Indians For Guns

i would like to have the personal opinion of the members on the most expensive gun or hand gun available among the limited choice in India and what would be the cost of such a weapon here.
This is just an academic question as I often dream of guns that I could have owned, if I was in the USA. Now that I am too old to relocate to the USA, I wish to be practical and dream about it in India.

Regards

Atul

And no government auctions please

Regards

Atul

I thought you already got your delivery by now for the most expensive gun

aadhaulya wrote:And no government auctions please
Regards Atul

Of course, Govt. auctions are not to be considered as they would provide the least expensive and the most sought after guns in the country!

In the US we have plain old shotguns on the shelf that go for $250,000. New manufacture.

Commonwealth_of_PA wrote:In the US we have plain old shotguns on the shelf that go for $250,000. New manufacture.

Now that is expensive. Which guns would they be...... In India shot guns are the cheapest ones, that are probably cheaper that a good or even a reasonably priced Air Rifle.

aadhaulya wrote:

Commonwealth_of_PA wrote:In the US we have plain old shotguns on the shelf that go for $250,000. New manufacture.

Now that is expensive. Which guns would they be...... In India shot guns are the cheapest ones, that are probably cheaper that a good or even a reasonably priced Air Rifle.

Oh, you can get shotguns of any price. Even $20

This is not the place I was thinking of as I cannot find it, but a decent example nonetheless:

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2013/0 ... -showroom/

I think the average price of these guns is about $150,000 USD. With that much money at stake, and being made in England, I'm sure they would find a way to deliver one to you in India

Commonwealth_of_PA wrote:I think the average price of these guns is about $150,000 USD. With that much money at stake, and being made in England, I'm sure they would find a way to deliver one to you in India

That is out of question, import of guns has been banned in India since 1984. The only way one can get it is if someone is transferring residence back to India and he has owned the gun for more than one year. That too only one gun and only once in his lifetime. Also that gun can only be sold after 10 years (I think) of import. If someone gets permission to sell it before that period he can never apply for an Arms License in his life time.
The only other way is import by a 'Renowned Shooter'.
Therefore, the guns we can buy are the third rate guns manufactured by the government's India Ordnance Factory at exorbitant prices or more than 30 year old imported ones at unimaginable prices. The cheapest imported hand gun would have a starting price of about 10,000 USD, which would probable sell for about 100 USD in the USA, as per 'armslist.com'.

Hence my question regarding the most expensive second hand gun in India.

Regards

Atul

So, in other words, it's possible

Commonwealth_of_PA wrote:So, in other words, it's possible

Yes, by becoming a renowned shooter. That takes years of practice and loads of money for ammo, besides other hindrances like one is normally allowed to buy only 50 rounds of ammo in a year. So you have to convince the Licensing Authority of your requirement for more ammo. Also the cost of ammo would be 3 to 5 times the cost of ammo than the USA. It will also not be competition grade ammo.

You're buying $150,000 to $275,000 USD shotguns, I assume you and the vendor are willing to put a little work into it and you are not concerned with the price of ammo

That's more than my house cost on the high end.

Commonwealth_of_PA wrote:You're buying $150,000 to $275,000 USD shotguns, I assume you and the vendor are willing to put a little work into it and you are not concerned with the price of ammo

That's more than my house cost on the high end.

On this forum, Commonwealth_of_PA you must have realized by now how difficult it is to get an Arms License. In India it is a rough estimate that only 4% of the people have licenses. Even to sell your gun you need permission from the LA and they will verify the license of the person you intend to sell the gun. This process of selling your gun takes up to 45 days before you get permission to sell it. Similarly when you buy a gun you have to give details of where you bought the gun from and the Arms Dealer has to give a list of all the guns sold to the LA every month.
Therefore, trying to get an imported gun registered on your license is impossible, but one will not reach that stage as he would go to prison straight away and his gun would get confiscated. There are 1000's of confiscated guns lying with customs.
There was a case a few months ago where a kid ordered a blank firing pistol, on line. Though as per the arms act a license is not required for it, the poor fellow got arrested even before he got delivery of that toy gun.

Holland and Holland shotgun is the most expensive.Some big arms dealer may have it ,if you are lucky.There is no MRP so one has to pay the collectors price.In the case of handguns,it is the make and size which determines the price.As you may be aware, imported handguns have great snob value as it adds to the status of the owner.It is a continous race for one upmanship, so no brand can be considered the top one.

I'm reliably informed that a dealer in Delhi has a Glock for sale (with 2 interchangeable barrels/ slides of different calibres) which is being offered for....


Hold your breath all ye mango people....


Asking price of ₹ 5,200,000/-!! (approx US$ 78-80,000/-)

Cheers!
Abhijeet

mundaire wrote:I'm reliably informed that a dealer in Delhi has a Glock for sale (with 2 interchangeable barrels/ slides of different calibres) which is being offered for....


Hold your breath all ye mango people....


Asking price of ₹ 5,200,000/-!! (approx US$ 78-80,000/-)

Cheers!
Abhijeet

Wouldn't two different calibre barrels cause some drama with the LAs..?! In any case, in India more money spent might not necessarily indicate better quality!

IMHO the best way to lay your hands on a good imported gun is to become a Neta, do some bureaucratic drama, 'surrender' your useless .22 & get a spanking new Desert Eagle from army's stocks... Remember one famous gangster turned neta getting one that way...