Why are berrels so dam expensive?!?

[CK_32]

I'm looking for a 26" ish barrel to go trap and skeet shooting with some friends and I'm looking around here and don't see a thing and go one eBay and see barrels going from $170 to $200 for a barrel alone...


How is that possible when you get buy a wing master for $300 in ok condition and the barrels of these things cost 3/4th that price...

Why are these so expensive right now?

[mikey357]

870 barrel currently at 51.00 on gunbroker. About a day and a half left to bid on this item.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=291822332

[mikey357]

In case the above auction doesnt work out, Heres five pages of 870 barrels to bid on.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Shotgun-Barrels/BI.aspx?Keywords=*870

You can also go to Auctionarms.com

[CK_32]

$1 activation fee what's with that?

And yea all of the other barrels are about $150 why are they so expensive?

I always thought they were around $100 new

[Thefeeder]

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People are getting into clays and switching their barrels. The 18.5 can be had for $100

Its just supply and demand, alot of shooters are looking for field barrels with interchangable chokes.......a few years ago it was reversed

Thats my guess

[CK_32]

Crap! Always behind the times!!

[hermosabeach]

Ck32
Gun broker charges a buck to verify who you are
They charge your credit card to verify your info
When you sell something this balance can be used towards the auction fee

[CK_32]

Ck32
Gun broker charges a buck to verify who you are
They charge your credit card to verify your info
When you sell something this balance can be used towards the auction fee

Gotcha... I don't know I dont really need a barrel just wanted one and figured $50 why not but $150 is a little more of a gamble.. I still havnt shot trap and hit a single disc in skeet.. I don't even know if ill be into it is the problem.

Dam you supply and demand!

[lordres]

You can probably rent a shotgun at the skeet/trap range to try first?

[forgiven]

^^^yes you can.

[BigDogatPlay]

I always thought they were around $100 new

Not for many, many years. The last Mossberg sporting barrel I bought was ~$170 new from Midway.

Watch the auction sites and the parts forum here. Decent take off sporting barrels pop up often at reasonable prices from guys who've bubba'ed a sporting gun into something tacticool.

[CK_32]

Yea I have tons of buddies who have 28" pumps I'm just trying to figure out how a barrel can be $150 if the whole shot gun is around $300 for a wing master.

So I should be able to get a receiver and everything else for $150... I highly doubt that.

[TZL]

I got an extra moss 500 long barrel from the combo that I might sell

Don't know if it takes chokes though

[CK_32]

I have an 870 won't help me much.

[mikey357]

870 barrel currently at 51.00 on gunbroker. About a day and a half left to bid on this item.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=291822332

14 hours left current high bid 65.50. If you think 870 barrels are expensive check out beretta and benelli. They are twice as expensive.