HOW MUCH WILL AN iMPORT AFFECT A lUGES' VALUE

drjon4u2 · 06-15-2007, 04:57 PM

The way to look at it is...given two pistols side by side in equal condition one is 2 grand and is as issued and the other is 1800 with an import stamp, which one would you buy? And if the import was 1600 would that sway you. Would 1500, or less? Personally, I would avoid them as they are harder to sell than non-marked ones, but then I collect with some sense of buying items that I think will go up in value and be easier to sell.

There is one seller that has a lot of a VT company imports and I have not seen any of them sell. It is a matter of how we appreciate the difference and it seems that we tend to prefer the unmarked ones.

Brit. stamps are more like proof house stamps than "import stamps" as are the Belgium stamps I've seen, for these are proof tested weapons to make sure theyw ere safe for use in that country. But to answer your question.... the post 68 importation US laws made importers place their names on weapons and in some cases the stamping are very very deep and large, in others light and shallow. I've read that some deep ones weaken the weapons and remember bad stories about Blue Sky that imported a lot of arms from Korea

In all of my collecting I purchased one Canadian marked US Reminton M1917 Enfield. I use it as a shooter although the only two items it has to identify it are a very small circle C and its serial number on its bolt and it was 1/2 the cost of a pure US M1917 and it had all of its original WWI blue and a very nice stock.

I asked this same question some time ago and no one replied, but after watching sales the above is the best answer I can come up with for you.

Jon

06-15-2007, 04:57 PM	#2
drjon4u2 User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Nellysford, Virginia Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The way to look at it is...given two pistols side by side in equal condition one is 2 grand and is as issued and the other is 1800 with an import stamp, which one would you buy? And if the import was 1600 would that sway you. Would 1500, or less? Personally, I would avoid them as they are harder to sell than non-marked ones, but then I collect with some sense of buying items that I think will go up in value and be easier to sell. There is one seller that has a lot of a VT company imports and I have not seen any of them sell. It is a matter of how we appreciate the difference and it seems that we tend to prefer the unmarked ones. Brit. stamps are more like proof house stamps than "import stamps" as are the Belgium stamps I've seen, for these are proof tested weapons to make sure theyw ere safe for use in that country. But to answer your question.... the post 68 importation US laws made importers place their names on weapons and in some cases the stamping are very very deep and large, in others light and shallow. I've read that some deep ones weaken the weapons and remember bad stories about Blue Sky that imported a lot of arms from Korea In all of my collecting I purchased one Canadian marked US Reminton M1917 Enfield. I use it as a shooter although the only two items it has to identify it are a very small circle C and its serial number on its bolt and it was 1/2 the cost of a pure US M1917 and it had all of its original WWI blue and a very nice stock. I asked this same question some time ago and no one replied, but after watching sales the above is the best answer I can come up with for you. Jon