Does anyone buy those "Gold Commemorative" or "Elvis" guns from the magazine ads?
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Trigger Finger
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I have a Colt 1911 L.A.P.D. Gold Commemorative that was sold only to Sworn L.A. Police. It is a nice BBQ gun. 
Rich Miranda
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I like those guns in the way that I like two-tone Cadillacs: fun to look at but I wouldn't really want to own one.
armsmaster270
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I have 2 S&W Sacramento P.D. Commemeratives a 4" & a 6" Also sold to sworn only.
People buy pictures of dogs playing cards painted on velvet too.
People buy lots of strange things. Most "commemorative" guns have no appeal to me - MOST, not all. A White Feather M1A? That one would mean something to me. It's the gold plated marketing ploys I don't care for.
People buy lots of strange things. Most "commemorative" guns have no appeal to me - MOST, not all. A White Feather M1A? That one would mean something to me. It's the gold plated marketing ploys I don't care for.
I don't mind when folks want something flashy or out of the norm, even with their guns.
But the REAL problem with those silly things is that they have one value -- as new, unfired. There's no collectibility for one of these things if it's been fired.
Literally, they are worth less than the basic gun they mimic if they've been fired at all.
Me, I'd so much rather have a gun that I can shoot. Those commemoratives are paperweights.
But the REAL problem with those silly things is that they have one value -- as new, unfired. There's no collectibility for one of these things if it's been fired.
Literally, they are worth less than the basic gun they mimic if they've been fired at all.
Me, I'd so much rather have a gun that I can shoot. Those commemoratives are paperweights.
#18indycolts
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whats wrong with my blue suede AR15, I just feed it a lot of peanut butter and banana bullets.
It would appear that commemoratives made from standard production items by third parties don't hold their value at all well if one wishes to dispose of one.
I recently bought a 586 that had been blingafied by AHF. It still had the wire ties intact, protologist's gloves in the box and was on display for around 35% of what it originally sold for in 1996. Given that my dealer doesn't work for free, the original purchaser probably didn't see more than 25% of the original cost and didn't do anything wrong apart from letting it tarnish some (silver) and not buying the (optional) display box.
I'm still trying to figure out what to do with the beast - maybe strip the silver and let APW brush chrome the thing for a BBQ gun or just let it gather dust until somebody wants a Patton commemorative of a firearm GSP never had and wouldn't want, complete with fake ivory grips.
I recently bought a 586 that had been blingafied by AHF. It still had the wire ties intact, protologist's gloves in the box and was on display for around 35% of what it originally sold for in 1996. Given that my dealer doesn't work for free, the original purchaser probably didn't see more than 25% of the original cost and didn't do anything wrong apart from letting it tarnish some (silver) and not buying the (optional) display box.
I'm still trying to figure out what to do with the beast - maybe strip the silver and let APW brush chrome the thing for a BBQ gun or just let it gather dust until somebody wants a Patton commemorative of a firearm GSP never had and wouldn't want, complete with fake ivory grips.
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Here's a somewhat gold plated M14 type:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=121358100
Don't worry - I won't bid against you!
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=121358100
Don't worry - I won't bid against you!
armsmaster270
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I don't mind when folks want something flashy or out of the norm, even with their guns.
But the REAL problem with those silly things is that they have one value -- as new, unfired. There's no collectibility for one of these things if it's been fired.
Literally, they are worth less than the basic gun they mimic if they've been fired at all.
Me, I'd so much rather have a gun that I can shoot. Those commemoratives are paperweights.
Today 06:50 AM
I shoot my commemmoratives all the time. I don't own a non shooter. They are S&W 586's both with Bill Davis Combat Tune Jobs and cost $400.00ea
I don't mind when folks want something flashy or out of the norm, even with their guns.
But the REAL problem with those silly things is that they have one value -- as new, unfired. There's no collectibility for one of these things if it's been fired.
Literally, they are worth less than the basic gun they mimic if they've been fired at all.
Me, I'd so much rather have a gun that I can shoot. Those commemoratives are paperweights.
Today 06:50 AM
I shoot my commemmoratives all the time. I don't own a non shooter. They are S&W 586's both with Bill Davis Combat Tune Jobs and cost $400.00ea
Stevie-Ray
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The wife offered to buy me one. Actually it was a pretty nice one, as the commemoratives go. It was a Colt, and for me that's important. I think it was the Vietnam one. I told her no way, not at that price, but I was surprised that she showed any interest at all.