What is the most overpriced handgun?

Sounds to me like everything is overpriced to most people's way of thinking. I seriously doubt anyone has a clue of the cost of producing a machine product. Glocks may have a plastic frame but the rest of the pistol certainly isn't and some very knowledgeable people believe that slide is indestructible. They must be doing something right for whatever it costs.

Nothing coming from Germany or Austria is going to be cheap. They actually pay living wages there and it's an expensive place to live, I'm told. If you want something cheap, shop elsewhere, like Arizona or California.
 
Over-priced is a concept relative to your financial resources.
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"Over priced" is relative to what value you get from others at a similar or lesser price.

But, you are correct in that it is a subjective opinion.
 
Colt.
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Hmmm. I bought both my 01918 Colt WWI Repros for less than $900 NIB from dealers. I can still get the S70 Repro for around that also as well as the standard Series 80 Government Model. The Gold Cup Trophy is sub $1K. All new, from dealers. How are they overpriced?

Browning Hi Powers are $700 NIB from CDNN and can be found LNIB for around $500 - $600. There's one at my local gunshop for $499.
 
Overpriced

Colt Python
Freedom Arms 454 Casual
Bren-10
Benelli M4
Barrett .50 cal
H&K P7M13
Desert Eagle

All of these are weapons I would put in the overpriced category, but that does not mean that each of them is not on the want list. :)

It comes down to the same premises as cars, that are a wide variety of cars out there, with a huge range of prices and options. All of the cars will do just as they are designed to do; to get you from point A to point B. Price is not always a consideration or we would all be driving the same cars. At some point it comes down to personal preference and the options you would like.
 
We are not economists, we just play them on the intertubes.

Once someone chooses one economic theory it's pretty much impossible to argue them into accepting another. That's especially true when neither side knows much about the subject.

The labor theory of value is fine and dandy till you consider utility. Buggy whips may have lots of labor involved but the world will not beat a path to your door if you invent a better one.

What the market will pay is also fine, if we believe in rational and informed buyers. The pet rock and the Bay City Rollers pretty much proves that P.T. Barnum was right. People pay prices because they don't know any better or are influence by emotionalism.

The utilitarian theory of value works out ok to. The value of a thing is equal to how much you use it or how much labor it saves you. So if you earn $10 an hour and buy something for $100, it is worth the price if you use it for 10 hours or longer.
The problem with utility is that it doesn't consider emotionalism either. It also doesn't consider inequality of knowledge.

imho something is worth what you pay if you enjoy it.
 
Three dog dad.....

I almost hate to say it because it's just about my favorite pistol ever, but my vote for most overpriced gun goes to the Browning Hi-Power.
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I mostly agree - the BHP is my favorite pistol also, but never could understand why they cost 850 - unless they are charging for ergonomics/pointability. LOL. I do think it is basically a $500-$600 pistol with $200 worth of mystique. Fortunately, my BHP was haggled down to 550 with 4 mags in almost-new condition - and its' sights (MKIII) are much improved over the tiny ones on older BHP's.

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They sell it for what they can get, it's that simple.

Gun people have made JMB a saint. Anything with his name or design will bring in a pretty penny.
 
I dont like the 5.7 handgun look but I agree on the price.

I mean come on. It holds 20 of these rounds standard.

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Some thing never change.

Any gun you can't afford is overpriced and only bought by snobbish posers.
Any gun cheaper than yours is a piece of crap.

Quelle surprise. :D
 
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ANY hand gun that costs over $600.
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100% agreed.

I didn't start buying glocks till they went under 400.00 dollars,i paid 325.00 and got a free dinner for my last S&W 686 4inch.When i bought my sig 229,i paid 425.00 for it.

It's not that i can't afford a 1,000.00 dollar,it's that i don't want to.It's extortion just like the local prices for ammo.In my opinion there no gun worth 600.00 or more unless it has historical value,like a WWI,WWII original colt,remington rand that has seen battle,not just produced during war.

I don't appreciate names and price unless the price is low enough to go with the name.Find me a colt,kimber,h&k,custom 1911 for around 600.00 and i'll buy it all day long.

Heck i'm so cheap i shop on line so i don't have to pay state taxes(personal reasons).
 
A lot of things are overpriced. I remember Pickups bein around the same price as a typical family sedan. I remember thinking $600 for a brand new Python was obscene. Friggen Disneyland is expensive. Life is full of expensive things. If you wish to play, you pay, simple.
If a new 1911 was marketed for the same price as a Hi Point, no one would take it seriously. Admit it. Many don't take Rock Island seriously because they are relatively inexpensive.
$40 (or whatever) to build a Glock? Somehow I think a few expenses got missed with that number. Just how much overhead do you think a gun company in the EU has? Everything costs around twice as (maybe more) much in Europe. Power. Insurance (I'm betting that's a biggie). Compliance (you think the US is overregulated). Payroll & benefits (think EU Pay & benefit levels)? Running a manufacturing business in the civilized world isn't cheap. Why do you think everyone is moving to China & Mexico? Marketing, R&D etc.
If it was simple, everyone would be building high quality firearms for nearly nothing.
We can buy so many different handguns in this country, and we sit around complaining about the prices. Go to England and try to buy one. We have an embarassment of riches.
Oh, by the way, they won't be getting any cheaper.
 
Heck i'm so cheap i shop on line so i don't have to pay state taxes(personal reasons).
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Just because you do not pay them does not mean you are not responsible for paying them

Don't want to pay over 600? Then don't. There are folks who won't pay UNDER $600 - so what.

Let's try this again - as long as someone is willing to pay a given price for a product, it is not overpriced
 
I like CastleBravo's answer the best. Still, sometimes an expensive thing is worth it at twice the price (whether or not you can afford it) and sometimes something cheap isn't worth it at half the price. I've never heard of anyone who was ashamed to own a Colt.
 
I haven't read all of the posts, sorry, but there are a few!

I would define overpriced to be:
A gun of lesser price performs equally as well or better than a gun of greater price while used in the same role and circumstance.

I usually avoid naming brands that I am displeased with. I have done it in the past. I am trying to talk about guns I like now.

The Browning Hi-Power has been worth every penny spent.
I want to try a CZ 75. I hear they are so near the Browning in feel, ability to aim, etc., and are less in cost. When I finally do get a CZ I will not sell the Browning even if it is equal to the task I have for the gun.

Another comparison would be my PPK/S to a Bersa. The Bersa is intriguing and I will try one some day, but for now another .380 is not high on my list.
 
I've never heard of anyone who was ashamed to own a Colt.
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i was and really wouldn't own another one.

1(Colt king cobra 4 inch,i bought it new and within 30 range rounds i had problems,sent it back to colt and they said it was my fault,a part was bent.How could i have went from store to range and bent a part while shooting 30 rounds through it.I sold it right away

2(colt pocketlite .380,took it home cleaned,never did get it back together,so i took it back and had the gunsmith at the store put it back together,took it to the range and shot 100 rounds through it,took it home and couldn't get it apart.I called colt and told them the problem,they said there was nothing they could do about so i sold that off too.

I've haven't laid a hand on another colt since,and it's not that i don't want one i just won't trust another one again.

as long as someone is willing to pay a given price for a product, it is not overpriced
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no it's still over priced,people just want it so bad they are will to pay anything for it,that and they love throwing away money.
 
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