Advice on best place to sell Black Powder firearms

[sean12345]

General advise sought.

I have a Parker Hale 3 band Enfield in .577 and a Uberti 1860 army in .44. Both are not being used, would anyone be able to advice on suitable websites/ forums that I can advertise the sale. Ideally free of charge.

 

[co’den]

Post them up on here.

 

[palmer_mike]

Post them up on here.

Agree, post them up on here.
HOWEVER, BP firearms in my experience sell for less than many people would expect.
Possibly due to damage that can be caused by insufficient cleaning of corrosive residues etc, this damage might be obvious but it might also be somewhat hidden.

 

[Heym SR20]

Pretty much all 2nd hand firearms sell for less than the seller thinks they are worth. Even top really fine guns sell for a small percentage of what they will cost new. Only exceptions are those that have real collector value AND there are several people desiring them and who prepared to pay whatever it takes to sell them.

You want to find a market where there are those interested in such firearms.

I would be looking at clubs who shoot muzzle loaders, forums on which they all talk and emporia where they all shop.

If you involve the trade there will always a price that you will need to pay, but the trade will find the buyer and you may or may not end up with more money in your pocket.

 

[reiver]

Might as well try here . They might not sell very fast as the demand for any muzzle loading guns is low and is quite niche.
I had to dispose of a friend’s uncles modern Bp guns and they ended up going to auction and made pennies once they finally sold I am afraid. They all went for export to the USA so I was told .

 

[Pete6.5]

I'm afraid just like most guns they will be worth a lot less then you are hoping for.
Sorry to say

 

[Smellydog]

Muzzle Loaders Association of Great Britain

 

[Muir]

Don't sell the PH cheap.~Muir

 

[Blackdog]

Try Maxogun.com I have recently started using it for work and have sold a few rifles including a black powder Snider carbine. Good luck

 

[KimE]

Agree, post them up on here.
HOWEVER, BP firearms in my experience sell for less than many people would expect.
Possibly due to damage that can be caused by insufficient cleaning of corrosive residues etc, this damage might be obvious but it might also be somewhat hidden.

I bought a Uberti .44 1860 at a Swedish auction for 3000sek/260£ 5 years ago Swedish regulation treat replikas as modern firearms so you have to do competitions to have them. I bought a PH enfield .577 model 1858 for 5000sek/400£ both were in great condition.