View Full Version : Mexican 6920 on Gunbroker currently at $1276 with 29 bids
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/854943758
You guys remember when these were selling for $699?
SilentRecon
02-14-20, 01:21
Pepperidge Farm remembers... GB is chalked full of ignorant over-bidding for instant gratification.
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Lots of ‘NR’ bidding going on there - including the winner.
Hmmm...
SilentRecon
02-14-20, 01:33
Lots of ‘NR’ bidding going on there - including the winner.
Hmmm...Exactly... Ebay is the same crap. They think we don't know but we do.
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I always check GB to see where current stupidity levels are at
For instance. G17 gen1 $511 with 19 bids
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/856241819
10 years ago a large batch of Russian captured German K98s came in. All beat up with sewer barrels. I remember wanting to pick up a 8mm just for shits and giggles but wasn't willing to spend the $200 they were going for. Today the better ones....and that's playing fast and loose with the word "better".......are approaching $1,000. Hell, even the shitty Mosins are in the high $300 low $400 for a typical late war example. People have lost their minds
The_War_Wagon
02-14-20, 08:51
WHAT are the odds, I could get Obama & Eric Holder to autograph it? Would THAT add to the value? :rolleyes:
People haven't lost their minds, its just supply v. demand.
People haven't lost their minds, its just supply v. demand.
Yes. And for the Mosin example, we knew in the past that they were an insane value and deal because "do you know what it would cost to make one of these new today?" vs what the surplus were going for.
But isn't great that 8-10 years ago a 6920 was a ~$1,200 rifle and now people think it's ludicrous to pay that much for one?
major_major
02-14-20, 10:48
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/854943758
You guys remember when these were selling for $699?CSB, yes
robbins290
02-14-20, 14:21
what does NR mean in the bid history? I just signed up for gun broker a few weeks ago. Been seeing that.
But isn't great that 8-10 years ago a 6920 was a ~$1,200 rifle and now people think it's ludicrous to pay that much for one?
A friend payed $1,240 each for two random parts builds 25 years ago and was happy he could get them at that price. I bought a Bushmaster Dissipator for $890 in '93 and it was a good deal. I paid $179 for a MAK-90 in '92 and then I was pissed when I saw them a couple of weeks later at a gun show for $139 each. I just sold an original barrel Bulgarian AK74 parts kit on GunBroker for $999 that I paid $250 ten years ago. It's all supply and demand. If something seems like a good deal, buy it. I bought four of the Mexican 6920's.
what does NR mean in the bid history? I just signed up for gun broker a few weeks ago. Been seeing that.
Something like no rating, or whatever. A new account without a transaction history. Often speculated that people make shill accounts to generate bid activity trying to make items appear more desirable, or whatever. In the end though if you're going to sell it, somebody has to for-real bid that final number.
robbins290
02-14-20, 14:37
Makes sense. would explain why i never won anything
$1200 is crazy in my book unless your a collector..
I just got rid of my last Mosin, so took it to the LGS with good prices to put it on consignment. When the sales guy I know say why don't you try for $500, I gave him a stupid look and said what moron would spend $500 on a Mosin? Fast forward a week and I got a check in the mail for 3X what I paid for it. Amazing.
I just got rid of my last Mosin, so took it to the LGS with good prices to put it on consignment. When the sales guy I know say why don't you try for $500, I gave him a stupid look and said what moron would spend $500 on a Mosin? Fast forward a week and I got a check in the mail for 3X what I paid for it. Amazing.
Outstanding! I may have to do the same lol
These were out the same time the Colt 6920-R Troopers w/Centurion rails could also be had for $650-700; the summer of 2018.
I waited a tad too long and bought one for $815 that winter as a Xmas gift to myself and would buy 4 more if I could at $800-ish.
Sold for $1452.89. The last five bidders have good feedback. That's a real market price.
People haven't lost their minds, its just supply v. demand.
When people desire literal trash, then yes, they have lost their minds.
Gun folks are generally autismos.
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Let the price climbing begin
I bought one on GB when they first became available $699. Mine was the model with the carry handle. I figured when I bought it that the value would go up. I'm keeping mine NIB. Liquid cash on GB whenever I might need it. Can never go wrong buying a low production Colt AR
I just got rid of my last Mosin, so took it to the LGS with good prices to put it on consignment. When the sales guy I know say why don't you try for $500, I gave him a stupid look and said what moron would spend $500 on a Mosin? Fast forward a week and I got a check in the mail for 3X what I paid for it. Amazing.
Sold my last Finn a week ago for $800. Paid $500.
