Remember the tidal wave of surplus firearms back around 2003?

[Karl Fairburne]

How I wish that I still had the ones I bought. Dang, I probably had four Mosins, two very nice Swiss rifles, a Century Arms AK-47 that was outstanding. And, some German pistols, etc. NOTE- the AK cost a whopping $309. Try getting an AK today at that price. I guess the old saying still exists to this day.... Live and Learn. Sadly, those guns and those prices are in the breeze Troops.

 

[halfmileharry]

How I wish that I still had the ones I bought. Dang, I probably had four Mosins, two very nice Swiss rifles, a Century Arms AK-47 that was outstanding. And, some German pistols, etc. NOTE- the AK cost a whopping $309. Try getting an AK today at that price. I guess the old saying still exists to this day.... Live and Learn. Sadly, those guns and those prices are in the breeze Troops.

You can't pay too much for a gun. You can only buy it too soon. Even then, eventually you'll see your money well spent.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Buy and hold.

 

[Wolfhound]

I still have just about all the surplus guns I purchased in that time period. I did give a couple to my sons. The only two I sold or traded were a CZ50 and a Nagant bring back from Vietnam that was more of a wall hanger than a range gun.

 

[Mongo59]

How I wish that I still had the ones I bought. Dang, I probably had four Mosins, two very nice Swiss rifles, a Century Arms AK-47 that was outstanding. And, some German pistols, etc. NOTE- the AK cost a whopping $309. Try getting an AK today at that price. I guess the old saying still exists to this day.... Live and Learn. Sadly, those guns and those prices are in the breeze Troops.

AK $309? Back in the late 80's you could get a SK for $69 and an AK for $79 and both came with a free case of ammo... no lie. Should have filled the barn with them.
Down in Georgia the Western Auto's had barrels of Mosin's u-pick for $25. I got in my time machine and went back, but they didn't even know what a debit card was...

 

[indiucky]

Buy and hold.

This...^^^^

 

[miguel]

AK $309? Back in the late 80's you could get a SK for $69 and an AK for $79 and both came with a free case of ammo... no lie. Should have filled the barn with them.
Down in Georgia the Western Auto's had barrels of Mosin's u-pick for $25. I got in my time machine and went back, but they didn't even know what a debit card was...

Please don't remind me. I won't be able to sleep at night!

 

[Beowulf]

If you have a time machine, why are you wasting your time with Mosins and SKSs? Go back to '84 and stock up on HK registered sears or packs. A few bucks for the parts, plus a $200 stamp, but now is worth $30k+ each.

 

[Mongo59]

If you have a time machine, why are you wasting your time with Mosins and SKSs? Go back to '84 and stock up on HK registered sears or packs. A few bucks for the parts, plus a $200 stamp, but now is worth $30k+ each.

It's the darn debit card...

 

[88E30M50]

I still have a couple of mine. Used to have enough Mosins that I'd buy them, clean them up and give them to family members for their birthday.

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[indykid]

Please don't remind me. I remember Norincos and Poly Tech AK variants collecting dust on shelves with fire sale prices. Worse, in 1976 a friend offered me an M16 for $250 but I turned it down because I didn't want to pay almost as much in federal blackmail fees as I did for the rifle. Wish I had a time machine...

 

[Mongo59]

Take my word for it, time machines aren't all that great. Show up in '76 with the Monopoly money we have nowadays and they just laugh at you...

 

[Opie]

It's not as great as it sounds. Put that $100 bucks in a good mutual fund in the 1980's and leave it alone. You could buy a lot more with your money that buying a bunch of SKS's! $100 invested from 1988-today @ 10% would be over $1,700.00! Don't let the "golden years" of firearms deals get you down...

 

[Mongo59]

My theory: If you don't have gold, you will need lead to either get you some gold or to get all the other things that gold would buy. If you do have gold, you will need lead to prevent someone from taking it from you. So, whether you do or don't have gold, YOU NEED LEAD. My economy is, therefore, based on lead...

 

[Kirk Freeman]

My theory: If you don't have gold, you will need lead to either get you some gold or to get all the other things that gold would buy. If you do have gold, you will need lead to prevent someone from taking it from you. So, whether you do or don't have gold, YOU NEED LEAD. My economy is, therefore, based on lead...

Do you have an investment newsletter, Mongo?

 

[Mongo59]

Buy often, dispense freely.

 

[Mongo59]

To understand my newsletter one must first define "liberal" use of ammunition... lol