Handguns with the best resale value

[PappaGun]

I find that handguns of the pre owned variety have the best resale value.

actually, that's exactly the way I look at it. The better quality handguns will often lose 20-30% of their sticker price after a couplle of years, even if kept in the 95% condition range. Shoot em, carry em, and take good care, and they'll still get back your original price after 10 years... if not more.

I'm just not sure over the long haul what kind of "resale" all the tupperware is gonna have in 15-20 years, but a good quality steel handgun by S&W, Ruger, Kimber, Sig, Beretta, Colt, STI......... I think there's a day you'll get your money back, plus.
You can also factor in the economic trends... I have a LNIB (with the box)1971, 3 screw Ruger Single Action Six Combo, with the original sales tag stamped $69.50. I've been offered $500. That's just about equali to 40 years of inflation.


surv

Actually. $500 is way ahead of inflation.
According to the inflation calculator ( http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )
you would want $364.09 at the end of 2009 to break even with the CPI.

[mr surveyor]

I find that handguns of the pre owned variety have the best resale value.

actually, that's exactly the way I look at it. The better quality handguns will often lose 20-30% of their sticker price after a couplle of years, even if kept in the 95% condition range. Shoot em, carry em, and take good care, and they'll still get back your original price after 10 years... if not more.

I'm just not sure over the long haul what kind of "resale" all the tupperware is gonna have in 15-20 years, but a good quality steel handgun by S&W, Ruger, Kimber, Sig, Beretta, Colt, STI......... I think there's a day you'll get your money back, plus.
You can also factor in the economic trends... I have a LNIB (with the box)1971, 3 screw Ruger Single Action Six Combo, with the original sales tag stamped $69.50. I've been offered $500. That's just about equali to 40 years of inflation.


surv

Actually. $500 is way ahead of inflation.
According to the inflation calculator ( http://www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; )
you would want $364.09 at the end of 2009 to break even with the CPI.

probably true.... actually, I suppose the other $136+/- would have been bonus for an original pre-safety 3 screw model

doesn't matter anyway... already passed it down to the 4th generation heir

[Capt Roy]

I myself do not buy guns for resale. I have two grandsons that are going to enjoy them as much as I do. I have guns that my grandfather used and I still use them and they mean more than money to me. I have an old 30-30 that was carried in a gun rack in our 54 chev truck and beat to hell. My dad and I shot many a deer in the 60's with that gun and I wouldn't take anything for it.

[CC Italian]

Well Glocks are kind of like the Honda of guns. Went to see how much I could get for my Glock 27 with 3 mags a month back because I want to replace it with a Glock 29. It has at least 3,000 rounds through it with all the original parts and they were going to give me $400 cash or $425 store credit. I didn't sell it yet but I payed 499.00 for it new 3 years ago.

[glbedd53]

Colt 1911s and S&W revolvers.

[longhorn_92]

Well Glocks are kind of like the Honda of guns. Went to see how much I could get for my Glock 27 with 3 mags a month back because I want to replace it with a Glock 29. It has at least 3,000 rounds through it with all the original parts and they were going to give me $400 cash or $425 store credit. I didn't sell it yet but I payed 499.00 for it new 3 years ago.

Are you sure they weren't CHARGING you $400 to take it off your hands?...

[The Annoyed Man]

A Colt Mustang or Colt Python have very high resale value because they're no longer made.

I have a blue steel 150th Anniversary Edition Colt Government .380 in nearly perfect condition. I even have the original box it came in. I'm not sure exactly what it is worth, but I see them on Gunbroker occasionally in the $700-$800 range. That may be inflated... I don't know. But, if it is a reasonable price for these things, it would be more than twice what I paid for it.

I also have a 5" barreled "pre-lock" Model 29 Classic that I bought brand new for $452.00 which is in beautiful condition. I've seen similar models going for more than twice that today.

The downside in the value equation for me is that I'll never sell the .44, and I'm ambivalent about the idea of selling the .380, so the increased value is of little importance to me.