Questions About Frequent Resale of Great Airguns

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I have some thoughts. 


Both of those guns I have not heard great things about as far as ownership goes. FX seems like amazing beautiful accurate rifles, and I want one in a way, but I see posts every week that make me think it requires a lot of expense and time to maintain in a fully functional state and is not super easy to work on. SK 19 sounds like it has problems and somehow feels to me like a classic impulse buy / buyer's remorse item - kind of gimmicky.


Definitely, when the latest FX model comes out those who like to stay on the cutting edge will feel compelled to upgrade as well. I think that explains the recent surge of FX sales 




 
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Speaking for myself, I buy very good airguns and then usually keep them for no more than a year or so. I take good care of them and hope to get a decent price when selling.

Why? Two reasons: (1) Keep inventory low and (2) Can't stop myself from buying another new gun :).

I'm older and try to keep it down to only 2-3 high quality guns at a time. Buy a new one.... sell an old one. My kids and grandkids are not interested in this sport right now, so no one to pass them on to.

Hope this helps.
 
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Considering the number of Impacts and Crowns sold, I don't think the few we see in the classifieds indicates an overall pattern. If a couple thousand are sold and I only see 6 or 8 on the forum for sale, that's not bad. The FX guns seem to hold their value so selling to fund the next gun or other fun project is relatively easy. Some people just like experiencing new guns and sell the old ones to finance the habit. One just never knows why a gun is for sale.

Buying in the classifieds does bring a risk though. Maybe the gun is something like my Gen1 Impact. I have completely repaired it, and upgraded it, but I'm not an FX certified gun smith either. I did it all using the Master Class videos. I may sell the gun in the best belief that there is absolutely nothing wrong with it, but you just never know what's lurking in those repaired or upgraded parts.

Example, last Saturday, I was doing some chrony work and after about 100 rounds, the trigger just locked into place. Cocking handle slid back and forth freely, wouldn't fire, wouldn't de-cock, nothing. I had to degass the gun and remove the trigger group to get it to work again. I still have no idea what happened, I just know that when I removed the pin holding one part, it all started working again. Had I sold the gun two weeks ago, someone else would be doing the repair. No warranty from FX either. I voided that long ago.

My MKII will remain pristine and under warranty as long as possible. Then again, I do like to tinker. . . . . . . . . . . .
 
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It is because of the addiction. It says buy, buy, buy and then most have to sell, sell sell before they can buy more. It's a pretty simple thing and werqs fine for many. Once the newness has worn off a bit the gun is no longer a shiny object so needs to go so it can be replaced by something shiny and new again. Others are after perfection so are never satisfied with what they get and sell a gun soon after they get it and pick it apart for things that should be better of different.

It's all good in the end so long as we can accept the evil deed we have done.
 
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Perhaps the rifles did not meet expectations or it's just a mindest. Some guys just like new stuff. I like what I like and tend to keep things a long time. I really like my AA ProTarget and most people wouldn't know what it was if they saw it. My ProSport is serial # 52. Almost all of my scopes were bought in the mid nineties. Most of the new stuff ( in my opinion)isn't enough better for me to upgrade. That's just MY mindset. Others may just want bigger, better, faster, and farther, and oh yea, newer.

Rick
 
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For the FX it's the latest and greatest!
These gun are great! Very innovative and always moving forward. That's basically why people keep upgrading. So if you don't mind waiting for a deal on one FX normally updates things yearly.
When FX stops innovating new upgrades then you should see the selling of FX start to level off.

Just think of FX as the iPhone of airguns.
 
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I think the issue is that many have to, “buy it to try it.” There is often no one around close enough with airguns, especially expensive airguns, to try.

No one I know, where I live, shoots airguns. I travel many hours, and miles, to shoot with like minded folks at specialty airgun events.

Now, from my perspective, I have never sold an air rifle that I have purchased.

I did sell a 10 meter air pistol (Pardini K12) that I bought new and could never shoot as accurately as the Morini 162 EI. The Morini electronic trigger is simply the best trigger on the market, in my opinion.

Even accessories that are not currently used may find a repurposed use later, so they almost never get sold, either.
 
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Lots of good points made above which I agree with and which personally apply to me.

