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Posted: 10/23/2014 8:35:45 PM EDT
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No additional value for being old. A Mossberg 500 is a Mossberg 500 is a Mossberg 500. The fact that it's a 20 gauge helps a bit, but not much. In fact, deduct value for fixed choke and plain barrel. You've got a $150 to $175 shotgun. Common as dirt. No one will pay you more because it was your dear old grand dad's gun, either.
Sorry. ETA: The fact that it has a serial number likely means it was made after 1968. |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 8:38:29 PM EDT
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That's what I was thinking, just cerious if anyone could narrow the age down do to the features it has. Thanks
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Posted: 10/23/2014 8:43:46 PM EDT
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That's what I was thinking, just cerious if anyone could narrow the age down do to the features it has. Thanks Shotguns had to bear a serial number after 1968. Screw-in chokes became common by the mid-1980s. Yours is probably a 1970s gun. When was your grandfather in his prime gun-buying years? |
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:04:28 PM EDT
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Not sure when his gun buying years were. Though this was the only Mossberg in his collection the rest were all Winchesters.
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Posted: 10/23/2014 9:24:06 PM EDT
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Not sure when his gun buying years were. Though this was the only Mossberg in his collection the rest were all Winchesters. In the life cycle of a man, guys tend to buy: Affordable guns in their early gun buying years and while raising children Nicer/more expensive guns when they're in their prime earning years (and the kids are more grown) Guns they wanted but couldn't afford when they were young (or REALLY nice guns) once the kids are gone When was your grandfather born? Add about 20-30 years and that's probably when he bought a plain barrel Mossberg. |
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