r/canadaguns • u/SteakAndAle • Jul 22 '26

Misc Gunpost: should I even bother?

New PAL holder here. I am familiar with firearms but new to being an owner.

There's a number of firearms I'd like to acquire over the next few years (22LR bolt action, hunting rifle, a lever action etc.). I'm in no hurry, and not too picky on specific models, so I thought "no problem, I'll just take my time, wait for the right thing to come up on Gunpost in my area, and save myself 25-30%".

....except most posts on Gunpost are consistently at or above new price at Cabela's or one of my local gun stores. They're even worse deals when you compare to online gun stores. At best I'd be saving $50-100 in tax vs a new gun - hardly worth it IMO.

Am I stupid? Are all these sellers pricing high in the expectation of selling lower? Or should I just give up and buy new?

(this is lower mainland BC, so I'm willing to believe that local sellers are dumber than the average...)

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u/Vituperate250 Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

Personally I would buy from a store first time around, and then consider Gunpost et al. in the future. There are lots of good new or used rifles out there, especially in lower mainland BC, so buying from bubba is low on my list.

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u/SteakAndAle Jul 22 '26

Yeah, i'm happy to support local stores. Had a really good chat with one of the guys in Reliable Gun when I visited!

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u/midity Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 23 '26

I once did a private deal with someone and we met at Reliable Gun and I was gonna buy a scope and rings, ammo, a case, and extra mags there and have them mount the scope but they got pissy with us for meeting there...

Plenty of gun stores promote that you can meet at the shop so everyone can be safe, all they ask is that they check the firearms coming in for being unloaded and safe. Not reliable gun. They got mad. So I did my private deal and left. Gave my business to another local shop instead.

Edit: Heck another shop I did a private deal at was lever arms. They didn't blink and we both ended up just shopping while we were there.

Edit 2: lol downvoted. Reliable gun employee didn't like me again.

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u/SteakAndAle Jul 23 '26

Huh. Vancouver or Langley branch?

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u/midity Jul 23 '26

Vancouver.