Licensed firearms dealer · Michigan and the Great Lakes region
Sell your guns in Lake City.
We buy firearms, collections and estates throughout Missaukee County and the rest of Michigan. One firearm or four hundred — tell us what you have and we will tell you what it’s worth.
- An itemized offer in writing, not one number for the pile
- Cash offer, paid when you accept it
- We come to you — Lake City, anywhere in Michigan, and across the region
- Confidential, discreet, secure transaction
Buying in Lake City and Missaukee County
Missaukee County holds 13 licensed dealers across five small towns.
One of the quieter counties in the north, farming and forest, with four manufacturers among thirteen licenses. Collections here are small, local and often older than anybody realizes — guns that came with families and stayed put through three generations without ever being valued.
4 of the 13 licenses in Missaukee County belong to manufacturers rather than plain dealers, a higher share than most. It shows up as custom barrels, rebuilt actions and gunsmith work, which take longer to price than catalog guns.
There is not one pawnbroker licensed in the county. Firearms change hands through dealers and between people who know each other, which tends to mean collections arrive intact rather than picked over.
What collections look like around here
Northern Michigan collections are built around deer camp and the lakes. Grand Traverse County holds 31 licensed dealers serving a much wider area than its size suggests, because people drive for an hour up here without thinking about it. Expect rifles and shotguns that have been used hard and honestly, and the occasional very good gun bought in a better year.
Estates in Missaukee County
Cottages and camps are where northern estates get interesting. Firearms left at a family place are often forgotten entirely for a decade or more, and they’re also the ones most likely to have suffered from damp storage. Both facts are worth knowing before anyone agrees a price.
We also cover McBain, Falmouth, Merritt and Moorestown — and the rest of Michigan besides. If you have something worth looking at, distance is our problem, not yours.
There are only about eight guns.
That’s a perfectly normal size for us and it’s worth a look. Eight guns that no one has assessed can hold more value than forty that have been picked through.
Where to go next
Settling an estate ·Selling your own collection ·Closing a shop ·What sets the price ·You inherited firearms
One thing worth knowing before anyone looks at it, wherever you are: don’t clean it. A polished or re-blued gun can be worth a fraction of an untouched one, and it can’t be undone.
Tell us what you have in Lake City
One firearm or the whole cabinet, anywhere in Missaukee County. Tell us what you have and we’ll tell you what we’ll pay for it.
Would rather talk? Call or text (269) 399-4867 (399-GUNS). Photographs welcome.