doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Interest in my very fine NID was underwhelming

That is nice thing about NID one can use 2&3/4 lead shells from Walmart w/o worries and normal wear and tare assuming gun is well taken care of does not represent significant loss in value.

I blast slugs through my Ithaca Nitro Special for deer hunting and will use it this year as in the past for bear hunting.

Nothing bothers it. And nobody wants it either.

Very stout and reliable guns, those Nitro Specials, even if they are nothing fancy. My first Nitro was a nice little .410 that I bought for $160.00 in the mid-1980's. Asking price was $175.00. Then there's the 16 ga. Nitro that I bought at a very large gun show for $100.00 around 1990. At the same gun show, I also bought a VH Parker for $375.00, A very nice Damascus A Grade Baker for $125.00, and a FW field grade 16 ga. L.C. Smith that needed a buttplate and an easy split toe repair, for $175.00.

I didn't think I was going to buy four double shotguns that day, but I thought they were all a very good value considering price and overall condition. I've never seen gun show vendors so willing to deal as that day. The crowd was very thin because the town's NFL football team was playing a big home playoff game with a hated rival. But everyone knows how doubles are losing value, so I'd be lucky to get half that for them today... right?

Buy low..sell lower! That's how I roll.

I think you will do OK on those, Keith, and it illustrates my point of making the eventual sale money on the purchase.
I like NIDs, but, I can't think of a NID I'd want to be in for $1.5K. That might be just me, but, I doubt it.
PJ, as I have stated before, few here care what a 37 is worth, or, what it is used for. I do, and I can think of two or three others. None of us need to buy another. I've had one of mine for 40 years, and need to visit the topic only anecdotally. If you want feedback on one of those, stick to shotgunworld, or, whatever it is (I don't post there) and people who care about that subject.
This is a double gun board. Mostly.


Best,
Ted

That's surprising Keith, I thought you were strictly a Lefever man.

Your problem selling the NID did not surprise me. I tried to sell one here a few months ago at less than half the price of yours and received no interest. Although not as nice as yours, it is still a very good condition NID. 12 gauge, field grade guns just don't move.

Yes, when they are looking for heavy gun the vertical gun almost always wins the contest. When it comes to game guns the light 12ga with excellent balance and handling will still move. That position is being deteriorated by modern light weight vertical guns. Well to do boys will usually buy Beretta or Merkel though B.C. Miroku Brownings also sell very well. Light weight Franchi, Benelli,.....autoloaders also have a following. Very competitive market out there.

There's Jagermeister once again... predicting the decline and demise of sxs doubles on a double gun forum much as his anti-2nd Amendment pal King Brown frequently predicts the demise of hunting and shooting sports.



Almost everyone has deeper pockets than a tire-kicker and gun counter drooler like you Jagermeister. Not much chance that a guy who actually rents a cheap Chinese .22 bolt action rifle will be buying any Parkers or Winchester 21's any time soon. Same goes for most of the other guns you post about, yet have no more personal knowledge of than slobbering over them at your local gun shop.

How many doubles do you personally own Jagermeister? Oh, yes... the answer is ZERO... not even one lousy cheap rattle-trap Crescent or Stevens 311 barn gun. You haven't even handled or shot the vast majority of guns you profess to know so much about. You simply regurgitate what you read elsewhere in a pathetic attempt to pretend to be a knowledgeable gun guy.

By the way, you are off the mark in your prices over the last 30 years for Model 37 pumps... just more of your totally off topic drivel. And you would be even more off if you could lay your hands on actual sales prices for vintage doubles over the same time period. Many investments have done better, but you will never be able to hunt and shoot skeet with your Beanie Baby collection.

Post # 451427 on 7/27/16


We already know that you don't really accumulate or purchase many of the guns you claim to buy. You put them on layaway, and later back out of the deal. You lie to us in a sad attempt to impress us, but you look like a pathetic ass because you can't keep your lies straight. You probably do the same thing with your stuffed toys.

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To put it into perspective in my part of the world, $500 tops. It all depends on where and how you want to sell it to make the maximum buck. Strategize!