When something in the Marketplace includes "Rare" in the title, do you...

[BOBGBA]

[9Cal_OC]

Usually some denoted by that are ubiquitous out-of-state and becomes synonymous with off-roster guns.

Followed by an inflated price.

[Tim padilla]

[SVT-40]

A seller of a firearm using the term "rare" is often like a pimp telling a john a whore is a virgin....

[BigPimping]

Usually indicates over priced off roster gun, trying to be sold by Scalper.

[jmpeal]

Or custom is another key word for overpriced and hand built while drinking a 6 pack ?

[jmpeal]

Or can't be that rare if you have one and too lazy to post pics lol

[Markbsae]

Advertise what it is and that's it. Anyone who doesn't know what it is isn't looking for it anyway.

[newshooter650]

When I see 'Rare' in the title I normally assume that the seller will be looking to get high-market value or even more. I can rest assured that there will be no value pricing to be found in that post.

[NATEWA]

BLT minus the T.

When I see rare, I think about cars. Overpriced, difficult to find parts and someone who can work on them. And when you do, it will cost you.

[Barang]

if i'm looking for specific firearm "rare" doesn't interest me.

[Ross]

I laugh cause a 2016 Hellcat is NOT rare.

Now a 2023 on the other hand...


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[BOBGBA]

bumping for interest after having it sit for a while during the ongoing "Great Calguns Reset of 2024"

[L84CABO]

Well, it may not technically be a lie. I mean...every gun I sell is, in fact, extremely rare. I defy you to find more than a few guns out there that were ever owned by the GREAT ME! See...RARE.

[The Gleam]

Absolutely, will read the post. Reading doesn't automaticcally lead to being fooled or purchase.

When I see that, I'm more curious as to why the seller deems it to be rare, and it's genuine to say that many guns simply are rare and it's fair to admit as much.

Granted, an uninformed individual may call something rare due to relativity and those are easy to dismiss. Likewise 'rare' and 'scarce' and 'uncommon' are often incorrectly used interchangeably.

Just as calling something rare merely because it's not on CA's anti-2nd Amendment Roster (but is a high-production number common modern gun with no lack of availability outside of CA) is laughable.

"Rare" in CA has only become subjective because a great deal of California's legislation has made it so.

However, if I see 'rare' in its purest form for many C&R guns or low-production modern guns, nothing wrong with that.

Such as, if I saw a subject line that simply said "Rare Luger" - of course I'm curious to find out if it's a Mauser Persian, Portugese Navy, or just a very common late Swiss Bern or 1920 commercial gun.

Or 'rare' 1911 meaning a 1916 example versus something more recent from Ed Brown but is now 'off-roster' .

Now if something says 'Rare Mateba' or 'Rare Detonics Janus' or 'Rare Armamex Whitney Wolverine'' or 'Rare Brazilian FN49' these go without question and justified use of rare.

It's worth looking, regardless, if not for a possible opportunity, then for an education on either something that is truly rare - or maybe an entertaining education and humorous anecdote on what someone's lack of knowledge or absent self-awareness labels as 'rare'.

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