Thread: low mileage guns for sale

Originally Posted by mikee

yes and they all shoot MOA, I often wonder if you put their owners on the spot if they actually could demonstrate that (and repeatedly)

It is because my hunting rifle shoots well, you will never see it for sale.😆

My AR is a shooter as well but I am not as attached to that as my hunting rifles.


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Why sell? He'll I have an SKS that's still in the grease coz it was on special.


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Originally Posted by hamsav

I have 4 rifles ( with ammo ) that I have never fired , had them for between 3-5 years and a few more that I have fired less than 20 rnds

You need to pm me mate.

I always put it down to the fact that alot is B/S. Says its fired 20, but more likely heaps more.
Then there are the ones that says its fired 20, and prob fired 50-60, then theres the few that has fired what is stated. Take your pick, but asking a few questions you can normally put it in one of the 3 groups. Some of the bigger Cals guys get talked into for their first rifle, fire a few shots and the recoil scares the crap out of them, hence FOR Sale, fired 10 rounds Correct Still, seems way too many for sale thats fired not too many, prob conned from a salesman into something they didnt actually want, some impulse buyers, some other reason but still a good pcentage which is prob crap on what is stated

Shit I've brought and sold guns I've never fired haha. I'm a proper finicky gun slut and covert rifles until I own them and think meh.
I have though sold guns and regretted it ever since.

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I started out like that buy one shot it do it up sell it to buy the next one.
But once my wage improved then I found two that I really liked and still have them
Mind you I'm in the middle of a build at present and I did see this............

Sitting here I can think of three of my hunting rifles that would have had fewer than 100 rounds through them but I certainly can't say the same thing about my shot guns, .22's, AR and long range rig. On analysis I have concluded that it has taken me more shots to kill clay birds, pests, paper and steel than it takes me to kill deer and pigs and goats. Barefoot had it right in saying that with hunting it is generally one shot taken, whereas with target shooting (as a for instance) Very few ous would ever go to all the trouble of setting up just to put one hole in a target or to hit (or miss) a gong a thousand metres down range, just the once.

I like the low mileage for sale but take it with a grain of salt. What shits me is when they want store price for it.

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I tend to buy good second hand guns,that shoot straight. I rarely sell them. Or I buy them for their action for a future build. There are three or four that I have never shot. I tend to keep and accumulate . On the other hand ,a mate of mine is a gun slut: he buys and sell in the matters of weeks if not days! The most recent exemple: he ordered and received a ruger precision rifle. Within less than a week , it was sold with out firing a single shot! He just did not like it. Gun dealers love him:-)
I second what is said above about big boomers. People don't expect that much recoil and the gun is back for sale quickly.
Also, shooting and hunting are activities that can take a lot of time and money. It is all good to read a magazine or a forum and being emulated by its heros. But it generally takes a lots of walking time to get to shoot an animal. And most animal are shot under the 200m mark. When you have spent more than 3k on a custom long range rig just to do that ,no wonder it is back for sale quickly.
New comers to the sport who come out of town with their new tikka and don't have access to easy territory can also be put off quickly when they face the reality of it, and their gun goes back in the cupboard to collect dust or for sale for lack of usage.
Also cost of reloading and shooting for the big boomer can be significant .when a can of powder goes away faster than a box of bullets...you know what I mean...Not talking about the trips to the ( distant and/or accessible) range to test the new load.

Originally Posted by Steve123

Why sell? He'll I have an SKS that's still in the grease coz it was on special.

Haha, that was my reasoning for buying a Mosin

Originally Posted by Rushy

.................................................. ............ Very few ous would ever go to all the trouble of setting up just to put one hole in a target or to hit (or miss) a gong a thousand metres down range, just the once.

Yep I like to miss the 1000 meter gong as often as possible just to prove i can Once is not enough my technique might not be right and I might not miss again!!

How many guys buy classic cars and sell them after 10 years and have only driven them 200km or boats 10 years old with 50 hrs on the motor?
Work, family and life get in the way for most of us.

Main thing that puts me off selling is the thought of having to deal with mail order forms. And ppl who think $400 means $200

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Originally Posted by Steve123

Main thing that puts me off selling is the thought of having to deal with mail order forms. And ppl who think $400 means $200

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You could sum all that up in one word ..............."Trademe"

Originally Posted by mikee

You could sum all that up in one word ..............."Trademe"

Pretty much. Those face book for sale grouos are even worse. Just as well extra safes are easy to install.
Does anyone know if extra safes need inspecting by the AO or just when you move house?

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