And a couple of others which apply to me:

1) My Financial Advisor accurately calls me an 'accumulator' when it comes to my hobbies. And these accumulator tendencies are exaggerated as availability of items goes down, and costs continue to go up. It happened last year with electric assist bicycles. Both my wife and I ride them, they are great for our health (well, mostly great as my wife is still recovering from a fall and broken elbow & scapula, so our daily riding is on hold for now). During the peak COVID lockdowns the e-bikes allowed us to get outside, get healthy exercise, and maintain some level of sanity. But with a huge demand spike and interruptions in the supply chain, e-bikes were quickly sold out and became unobtanium. So I bought a small 'fleet' (different bikes for different purposes, extras to have when friends & family visited and wanted to ride with us, etc.) They weren't getting any more available or less expensive, so I bought what I wanted when I could get it, especially if it was discounted at all being 'last year's color' or something like that.

The same has occurred with air guns for me. Backyard sanity tools for when you can't leave the house and go do stuff. Buy them when they are available as they aren't seeming to get re-stocked very quickly and we've already all complained about the price hikes with the value of the USD going down so badly against other less-mismanaged currencies.

2) Many of us don't have a shop of big local club we can go to and try out different guns. So we have to take for granted what YouTube (paid or not) reviews say, as well as the opinions of our fellow shooters. These reviews and opinions can all be spot-on and accurate - for the individual who is posting them. Then we get the gun, and it really doesn't work out for us due to our personal style of shooting, differences in body styles and sizes, etc. So it may be an absolutely great gun for many - but just not for us. So we see it sitting idly in the gun carousel, not getting out to play very often, and make the decision to 're-home' it.

3) Being an accumulator as described above, I don't have room for too many air guns if I want to store them in an appropriate environment, protected, and in manner which keeps them in top functional and cosmetic condition. I have 2 gun carousels in my study where I can keep my airguns, and each one is in a silicone treated rifle sock to prevent getting dinged up. When I run out of room in my carousels, I don't currently have other good storage options, so time to sell something (for that next new gun which is, or which might soon be inbound).

I understand that I have worked hard and have been very fortunate in life and have the means to purchase, try and keep or sell multiple airguns. And that this does not apply to many. I count my blessings every day that I wake up on the correct side of the turf. And if I'm lucky I get to go out and shoot my airguns. And if I have a gun which doesn't work for me, or just doesn't get out to play often, I hope that I can make someone else's day when I put one up for sale at a deal price.
 
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I am in the other camp. I only look for slightly used great guns. They have already been checked and tested. Those here that are respected are not going to risk blowing their name, or access to this great forum. Plus, there are those accessories that are also included in the already good deals. Plus, I am not afraid to learn my guns and fix them and call them my own once in my hands. I don't mind a small scratch or two either to save hundreds...Just wait until I get it. I am a hunter. 

P.S. I retired seven years ago, now 60...Hint.
 
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Sometimes you try a gun and it's just not for you. I've tried a few guns that functioned fine, shot great, and just weren't for me - sometimes for a reason I could identify, other times it was nothing in particular, it just never became something I wanted to spend time with. Oh, I have an SK-19 and like it quite a bit. It's not the most ergonomic thing for carrying around, and the factory bipod rail is a cruel hoax, but it shoots lights-out and I personally don't think there's anything wrong with the trigger.

I picked up my R5M used and it's one of my favorite guns, but that obviously wasn't the case for the previous owner.

GsT
 
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My wife sometimes thinks my airgun stuff is expensive, but not when compared to what I had with fishing between boat payments, insurance, gas, bait, rods, and tackle. Comparatively, airguns and ammo are cheap.
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Tracker,

LMAO! I feel you there, brother. I'm pretty sure I have more money tied up in the Senkos alone that are in my boat than in my 3 PCP's! A bass fishing habit makes air guns seem downright reasonable, cost wise.

Justin
 
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 "I only look for slightly used great guns. They have already been checked and tested."

Nothing wrong with that view. But I consider the flip side of the coin as just as much a possibility-that they have been checked and rejected. All relative. I would possibly buy a used gun, and might even (but absolutely less possibly) buy a used scope. But I wouldn't buy used unless there was a SIGNIFICANT savings from new. JMO.
 
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Simply because they are always " improving" their models and coming out with new ones,mans quest for the newest improved model....it is a great business plan.....in some newer equipment the older equipment can be updated...that is a good business plan and selling point for very small expensive manufacture's ....Butt for FX and other PCP makers the "Race is On".FX business plan and inventor are aware of their faithful,who certainly help out us out who prefer to buy second hand......our problem is too many times the second rifles stay too expensive.....for too long..
 
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