There are others who prefer to shop through the deals of gun shops’ used inventory.
A well-cared for pistol will hold its value and functionality for many years, even decades or longer.
But what about surplus pistols for sale?
If you’re a price sensitive shopper, this reason alone is a great one, as many surplus pistols will have much smaller price tags than their new, and sometimes even their used, companions.Sometimes there’s no good way to compare prices because some surplus pistols might not otherwise be available to the public, but regardless, you can still get an objectively good price.
If a government agency or bureau, for example, purchased a lot of pistols but then released unused models as surplus, it would be like buying a new gun, even if the particular unit was not categorically new.Buying surplus pistols also provides you with a potential avenue to get a model that has caught your attention but is very difficult to find.
Because there are many firearms that are expressly developed for government or official use, it might be difficult otherwise to find some models.