TSMGguy Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 (edited) I wanted to post the link below as at first the gun looked pretty good. Looking more closely, I realized that the gun had been refinished. This is not the original hot blue, which has a slight sheen to it. You can see pitting in the metal in the close ups. The price quoted to me for this gun is $20,100, which is way up there even for a nice, original gun. http://autoweapons.com/photos08/dec/1231mp40ns.html For whatever reason, the year marking is missing after the producer's code. I've never seen this before on an original gun. As it's the only place on the gun that is dated, the gun could be from any year from 1941 on up, as it has generally later features. Edited January 15, 2009 by TSMGguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I just can't afford to shop at Autoweapons.....they think that not only are their guns the rarest that they are all gold plated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawksnest Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 "I just can't afford to shop at Autoweapons.....they think that not only are their guns the rarest that they are all gold plated." Amen to that. Seems to me everthing is overpriced by about 30%. Agree or disagree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lone Ranger Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Amen to that. Seems to me everthing is overpriced by about 30%. Agree or disagree? :agree: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 (edited) I just can't afford to shop at Autoweapons.....they think that not only are their guns the rarest that they are all gold plated. I called that guy back in the summer about a tube gun Sten he had, the price quoted was the same that I had lined up on a C&R Sten. As suggested about 30% above the average price for the same. It will be a cold day before I check with them on anything. $20,000 should buy you a factory fresh example. Good condition MP44s don't bring that much and they are a lot harder to find than an MP40. Edited January 16, 2009 by RoscoeTurner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lone Ranger Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Have some patience. If you watch the boards, you can usually find a nice one for 15-16k. If you don't mind a mismatch/re-finish, you can find them for 12-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 I have to admit he's got a hellova inventory... there has to be over a million bucks on that page.....even at regular prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoscoeTurner Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 I have to admit he's got a hellova inventory... there has to be over a million bucks on that page.....even at regular prices. You get the impression his business is aimed at those whose pockets have no bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifthmdec Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 I have to admit he's got a hellova inventory... there has to be over a million bucks on that page.....even at regular prices. You get the impression his business is aimed at those whose pockets have no bottom. The owner is a real je*&, try dealing with him and point out the inconsistencies of his ads and all of a sudden he goes off on a ridicule tangent. Must be a Saul Alinsky fan. Not worth a conversation topic. This must be a hobby or he is a snake oil salesman of the highest order... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye_Joe Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Yeah, back when I was on the hunt for a new Tommy I watched one on his site for a few months and contacted him....tried to dicker with him some on the price to get his inventory down...nope...that wasn't the same one in the ad, the one I'd looked at had been sold months ago.... yeah right.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PATHFINDER Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 I use this guy as a barometer. I have a spread sheet at work that tracks his inventory (how many guns in stock) to see how the economy is doing. Back in 2004 he had about 25 guns at any given time during the ‘my house is worth so much I must be rich’ phase of borrow and spend economics. As of this writing he has about 75 guns in stock. At one time he had more than 100 guns in stock. Now a rise in inventory should be indicative of two things: people are selling NFA’s at a rate faster than they are being bought (market supply increase) and/or prices being too high to move inventory. Now everyone likes to discuss supply and demand economics as the reason they ask so much for a gun when one becomes available, but in this case his supply goes up but his price never comes down. Odd how the laws of economics do not inversely apply to NFA weapons!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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