waterdogg wrote on Apr 21^st, 2013 at 12:46pm:

I've talked to a few gun store owners and they said that collectible guns are not moving. People are more interested in black rifles than old rifles. I figured that people would want to sell their old rifles to pay bills, but they are holding on to everything as long as they can.

Collectibles are moving at the auction sites, and auction houses, and, I think that most people would sell almost anything ahead of a gun, just to pay bills. Gun stores are not the best place to sell, in my opinion.

I'm starting to think about going through parts and duplicates, but, first-line items, no way - yet. I may be disposing of one of my 26" rifles in the forseeable future, however.

In fact, I just acquired probably the last rifle for the collection - a first model Navy Hotchkiss - a couple of weeks ago. In Krags, I'd need a Parkhurst, and an 1896 Cadet. Neither is going to happen!