r/canadaguns • u/SteakAndAle • 2d ago

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/saulgoodman147 2d ago edited 2d ago

I’m in QC so way different, but I go in the boonies and find nice deals or just gotta be first to message a guy and constantly scouring of it every couple hours

Started in 2018 when I turned 18 and missed a lot of 200$ Sks in CT when I was a kid, but I scored some amazing deals, just gotta Not be afraid to text and call the guy with no reviews, call the guy and 4/5 times, it’s a guy that’s new to selling a gun on GP

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u/saulgoodman147 2d ago

All the good deals and disappears within 1-5 hours

But got a lot of 250$ mosins and Sks like that, even Finn’s