Selling guns to pawn shops or cabelas

Jonathan Waits · May 10, 2016

Has anyone ever done this? Is it a total jip or do you get close to a fair value for your gun? Better off selling on armslist?

striped1 · May 10, 2016

they will hit you pretty hard. If I recall it was 60% of value. I had one I went to Cabelas and to Gander and Gander gave me $150 more. It pays to shop it around.

Matt1911 · May 10, 2016

Sooner State Pawn gave me $400 for an M&P 40 I only paid $350 for.

Jonathan Waits · May 10, 2016

Thanks matt, that is who i was probably going to take it too as i have an older bridge camera that i need to get rid of lol

Tech · May 10, 2016

Yep. Cabela's is 60% value

Wall · May 10, 2016

Pawn shops are in the business of making money which means buying as cheap as possible to maximize & or guarantee profit.
Matt must have really caught someone on a good day, because even 50% of value is asking quite a bit from a pawn shop.
They're not looking for something to keep around the shop or pass on to their kids.
They want to buy something from you & sell it to the next guy that walks through the door for the highest margin they can, its a business.
Buying from you as cheap as possible guarantees a profit even when they have to reduce the cost below advertised just to move it.
That's the reason there's always wiggle room when you buy something from a pawn shop, they've figured that in already.

Burk Cornelius · May 10, 2016

I'd sell all my guns on www.boomershooter.com

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Tuflehundon · May 10, 2016

I've had good luck selling guns on gun forums. I haven't posted anything here because I don't live in Oklahoma anymore.

Wall · May 10, 2016

Tuflehundon (Rob Gee) said:
I've had good luck selling guns on gun forums. I haven't posted anything here because I don't live in Oklahoma anymore.

Not necessary to live in Oklahoma. This cat lady is nationwide.

I'd say global but good luck shpg guns outside the US.

mike cyrwus · May 10, 2016

Its "gyp" as in Gypsies.
thats a racial slur and I find it offensive

jtischauser · May 11, 2016

I sell everything here, ar15.com or on gun broker. Trading in a gun is like trading In a car. You get screwed in exchange for the convience of not having to list, bump, and ship your gun.