I've been looking at this one custom gun for almost 7-months, and really want it, but just can't make myself do it. I've got a Remington 700 LVSF in 7mm-08 that shoots well, and a Kimber 8400 in .243 that also shoots well. Thought of selling these two and going with this custom job, but tell me, what do you think.

Always buy guns...NEVER sell guns!! I learned this AFTER I sold my luger collection in the late 70's. Trust me... this is GREAT advise...let the kids skip a meal or two!!

Hello Muzzleblast525,
Been there and done that, resist that sweet call of untold pleasures offered by the custom gun. One gun for two??
Even worse, two that you like and work fine?? No brainer, stick with the two you have now. Shoot them more than ever until they become like an extension of yourself and then you will not have any problem with the call of great pleasures from an unproven source. Just my humble opinion.

You can sell guns you DONT´T like, the shitty ones. Selling guns you like is a bad idea -I still can´t seem to get over the .222RM Sako that I sold in the 80´s. That gun could shoot but I sold it in order to but a S&W .357

I hardly ever shoot handguns anymore and that rifle would still have had it´s spot in my arsenal.

Lowrider and cewe are giving you some very good advice here. Never sell a gun you like that shoots well. I'm wondering why this custom gun has been for sale for 7 months? A fair priced gun of quality would have been gone long ago in my estimation. I don’t buy custom guns unless I know the gun and that it’s a shooter and have a pretty good feel for the number of rounds through it. I believe the best thing to do if your not familiar with them is just to wait a while and have your own custom built. You will know what’s in it and you will build a rifle that will more fit your needs.

What exactly is the custom and what do you want to do with it?


Okie John

I'd rather have a single Rembrandt than a whole wall full of Redlins.

It all depends on what you want in a custom that can't be found in a regular production or semi-custom rifle. I don't think custom guns in general are are worth the bother or effort unless one hunts DGR and then they are worth every penny.Provided of course that they are worked over by a very competent gunsmith.

I agree with vapadog.

I usually buy a thing, not happy with it, sell it, then upgrade. Loosing money in the prosess!

After a few times, I think I have learned my lesson. I would rather buy the best thing I can afford, even if it means saving for months/years.

Need to know more about how much you like or dislike your present guns? Also why do you want that custom rifle so much? In other words we need more details.

What Kimber do you have? The 243's are not in the 8400 model?

As infered just selling guns has a transaction cost and sometimes you could loose 30% on each deal.

I would much rather have two guns than one gun. Things go wrong with guns and it's great to have a backup. To be frank I have little interest in "custom" guns anyway finding that I can tweak a factory gun to be more reliable than what someone else has done. But thats just my opinion.

So what are the specifics of what your looking at?

I've never lost money selling a gun but have sold a few I wish I would have kept. In the end you have to be happy w/ your purchase. I have one truly custom rifle & several rebarrels, I like them all but really could do w/ factory rifles & a bit of tweeking.