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I managed to pick up a nice S&W model 36 today. Chief's Special .38, blued, wood grips. The grips are nice color, the gold medalion in them is perfect. Gun shows very little use, is super clean, no rust, no pitting, lock-up is nice and tight. The big burning question is...what's a S&W 36 going for these days? If I want to sell it, what's a good price?
By the way, there's no dash in the model number, no lock, I called S&W and they told me was manufactured in '87. Hope that helps
 
I have a couple of older 70's/80's Charter Arms that I carry everyday that I prefer. This model 36 is heavier and doesn't point naturally for me, I'd have to replace the grips. I just want to sell it and am trying to figure out aprox what it's worth so I don't accidently give it away.
 
I managed to pick up a nice S&W model 36 today
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Just purchased, nice


The big burning question is...what's a S&W 36 going for these days? If I want to sell it, what's a good price?
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Possibly looking to sell already? Seems odd, newly purchased revolver, not shot yet, and a possible sell so soon?

Our burning question is what did you pay for it?
 
Around here I have seen them go anywhere from $325 to $450, depends on the condition of the gun.

The last 36 I bought was a nickle snubby a few yrs. back and I paid $350 for it in what I would classify at very good condition at a local pawn shop.
 
Was given to me by a customer of mine as payment for plumbing services I provided. Posted it on Armslist and sold in less than 24 hours for $400. Buyer seemed real happy, said it was going right home and right into the safe.
 
I bought this Model 36 a couple of years ago for $375, but it had some awful ugly rubber grips. Replaced the grips with these Eagle Secret Service grips in rosewood.



Nice little gun, just a mite small.

Bob Wright
 
I picked up one yesterday - I'd been looking for a 36 with a 3" barrel but ran across a snub . . . I couldn't resist. The one I got was about as pristine as you can get. It looks like it was a sock drawer gun - I'm questioning if it was ever fired it's that good. Mine was made in Jan. of 1988. All it shows under the crane is "MOD 36" (no dash). It is chambered in standard 38 special.

I paid $400 OTD. I was tickled to death to get it - I like the small size and it will probably be my new carry piece. (I carry OTB). I do leather work so a new holster for it will be the next project on my bench. I don't feel like I "over paid" and from what I'm seeing, I feel it was an extremely fair price. A new 36 has a MSRP of I think $729.00 (in P +). I look at it this way . . . the one I got was perfect and "like new" . . . and I got the box with it. I originally was going to try and get a Model 60 - and I still want one. When it comes to Smiths though, I'm just not seeing that many of the vintage ones out there (and I like vintage) and even new ones are sometimes hard to come by - I was going to order a 60 and the LGS I went to, who is a Smith dealer, couldn't even give me a clue as to what delivery time would be.
 

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Ballpark - somewhere between $400 and $500.
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Don't worry about its value. It is a perfect CC gun. Keep it.
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Side note: In 1984, I bought a model 60 (the stainless 36). I still have it, but it's the one gun I never got accurate shooting. I got impatient with it. Maybe I should give it another go, now that I'm older.
 
I've bought 2 in the last couple years (1 nickel and 1 blued both w/o dash). I think I gave $350 for the nickel and $150 for the blued. The blued one was beat to hell and back. It took a lot of work to get it back to a nice condition and I had it ceracoted. The nickel one was for my wife.
 
Here's my outdated track on the 36 snubbie.

Smith & Wesson 36 1-7/8 in Bbl Revolver in .38 Spl. Blue Book of Gun Values (33rd Edition) indicates between $360 in 95% condition and $535 in 100% condition for this gun. I have 63 recorded prices for this model gun from $250 to $600 over a period of 4 Yrs 8 Mos ending September 6, 2012. The average price as of that date was $396. No refurbs, no refinishes, regular sights. All represented as 95% or better. No distinction for import location or engineering revision, if any, no special editions, no distinctions for box, papers, tools. Current or last MSRP is $822.

You can see the average price trended to about $475 two years age. Better example would command higher prices, then and now.

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