New Owner Common Mistakes

[oremike]

Speaking of value or worth...

At time value or worth does not mean dollar value...but what use the item has for you.
I have at times , traded a firearm that was "worth" more than the one I was getting , simply because I had a better use for the new one , than the traded one.
So...the new one's "worth" , meant more to me than just dollars.

Not the best of ideas if you are trying to trade up so to speak..or working for a retail store.
However...
It can get you something that you want , have a use for and actually use...rather then holding to something that you don't use with the hopes of it being worth dollars.
Andy

Exactly right, I recently traded a 480 Ruger and all of it's accouterments for a 9mm race gun. I was enamored with the 480 at first but then realized it was just a big, heavy hand cannon better suited to the Alaskan back country than the type of shooting I'm doing. The CZ on the other hand is a great happy can gun, fast, easy to shoot and fun. Did I make money on the trade, probably not but I did increase the fun factor substantially.

 

[Bobbygun]

I know this looks and sounds good on paper but the correct number of guns is just one more. For me I didn't find out what were the right guns for me with out buying and shooting what I thought I wanted. One example of this is Thompson Contender pistols. Three or four times I've had a contender and with multiple barrels each time. They are fun, accurate and as a re loader entertaining to load for particularly the wildcats. Eventually I get bored with shooting a single shot and they get traded off for the next shiny squirrel.

Ain't that the truth? Man, I love Contenders and their extra barrels. Just never seem to shoot mine. Maybe it's that "one shot at a time" thing? But I shoot my muzzleloader more than the contender, and it's slower to load, so...

 

[MrMykonos]

Took me a while to get through this thread. Great info from everyone! My 2cents as a Washingtonian would be DON"T WAIT! I saw way too many people that were unable to purchase a gun because of stupid law changes.