place to sell, better off using them for tent stakes,...gun broker seems to be good place to sell, and around here auctions do well...

dej(Jed) · Mar 18, 2014

(quoted from post at 20:28:18 03/17/14) Hey guys, I have a couple of old military rifles that I would like to sell and wonder what would be a good place to try. Apparently, Craigslist doesn't do guns?

The guns are an Enfield 1917 30-06 and an Arisaka Type 38.

Thanks,
Jake

Jake-I am interested. My email is open.--JED

DaninKansas · Mar 18, 2014

Consignment auction or see if you could add it to a estate auction. Live auctions seem to make people stupid when it comes to guns. Usually they bring higher than new price. I watched a couple old Mosin-Nagants in rough condition bring over $700 each when the auctioneer called them "deer rifles" (back when you could buy warranteed ones for $70). Usually the cheaper the gun the more over true value it brings. 20-30 year old shotguns you can buy new for $200-$250 will bring that or more.

JDemaris · Mar 18, 2014

Can you even sell a gun privately in NY anymore? I'm pretty sure Andrew Cuomo's new gun law has a section that makes it illegal to privately sell any firearm and now must be done though a FFL license holder. It is also now illegal to buy any ammo online from anywhere - unless they've changed the law again.

W_B · Mar 18, 2014

(quoted from post at 13:49:48 03/18/14) Consignment auction or see if you could add it to a estate auction. Live auctions seem to make people stupid when it comes to guns. Usually they bring higher than new price. I watched a couple old Mosin-Nagants in rough condition bring over $700 each when the auctioneer called them "deer rifles" (back when you could buy warranteed ones for $70). Usually the cheaper the gun the more over true value it brings. 20-30 year old shotguns you can buy new for $200-$250 will bring that or more.

True that. I was watching some on an on-line auction here in Ohio and they brought stupid prices, most of the ammo did too.

Was at a gun show recently and several guys were carrying them in. Dealers where jumping on them to buy what they were carrying. Saw one guy barely get in the door and was getting an offer on the spot (some sort of rifle with a camo colored stock, probably a "deer rifle").

NCWayne · Mar 18, 2014

What loophole? I own quite a few guns, both long guns and handguns, and whether they are bought at a gun show, or not, and in either case whether the sale is person to person, or from a legitimate gun dealer, the transfer laws of the state your in are always in effect.

Now if your talking old guns that have never been put 'into the system', be they long guns or handguns, there are always folks selling from collections they had before all the feel good legislations went into effect, that will gladly sell to anyone they feel appropriate without all the paperwork. Basically, why start a paperwork trail and give the government any possible way to trace a gun that's been out there for 40 years already without them knowing about it? Truth be told I guarantee you that 90% of the gun owners out there have guns bought this way, and would gladly sell them this way too, because we already have enough governmental interference in our lives to give them anymore opportunity.

In the end, the whole "Gun show loophole" is all a load of BS made up by the anti-crowd to scare the uneducated and help them get even more restrictive legislation passed to further erode away at even more of or rights.

Jake in NY · Mar 18, 2014

I am down in the Catskills so Geneva is quite a hike and there is no way I can get up there anytime soon, much less by Saturday! Thanks, though.

JerryS · Mar 18, 2014

Seems I recall that Soundguy on the 9n2n8n board collects Arisakas. You might post over there and see what happens.

Jake in NY · Mar 18, 2014

Jed, it said your email was blocked.

Jake

GeneMO · Mar 18, 2014

I may be wrong, but weren't the Enfields made in .303 British?

I bought a Jap rifle about 30 years ago. Paid $80 for it and a box of new Norma ammunition. It is 7.7mm
The old gun is cool to look at, and I bought about a 2' long bayonet to fit it. But I think the ammo is hard to find and expensive. And they are not much good for anything but to hang on the wall.

Good luck, Gene

Rich_WI · Mar 18, 2014

(quoted from post at 22:28:18 03/17/14) Hey guys, I have a couple of old military rifles that I would like to sell and wonder what would be a good place to try. Apparently, Craigslist doesn't do guns?

The guns are an Enfield 1917 30-06 and an Arisaka Type 38.

Thanks,
Jake

I would try to sell them on a collector based website. Im sure there are many but I am familiar with the Culvers Shooting Page. Post a few questions, then set your price and list it for sale.

http://www.jouster.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?23-M1917

http://www.jouster.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?27-For-Sale-Wanted

mj · Mar 18, 2014

(quoted from post at 18:29:35 03/18/14) I may be wrong, but weren't the Enfields made in .303 British?
Good luck, Gene

The British Lee-Enfield rifles [i:80d0e7a19b]were[/url][/i:80d0e7a19b]produced in .303 as in the SMLE (short magazine Lee Enfield and other models) and was British armed forces standard issue for many years. This thread concerns the U.S. Enfield. Here is the whole story -
http://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/the-model-1917-us-enfield

Bret4207 · Mar 19, 2014

(quoted from post at 06:09:16 03/18/14)
Can you even sell a gun privately in NY anymore? I'm pretty sure Andrew Cuomo's new gun law has a section that makes it illegal to privately sell any firearm and now must be done though a FFL license holder. It is also now illegal to buy any ammo online from anywhere - unless they've changed the law again.

I believe you're right. The SAFE Act has to go!

Bret4207 · Mar 19, 2014

(quoted from post at 17:29:35 03/18/14) I may be wrong, but weren't the Enfields made in .303 British?

I bought a Jap rifle about 30 years ago. Paid $80 for it and a box of new Norma ammunition. It is 7.7mm
The old gun is cool to look at, and I bought about a 2' long bayonet to fit it. But I think the ammo is hard to find and expensive. And they are not much good for anything but to hang on the wall.

Good luck, Gene

The Pattern 14 Enfields were in 303, the 17 Enfield is 30-06. Thats the rifle Sgt York used, it wasn't a Springfield.

The Arisaka may be worth a lot of money if it's intact, ie- has the chrysanthemum on the recv'r.

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