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Originally Posted by mjr
Back in the mid-eighties I had a chance to buy one of these at a very reasonable price. Since then I've often regretted passing on it. They are fine pistols, unappreciated at the time.
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Yeah, I remember reading about the VP70Z when they first came out and I knew that they predated the Glock as a polymer frame pistol. Although how many people know that the system of pre-cocking the mainspring halfway precedes the Glock 17 by about 70 years, in the Steyr 1908? (I call it 1-1/2 action - halfway between single action and double action.)
Wasn't that long ago (maybe 5 years) that I was still seeing the VP70Z for $300-350. I think the last few I've seen have been around the $500 range. Kept thinking about getting one for the novelty value but never did. $500 isn't out of my range for sheer novelty (depending on what it is) but after passing them over for so long when they were $300, I can't bring myself to pay $500 now.