Used Hand Gun Prices !

[Spirited-6]

I want to sell about two or three firearms and looking for a "LINK" on a price guide. We are having a large gun show this week end in Lexington and I don`t want to go in uninformed as to price range of my hand guns.  TIA for any help.
  

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Do a Google search....Type in make and model of the guns you want to sell ( one at a time )  it will take you to several sites that will give you a used value...I did it last week on a Grendel 380 I just bought nice gun shoots great holds 11 rounds with one in the pipe.

[gregc]

Try gunbroker.com      or   ebang.com      type in your type of gun under search,  will give you an idea what price they are asking for them.

[9Ball]

all used guns seem to be holding their value.  There was a time not too long ago that you were lucky to get 50 cents on a dollar for used guns.  It seems to be more like 75 or 80 cents on a dollar lately.  I even have a few that would sell for a lot more than I originally paid for them due to rarity and condition.

One thing I recommend is to save the original boxes and paperwork....adds a decent amount of return value when trading or selling.

[Jess from VA]

Gunbroker.com and GunsAmerica.com, and search for your make/models.

And do what Joe said, just type in the 'make (ie, S & W model 10) for sale' on Google  and start opening windows. 

And once you get to the show, look around and see if anyone else has those or similar models.

Make sure you take the original boxes, manuals, documents, etc (if you have them) as this should add 10% or so to value.

As you are selling at a show, presumably without an FFL, be careful to not appear to be acting as an unlicensed dealer.  BATFE routinely trolls guns shows in mufti (undercover) to trap people.  Do not take more than two guns in to sell at a time... as little as three guns in a year has been prosecuted as an unlicensed dealer.   And, thou it will cost some money, realize if you go thru an FFL holder to formalize the sale from private party to private party, this removes any chance of being charged as an unlicensed dealer, and any chance you are selling to a prohibited person (former felon, etc).   

[Spirited-6]

As you are selling at a show, presumably without an FFL, be careful to not appear to be acting as an unlicensed dealer.  BATFE routinely trolls guns shows in mufti (undercover) to trap people.  Do not take more than two guns in to sell at a time... as little as three guns in a year has been prosecuted as an unlicensed dealer.   And, thou it will cost some money, realize if you go thru an FFL holder to formalize the sale from private party to private party, this removes any chance of being charged as an unlicensed dealer, and any chance you are selling to a prohibited person (former felon, etc).   

This did not enter my mind. 

Thanks guys for the info. 

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

As you are selling at a show, presumably without an FFL, be careful to not appear to be acting as an unlicensed dealer.  BATFE routinely trolls guns shows in mufti (undercover) to trap people.  Do not take more than two guns in to sell at a time... as little as three guns in a year has been prosecuted as an unlicensed dealer.   And, thou it will cost some money, realize if you go thru an FFL holder to formalize the sale from private party to private party, this removes any chance of being charged as an unlicensed dealer, and any chance you are selling to a prohibited person (former felon, etc).   

This did not enter my mind. 

Thanks guys for the info. 

I bought my last ( 3 ) handguns on the side of the road just outside Confederate, Kentucky. I checked them out haggled the price handed him the money took the guns and everyone was happy.The best part of the deal ....No paper trail 

[fudgie]

What ya got to sell? 

[Jess from VA]

As you are selling at a show, presumably without an FFL, be careful to not appear to be acting as an unlicensed dealer.  BATFE routinely trolls guns shows in mufti (undercover) to trap people.  Do not take more than two guns in to sell at a time... as little as three guns in a year has been prosecuted as an unlicensed dealer.   And, thou it will cost some money, realize if you go thru an FFL holder to formalize the sale from private party to private party, this removes any chance of being charged as an unlicensed dealer, and any chance you are selling to a prohibited person (former felon, etc).  

This did not enter my mind.  

Thanks guys for the info.  

I bought my last ( 3 ) handguns on the side of the road just outside Confederate, Kentucky. I checked them out haggled the price handed him the money took the guns and everyone was happy.The best part of the deal ....No paper trail  

Well Joe I don't have a problem with that, so long as what you bought was not stolen property that is on a national police list of stolen guns.  Same as a private buy at a gun show as far as that goes (where you can never be absolutely sure you are not buying stolen property), and no paperwork there either.  It's difficult to successfully prosecute someone for an innocent purchase of a stolen gun (it is done), but if you happen to use it in self defense and it is discovered to be stolen (and/or later ballistically matched to other crimes or homicide(s), it is sure to be an uncomfortable situation.  

The problem is, to find out if it's stolen, it has to be run thru the system as a purchase, and then there is paperwork... which is also unsatisfactory.  I probably have over a dozen private purchases at gun shows.... all you can do is have a little discussion, ask to see a license (proves nothing, but if he refuses to show it, it makes you wonder), ask him outright if it is stolen or he is a felon so you can later testify truthfully that you asked (course you can't know if he's lying), create a little handwritten bill of sale, and otherwise use due care to buy legal guns.  Most of my purchases were from a retired USAF OSI Lt Col, and a disability-retired LA cop (no FFLs).... but some were just guys walking around.  

But if you are selling at a gun show, which is legal as private to private sales are legal, you do need to avoid some Fed deciding to charge you as an unlicensed dealer.... for multiple sales.  I happen to know a few of the dealers and others that frequent my local gun shows, and I always look them up to ask what if any undercover action has been going on.  And being I am only miles from DC, we do get BATFE activity.  Course, I almost never sell, only buy, so there's really not an issue.