Succulently? Succinctly? Either way, thank you.
Ouch. An all too helpful spell checker and a proof reader asleep at the switch. In any event, youre welcome.
A comment on depreciation:
I bought a new Garbi AG in Spain 12 years ago. They hosed the stock job, refused to make it good. I sold it a couple years later, and still managed to turn a proper profit.
The point is there's no hard and fast rules. Not every gun depreciates. Not every gun will make you money.
Ive been financing my Spanish shotgun addiction by selling off the Lugers, P.38s, and Mauser C96 pistols Id collected over the last forty odd years. Its a little startling what a Walther HP or Artillery Luger will bring in these days. OTOH, when my mother passed on we just about couldnt give away her S&W model 64.
But all told, its a rare day when one can sell a current production, commonly available firearm, purchased at retail, for a profit.
And unless you're in the trade, who cares?
But, at the risk of a really odious pun, thats right on the money. There was a time when I was in this for the money, but now its for the fun of it. My heirs and assigns have a bigger interest in what my guns will bring when they are finally sold than I do.
