Posted: 12/9/2010 10:09:38 PM EDT
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I've always wanted a nice revolver like this one and now there's one for sale local.
Here's the link. What should I offer him for it? $500 is pretty steep right? (even with the box and papers... and it's been fired). http://www.co-ar15.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31485 thanks guys... |
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That revolver looks VERY NICE, doesnt look to have been fired at all. Mine had a cylinder ring when I bought it and it was NIB. Doesn't take much coon fingering at the gun store or at home to get that cylinder ring. I have a 3-inch model 13 and it is a great gun. Paid $275 NIB about 15 years ago. Smith's are expensive these days, especially older ones with no locks on them. I'd say that if you get it for less than $500, you got a fair deal. If you pay more than that, then you really wanted it. |
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both ends of the spectrum here huh. So around $400 would be a decent deal or is that still too much? I would consider it at $400. The Smith market has been volatile in recent years. Some sellers thing the pre-lock wheel guns are way more valuable than I do. The M13 was quite common in its day, a perfectly servicable but unremarkable handgun. I collect Model 10's, the same thing only in 38 Special. $350 is about my top end when shopping. It's getting harder to find them at that price, but they're out there. |
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M-13-3, square butt, original stocks, 4" heavy barrel. IF you could snag it for $400, even $425 thats about tops in my estimation. A nice package with EVERYTHING...matching box, papers, tool, etc. That alone adds $50 to the value of the gun.
One has to remember a few things regarding these older revolvers..The less remarkable, the fewer they sold, so the higher the market value right now. Recall the M-520's? No one and I mean virtually no one wanted them when they were released to the open market. Every stocking Dealer was stuck with a few on their shelves. NOW...they bring $600 on up. Recall the 9mm M-547's? A 3" model would sit and sit on a shelf. "Who wantts a freakin 3 inch nine millimeter revolver"?? Right now list one and it's sold in an hour. yesterdays lousy seller is todays hot item. And...look at what $500 buys you TODAY in a K frame. You get MIM'd parts, a lock that many do not want, lousy bluing compared to 30 yrs back, etc. $500 for that older gun doesn't look so bad now...does it?? FN in MT |