American Handgunner March/April 1981

There's Gold In Those Guns!NOW-get better dealson guns with the frrstprice guide that includesexpert personal consultation!-Congratulations-you're a successfulinvestor!Those aren't just guns in your closet, they'reinvestments-investments that are pulling morecash in your pocket every day.BUT - can you tell what each of your guns isworth, right now? Exactly! Could you instantly tellthe true, current value of any used or collector gunyou may become interested in?A service, not just another bookBut we didn't produce a fast-outdated annual referencebook. What you need is a completely newapproach-an information service that would giveyou an accurate price any time. Now, after 16months of research and $85,000 of developmentcosts, that service is here-Fain's Firearms PricingAdvisoryPart 1FAIN'S FIREARMSPRICINGADVISORYPossible gun deals come to you all the time. Sowe created Fain's Firearms Pricing Advisory This12-page, illustrated monthly newsletter is ttie onlygun p~riodical that keeps. you right on top of thelatest price trends and hot opportunities. And, it'sthe only one designed to teach you the real secretsof "horse trading." In it you'll learn:• Why some people almost always make money ongun deals• Today's "sleeper" guns-which ones they are• 11 secrets of shopping gun shows, gun shops,and auctions• 14'ways to lower others' prices and raise yours• A "baker's dozen" sure ways to spot fakes• What every collectoriinvestor should knowbeforethat next gun dealand much more. Each issue of this franknewsletter can easily be worth hundreds or thousandsof dollars to you. You also receive.BARRY FAIN'SPart2PRIVATE BLUEBOOK OF GUNVALUES• First, a new issue of this 350-plus page guidecomes to you every six months. Unlike any annualreference book, every pri"e represents what thatgun in that condition is really going for at gun shows,gun shops, auctions arid private sales all over theU.S. Between issues we review every gun listed"":'4,425 in all-and revise the prices. This painstakingwork lets you always know the exact, current priceof any gun.• Second, Barry Fain's Private Blue Book enablesyou to grade aq;urately any gun's condition by usingthe simple, no-guesswork new grading system thatthe savviest experts have adopted.• Third, Barry Fain's Private Blue Book covers awider range of important used and collector gunsmade since the 1800's than any firearms price guideever compiled.Nearly every significant rifie is here, as is almostevery important collectible pistol, revolver, shotgunor musket-antique or modern, foreign or domestic,military or commercial, standard or custom, com-NRA-DCM gunsoutperform gold!At the time of GCA '68, gold sold for about$50/oz. It's now over 10 times that-over$500ioz. But five DCM guns now sell for upto 41 times their '68 prices:,45 AutoM1 Carbine'03 SpringfieldK-38 S&WM1 Garand1968 (OCM)$17$20$15$23$95NOW$250-$700$150-$800$ 65-$350$110-$185$300-$600Collectible and used gun values are changingso fast you need expert price informationevery time you buy or sell.man or exotic, in most models and variations. From$35 .22's to shotguns and handguns valued up to$100,000 ... from little-known makers to names likeColt's, Winchester, Luger, Mauser, Browning,Springfield Armory, Parker, and Ruger.Part 3PERSONALCONSULTATIONThe Advisory and Blue Book cover probably 99%of all the questions you'll ever have. But there willstill be times when you need personal gUidance. So,as a Charter Subscriber to Fain's Firearms PricingAdvisory, you may contact us personally for tradingadvice andior an appraisal of almost any gun.There's no extra charge. 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