I’m debating selling my SA 1903 w/barrel date 1929. I was all-set to part with it but then I took it out of the safe and was like, “wow, this is nice ...”
It’s hard to let go, sometimes.
I just got rid of my last Mosin, so took it to the LGS with good prices to put it on consignment. When the sales guy I know say why don't you try for $500, I gave him a stupid look and said what moron would spend $500 on a Mosin? Fast forward a week and I got a check in the mail for 3X what I paid for it. Amazing.
I have 2 Mosins sitting in my safe....both bought for $89 10 years ago. I could easily let one go for $500!
I bought one on GB when they first became available $699. Mine was the model with the carry handle. I figured when I bought it that the value would go up. I'm keeping mine NIB. Liquid cash on GB whenever I might need it. Can never go wrong buying a low production Colt AR
Might not be a bad idea to unload it now. I wish I woulda bought some, but I was broke as a joke at the time.
If Colt is still not selling to civilians a year from now with no end in sight, I think NIB 6920's will be at $2000. People want what they can't have plus that supply and demand thing.
robbins290
02-17-20, 08:33
i have a finnish and a M38 i have been temping to sell. Guess its time to. for those prices.
If Colt is still not selling to civilians a year from now with no end in sight, I think NIB 6920's will be at $2000. People want what they can't have plus that supply and demand thing.
who said Colt isn't selling to civilians?
robbins290
02-17-20, 08:45
Warp, Colt themselves said that.
Warp, Colt themselves said that.
Link? That's not what I saw them say.
robbins290
02-17-20, 18:16
I dont have a link bookmarked. But google it.
Colt announced they would stop civilian sales mid 2019. I have a few friends over there and that is indeed a fact. Most of their business is gov sales for the AR market. I don’t think it is political acquiesce it really seems like their market share severely declined with all the other great options we have right now. I don’t think there is anything special about Colt 6920s. Great rifle but for 1200 there are plenty of other great options. Actually the last duty use Colt we got had to go back to the factory..
3ACR_Scout
02-18-20, 22:24
A friend payed $1,240 each for two random parts builds 25 years ago and was happy he could get them at that price. I bought a Bushmaster Dissipator for $890 in '93 and it was a good deal. I paid $179 for a MAK-90 in '92 and then I was pissed when I saw them a couple of weeks later at a gun show for $139 each. I just sold an original barrel Bulgarian AK74 parts kit on GunBroker for $999 that I paid $250 ten years ago. It's all supply and demand. If something seems like a good deal, buy it. I bought four of the Mexican 6920's.
It's interesting how all that works over the years. I recently found the receipt for the Bushmaster XM15-E2S that I bought in October 2004, as soon as one was available at my local shop after the AWB sunset. I paid $989.97 for it with tax. At the time, Colts were around $1,200, I think, but they were out of stock everywhere. Bushmasters were "the next best thing," but I was pretty disappointed in the quality of the parts and overall feel of the rifle. It turned me off from ARs for about 9 years, although I just recently updated it into a pretty decent rifle with a new BCG, BCM furniture and FCG, and a few other things (adding about another $300 to what I had initially sunk into it). It was a fun upgrade project, at least.
A few months later, in early 2005, I bought a barely used (maybe 200 rounds through it) Arsenal SA M-7 from a friend who was going through some financial hardship for $600 with ten magazines. I think that package would be worth about 3 times that nowadays, while my Bushmaster might sell for half of what I put into it...
minuteman1636
02-24-20, 19:42
There are still rifles available to the civilian market.
https://www.armsunlimited.com/Colt-M4-Carbine-Federal-Patrol-Rifle-p/le6920-fbp2.htm
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I'd be very wary of any complete rifles that Arms Unlimited is selling. They sometime piece together rifles from parts.
minuteman1636
02-24-20, 21:38
I'd be very wary of any complete rifles that Arms Unlimited is selling. They sometime piece together rifles from parts.Knowing that, I validated with Colt that this is a legitimate factory configuration.
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The Colt LE901-16SE was a legitimate factory configuration. Unfortunately, when I called Colt with the serial number they informed me that the receiver was sold as a spare part. Arms Unlimited confirmed they assembled it after I pressed them. They did refund my money and I was able to purchase a factory built LE901-16SE from another vendor for $100 more.
Warp, Colt themselves said that.
Link? That's not what I saw them say.
Because that's not what they said. They stopped production on "commercial" guns and shifted all capacity to military and LE guns. You probably won't see an Expanse, OEM or any more of the Retro line anytime soon. Getting your hands on a LE6920 of some configuration probably won't be an issue.
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