Licensed firearms dealer · Michigan and the Great Lakes region
Sell your guns in Petoskey.
We buy firearms, collections and estates throughout Emmet 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 — Petoskey, anywhere in Michigan, and across the region
- Confidential, discreet, secure transaction
Buying in Petoskey and Emmet County
Emmet County holds 16 licensed dealers at the top of the Lower Peninsula.
Resort country with an old-money layer underneath, and the collections split accordingly: summer-home guns that were bought well and used lightly, and year-round collections belonging to families who have been here for generations. Only two manufacturers in the county, so what turns up was bought instead of built — and the top end here is better than the county's size suggests.
Only 2 of Emmet County's 16 licenses are manufacturers. This is hunting country rather than building country, and what comes out of the cabinets reflects it — used guns, honestly worn, occasionally much better than they look.
The county has no licensed pawnbrokers at all — worth noting, because a pawn counter is where the good pieces usually leave a collection before anybody else sees it.
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 Emmet 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 Harbor Springs, Pellston, Levering, Alanson and Oden — and the rest of Michigan besides. If you have something worth looking at, distance is our problem, not yours.
It’s a summer place, we’re only here part of the year.
Tell us when you’re up and we’ll work around it. We would rather come once while someone is there than deal with a collection through photographs and a key under a mat.
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 Petoskey
One firearm or the whole cabinet, anywhere in Emmet 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.