Rifle Scopes does paint on your scope kill the resale?

[AtownBcat]

Re: does paint on your scope kill the resale?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ZOMBIE101</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I you drive a new car....It's worth less
Shoot your new gun...It's worth less
wear your new watch...It's worth less
Take you new jet ski out....It will be worth less
My point is...You will take a hit on everything you buy new if you try to sell it...You'll take a bigger hit if you gotta sell it fast!...Enjoy the shit you got...That is why you buy'em...


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Ok I have been thinking about this and while you make good points...give your jet ski or used car a "custom" paint job from a rattle can and see what what your value is....im just sayen....

 

[kcbird]

Re: does paint on your scope kill the resale?

I saw the comment earlier about le snipers don’t have to worry about cost. BS if I want it I have to buy is the only thing my department paid for was the sniper school ( Department Cost=$425, My Cost=$4,000 and counting) and guess what they think I owe them something because they sent me to school. Had an Abilene PD sniper tell me “you cant sneak up on a man with a black rifle“. Painted the whole thing ever since.

 

[TXBRASS]

Re: does paint on your scope kill the resale?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I saw the comment earlier about le snipers don’t have to worry about cost. BS if I want it I have to buy is the only thing my department paid for was the sniper school ( Department Cost=$425, My Cost=$4,000 and counting) and guess what they think I owe them something because they sent me to school. Had an Abilene PD sniper tell me “you cant sneak up on a man with a black rifle“. Painted the whole thing ever since.

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X2 almost 100% accurate for my situation

 

[ToddM]

Re: does paint on your scope kill the resale?

Selling a painted rig down the road is always harder. The best bet is to keep the rifle/scope together, but in almost every post you see with a scope/rifle someone is asking if the seller will separate them. So certainly painting a rig can make it harder to sell and if you end up splitting the rifle/scope up it's even harder to move the scope.

Myself I won't touch a painted scope unless it's significantly cheaper, there's no way to verify external condition with a couple of coats of krylon on a scope. Plus there's the fact that whatever it's painted is probably not how I want it painted, so that means I have to go through the extra work of stripping and prepping it again.

Now if it was professionally duracoated and was the exact color I wanted I'd probably consider it, but that rarely happens.

So yes, painting a scope will lower interest and probably reduce the price you get back out of it. However, if you want to do it, do it, resale is a consideration of course, but in the end if you will enjoy the rig more painted, losing some $ down the road shouldn't be enough to keep you from doing it.

 

[netranger6]

Re: does paint on your scope kill the resale?

Those are nice...this requires work:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=153972678

 

[texasredneck]

Re: does paint on your scope kill the resale?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ZOMBIE101</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I you drive a new car....It's worth less
Shoot your new gun...It's worth less
wear your new watch...It's worth less
Take you new jet ski out....It will be worth less
My point is...You will take a hit on everything you buy new if you try to sell it...You'll take a bigger hit if you gotta sell it fast!...Enjoy the shit you got...That is why you buy'em...

Dont worry bout resale until you git to sell it....Check this out!!!

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Very sweet. Tell me about the camo stencils you used

 

[AXEMAN]

Re: does paint on your scope kill the resale?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ZOMBIE101</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I you drive a new car....It's worth less
Shoot your new gun...It's worth less
wear your new watch...It's worth less
Take you new jet ski out....It will be worth less
My point is...You will take a hit on everything you buy new if you try to sell it...You'll take a bigger hit if you gotta sell it fast!...Enjoy the shit you got...That is why you buy'em...

Dont worry bout resale until you git to sell it....Check this out!!!

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nice paint

 

[1911.it]

Re: does paint on your scope kill the resale?

Resale value will definitely take a bigger hit on a painted scope for a number of reasons.

 

[JALVI]

Re: does paint on your scope kill the resale?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: netranger6</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Those are nice...this requires work:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=153972678 </div></div>

Thats some fuked up shit....

Nice rifles Zombie!

 

[LoneWolfUSMC]

Re: does paint on your scope kill the resale?

Fricking awsome.

Nothing some acetone won't fix. If it was $1500 I would dive on it!