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<blockquote data-quote="joegrizzy" data-source="post: 3622484" data-attributes="member: 45524"><p>absolutely. it's not too much unlike the used car market, and i will clue you in on something i think *will* occur that also mirrors that market. </p><p>while right now the prices between crap rifles that sold for $50 and rifles that were always considered of value have equalized, that's no different than say a 25 year old 300zx selling for the same amount as a 25 year old maita. even tho the 300zx likely sold for upwards of $50k NEW BACK THEN, while the miata was likely under $15 brand new. </p><p></p><p>however; if you had one of both in good condition, EVENTUALLY the market returns as now you enter a phase wherein the buyers a more straight collectors and the main driver of demand isn't "it's a cheap thing" it becomes "it's a collector thing". once this occurs, you see those once considered not a big deal differences in quality make a huge difference. you see classic cars that were base models selling for good prices now, yes, but nothing compared to the unicorns that were already more rare. </p><p></p><p>longwinded, but basically saying i think you are very much correct in that if you can spend just a bit more now to get something that you know isn't a literal trench carried doorstopper (but hey, if you are into that, get one!), then it will definitely be worth it later. </p><p></p><p>the newer buyers value things differently than we did. like it or not, they gamify things. things must have a hierarchy, this gun must be better than that one. we didn't care it if was an AMD-65 or a WASR or a SAIGA, they were all about $400 ak's. well that's changing QUICK with the russian stuff already double the price of the others and going up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joegrizzy, post: 3622484, member: 45524"] absolutely. it's not too much unlike the used car market, and i will clue you in on something i think *will* occur that also mirrors that market. while right now the prices between crap rifles that sold for $50 and rifles that were always considered of value have equalized, that's no different than say a 25 year old 300zx selling for the same amount as a 25 year old maita. even tho the 300zx likely sold for upwards of $50k NEW BACK THEN, while the miata was likely under $15 brand new. however; if you had one of both in good condition, EVENTUALLY the market returns as now you enter a phase wherein the buyers a more straight collectors and the main driver of demand isn't "it's a cheap thing" it becomes "it's a collector thing". once this occurs, you see those once considered not a big deal differences in quality make a huge difference. you see classic cars that were base models selling for good prices now, yes, but nothing compared to the unicorns that were already more rare. longwinded, but basically saying i think you are very much correct in that if you can spend just a bit more now to get something that you know isn't a literal trench carried doorstopper (but hey, if you are into that, get one!), then it will definitely be worth it later. the newer buyers value things differently than we did. like it or not, they gamify things. things must have a hierarchy, this gun must be better than that one. we didn't care it if was an AMD-65 or a WASR or a SAIGA, they were all about $400 ak's. well that's changing QUICK with the russian stuff already double the price of the others and going up. [/QUOTE]
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