Has anyone heard of anyone trade rifles in at cabelas Update 3/15/15

[Bow tech hunter]

So I was wondering if anyone knew people that traded guns in at cabelas or you have done on ur own my main question is how was the experience I want to trade my 300 win mag for a 7mm mag

[Old Man Yager]

My Dad sold them a couple a few years ago, just a couple of old ones, nothing special. I think they low balled him

[jay.sharkbait]

For the love of God, don't do it!

[duckmen1]

They always low ball you on offers. They say they can only sell a certian rifle for say 500 and then you'll see it for 750. It's very easy to take a rifle or shotgun there and sell it and not have to go through the hassle of a private sale but you won't make as much off the gun. But yes we have sold quite a few guns there but haven't traded any.

[wildweeds]

Why trade a .300 for a 7? virtually the same thing,if it's the recoil you think your going to get away from by stepping down,think again.I've got a 7mm,it's older n me,it's got some bite,it doesn't bother me,and in fact my buddies 300 and his 338  have felt recoil  that is less than my 7.Most likely for the hosing your going to take trading it in somewhere(Which reads anywhere is going to try and hose you) you may be just as well off to have someone install a brake on it to reduce thump and jump and save some in your pocketbook.

[HntnFsh]

Tell us about your .300.

[Bofire]

  They are in the gun business to make money, not make you a fair deal.
Carl

[Bow tech hunter]

I see what everybody is saying I use to have a 7mm mag and I loved I was 2 inches high at 500 yards but I came in to a pinch point in life so the only thing I had that I can sell the fastest was my 7mm so that's y I was wanting to get another one my dad bought me a 300 mag lever action wood stock it weighs a ton but I always liked my 7mm and I don't use the 300 much which I think last I shot it was in 2008 ever since I bow hunted and muzzleloader I don't have the money to just go buy a 7 since I'm buy another house so was just going to trade my 300 in towards one somewhere

[adamR]

Just for curiosity I took a 308 Remington 788 in there about a year ago, it was cosmetically decent, old but still nice... They offered me $75... Said they would only sell it for about $150.  Funny thing was they had a 308 788 on there used shelf that was pretty much exactly the same quality as mine with a tag for $425.

[Duffer]

I sold one to Cabelas..... after I listed it here and got zero interest.

Got next to nothing for it but I accepted the situation and did the deal. Expect to get very little for it from them.

[Boss .300 winmag]

Post a pick of the .300, what type is it, how much do you want?

[actionshooter]

They are in the gun business to make money, not make you a fair deal.
Carl

Exactly,
 They are very straight forward, they figure out what they will sell the gun for using the Blue Book and will give you 60% of that. Those numbers are set by corporate and all of the stores are supposed to be the same. If you want to do it great, if not, then don't do it.

[Bow tech hunter]

It's a Winchester 300 win mag dad bought it in 2007 used it following season then went to bow I can't remember the size of scope but it's big and I will post s pic of it as soon as I get my gun safe key out of my storage unit but it's like a fancy wood stock looks way to nice to take in woods but idk what I really want out of maybe when I find a 7mm that catches my eye at least try to get enough for the 7mm or as close as I can to where I don't fork out a lot out of my pocket be nice

[bobcat]

I wouldn't trade your gun in at Cabelas. I traded a handgun for another handgun once at a gun dealer many years ago and didn't get a fair trade in value at all, and regret it now. If your 300 is a lever action it must be a Browning BLR. That should be easy enough to sell. Sell it yourself and then buy the 7mm that you want. Or put it up for trade in the classifieds on this site.

[Bow tech hunter]

Ok cool thanks everybody for the input

[Boss .300 winmag]

What model is it?

[Bow tech hunter]

Shoot if I know the model lol I may take a drive over to storage unit to unload some boxes I'll grab key give some time lol

[Bow tech hunter]

So I didn't make it over to storage unit to unload but I will update a pic this week sorry guys have any questions feel free to ask

[GUscottie]

I went in there this weekend to see what they'd give me for a rifle. They told me the gun was worth $500 bucks. They offered me $330. I did some research and noted they sold the same gun with same features online for over a grand. They told me they can only buy a gun based on "book" values. But they sell the guns based on the street values...

[mountainman]

They are in the gun business to make money, not make you a fair deal.
Carl

Exactly,
 They are very straight forward, they figure out what they will sell the gun for using the Blue Book and will give you 60% of that. Those numbers are set by corporate and all of the stores are supposed to be the same. If you want to do it great, if not, then don't do it.

exactly. Once traded or sold to a retailer, it becomes an expense out of their pocket, no longer your pocket. If the firearm sits for more then a month, it starts losing money. True, you will not ever get near what you think it is worth, and if it's not agreeable, walk away, sell it yourself. You will always get more when you sell directly to the end user. But if you sell, you have agreed to the price, which you can either take or leave. If all sides are happy and in agreement, it becomes a done deal.

[splitshot]

   listen to the guys on this site cuz they know what they are talking about!  honest, fair and knowledgable  and I don't know many of them.   very good advice.     mike w

[Skillet]

I can only think of one lever action that's chambered in 300 win mag of the top of my head - the BLR.

[Remnar]

 I have a friend that has sold a few to cabelas ,he didnt want to mess with private sales . As stated above they take a pretty good cut off the top of blue book value at the get go . The only "benefits" I can see is its easy and you dont have to pay taxe on your trade in value . Personally i dont like cabelas for firearms purchases (too $$) most smaller shops can beat there prices . Also alot of shops will consign guns for a small % of sale price .

