One man's opinion:
I think custom rifles prices are down and continuing to head down. The same seems to be true for most older domestic and imported SxS's. Also Browning A-5's.
I think it is due to demographic changes. The younger shooters (working, good earners) seem more interested in semi-auto black rifles than in traditional walnut stocked bolt actions. The ones I see prefer gas-operated semi-auto and O/U shotguns, rather than SxS's.
Us old fellas (FOWG's) are dying off, and after the funeral the kids sell (or trade) Grandpa's A-5, Model 12, or Ithaca SxS to buy an AR-15 clone, or a Glock.
Interestingly, and counter to the above thesis, prices of older Colt & S&W revolvers are climbing rapidly ???
.. gold40 -- (a Fat Old White Guy)
Last edited by gold40; 08/14/16 04:43 PM.
