rookhawk
AH ambassador
What is something like a bargain/reasonable/average price on a rifle like this?
$6000 for it as a righty. A new one would be $11,000+. So what's a lefty worth? I think very, very little but I have a hatred for lefty gun people.
To my hatred of lefty gun people: They cringe and moan and whine that they want X gun if it was only a lefty. They harass gun makers to make more lefty guns. But the facts are 11% of people are lefties, yet only about 5% of gun owners are lefties that SHOOT left handed. So about 1 in 20 is the lefty versus righty demand. So if you're talking about fine guns, what's the collector or 2nd hand demand for lefty guns? Even less than 1 in 20, because if you're a collector or plan on potentially selling/trading/gifting a gun in the future, you want a righty because odds are the next owner or heir needs a righty.
For those reasons, lefty guns have no collector value and have limited potential buyers. And that's why I'm annoyed by lefty gun folks because they think there is a lot of demand for their desired products but there just isn't. When a beautiful lefty gun like this comes along, which is a unicorn, the lefties are never breaking down the door to get it because their lefty-ness precludes them being collector-minded that allows them to justify paying more for guns than treating them "as tools only".
If you're a lefty, its a great deal, go for it. But if you ever try to sell it you'll own it a long time and you won't get much for it.