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I've sold more old guns in the last 30 days than I did in all of last year. Don't ask me why, I don't know. But, I'm smiling all the way to the bank.
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Sentiment might not be trivial then if the gun is hanging around.
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It's been said before,If your worried about investments guns are not the ideal vehicle. IMO they are to collect or hunt with or shoot. There a hobby UNLESS they are your business, which in my opinion would take a lot of the fun out. I'm not a collector or much of a hunter any more. I'm more of a recycler (always in search of the "golden gun") and primarily a shooter. I don't spend a lot of time wondering about how the price of one make compares to another when I'm buying. I do spend time contemplating if I can break more birds,win more matches or shoot tighter groups with what I'm considering buying.Lately I'm spending more on reloading components than guns. I've got some nice stuff and I intend to shoot all I can.
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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A Parker would probably do better right now but if you are contemplating which would you be able to trade for more food or gasoline in the future de-civilization, I doubt that either would do very well. Now a DPMS or Colt M-4 would be a different story.
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Truth indeed Sir John and if we invested in Old Reliables and wake up to an Apocalypse Now scenario, do we then cut down the barrels on a fine 20 bore AAHE and load with bird shot to repell borders with? I think not. One aspect of the economy that is in a growth mode, in spite Mr. Madoff's Ponzi Scheme Unlimited, is the sale of ammo- especially shotgun buckshot, .308, .223. and both .45ACP, .38 special and .357M loads, plus sales of reloading components have spiked too- I would go with the wisdom of Murphy and his many great laws- in this case, Murphy's Law regarding gold- simply put, Murphy quotes the Golden Rule as: "He who has the most gold, rules"- You want portable wealth in times of disasters pending with a known value- gold, diamonds are best- hard to imagine heading out of Dodge in your Merceedes M-Class with your Cabela's 26 gun capacity safe inside, hoping to barter your "investment grade" doubles into gas, water, food, medical supplies, shelter- the basics- Will this gloom and doom come about- probably not, but forewarned is forearmed.
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 03/12/09 07:45 AM.
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I'll guarantee, if you had a table at a gun show around here, and the price was the same for either one, the Parker would sell first. I don't think that means anything except that brand recognition for a Parker is higher and with that said, I believe a Browning BSS would sell before the Parker for the same reason. I believe that this comes down to the GDP, [generally dumb public], is too brand conscious to make the best decision quality wise. At an offering just to the members of this board, I think the WR would sell first, which would be my choice, just because I have 3 Parkers and no WR's.
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First, if things deteriorate to the point you need to pull the 45 auto and the mini-14 out of the safe inorder to step out on the front lawn all investments are out the window.
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Not enough people know the difference between a good WR and a bad WR. Parker experts are a dime a dozen because of all the books, all the ads, and the PGCA forum.
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Gold always has and always will have value. It is the true "standard".
Money is just paper.
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