PawnCounter and the Blue Book of Gun Values
The Blue Book of Gun Values is a long-standing reference for identifying a firearm and grading its condition. PawnCounter answers a different question: what did this model actually sell for across your counter, and what should you pay for the next one? They work best together.
The short answer
Use a price guide to identify the gun, its variation and its condition grade. Use your own sales to set the offer and the tag. A guide is national and general; your history is local and specific, and it includes how long the gun took to sell.
What the Blue Book app costs
From its Apple App Store listing, checked September 23, 2026:
- Standard: $4.95 a month or $49.95 a year (in-app purchase).
- Premium: $9.95 a month or $99.99 a year (in-app purchase).
We could not check the publisher’s own website automatically, so we make no other claims about its contents or pricing here.
What PawnCounter’s used-gun desk adds
- A trade-in offer range from what the same model sold for in your shop.
- Used against new margin, measured in your own books.
- Which buyer pays too much for guns.
- It reads any ATF A&D bound-book export as CSV (Orchid, coreSTORE, FastBound, Gearfire and others) alongside your sales.
Using both
Grade the gun with the guide, then check what the same model has sold for in your shop and how long it sat. When your own history is thin (a model you rarely see), lean on the guide and on completed online sales; when it is deep, trust it first. How to price used guns walks through the whole routine.
Side by side
| PawnCounter | Blue Book of Gun Values | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Analytics over your own sales and bound book | A reference price guide for firearms |
| Where prices come from | Sales of the same model in your shop | The guide’s published values |
| Days to sell | Yes, from your history | Not what a price guide covers |
| Offer at your margin | Yes (Pro) | You work it out from the value |
| Price | Free; Starter $79/mo; Pro $149/mo | App: Standard $4.95/mo or $49.95/yr; Premium $9.95/mo or $99.99/yr (App Store) |
Sources
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