Ten Guns That Lost Value, From Colt's LE901 to FN's SCAR 17S

A Survival Gear video looks at ten guns that were once hyped, hoarded or flipped for profit and now sell at a fraction of their earlier prices, with some down 80% or more.

Key points

• Colt LE901: It launched around $2,300 and briefly traded near $3,000, but clean examples now often sit unsold at $1,200 to $1,400, as lighter, cheaper rifles made its two-caliber pitch feel unnecessary.
• Ruger Precision Rifle Gen 1: It cost $1,300 at its 2015 launch and flipped for $1,600, but it now trades for $750 to $850 after Ruger's own Gen 2 and Gen 3 updates.
• Remington R51: Feed failures and out-of-battery discharges in the first production run led to a full recall, and the video says resale values never recovered.
• Tec-9 and Hi-Point C9: Worn Tec-9s now go for as little as $245 at auction, and used C9s sell for as little as $40.
• FN SCAR 17S: It launched at roughly $2,700 and briefly sold for $3,500 to $4,000, but resale prices fell under $2,000 for clean examples as FN ramped up production.

Quick take

According to Survival Gear, most of the ten work as intended. The common thread is hype, scarcity or panic-driven demand pushing prices beyond what the guns can hold, after which prices correct hard and rarely recover.

Watch the full video: Survival Gear