How much does warranty factory work effect value of a gun?

[Thursday45]

Hey guys. I've been considering selling my Taurus 444UL but what's been holding me back is that shortly after I bought it I sent it back to the factory for warranty work in which they subsequently changed the barrel on it. Because of this I just considered that it would be worth more to me to keep it than what I could possibly recoup in selling it (since I'd obviously be up front about the warranty work). So how much does this effect the value of a firearm? The biggest difference is that the barrel now no longer has the S# on the barrel since it was switched with an non serialized barrel (still has the S# on the frame).

Thanks guys

 

[Arkansas Paul]

I wouldn't think it would effect it very much, if at all.
If I were paying used prices for a used gun, it wouldn't bother me if the seller informed me of a barrel swap from the factory. I'm paying a used price anyway.

If it were on a valuable antique like a 1st generation Colt SAA, then that would be a different matter altogether. Not on a current production Taurus IMO.

 

[Thursday45]

Well that's certainly good to know. Thanks for your comment.

 

[CajunBass]

Wouldn't bother me a bit. It's a used gun.

 

[tightgroup tiger]

Warrenty work could also include recalls like the ones from Smith and Wesson and more importantly from Springfield.

I would want to know that the gun went through the mfg warrenty and got a clean bill of health before I bought it used. Just my opinion and I'm sure that it also works the other way with problem guns that have chronic problems but I would like to think that the mfg would have replaced it instead of sending it back to the owner so he can be even more disgruntled.

I really don't buy used guns unless they look as if they are still factory new and that's only old Smith and Wesson's.

 

[silicosys4]

Warranty work is good to go to me, unless the gun has a history of needing to go back and forth.

 

[outerlimit]

I think it would be worth more after the factory work than before when it still had a problem. I have sold guns that came back to me with factory work done on them and I regret every sale as the factory corrected the shoddy work or replaced the parts affected by recalls. I had a S&W 659 that I sent to an authorized S&W gunsmith for warranty repairs. The gun came back perfect. I sold it a few months later for extra cash, wish I still had that gun, it was very accurate and reliable and didn't have too many rounds down the barrel.

 

[BYJO4]

The fact that a gun had factory warranty work done to it would not change the value of it in my opinion.

 

[Thursday45]

Thanks guys. Appreciate it.