I'm 44 and started getting into LC's in 2007 or so. In the beginning, I shopped a long, long time for a decent 12g budget shooter and gave $550. Same gun today is probably $350 or less on a "no reserve" GB auction.
On the plus side, I've picked up several small bore guns I couldn't have afforded in the beginning. All came from estates of guys that just passed. They were "one family" guns, but reached the end of the line. Sad really..to me anyway.
What worries me more than anything is that the guns will reach a low point where it pays to take them apart and sell the pieces on ebay. Parts still bring good money.
In my opinion, except for the high grades and high condition examples, prices will continue to fall.
On a side note...I reload hunting shells, including steel (which can easily be loaded under 9k). Because steel wads have come such a long ways in the last decade, I wish someone like Sherman Bell would hand load some low pressure steel shells and open up the chokes on an old gun and do some real research on the results. I believe the right steel load could be utilized in the right gun w/absolutely no long term issues. A modern study like this could go a long way to making our old guns worth something to the next generations.
Last edited by Phunter; 11/03/14 11:58 AM.
