Question About Value of Gun

[one bullet]

What section here on the forum is appropriate for asking the value of a gun that is NOT for sale? I am seeking opinions as to what my Ruger MKII, stainless steel, 5 inch bull barrel, brand new in original box, is worth. I bought it brand new in the late 80's and it has lived in the safe ever since. I've researched Gun Broker and places like that and online prices are all over the place. I need a fair value for insurance purposes. Please move this to the appropriate section if the Lounge is incorrect.

Edited to say this gun is un-fired unless test fired at factory when built.

 

[woodsy]

I've been on this forum for a number of years, as have you. Pretty common for people to ask gun values on the sub-forums their particular firearm should appear in. Yours should come under Ruger Rimfires.

 

[krw]

On GB, your KMK512 would bring $500 plus tax, plus shipping an FFL transfer. My2bits

 

[Kevin]

I'd say the condition makes it worth more than $500. I'd say closer to $700 these days. I can go into any gun store, and except for the small poly guns, nothing is selling for less than six to seven hundred. A few weeks ago, one gun store had some used single sixes on commission for $595, no box, no nothing with plain grips.

edited to add: one bullet, why did you never shoot the gun? I've got the same model, and it's been one of my favorites for years.

 

[one bullet]

To be honest, I felt I would have a hard time disassembling and reassembling to clean it after shooting it. I've heard it's a bear. Plus I have a Smith and Wesson 63 that is so easy to clean that I just shoot it instead. I just looked up the build date and it's 1988 so I'm pretty sure that's when I bought it. I may just shoot it, I'm not getting any younger.

 

[krw]

I’m to dumb to post link, but one on GB with Buy it Now for $495. Several others on there. Watch them and see what they sell for. I always price my stuff high. You can always come down, but lot harder to go up. Makes trading easier too. My KMK512 is one of my favorite pistols

 

[blume357]

The only gun worse to take down and clean is the MK III.... but you know there is a secret I've learned with my III, just don't.

What you got is a new gun and I think the others above are in line with the price. But $700 seems a little high for a 22lr semi-auto.

 

[one bullet]

The only gun worse to take down and clean is the MK III.... but you know there is a secret I've learned with my III, just don't.

What you got is a new gun and I think the others above are in line with the price. But $700 seems a little high for a 22lr semi-auto.

Haha! I hear you.
Im too compulsive to not clean a weapon after I shoot it. So...I just haven't shot it!!! Silly of me I know.

 

[Kevin]

But $700 seems a little high for a 22lr semi-auto.

Blume, Perhaps, and perhaps it's regional. Things here in Dallas always seem to cost more. But again, you have to consider the condition. For a brand new older Mark II with box and paperwork, I can see some stores around here having one for $700. And if we are to believe everything we read on the internet, people like the Mark II more than the other models.

 

[RoninPA]

If using Gunbroker to get an average selling price, use the advanced Search and the select cCompleted auctions. Then look at the auctions that have actual bids and have sold (don't use the 0 bid guns, they were probably listed at too many $$$ and will have been relisted).

As for taking apart a MK series pistol, if you follow the instructions in the manual, you will not have any problems. After doing it a few times, you probably will not have to refer to the manual any more.

 

[rugerguy]

Good information above and is one that is a keeper and you should use it.... it is NOT that hard to disassemble to clean, BUT that being said, I know quite a few owners, shooters, that have NEVER taken their Ruger Marks "apart" to clean them and they being using them since they came out in the very early 1950s......soaking, brushing and swabbing out,,,works like a charm...as for value, yours is a $500 plus a bit,maybe in value.....last 10" stainless MK II we sold for $550 at a gun show locally for a guy.
The prices can and will vary all over the place where-ever you may look..its worth what someone will pay for it...you can always ask more;; me I'd keep it, AND use it for what it was intended for........ 8) :roll: :wink:

 

[one bullet]

Im keeping it. It’s not for sale. I just need a fair real world value. Not inflated, but not a deal either. Thanks for the replies.

 

[Mike Armstrong]

There's a reason MKIIs are esteemed over other Ruger .22 Autos, and it is that Ruger's genius design left out a couple of very useful features that are actual IMPROVEMENTS, which don't affect price or balance or complicate the design, unlike subsequent modifications....

 

[Rick Courtright]

As for taking apart a MK series pistol, if you follow the instructions in the manual, you will not have any problems. After doing it a few times, you probably will not have to refer to the manual any more.

Hi,

Ron, you just reminded me of a friend, who's now gone. He retired from his "real" job, worked in our shop as a pistol smith for a while, then went on to be a salesman at an LGS.

People would come in complaining they couldn't get their MkII apart and back together. We teased him about looking and sounding just like Dr. Phil when he'd tell them "Take your gun home, and read the instructions. Then do what they say. When that doesn't work, read them again, and this time do exactly what they say!"

Once in a while someone would be hanging out when this advice was being given and a big thumbs up would appear with a comment "It really does work just like he says!"

Rick C

 

[RoninPA]

Rick,
I was a Metrologist in the USAF for 26 years. When test equipment came into the Precision Measuring Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) for recalibration/recertification, we had specific published calibration procedures for each piece and you recertified them by going step by step according to the manual. No skipping steps - BY THE MANUAL ONLY. Doing it that way you always knew it would meet all the parameters when you were done. I can proudly say that in my years in, there was NEVER an aircraft incident (or any other major equipment failure) that was attributable to a faulty/incorrect/incomplete calibration. Why, because we were taught and later as a senor NCO's enforced the "follow the manual step by step, do not skip any steps" If someone did skip steps, they would get caught (we maintained a very rigorous Quality Assurance Program) and suffer the consequences.

People like to laugh at the term "RTFM" - Read The Freaking Manual, (or other military terms ) but when push comes to shove, and they do it - VOILA, "By Golly" it works just like the manual says.

Oh, by the way "Metrology" is the science of measurement. A USAF Metrologist was only 2 steps away from the NIST (National Institue of Science and Technology), the old NBS (National Bureau of Standards). We were the ones on a USAF base that held/maintained the reference standards for the base - we were the ones that said a pound was a pound or a millimeter was a millimeter, etc.

That is why I said what I did, that was the way I was taught and IT WORKED and hasn't failed me yet.

 

[Kevin]

I was always told manuals are just another guy’s opinion!

You know the quote: “If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.”