You'll get bottom dollar selling to any gun store. They got a lot of overhead to pay for in order to sell anything.

 

Agree 100%. I will never do it again. Wanted to upgrade to a new 9mm with a manual safety. Was trading in identical without manual safety. Here is how that went. Original cost was $ 600. They said the trad-in value was $ 425. Then i got 60% of the $ 425, which was $ 255, as credit for the same $ 600 handgun but with manual safety. I should have just given the handgun to one of my sons. Will never do that again. It is noted that the original handgun was brand new, in original box, and was never hot fired.

 

I have bought some. My Cabela's gun cave has better prices than the LGS and the move some guns. You won't get as much money as you would selling to an individual.

 

The Cabelas in Noblesville had very few guns in the gun library. In fact most of the display cases were empty.

 

Find a shop that lets you do consignment for about a 10-15% fee.

 

List them on here.
Do not sell to a store!

 

I would do that but it's very hard to ship now, and some FFL dealers will not accept shipments from private sellers. I just sell on consignment.

 

On a whim one day I took a few never fired handguns to them. Included in the group was a Wilson Combat X9S, Sig Legion X5, G19, and a few others. They offered around 35 cents on the new purchase dollar.

I had a good conversation with the guy in the Gun Library. His hands were tied to the database they have and said the only people that sell are desperate for cash.

I now use a LGS that keeps consignments in his shop for two weeks and then list on Gun Broker. He takes care of everything, takes credit cards, ships and takes care of all the paperwork.

He gets 15-20%.

 

Around here its difficult to find stores that want to sell on consignment.

 

Do you not have gun shows there?

 

what you selling ?????

 

I've only sold to Cabela's when I found a firearm there I really wanted but needed to let go of something in order to bring it home. It's the old wholesale vs. retail thing. Not usually the best deal but workable.

 

Unless you do a face to face, selling a gun to an individual can be expensive. And you have to be careful when doing an ftf sale.

 

And you have to be careful when doing an ftf sale.

Elaborate.

 

I've got a couple of long guns I never shoot.
One is a Remington 700 in .17 Remington Centerfire
Two is a Howa 1500 .223 with a thumbhole laminated stock.

 

The problem is neither of those is a particularly desireable weapon. So anyone who takes it in trade/buys it has to either want it, or is accepting that they're going to sit on it for a while. Makes it hard to offer much when it brings in relatively little and takes time to move.

 

Not to Cabelas, but have sold a few to local shops. Sometimes you get a low offer (I never sell for those) & sometimes I got more than I ever would have thought. Never hurts to ask

 

I've gotten the sh!t end of the stick selling to cabelas, tried to sell a g30 in perfect condition and got offered $250 he said they'd sell it for $350... I told him there's one in the used case in rough shape for $500 but he wouldn't budge! But in all fairness anything thats not person to person is a loosing deal! I would post your items here like the above post said as long as you have an ffl that'll ship

 

Any used gun brought into a retail store goes into competition with the dealer's new inventory so they want to price them competitively. My opinion is that retailers don't want to deal with used inventory unless they have to, so they low ball you on price so they can build enough margin in to cover themselves for any problems a customer may have with a non-warrantied used gun. I've had a major dealer in Southern California refuse to even handle a transfer of a collector grade S&W Model 29 with the excuse that they sold that model new and they couldn't be bothered.

 

The Bass Pro flagship store here in Springfield in their gun library had a Glock 26 for $525. In the gun counter they had G26 brand new for $550. Why would I buy a used gun for a tad less than a new gun? Most stuff in BP is way more than anywhere else.

 

You nailed the biggest problem I have with cabelas! At least your store is under the new price! Mine is usually $10 over hahaha

 

Surprisingly, PawnAmerica has given me pretty good prices. Much more than my 2 local gun shops offered me. They said they sell on Gunbroker nationwide so they can pay a good price.

 

I did that once and if you tell them your coming back for it they'll up the price they give you🤫

 

I've seen that before where the used gun is priced more than a new gun. Several months back I bought a handgun from a Cabela's gun library in another state. I scored on three accounts: Got a nice price on the gun itself, no sales tax was charged, and no shipping $$$ as it was sent directly to my local Cabelas.

 

My LGS offered me $300 for a SP 101 in nearly new condition. Retail would be around $600.

 

I sold a Sig Sauer P365 to pawn America for 350, lgs offered 220! I thought 150 less than I paid for it new was a pretty good deal.

 

When I wanted to sell two 1911's, Cabela's offered me prices that were $5 less than what guns.com offered. Since I was at Cabela's, I took the "bird in the hand" offers. More recently, I had decent offers for other guns from gun.com.

 

Find a shop that lets you do consignment for about a 10-15% fee or List them here.

 

Howa 1500 .223 ....ummm... I could like this one.... for no reason other than to have it....

 

arkdweller22...I live in Reno and remember Silver State. It was a good place to shop. Bizarre used to be good on pricing but they've edged closer to MF&S. John Clement was their Glock armorist but he moved to Florida a couple of years back.

 

Nobody who has been involved with guns for more than a month. You may as well sell it for scrap metal.

Helpful rule for gun trading:
1. You never trade a gun to a gun dealer.
2. The only thing worse than trading a gun to a dealer is selling a gun to a dealer.
3. Selling a gun to a big chain store dealer is even worse than #2.

My LGS offered me $300 for a SP 101 in nearly new condition. Retail would be around $600.

Half of what it would sell for is a good offer if you are trying to sell to a dealer.

 

I look at it this way.

Cabelas doesn’t need to buy it and will offer the lowest price possible which might trigger a sale.

The problem is their inventory is Generally pretty thin. They have a lot of junk guns, historic pieces or $2,000 plus pieces which generally don’t interest me.

I have $3,400 in gift cards I cashed in from an employer rewards program. I’ve been there several times including 1 where I spent nearly 2 hours there looking.

Couldn't find a single firearm on my wish list which is pretty long.

They would be better off offering better prices because when I walk in and see used guns at $20-50 less than a new firearm why would I buy used.

 

I've got my P17, Hellcat, SP5 & Derringer up for sale right now. Just submitted all 4 to Guns.com. Let's see what they offer

 

I've never had much luck dealing with Cabela's. Even worse since Bass Pro bought them.

 

My Cabela's won't touch ARs (too easy to swap factory parts for cheap parts, I suppose). For better or for worse, the prices they offer are based off some database. Extras don't seem to materially affect the offer. My Cabela's will typically offer about 2/3 of whatever they're going to list the gun for.