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It's like ebay.  "RARE!!!" means "I can try to sell this for an insane price to some dumbass who believes this is somehow different from the 4,347 other ones for sale right now on gunbroker.."  Buzzwords make people more likely to buy something or pay more for the same item.

 

On the off chance that "rare" is actually used correctly to describe an uncommon gun/item, it's probably one of those "if you have to ask, you can't afford it" kinda deals.

 

You want rare, go look up a .45ACP Luger...that's a good example...

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It's like ebay.  "RARE!!!" means "I can try to sell this for an insane price to some dumbass who believes this is somehow different from the 4,347 other ones for sale right now on gunbroker.."  Buzzwords make people more likely to buy something or pay more for the same item.

 

On the off chance that "rare" is actually used correctly to describe an uncommon gun/item, it's probably one of those "if you have to ask, you can't afford it" kinda deals.

 

You want rare, go look up a .45ACP Luger...that's a good example...

 

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Historical significance can play a big part in whether a gun has any inherent value. Prototypes that never make it to production are often rare and collectible. Limited runs of special editions can become collectible, and may or may not become elevated to "rare" status someday. Sometimes rare is determined by how few were made, or have survived from a bygone period. Any unique or cutting-edge feature that sets a firearm apart from other guns during its production day could help make it rare. The collecting fraternity also must deem it worthy for collecting as well.

 

Guns with a provenance linked to someone famous in history can be rare, guns from low production runs with a low serial number will merit someone's attention.

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What makes a gun rare ?? I see guns for sale that say rare and I look them up and find 10-20-50 for sale on different gun sites. Rare ?? I dont know  !! Expensive YES !!

 

 

IMO,There are not a lot of rare guns but there are a lot of hard to find and uncommon ones. Most of the hard to find and uncommon guns are pre 1900 or pre 1946 military guns in untouched condition. When it comes to WW2 foreign guns, some are very hard to find because they had to be bringback weapons because they never were imported. So these items can be hard to find in collectible condition.

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Another big factor is how hot the market is for those guns.

 

Look at Colt Pythons.  They have been going up in price every year, since no longer made, however you have a popular show... Walking Dead, and now there is even more demand for them.

 

SVI makes hand crafted guns, and very few per year, minimum cost is $4,000... yet... you will not find used guns go for more than new, as "rare" as they are. (2 year wait list).

 

As others pointed out, condition is also key. Another example, the soviet SVT-40, very few were made, but they are still fairly reasonable, about $1,000 or so, simply because most people don't know about them.

 

Undoubtedly, Mosin snipers shot up after Enemy at the Gates. 

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There's rare, and there's desirable.

 

If there aren't a lot of buyers searching for it, it's just an oddity. Sometimes not even that. If 10,000 of some variant of something there were millions made, and the market for that uncommon item is only a few hundred people now. It's technically rare, but the market for it is pretty saturated and you'll always find one for sale, probably pretty cheap too.

 

Take the Remington 700. There are all sorts of variants and limited special order runs, but there's not really any specific demand for them and the value of them is pretty much capped at the retail price of a similar new bolt gun.

 

 

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