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Posted: 5/24/2007 7:46:50 AM EDT
| What is the going rate for a SPAS 12 with fixed stock and newer safety in good condition, and do you anticipate the price going up dramatically if there is another ban? |
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The Benelli M1 Super 90 is a better gun and more available. Why the interest in the SPAS? |
As with so many things, because it looks cool.  I know the weaknesses of the SPAS12, but I can't stop myself from wanting one. Kind of like a Mini-14GB 
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| I currently own one that I bought a few years ago for $700...that I have never shot either. I am debating whether or not to keep it. I AM IN NO WAY SOLICITING BUYERS IN THIS FORUM. I realize it is not being imported or produced any more and wondered what, if any increases in value a possible ban would have?? |
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I've had a few of them, all with the folding stock. First off, the folding stock is the desireable model, and the fixed-stock version is worth only about half as much as the folder. This is primarily because the attraction of that gun is based on looks, as others here have noted. It makes a great movie prop, for posers. It's way too heavy. I doesn't really do anything better(or even as well) as numerous other shotguns, with the exception of being "switchable" from gas to pump action. The Benelli M3 Super 90 also is "switchable" from semi-auto to pump action, and is much lighter, better handling, more reliable, easier to use, and generally better. If you are expecting to gain alot of money from the fixed-stock SPAS during a "possible new ban", I think you will be very disappointed, because it aint gonna bring much. As I said, I owned a few SPAS-12 shotguns. I sold them all years ago. I now own a Benelli M3 Super 90, and never looked back. |
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