Gun Sale's ?

[oldcoot]

I got a wild hair for a 7x57 in Ruger tang safety about 3 mo.'s ago. They are not easy to find and the other thing gun's are Very high priced, My question is are they being bought? I for one will not pay that high price how long do the sellers sit on them till their sold? I do not have to buy a gun I got one I saved from the river years ago.

 

[burrhead]

My question is are they being bought? I for one will not pay that high price how long do the sellers sit on them till their sold?

You may want to look into the basics of capitalism and the realities of supply and demand. If people weren't buying the prices would go down.

 

[Riomouse911]

Cool caliber, that there aren’t a lot of, means big prices.

Here is an awesome one that’ll sell high. But still thousands less than the Montana Rifle Company ones do.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/925655351

You’ll bump into one sooner or later that will ride home with you .

Stay safe.

 

[Mosin77]

You may want to look into the basics of capitalism and the realities of supply and demand. If people weren't buying the prices would go down.

IMO that’s a bit snarky. The reality is, there’s been a perfect storm of crisis since the beginning of 2020 and so just about everything that goes bang is in demand right now. And with a huge demand from millions of new gun owners for basic self defense type pistols and rifles, manufacturers are prioritizing these because they sell, and to replenish the supply chain. The interesting and obscure variants of specialized guns that were being discounted heavily in the stagnant market of 2019 are now nonexistent or priced very high because they’re few and far between. Doesn’t mean people are paying those prices, but sellers and private parties sure are asking them.

 

[jrmiddleton425]

I got a wild hair for a 7x57 in Ruger tang safety about 3 mo.'s ago. They are not easy to find and the other thing gun's are Very high priced, My question is are they being bought? I for one will not pay that high price how long do the sellers sit on them till their sold? I do not have to buy a gun I got one I saved from the river years ago.

If when you say "tang safety" you mean an M77 Mark I, they are hard to find because they haven't been made since 1984.

 

[Gerd33]

I thought that I might have seen a couple sell at a local firearms auction last weekend.
Looking at the list they weren't 7x57 though, a M77 tang safety 300 Win Mag went for $825, and a M77RS Tang Safety .35 Whelen for $1275. I had to leave before they got to the 25-06 unfortunately.

 

[dranrab]

If you look at closed auctions on Gun Broker, yes guns are selling for ridiculous prices. "Tangers" have a lot of appeal to collectors, so they often fetch inflated prices. 7x57 is kind of a sweetheart chambering on top of that. The sellers can put in a substantial minimum bid and run it until it sells. Most sellers don't "need" to sell, so they can be patient.

When my generation passes, a lot of guns that are going for big bucks now will likely be hard to sell. I know very few people under 40 years of age who give one whit about a wood stocked, bolt action Ruger.

 

[hso]

I got a wild hair for a 7x57 in Ruger tang safety about 3 mo.'s ago. They are not easy to find

Looks like you had the answer all along.

 

[wanderinwalker]

Basically what @dranrab said. You're looking for a long out of production version of a rifle in a caliber that wouldn't have been very common, in the middle of the longest firearms sales boost in the last 20 years. Yes, prices will be inflated if you find what you're looking for, and yes, they're frequently selling for that.

Just for reference, I have a plain ol' tang-safety Ruger 77 in .308 Winchester (it was my grandfather's hunting rifle). Oh, it's an early dog-leg bolt model, I can't remember if it's a second or third year of production. If I had to replace it with one in similar condition, I'd fully expect to pay in the neighborhood of $800-900 in today's market. If I was still working selling guns and a tang-safety 77 in 7x57 crossed my path, I have no doubt I could sell it for $1200-1400 today.

At the start of the pandemic I was eyeballing Colt Vest Pockets. They were all over Gunbroker in the $400-550 range, depending on condition. Naturally, I didn't have the money to snag one at the time, and now anything decent is going to $600-700 without much fanfare.

 

[Moparnut]

You may want to look into the basics of capitalism and the realities of supply and demand. If people weren't buying the prices would go down.

First off, I have noticed people getting more rude in their remarks to others. If we do this to new shooters, it may turn them off to the 2nd amendment community as well as shooting in general. Just my 2cents.

It is a little odd to think that a rifle or caliber is almost non-existent due to manufacturers not making them due to no demand. In turn when people want them there are few of them left, so prices are higher. I think that honestly, most sellers sit on items for very long time, trying to squeeze high prices out these items. Just my opinion.

 

[burrhead]

Was my answer rude, snarky, etc? Maybe, but the OP's question was are guns being bought. Yes they are and for very high prices compared to the recent past. Primers, bullets, guns are all at a premium and some folks can't wrap their head around it. Again, my answer is the realities of basic economics.

If I was too blunt in my response, OK, I'll be sorry.

 

[Elkins45]

I can’t imagine that a lot of them exist, so they don’t come on the market all that often. The ones that are sold at a flea market or estate sale may go cheap, but we will never know about them. The ones offered on a nationwide platform will draw attention, and therefore a lot of bids. If you want one you’ll either have to get lucky or pay the market rate. Or maybe wait 5-10 years when the pendulum has swung the other way and people are begging to get rid of them.