[T Pearce]

I think BLR as well.

[jackson7]

List it here. if no bites go to armslist. if no bites, I would consider gunbroker [quite a few there] or consign it somewhere.
good luck.

[MarkyMark]

Don't give a BLR away to Cabela's   

[HighlandLofts]

Cabelas would be the last place I'd sell any firearm to. One of my friends sold them a stainless Winchester 7mm mag with a redfield scope when he was hurting for money, they gave him $325. When it went on the used gun rack the price on it was $599. It seams they give a low grade on your gun according to bluebook and when they retail it they jump the grade up a notch or two and charge a higher price for it.

The Marysville store bounces the prices around, I've bought some really good guns there on the used gun rack at decent prices and then I see a bunch of over prices stuff as well. You just have to be aware of what it is and what they are worth.
I bought a 444 Marlin lever action there last summer in decent shape for only $329, that same gun brings over $650 on Gunbroker.

I bought a nice Coast to Coast 22lr semi-auto for $149, I sold that gun for $250.

There was a S&W 686 for sale on here for $800, I offered $750 for it and it didn't work out. I just bought the same gun at the Marysville Cabelas a month ago in pristine shape for $599.

There's deals there if you go there enough and know what things are worth, I just picked up a 410 shotgun there last week for only $99, I could of sold it Tuesday for $225.

Then they have some beat up pieces of **** that they want two to three hundred dollars more then they are worth. They are in so bad of shape I wouldn't even want them at any price.

When you dig your gun out get a honest price and list it on this site, if it doesn't sell on here then list it on GunBroker, You can ship it yourself to the buyers FFL guy. I've done that a bunch of times.

Good luck on selling it, You should do OK. If you have any questions about going about selling it don't be afraid to ask, you get all the help you'll need for the guy's on here.

[follow maggie]

You need to understand who you're selling it to and what your role is.  If you sell it to one of us, you're selling at retail and can expect to get the retail value of it.  If you sell it to a store, dealer, etc, you're a wholesaler and can't expect to get close to retail price on it.  That dealer has carrying costs associated with it- taking space on the shelf, employees taking time to show it, answer questions about it, move it around, whatever.  For a business to sell things for double what they pay for them is normal.

You just need to decide what your priority is.  If it's to maximize what you get for it, sell it yourself.  If it's to get it gone fast, sell it to a store or dealer.

[mountainman]

You need to understand who you're selling it to and what your role is.  If you sell it to one of us, you're selling at retail and can expect to get the retail value of it.  If you sell it to a store, dealer, etc, you're a wholesaler and can't expect to get close to retail price on it.  That dealer has carrying costs associated with it- taking space on the shelf, employees taking time to show it, answer questions about it, move it around, whatever.  For a business to sell things for double what they pay for them is normal.

You just need to decide what your priority is.  If it's to maximize what you get for it, sell it yourself.  If it's to get it gone fast, sell it to a store or dealer.

[Bow tech hunter]

Thanks everybody for the info ya I don't think I'll go with cabelas when I get ready I'll post it here and see what happens I haven't had time to go to storage unit cuz of relitor showing my house but once I have time I'll post it up thanks everybody

[STED9r]

Look on waguns web site.
I've got a couple handguns on there that I'd like to trade for exactly what you have, BLR 300 win mag lever.
Know it's not what your looking for, but gives you more options to make monies to buy a 7.

[ScottyO]

Don't do it you will get screwed!!!

[Taco280AI]

I asked them about it once, you're lucky to get 70% of the value. Even if it was brand new and unfired, 60-70% of what they're selling it for.

[longstevo]

Funny this post just came up. 

This afternoon I went in with a buddy who traded in his Weatherby Vanguard .300 at the Cabelas in Tualitin.  They gave him $364 for it.  Not too bad for a wholesale trade in, I thought.  He's a bit of a horse trader, and tried to work them for just a bit more.  Of course it didn't work.  Then I told him to see what the pay-out would be without the scope, and the number didn't change at all.   I told my buddy to have them take the scope off then, and he could sell it on CL for another $50-75. 

Overall, though, I was impressed with the service, for what it was.

[HighlandLofts]

Funny this post just came up. 

This afternoon I went in with a buddy who traded in his Weatherby Vanguard .300 at the Cabelas in Tualitin.  They gave him $364 for it.  Not too bad for a wholesale trade in, I thought.  He's a bit of a horse trader, and tried to work them for just a bit more.  Of course it didn't work.  Then I told him to see what the pay-out would be without the scope, and the number didn't change at all.   I told my buddy to have them take the scope off then, and he could sell it on CL for another $50-75. 

Overall, though, I was impressed with the service, for what it was.

I've bought a couple of rifles out of Cabelas just for the scope, I peeled the scope and sold the rifle for what I had in it.

[CAMPMEAT]

Cabelas is like a used car dealership, buy low, sell very high.

[mountainman]

Capitalism at its finest!

[Bow tech hunter]

Here u guys go I finnally got around to the storage unit to get the gun safe key

[h2ofowlr]

I took in a Browning Auto 5 Magnum made in Belguim.  32" barrel and in good shape.  He said it didn't have the original but pad on it.  I still have the original pad.  The guy offered $375 for it.  I showed him the gun in his library that wasn't as nice as mine for $965.  I said really?  I ended up selling the gun for $800.  Those guys might as well be a pawn shop or the highered ex car dealers to run it.  The guy said they give 60% of the appraised value.  If they appraise it low, you get 60% of the low appraisal.
If you have money to burn and don't care, than go there.
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