Larry,  First off, you're best bet is to trade for something at either a gunshow or at a gun shop.  For a dealer to buy the pistol outright, they  will need to say, give you $600 for a pistol they could sell for $800.  You could sell on line through a site like Gunbroker, or Gunsamerica, but you'll need to first line up a FFL dealer on your end and see what that dealer will charge you to handle the transaction.  Then once you have a FFL dealer on your end you'll need to advertise it as a dealer to dealer sale only.  On a side note, if you installed the Millet front sight which used the huge tenon hole, then you've hurt the value by quite a bit.  As for the Millet rear sight, you'd be better off re installing the factory Colt sight.  The dealer cost on a new Gold Cup is around $800, so that's about the best you might expect without the Millet sights.     Roddy

-- nhhungryman <nhhungryman@yahoo.com> wrote:

I have a Colt series 80 blued Gold Cup with original brown box and papers.  The gun is stock except for a couple mods.  I put base pads on the two mags, and also changed out followers and springs to extend them to 8 rounds.  I put Millett red front/white outline adjustable rear sights on, but still have the original Elliason rear sight.  I have Hogue black rubber finger grips on it currently, but still have the original wood grips.  I have talked to the local gun shops and they only offer $600 trade in.  I've seen them on line in the $800 to $1000 range.

 

These days it's damn near impossible for a gun owner to do a private sale of a handgun.  None of the papers will touch them.  I could sell it through a dealer and pay commission.

 

Anyone out there had any experience with selling guns on line?  On the surface, it would seem to reach a much larger audience and possibly get a better price?

 

thanks!

 

Larry

 

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