Butler Creek 25 round mags...need help evaluating a deal (pre-ban)

[Andrew92fs]

Thank you in advance for any advice.....I have an opportunity to pick up 4 brand new in the plastic butler creek 25 round 10/22 mags for $260 or $65 each....For me price is a relative concept and since I cannot find these anywhere I have no point of reference... I am tempted to purchase them. Anyone know what the going rate for these when they do surface?...I have a feeling that these would be a good buy and would not likely lose money on a resale...Any advice? Experience?

Andrew

 

[mac67]

I'm not a pre-ban authority, but I'm pretty sure there is no such thing as a "Pre-ban" 10/22 mag..........

 

[Andrew92fs]

I'm not a pre-ban authority, but I'm pretty sure there is no such thing as a "Pre-ban" 10/22 mag..........

They are 25 round magazines..... In Massachusetts I cannot go to a store and buy a new "Hi Cap mag" even for a .22 or any firearm for that matter unless it was manufactured prior to September 13, 1994...this is why i refer to them as "pre-ban".

One would be violating the law by owning a new "Hi-Cap" mag unless they are a LEO.

Please school me if I am able to own .22 Hi Cap mags without violating the law within Massachusetts (I have not run across anything that says I can)....It will save me a boatload.

 

[tilsnow]

65 is way too much. don't pay more than 35

 

[Andrew92fs]

65 is way too much. don't pay more than 35

Thanks for the info...I would tend to agree based solely on the dollar amount, however, I have yet to see ANY for sale anywhere....I have been to gunshows, gunshops, and scoured the interweb....I saw some old listings from an auction site for $80 (gunsamerica) for 50 round....It is very difficult without a good point of reference....

The seller bought them back in 1998 as pre ban and paid $60 each...

 

[Len-2A Training]

I'm not a pre-ban authority, but I'm pretty sure there is no such thing as a "Pre-ban" 10/22 mag..........

Untrue. I owned 2 such aftermarket 10/22 mags that I bought BEFORE the Fed ban in 1994. They originally sold in the $8-12 range each back then.

One would be violating the law by owning a new "Hi-Cap" mag unless they are a LEO.

LEOs do NOT get a pass on this law. Many may think so, but it is not so if the LEO can't make a claim that the gun is used for LE activities . . . and there is no way to stretch a 10/22 to fit that unless you are an ACO.

Thanks for the info...I would tend to agree based solely on the dollar amount, however, I have yet to see ANY for sale anywhere....I have been to gunshows, gunshops, and scoured the interweb....I saw some old listings from an auction site for $80 (gunsamerica)....It is very difficult without a good point of reference....

The seller bought them back in 1998 as pre ban and paid $60 each...

Ridiculously priced! I sold mine to C-pher back in 2005-6 for $35 each and that would be a fair price.

Next problem is that I am unsure how you can prove/tell that it REALLY is a pre-ban mag! Lots of unscrupulous dealers bring new hi-cap 10/22 mags to gun shows in MA and sell them for a high premium, making felons of unsuspecting buyers. Be very careful.

 

[Andrew92fs]

LenS...thanks....as always well though out and right to the point....I guess the only way to be 100% sure that they are pre ban was to have actually purchased them myself....The next best thing would be to 100% trust the owner of said mags....

Even if I purchased them myself back in 1993 how the heck would I be able to prove to a LEO that they are pre ban unless I had a receipt? Maybe I will stick with 10 rounders...

 

[atilla]

$65 each? what a blue falcon. SKIP. you can get mags for cheaper. if you do this deal i know you are rolling in money and must sleep on hundred dollar bills with many naked beautiful women. you will also be sending me a check so i can at least get basic cable. please and thank you.

 

[drgrant]

Overpriced. Way overpriced. Even for "verified" prebans (and there really is no such thing on the BC mags anyways, they're all more or less the same).

-Mike

 

[Andrew92fs]

$65 each? what a blue falcon. SKIP. you can get mags for cheaper. if you do this deal i know you are rolling in money and must sleep on hundred dollar bills with many naked beautiful women. you will also be sending me a check so i can at least get basic cable. please and thank you.

Rolling in it... not yet... ask me in 6 months..I do okay..i make it rain with quarters....but what do you consider "many naked beautiful women" .......

atilla do you have any skills outside the gun world? (real question not a dig at ya)....I am always looking for "good people" maybe I could get you on your way to basic cable.....