Whats the most you ever paid for a pistol & was it worth it ??

$850.00 for a factory nickel Sig P220 with night sights and custom wood grips. It was the most beautiful gun I've ever owned and worth every penny. (Wish I still had it!) :(
 
Way too much-

$760.00 + 8% sales tax for my .40 caliber Sig P229 w/SigLite's.
The caliber made this a foolish investment; as I prefer the 9m/m
P228, and the .45 caliber P220.:D Plus, the P229 is a little "top
heavy"; while the P228 is perfectly balanced.:) :cool:

Best Wishes,
Ala Dan, Life Member N.R.A.
 
$740 for my HK USP 45 full size.

Worth every penny, it's the finest .45 I've shot. I don't think there is anything better that costs under a grand. In fact, maybe the Les Baers and the Wilsons are nicer, but I haven't shot them. I like my HK better than any Kimber or Springfield or SIG or Glock that I have shot.

Unless I get a job that pays really well right out of college, I don't anticipate any more expensive guns for a while. I am getting a new Glock 30 soon, and then calling it quits for awhile. I may look into a Remington 870 sometime later this year, but no more "near a grand" guns for a while.

I need more spare cash for other toys :)
 
It would have to be my SIG P229 Sport with 6 full cap mags and a SIG P220 Sport with 12 mags, $1050 each. I have a SIG P210 that I have just under $1100 in so far, but I am not done. I do have a custom pistol that I have more invested in and have turned down three $2000 offers.
 
Around $700 for a Walther P99 that are now below $500.:rolleyes: My next purchase will hopefully be a Walther P88 and that is gonna be at least $1,000 for a full size. Well, it's money it's made to be spent, right?:D
 
I don't know if this will qualify or not; my wife's birthday present to me in 2000 was giving me the go-ahead to purchase my KIMBER ULTRA CDP. At a price of $875 brand new, it was a great deal then & I don't regret it now either especially since my Kimbers are all Series I guns.
 
Technically, I paid $1000 for a Browning Hi Power with a two tone finish and adjustable sites.
I bought the gun and paid $475 for it when it was new. Many years later I traded it off on a Glock that was around $550. A few weeks later I went back and bought my now used Browning back for $550, so in essence, I kinda paida grand for it. It was very much worth it though. Traded the Glock off later.
Really the most I ever paid for a gun at one time though was $800 on a Colt Python Elite. For years, I couldnt justify paying twice what a Smith 686 cost, but comparing them side by side, the Python was so smooth compared to my older rougher Smith and better balanced to boot.
The best way to buy a pricey gun is used. I have a whole arsenal of second hand .45's like the stainless 1991 a-1 I paid $410 for.
 
HK Mark23 NIB for $1457.00 just last july 17. i had to wait until Nov 27 to pick her though. talk about a long wait period! It was all worth it now that i look back at it.
 
Boy, H&K and Kimber have done a fine job of brainwashing a bunch of us haven't they??

Oh well, can't do anything about it now. . .

:D

Shake
 
$2400 (after taxes) for a Freedom Arms Model 83 .475 Linebaugh with a 7½" octagonal barrel. (The barrel was a very pricey option.) Contrary to some of the opinions of others concerning the current quality of FA revolvers, the gun is on the same level of build quality as my early '90s FA .454 Casull which is, IMO, THE best (although I've never examined a Korth before).
 
The most I ever paid for a handgun was $1800 for an unfired, unturned, new in box Colt SAA from 1956. After buying it and looking at it for a couple of months I couldn't justify tying up that much cash in something I couldn't shoot, so I sold it.

The most I ever paid for a shooter was $925 for a Kimber Stainless Gold Match. It shoots better than I ever will. While I'm certain that a less expensive gun would shoot just as well, I have no regrets.
 
Yeah...Why did the Walther P99's drop in price so much ??
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My guess is lack of sales which Id attribute to a the pistol being problem prone. I loved mine but I had no confidence in it after it malfunctioned 2 or 3 times in the first 50 rounds. I dont want to hear " it has to be broken in" or "try different ammo" or " replace this spring", apparently others didnt either so they had to drop the price. A 700$ handgun should be dang near perfect and problem free, P99s too often(but not for everybody) were not that. The current lower price IMO is more reasonable for what you get. I also believe that Walthers decision to drop the price speaks volumes about the P99s true quality. P99 lovers-dont even bother to flame, its just my opinion, theres no need to convince me(or yourself,like I used to)about how perfect your P99 is;) :D :p
 
Dr Heckel,
My old P99 was the same way...I had one of those military green ones in .40cal...If I can remember...it jammed about 20 times out of a 100 rounds...I traded it in on something else...I was extremely dissapointed...
 
Most I paid was $850.00* for a NIB Freedom Arms Fieldgrade .454 Casull, 4.75" barrel, Reversed Crown & Mag-Na-Ported. It was a tough decision, I though all of maybe one second before I decided to go for it.

*At the time the Field Grade w/o Mag-Na-port/Crown was going for $1150. :D
 
About $850 for a two-tone SIG 229 in .357sig with SIGlites. Worth every penny, as it is ridiculously accurate, flawlessly reliable, and darn fun to shoot.

Currently taking the $1,800 plunge on a Wilson Protector Compact. Gawd, I'm scared...


Take care. Marko
 
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