I'm wanting to sell my reloading equipment left by my late husband. Can you tell me the best way to sell this equipment.
Thanks in advance
Zalam
Thanks in advance
Zalam
Reloading equipment
Zalam
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Many gun shops will purchase reloading equipment,
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Sorry for your loss. Any good friends of your husband reload - they will likely give the best local advice. Primers and powder are too expensive to ship and best sold local. Reload ammo isn't worth a lot as an unknown. Brass, bullets and tools are mailable.
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Check out the outdoors trader classifieds
They have most states covered, and one can post up to 5 items daily.
www.theoutdoorstrader.com
They have most states covered, and one can post up to 5 items daily.
Classifieds - GA
www.theoutdoorstrader.com
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Gun shops will never give you what an item is worth. If you are lucky they will pay out 1/4 of it's true value. Like others have said, get with his friends to help with pricing. Primers and powder are selling at a premium these days. don't let them cheat you!
Unopened packages of primers are ridiculously expensive/valuable at present due to shortage.
Watch auctions on hibid.com and proxibid.com and see what auction companies have regular (monthly or biweekly) gun/ammo auctions. Then select one that is "local" with reasonable fees. The silly high premiums auction houses (18%+) who want to think they are RockIsland are pathetic/laughable. They will not bring the # of bids that a 10-15% house will get (you loose out).
A lot of reloading equipment(and general firearms and ammunition) has been bringing surprisingly high sell prices for MONTHS. As there is continuing shortage of new equipment. Reloads also bringing surprising high prices.
Watch auctions on hibid.com and proxibid.com and see what auction companies have regular (monthly or biweekly) gun/ammo auctions. Then select one that is "local" with reasonable fees. The silly high premiums auction houses (18%+) who want to think they are RockIsland are pathetic/laughable. They will not bring the # of bids that a 10-15% house will get (you loose out).
A lot of reloading equipment(and general firearms and ammunition) has been bringing surprisingly high sell prices for MONTHS. As there is continuing shortage of new equipment. Reloads also bringing surprising high prices.
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Sell it locally if you can because you will run into some hazmat shipping issues depending on what you are trying to ship if you sell it online. I agree with what others have said, reach out to his friends who also reload for help.
If it's south Florida I know people or myself that would be able to pick it up upon sale
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If I were closer to you I would probably buy it all just to resell. Try listing it in the local paper. But first get someone who knows what they are talking about to give you a general idea of the value. You will most likely have "dealers" who will low ball you for the entire lot. I know, I used to list guns and supplies in the paper.
Post some pictures here. we may be able to give you some good asking prices. If you have a local shooting range see if they have a bulletin board that you can put a note on saying you have reloading equipment for sale.
If your husband had shooting buddies ask them.
Post some pictures here. we may be able to give you some good asking prices. If you have a local shooting range see if they have a bulletin board that you can put a note on saying you have reloading equipment for sale.
If your husband had shooting buddies ask them.
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I'm sorry for your loss. DIfficult times.
One of my "if I die" letters to my wife has instructions for her to ask a buddy of mine to help her sell off my reloading shop.
If you have a list of major items, maybe a few pictures, we can help you price it.
One question is whether you just want to sell it all in one fell swoop, or piece it out to try to get the most you can for it. Piecing it out will take time and be a pain. Another question is whether there is a significant amount of primers, powder, bullets or lead, as that is what is very hard to get at this time (bullets not so much any more, but powder and primers are).
If he casted (cast?) bullets, he would have had a number of molds and possibly some interesting casting equipment, which will be worth something.
If you're in the upper midwest I might could happen by to look at it and give you an estimate of its worth.
But as others have said, you'll have big costs in Hazmat to ship powder and primers (and it's not even clear that you can do that legally without the right certificates). The same goes for lead and bullets though less so--the USPS has flat rate boxes than can hold up to 70# of whatever. In the past that's how I've bought both bullets and lead.
Some depends on how intensively he was into reloading. If I were to value my shop and all my components, I'd probably be in the $4-6k range (I've never done the accounting). So if he was into this in a big way, you're probably talking a similar type of number.
One of my "if I die" letters to my wife has instructions for her to ask a buddy of mine to help her sell off my reloading shop.
If you have a list of major items, maybe a few pictures, we can help you price it.
One question is whether you just want to sell it all in one fell swoop, or piece it out to try to get the most you can for it. Piecing it out will take time and be a pain. Another question is whether there is a significant amount of primers, powder, bullets or lead, as that is what is very hard to get at this time (bullets not so much any more, but powder and primers are).
If he casted (cast?) bullets, he would have had a number of molds and possibly some interesting casting equipment, which will be worth something.
If you're in the upper midwest I might could happen by to look at it and give you an estimate of its worth.
But as others have said, you'll have big costs in Hazmat to ship powder and primers (and it's not even clear that you can do that legally without the right certificates). The same goes for lead and bullets though less so--the USPS has flat rate boxes than can hold up to 70# of whatever. In the past that's how I've bought both bullets and lead.
Some depends on how intensively he was into reloading. If I were to value my shop and all my components, I'd probably be in the $4-6k range (I've never done the accounting). So if he was into this in a big way, you're probably talking a similar type of number.
take pictures and make an invetory list. just sell it locally on craigslist of facbook market place as a whole lot, and you don't have to nit pick each item and/or deal with shipping. maybe post here to get an idea of what prices to expect for the equipment, it adds up fast even for a basic set up.
I'm an old timer and have not used my reloading equipment for the last year. My wife is after me to sell it. Due to it being all outdated I doubt I could get $300 for the lot so I think I'll keep it as an insurance policy against the gun/ammo grabbers and use it to help out my neighbors.
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Just keep a can or so of powders & bullets that can be used in several calibers. Something for 223's, the 30's & 35's. The stuff doesn't go bad as long as it's not stored where the weather can get to it.
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I'll bet it's not as out of date as you might think.
Presses don't go bad, and new ones today (at least single stage presses) work pretty much the same as the old ones.
Reloaders still need dies. About the only upgrade I'm aware of is carbide sizing dies. Not for rifle, but handgun. (Hornady has its own alloy they use for sizing dies).
You might not be able to get a lot for it, but it will still do everything it always did.
You likely would be surprised what your press/dies/components would sell for at online auction. You might even make a positive ROI. But I'd tell her to shut up/doesn't need more ____ collecting dust.
I'm seeing reloads (of unknown provenance) selling for surprisingly high $ (give the conventional wisdom of only shooting reloads the YOU made).
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