Auction Insanity

[Aragorn243]

Got to get this off my chest. I've attended two auctions in the past two weeks devoted to firearms. Now I learned years ago that at this particular auction, you aren't likely to get a decent deal on anything good. For some reason, people bid the guns up pretty high here and it isn't for a lack of supply. There is a Cabelas within 40 minutes of here that sells guns for less than what the guns at auction sell for and these are brand new rifles.

In any case, Mosin-Nagant's. I watched four of them go up for auction in these two sales. One of the reasons I went was because I figured I'd at least be able to get a decent price on one of these.

Again, four weeks ago I purchased a 91/30 rearsenaled rifle in great shape with matching (but probably forced on the bolt) numbers at Cabelas for $89.

At the first auction, two 91/30's with non-matching numbers and nothing particularly special about them sold for $180.00 each. These were not rare or unusual rifles and were both in worse shape than the ones that Cabelas had been selling.

At todays auction a 1944 carbine sold for $280.00. Again, nothing special, 1946 manufacture, mismatched parts, arsenal refurbish. Bore decent but not great. The second rifle had a bit more going for it as it was a Remington but it too had gone through the arsenal refurbish and had a Soviet bolt and many other Soviet parts. I lost track of the final price on this but it was OVER $280.00 I couldn't believe it.

Makes me want to go grab the two 91/30's at the local gun shop that are selling for $99 each and take them to the auction for re-sale.

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