Gun folks?

Arabian Knight,
Can you quote your source for Marlin going out of business please?
Thanks,
L.

No problem. After Remington bought them 2 years ago I guess they decided not to keep Marlin Firearms operating anymore.
http://www.employmentspectator.com/2...kers-affected/
And who knows just where and how well Marlins maybe in the future if they start producing them elsewhere. "Off SHore" Never know.
Remington owns them now, so who knows.

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Thanks so much! I will be passing this along.

Well now, who is going to determine the "real value"? As for the "make it up later" that will NEVER happen.

Instead of trying to sell them yourself (and not really knowing how much to charge and having to "haggle" with people) what about finding a local auctioneer who can put the guns in with somebody's estate that doesn't have much?

The person with the "not valuable" stuff will benefit as with the guns there, will draw more people. You win, in that you don't have to come up with a price - the auction crowd will name the price. Your Uncle shouldn't have a problem with it, because if his "friend" wants the guns so bad, he can go to the auction and be the highest bidder.

The only thing you would be out would be the 10% - 15% that the auctioneer takes as his pay. Guns are BIG TIME auction items that will bring people in. IF the auctioneer does his job (by advertising WHAT guns you have), chances are many gun collectors will show up to buy.

Most guns that are sold at auctions are usually never a "bargain" like many people expect from an auction. For guns people are usually paying the real fair market price - not the "fair" price your Uncle is looking at.

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Michael W. Smith in North-West Pennsylvania

"Everything happens for a reason."

That Russian shotgun would have been imported by
Universal Sptg Gds (Universal Sporting Goods) - not the abbreviation you read.

TOZ are very competent gunmakers. They do everything from solid, accurate everyday arms (second to CZ, but not by much, and lots cheaper); to special pistols and rifles that win Gold Medals at Olympics.

The TOZ shotgun appears to be worth at least twice what a similar US shotgun would be, so selling it direct rather than at auction to a lot of uneducated shooters who don't appreciate the value of collectibles could finance valuation of all the firearms.

Woggle- I do know it was imported by Universal, but I still can't find anything other than that one post. Not even in the gun book from the library. Thanks for the double tip.

Michael- I don't think she'll go for that. She'll think someone is trying to 'hoodoo' her. I'll bring it up, though.

Ty- this guy is supposedy a collector. Sounds fishy, all the way around, though.

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