IMHO the value of an air gun is the amount of money you will take to part with it, or the amount of money you are willing to pay for it.
If I put up my BAM B26 .22 & HW95 .177 (both tuned) for what I believe they are worth no one would even reply.I know how they shoot however and that's the thing.If they are in the market and came over to shoot them as they are after being broken in, with hours and thousands of rounds finding the ideal pellet brand and weight - - I'm sure they would at least open negotiations.All the hard work is done and these rifles amaze me every time I shoot them. Not for sale BTW.
Normally when I want to check the value of something I look at the Used For Sale listings. However this time when I wanted to find the value of a Stoeger X20 (not the S model) I could find none listed. In fact I find very few airguns listed at all. So I am still wondering if the gun offered me (in like new condition) is worth the $100 price. It would be my first "adult" airgun, which I plan to use for squirrels mostly. I let my subscription to the Blue Book of Gun Values expire so I can not use that resource. So would anyone venture a guess on the gun's value?
The packing, boxing and going to the post office or ups. I'll just keep'em. I mailed an old B3 with a scope, a Limbsaver recoil pad and an AK sling to a friend in up sate N.Y. for nothing. Back in August I gave a Titan Gp, a B3 and a B1 to a young guy just starting into A/G's. Then I sold him one of my QB57 cheap. Couple of month's ago I took 9 guns to a fun shoot priced cheap(like $40 for a X20s). Only one guy said he wanted one but didn't have the money. When we were all getting ready to go home I gave it to him. Wife says I have to many then complains when I give'em away. Tried to get her to buy me a Diana 470th for Christmas. She can afford it. Got some after shave and a pair of dress slacks( She don't like my carpenter jeans when we go out. Jesus was a carpenter) But I got me a QB78 Deluxe modified to hpa. Snuck it in. Can't miss.