Colt Diamondback Price Check...

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Billmanweh

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I'm thinking of picking up a Colt Diamondback .22 Blue 6" barrel (to keep my Python company). It doesn't have a box, but is in 98% shape.

What would be a good price?

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A good price for the buyer would be $250-$300. Unfortunately, most sellers think a good price for them is around $600. I bought a 4" .22 D'back in 98% at a gun shop in Utah three years ago for $325 and screamed (but I wanted it). Then I started seeing them on the auction sites with bids of $500+.
 
WARNING! These pieces are high dollar items-

A 98% Colt Diamondback will bring a premium;
especially in .22 LR caliber!

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, N.R.A. Life Member
 
It just so happens that I am going to look at a 4 inch .22 Diamondback in the next couple of days. The seller describes it as being in excellent condition with no blemishes or wear in the original box with all the paperwork. He wants $600.

I've been wanting one of these for a long time. I haven't seen a .22 offered locally for quite some time. Last year a local dealer had a 99% .22 4 incher without the box for $575. It sold in a few hours. I'll drive 75 miles to check this one out. $600 seems high to me but if it's really nice it'll come home with me.

Randy
 
Don't know about local prices because I almost never see them in any of the many shops I visit, but 600 seems like on the lower side of the going rate if it really is in that condition. When they are hard to come by like the Diamondback is, they sell for artificiallly high prices...

BTW, I'd buy it for 600 - and the one mentioned for 325.... I would by it so fast it would make your head spin....
 
The last few that I have seen at local gunshows, all were 38 Specials, were listed at $600. Personally, I think this is way over priced, but if you must have one, well, value is in the eye of the purchaser.
 
I almost hate to say this, but a week or so after I bought the .22 I went to a gun show and an FFL dealer had a matching .38 D'back (although with more wear to finish) marked $225. I offered him $180 and he took it. He even paid the taxes so that was my "out the door" price.
 
Around here, anything under $800 would be a deal. That figure is based on 3 I've seen for sale this year. Actually, one of them was NIB and was $850.

John
In the high-gun-price-capital of the free world.
 
This one is $500, so I'm considering it...

I definitely don't 'need' it, but it's one that I've wanted since I was a kiddo.
 
If you are near Dallas and you decide not to buy it could you let me know where it is? I'd probably buy it...
 
If you want the miniature Python look, fine. I gave in too.

But if you want a really nice gun to shoot consider the Officers Model Match, and perhaps best of all Colt 22 revolvers, the Officers Model Target. Many of the OMT's came from the factory with a action that even a top 'smith like Jungkind could only very slightly improve.

Bob
 
I sold a Diamondback .22 6" a couple months ago. Beat up box no papers. Gun was 97%.
 

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Which Diamondback is better balanced? The 4" or 6". I'm thinking that maybe I should wait for a 6 incher instead of buying the 4" and selling when I find a nice 6 inch model. I'll use the gun only at the range.

Any opinions?

Thanks,

Randy
 
I prefer 6" barrels on my revolvers except for carry. Longer sight radius, etc. I don't know if I'd buy a Diamondback to shoot a lot. I sold mine cause I can't afford another safe queen, and my son and only heir is not into guns, and wouldn't appreciate it if it passed on to him.
 
John is so right. At the Richmond,Va show last weekend I saw two Diamondbacks. One dealer wanted $1000.00 for a 22 4" and another wanted $800.00 for a 38 4" A tad high in my book.
Albert
 
I think there may still be one 6" diamondback at collectors firearms here in Houston for $750. I thought about it for a while and then passed. To rich for me right now. (christmas and all.)
 
Hello All,
I passed on the 4" Diamondback that I was considering. Instead I bought the 6'' one that was for sale at Collector's Firearms in Houston. I won it at auction for $780....that was more than I wanted to pay.

I just picked up the gun at my dealers this morning. I am a S&W guy. I have 5 K22's. Having said that this Diamondback is absolutely beautiful, it's the nicest .22 revolver I own!. The action is amazing. I don't see myself turning into a Colt guy but I can see myself buying more Colt revolvers!

Randy
 
i've had both and am heavily in the 4" camp...it just balances better (extra weight from the underlug vs. 6" k-22)

i picked up the 6" .22 diamondback to keep my 6" pythons company. it just never shot as well as the 4". besides the front sight on the longer barrel is kinda stubby and hard to pick up quickly
 
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