Few people want to buy an engraved firearm. Even fewer want to pay for the engraved gun price.

Nobody wants to buy a gun that was engraved with someone else's name on it. A friend had his name engraved on a gun for $300. Several years later he wanted to sell a model 29 S&W with his name on it. The best offer he got was $175. He still owns the gun and says he will never have any engraving done on a gun again.

But they are pretty when engraved.