So we all know some types of rifles are more sought after than others. Just for instance off the top of my head, Savage 99s, Ruger #1s, Winchester and Marlin lever guns, and more recently Remington pumps. In your opinion, which MODERN rifles (as in currently made) will become the collectibles when we're all dead or too old to care?
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Will any rifle with a plastic stock ever be considered collectable ? Well, maybe Ruger American Predators. I agree on the Remington pumps.
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Will any rifle with a plastic stock ever be considered collectable ? Well, maybe Ruger American Predators. I agree on the Remington pumps.
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Having bought and tried the American, and quickly having sold it off... I'd say it will never make classic status, predator or otherwise. They are accurate, but thats about the only thing good about them. All the rest is cheaply made and shoddily manufactured! Now the ruger M77 will probably hold collectible status one day!
Will any rifle with a plastic stock ever be considered collectable ? Well, maybe Ruger American Predators. I agree on the Remington pumps.
kwg
Having bought and tried the American, and quickly having sold it off... I'd say it will never make classic status, predator or otherwise. They are accurate, but thats about the only thing good about them. All the rest is cheaply made and shoddily manufactured! Now the ruger M77 will probably hold collectible status one day!
A lot of the Ruger m77's are at a collectible status right now. The boat paddles are highly collectible/desirable. Prices have gone through the roof. More so than any of the other m77's. Also Ruger m77's that are rare, are increasing in value as we speak. The stainless 300 RSAUM they only made in 2004 is one of them.. Sorry to say, the tangers are not nearly as collectible. One day they will be though..
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I have a cz550 in 30-06, a magnum in 375, a 527 in 223 and a 452 in 22lr. I'm almost hesitant to use them due to the value. I'd never be able to replace them if stolen or lost. I have other guns that if lost, I'd be pissed. But I would get over it. My cz rifles are a treasure.
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High dollar firearms will always be a decent investment (mostly) but for low cost now, high cost later, look to whatever the younger guys are buying and using these days. Nostalgia will kick in as they get older and want those good old guns they foolishly sold off long ago, just like the older guys now who pay $450 or more for a Nylon 66 or $700 for an H&R 999 .22 revolver.
It might take 30-40 years but a NIB Ruger American will someday be scarce even if they are the top selling rifles today, same with a T3x. Beretta 92's or M9's like the one grandpa trained with and maybe carried in the sandbox will be fondly remembered. "Precision rifles" of any stripe might be worth a bundle someday.
I'm not into shotguns so much but Benelli semi-autos seem to be popular, so do those short barreled pistol gripped models. Even Glock 19's might become "collectible".
But like Yogi Berra said, "it's hard to predict stuff, especially about the future."
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Something that was mass produced in the latter part of the 20th Century, early years of the 21st century a true collectible? Not in my lifetime.
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Having played a bit in the collectible shotgun world how "collectible" something is relies on: 1) rarity, and then, 2) condition
A beat-up entry-grade Parker 28-gauge or 410-gauge shotgun is considered collectible (and is therefore valuable) because so few of them were made. A beat-up entry-grade 12-gauge Parker is not very valuable because you can basically find one on every street corner. A pristine Parker 28 or 410 is extraordinarily rare and extremely valuable.
Rarity can also be a function of extraordinary art work/craftsmanship or rare provenance. So I'd think that in the modern world of rifles "rare and collectible" would be more like high-end custom rifle builders, or the actual rifles owned and used by O'Connor or the like.
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