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Old 04-18-2010, 03:00 PM
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Not trying to hijack questions you directed to SP, but I would state the general principle that a gun you are happy with is a gun you paid the right price for.

It kind of doesn't matter how somebody else values it or what another party would have paid for it. I have guns that, in retrospect, I probably overpaid for by quite a bit. But I am happy with them and can't imagine I would like them more if I had paid a lower price for them.

As to the Gunbroker revolver you just bought, I am pretty sure most people would think it is refinished. Hard to tell with the harsh lighting in the pictures, but it looks as though the hammer and trigger are nickeled, too. The factory didn't do that, so nickel on these parts is usually taken as an indication of refinishing.

But since you were looking for a small frame .38 shooter, so what? I have a badly renickeled .32-20 from 1913 that is a lot of fun to shoot -- good bore, tight action. I just looks kind of cosmetically challenged.
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