What happened to the good 100.00 revolvers
- Thread starter walter in florida
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The Ruger was at Gander Mtn. $179. The Smith was at at place in Columbus OH called Vances $199. Both were dept trade-ins. The Smith had a lot of holster wear (touched up now) but is still pretty tight. I don't have a pic of the S&W yet but here's the Ruger. They're both more like Diamonds in the Rough, than Jewels, but I can live with that. Both are good shooters.
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XavierBreath
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S&W Model 10-5 $159
S&W K38 $179
S&W M&P Factory Nickel $139
These all came from Pawn Shops. All were in good shape as shooters.
XavierBreath
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I bought them over the past year and a half. I did replace the grips on the K38 and M&P. My daughter would kill me if I traded away her M&P! 
edited to add:I forgot about these............. These two were NIB, $125 each. The smart aleck gunstore owner's son, who had priced them that morning, thought they were black powder pistols. When I tried to correct him, he treated me like an idiot, so I immediately bought them both.
Top is .357magnum, bottom is .45Colt or .45ACP (two cylinders).
edited to add:I forgot about these............. These two were NIB, $125 each. The smart aleck gunstore owner's son, who had priced them that morning, thought they were black powder pistols. When I tried to correct him, he treated me like an idiot, so I immediately bought them both.
Top is .357magnum, bottom is .45Colt or .45ACP (two cylinders).
kilogulf59
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Hello All,
I had to throw my $.02 into this….
Aside from inflation, I feel the main cause in the high cost of used “shooters” is the collector craze. Actually, I should say speculator as a collector appreciates what they have and generally wants to preserve the items for the future.
These “speculators” are vermin who see a buck in any and every thing they do. Then you have their yuppie clientele who simply have to have it cause its en vogue. Bang…instant artificial inflation. These people have ruined more that one hobby. Try finding some old, used hand tools…good luck.
I hope I do not sound to rough here but I believe I am correct in my theory and it really irks me.
As far as the CCW aspect is concerned, I think it may have a slight bearing on higher prices but I feel that most CCW folks already own handguns and the newbies are the same people who would have purchased one anyway. Just guesses here mind you.
I had to throw my $.02 into this….
Aside from inflation, I feel the main cause in the high cost of used “shooters” is the collector craze. Actually, I should say speculator as a collector appreciates what they have and generally wants to preserve the items for the future.
These “speculators” are vermin who see a buck in any and every thing they do. Then you have their yuppie clientele who simply have to have it cause its en vogue. Bang…instant artificial inflation. These people have ruined more that one hobby. Try finding some old, used hand tools…good luck.
I hope I do not sound to rough here but I believe I am correct in my theory and it really irks me.
As far as the CCW aspect is concerned, I think it may have a slight bearing on higher prices but I feel that most CCW folks already own handguns and the newbies are the same people who would have purchased one anyway. Just guesses here mind you.
I went through much the same thing ten years ago with wood duck decoys. I could happily buy nice ones for way under $100 until they became the craze in the home decor scene and the prices shot up. I pretty much gave up on them and started looking for P&R N frames.
I was finding nice N frames then for $200 to $250 and most recently paid $375 for a 95% M27-2 which felt like a bargain today.
The good news is I have a few decoys and N frames worth much more than I paid although I'm not selling. The bad news is the ones yet to acquire will cost me much more.
One hint on finding nice older revolvers these days. At least around here many 1960's and 1970's revolvers are turning up in estates these days. Since I don't have much chance of finding them at the source I rely on a couple dealers that buy these right and are willing to make a small honest profit on the sale. I visit them often and they'll treat me right due to the repeat business I'll bring them. One even brings out his holdbacks from his safe out back which he offers to me at a good price most times even though he knows he'd get much more for it on his internet sales business.
The only $100.00 revolvers I see today are the ones needing gunsmithing and are sold that way by another dealer. His own gunsmithing costs are up and they're not worth spending the time and money to make their resale profitable. I might just pick up one or two of them and try my hand on making a purse out of a sows ear some time.
I was finding nice N frames then for $200 to $250 and most recently paid $375 for a 95% M27-2 which felt like a bargain today.
The good news is I have a few decoys and N frames worth much more than I paid although I'm not selling. The bad news is the ones yet to acquire will cost me much more.
One hint on finding nice older revolvers these days. At least around here many 1960's and 1970's revolvers are turning up in estates these days. Since I don't have much chance of finding them at the source I rely on a couple dealers that buy these right and are willing to make a small honest profit on the sale. I visit them often and they'll treat me right due to the repeat business I'll bring them. One even brings out his holdbacks from his safe out back which he offers to me at a good price most times even though he knows he'd get much more for it on his internet sales business.
The only $100.00 revolvers I see today are the ones needing gunsmithing and are sold that way by another dealer. His own gunsmithing costs are up and they're not worth spending the time and money to make their resale profitable. I might just pick up one or two of them and try my hand on making a purse out of a sows ear some time.