[Kamikazi54]

For anyone that might be interested.........


http://cgi.ebay.com/Browning-Belt-Loading-Machine-1917A1-1919A4_W0QQitemZ220012301426QQihZ012QQcategoryZ4721QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[blkbd]

Wow! That will be well over a $1000 soon, Almost 6 days to go and it went from $41.00 to over $500 in just 7 bids.

 

[warty]

I hope someone outbids me soon. I can't afford it. J/K

 

[TuscoTodd]

Warty,
Glad to see that it was a board member that has high bid!
I bid on it early on, but I think I'll step back and watch the master at work!

 

[warty]

oh, don't mind me. my max bid is entered. If I'm outbid, I'm outbid.
I actually expect to be outbid too. I wish I would win and who knows, maybe I will.
I think I'll miss it in the end by a sniper though. Just a feeling.

 

[slowfire]

just doesn't make a lick of sense to pay more for a loader then what the gun goes for. but as long as there are people with more money then brain cells, that is the way it goes.

 

[warty]

Truthfully, I hope I get outbid.
I will be outbid though. I am almost assured of it as that is my max bid there.

You have to understand, there are FAR more guns than loaders out there. Supply and demand rules the day on pricing.

Do you have one slowfire? Want to sell it to me for less money?

 

[slowfire]

Truthfully, I hope I get outbid.

Do you have one slowfire? Want to sell it to me for less money?

no don't have one, I recall back 10 years ago, you couldn't give these things away............wish now I bought a few

 

[Bill Ricca]

In 1997 I was advertising them in SGN. I think the retail price, at that time, had climbed to $125.00.

 

[Kamikazi54]

Warty is right.....supply and demand. Remember someone posting the ads from many years ago on some wonderful weapons we all would want now at just a fraction of nowdays price and before some of them were banned?

I just paid $1000 for mine but I think of it as an investment and owning a part of history. I may have a few brain cells missing but I have no regrets. I feel it can only go up in value.

 

[DrSmeller]

When i first came to this board they were going for around $600, which i thought was too high. Wish i had bought one then.

 

[warty]

no don't have one, I recall back 10 years ago, you couldn't give these things away............wish now I bought a few

wel, I remember when I bought my first AK for $150. Times change.
Either change with them or do without.

 

[30calmachinegunner]

finally got around to looking at the ad, I am almost positive that is one of the feed guides I made for the machines, I think there are around 16 of them floating around out there

 

[Kamikazi54]

Dayum

Final price was $1325.01

http://cgi.ebay.com/Browning-Belt-Loading-Machine-1917A1-1919A4_W0QQitemZ220012301426QQihZ012QQcategoryZ4721QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[Illya Kuryakin]

Happiness is more than one loader

 

[Kamikazi54]

I'm impressed Illya. We should call you Belt loaders "R" Me

 

[Lucky#13]

Like Dr. Smeller, I saw these going in the $600 range, give or take, when I discovered this hobby two years ago. I got lucky (no pun intended) and got one with a few belts and the OOW 308 conversion for a decent price. When I deducted the value of the extras, I paid maybe $450 tops for a clean, brass loader. That was a fluke of timing though and $600 was the going price. In two years they have doubled at least. That's about a 36% annual rate of return so far. Mine is closer to 48%

I bet there are a few stashes of these just waiting to hit the market. Like it was stated above, there are more guns/kits that loaders, but there are more loaders than there are members here who have them. Illya isn't the only one sitting on some of these, methinks.

 

[gunranger]

No wonder I couldn't find a loader, you've got them all. Shame on you, that ain't fair.

 

[Dave West]

I'll show you how obsessed I am about loaders...
Illya, I remember that picture from ebay and bid on one of the loaders.
Please email me if you still have any of those as I need one of the variations you had!

Here's a pic that's a little old. I've added a few since.

Original boxes for all but the last one.
I've made out good on some, and paid dearly for others!

By the way, anybody have interesting models or variations? I'm interested.
If it says Colt on it and is not an Argentine loader, I'm very interested.

Thanks,
Dave

 

[BAinMO]

CaptRay's?

Dave,
Did you get that first one in the pic off of ebay? It looks just like one I had from CaptRay's estate that I had friend sell. If so it's good to see it went to a good home.
Thanks,
BA