Licensed firearms dealer · Michigan and the Great Lakes region
Sell your guns in Traverse City.
We buy firearms, collections and estates throughout Grand Traverse 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 — Traverse City, anywhere in Michigan, and across the region
- Confidential, discreet, secure transaction
Buying in Traverse City and Grand Traverse County
Northern Michigan cottages and cabins hold a great many firearms that no one has looked at in years.
Grand Traverse holds 31 licensed dealers across six towns, serving an area far larger than the county itself — people drive an hour to Traverse City without a second thought. Estates in the surrounding lake country regularly turn up firearms that have been at a cottage or camp for decades, forgotten by everyone including the family.
With 31 licenses and just 6 manufacturers, Grand Traverse County deals in working guns. The value in an estate here is usually condition, plus whichever older piece somebody happened to look after properly.
The licenses are concentrated as well — 31 across only 6 towns — so there is a real local market rather than a scattering of individuals.
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 Grand Traverse 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 Acme, Kingsley, Interlochen, Elk Rapids and Suttons Bay — and the rest of Michigan besides. If you have something worth looking at, distance is our problem, not yours.
They’re at the cabin, not the house.
That’s common up here. Firearms left at a camp or cottage can go a decade without anyone opening the case, which is good for originality and hard on condition. It also means the guns are often spread across more than one building — which is fine; that’s the job.
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 Traverse City
One firearm or the whole cabinet, anywhere in Grand Traverse 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.