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| Above, the price of a good pre-64 Winchester 94 doubled and tripled since I bought mine in 2019. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Guns that were once commonplace (i.e., easy to find) are becoming more scarce in the used gun market. Finding examples that are in great condition are even harder for find.
That is the topic The Avid Outdoorsman posted yesterday. The article is on 20 guns that became collector favorites by accident. I have some that made the list.
The article begins with:
Every gun counter has that one story: a plain-looking firearm that sat untouched for years, then suddenly everybody wants one. Most of the time it wasn’t designed to be “collectible.” It was designed to be affordable, useful, or just different enough to stand out for a season. Then production stopped, a military contract ended, a movie showed it off, or a new law shifted buying habits, and the thing turned into a safe-queen whether the owner meant it or not.
Here are 20 firearms that ended up becoming collector favorites the hard way—by being in the right place at the right time, and then disappearing.
To read more, go here.
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