28 gauge VH pricing.

Kirk Potter · 01-20-2018, 02:41 PM

What would you value this 28 gauge at?

Check out what I found on GunBroker.com! https://www.gunbroker.com/item/739573959

Mike Poindexter · 01-20-2018, 02:56 PM

Rode hard and put up wet. No collector value that I can see. If you want to shoot it as is, you have to compare it against other shootable 28's, including reproductions. Maybe 4K, maybe 3.5. Someone might pay more, but not me. JMHO

Dean Romig · 01-20-2018, 03:05 PM

It has certainly seen a lot of (ab)use...

0-frame size, extractors, possibly a replacement stock? The stock it wears sure doesn't fit at all well.

It would be a very expensive project gun.

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Kirk Potter · 01-20-2018, 03:05 PM

I contacted them and know the reserve I was just curious what everyone thought.. Not too many 28 gauges listed on the different sites to figure out a reasonable price.

Kirk Potter · 01-20-2018, 03:08 PM

Also you’re about $10k under what they value it at.

B. Dudley · 01-20-2018, 03:14 PM

The last time i inquired with that seller, he told me the reserve was around $30,000.

That was about a year and a half ago. And the gun will sit for a lot longer. Just another pawnshop owner looking to get rich.

Kirk Potter · 01-20-2018, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Dudley

The last time i inquired with that seller, he told me the reserve was around $30,000.

That was about a year and a half ago. And the gun will sit for a lot longer. Just another pawnshop owner looking to get rich.

Ha, didn’t know it had been listed for that long.. Current reserve is $14,750.

Mike Poindexter · 01-20-2018, 03:27 PM

I bought a similar gun, in much better overall condition, for 6K a few years ago, privately valuing it in my mind as an 8 or 9 K gun. I shot it at clays, it fit and shot well, but it sat in my safe for two years because I always went to my 16 ga guns for birds. I didnt have enough confidence to take out the smaller gauge. I sold it for 6K "buy it now" on GB, just to get my money back out of it and let someone else enjoy the bargain. I dont regret selling it at that price. No way is a shooter VH 28ga worth twice as much as a repro 28 ga. JMHO

Setter Man · 01-20-2018, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Poindexter

I bought a similar gun, in much better overall condition, for 6K a few years ago, privately valuing it in my mind as an 8 or 9 K gun. I shot it at clays, it fit and shot well, but it sat in my safe for two years because I always went to my 16 ga guns for birds. I didnt have enough confidence to take out the smaller gauge. I sold it for 6K "buy it now" on GB, just to get my money back out of it and let someone else enjoy the bargain. I dont regret selling it at that price. No way is a shooter VH 28ga worth twice as much as a repro 28 ga. JMHO

Been cruising gun boards for 20+ years and I have never had an opportunity to buy a V-28 for a fair, let along great price.

C.O.B. · 01-21-2018, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Jay Gardner

Been cruising gun boards for 20+ years and I have never had an opportunity to buy a V-28 for a fair, let along great price.

How do you define "fair" or "great price"? Small bore guns in good condition always bring big money no matter if it's a Parker, Winchester, or Fox. Years ago I lusted for a VHE 410 skeet gun and would have paid the price of a new car for one. I found a CSM Fox FE for a lot less. Not a collector gun but still a very nice gun.