Review of the Clone: The EAA Witness

["DoubleAction"]

www.guns.com/review-of-the-clone-the-eaa-witness.html

[TMan]

Note that this is a review of the EAA Witness NOT the EAA' Witness Elite Series. The Elites have the same design internally as the CZ75, but don't have the crappy triggers.

Incidentally the EAA Witness Hunter is not a member of the Elite series and it has the crappy trigger. So if I ever get around to it, I've got trigger jobs to do on the 9mm and 22LR CZ-75s and on the Hunter.

Oh, the CZ-75 SA Target by the Custom Shop has a very good trigger, but it has been discontinued this year.

Do the value of guns go up when they have been discontinued or do they go down?

["DoubleAction"]

Dec 6, 2011 15:18:40 GMT -5 TMan said:

Note that this is a review of the EAA Witness NOT Do the value of guns go up when they have been discontinued or do they go down?

....TMan; This might depend on what the manufacturer replaces the previous model with, how good the original model was, what changes was made, and why ? ( more cost effective and less labor intensive ).

.....We have been talking about rising prices for discontinued models of the S&W revolvers before.....On the Handgun Review Forum, We talked about the Colt Python....The same thing don't hold true for some Handguns.

....We have already seen many handguns being discontinued, since we have been talking, during the past 8 -9 years.

.....Check out the used /pre-owned counter area of your gun dealer and look at the prices on the S&W M-27, The Colt Python, or any Pre-Clinton Locks on The S&W Revolvers.

[MLB]

I think that's a tough one to answer categorically. Even my S&W made ppk/s that went back for recall, and doesn't show the level of finish of the older German and French models is increasing in value. I bought it for $400 new and it still sells used for that amount.

I suppose that's not inflation adjusted. Maybe it's just holding its value.

["DoubleAction"]

....In my opinion; I think that firearms is like property values in the current economy, but, firearms can be had for much less and collecting firearms is still a hobby.

..The rarity, the age, and the amount produced, depends on the value. Although many might have been produced, the rarity depends on those that remains in "New In Box Condition".

....Collectors might also be Traders. The state of the economy only affects the cash flow for the prices of firearms, but, trading has little or no effect of acquiring desirable pieces to a collection.

["DoubleAction"]

...I can see a spin off to this thread.