Market Vs. Cdn Value

[Riflechair]

Dear Friends

I am not entirely sure of what the market value is for milsurp weapons is anymore.

In Terrace, BC (where I live) I have seen realstate properties double over the last 5 years. Meanwhile there has been a massive exitus of skilled vocations and workers due to a lack of employment opportunities. In fact we have a net reduction in population due to regional recession and net income to my town has dramatically decreased. Yet the housing market continues to increase dramatically. It woulde seem we are the next Newfoundland economy.

The comparison to the firearms market seems to be following a similar trajectory. The number of shooters out there is exponentially less. We seem to be a dying breed.

In Britain a firearm is worth more deactivated than not. How is it possible for new shooters to become immersed in milsurp shooting when WE as a community drive the prices up when the demand is becoming less and less. There are by capita less of us then there were 5 years ago. Yet the prices have almost doubled over thyat same period.

For example I purchased a wrapped Irish No4Mk2 for $450 FIVE YEARS AGO and ended up selling it for $750 unwrapped recently.

What originally made milsurp collecting interesting to me what that it was an affordable conduit to obtaining a varied and interesting historical collection. It seems to have recently turned into an elitest club - very difficult for new enthusiasts to join. I have also seen repeated attacks on CGN in the milsurp forum that would rather incriminate people for their interests rather than support them. Its rather confusing to be honest. How can we as a community allow our children and grand children appreciate the historical value of our military surplus weapons whyem they are no longer affordable in original condition? It seems to me that we are supporting the deactivation of these military surplus firearms by our own interests.

What have you done to support the actual use of military service weapons? Feel free to host your own shoots that makes original as issued firearms the mainstay of your match. See Riflechair.com for ideas.

I am not trying to make my own military shoot famous. I just want to see this hording of milsurps stop and to see these old warriors obtain some range time by the next generation of shooters. At the moment I can't even get a donation of a milsurp for my next shoot. Firearms enthusiasts used to help out in this regard merely a few years ago. We are doing ourselves harm. I feel we are in some manner assisting anti-gun groups by making the market inaccessible. I know that many of you agree. Is it within our grasp as a community to affect change? I'm really interested in your opinion.

What does your crystal ball tell you what the milsurp market will look like in the next 5 years? How do we make sure our children are able to invest in an affordable chapter of the military surplus firearms market?

Without reflecting on the past we doom ourselves to the same mistakes.

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