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Old 04-10-2013, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by SgtSam View Post
I've been watching the auctions on GunBroker and Auction Arms, as well used stuff in the various forums. Is it my imagination or are the prices for used S&W 686s awfully close to the lower new prices?....What gives? Why the high costs? These guns aren't rare. They've been around for quite some time now and there are a lot of them out there.
Many shooters and collectors prefer the older pre-lock guns for good reasons. The perception is they are a higher quality product than some of the new guns, and therefore are in a higher demand. Nice older models will often bring more than the new ones and the older models are much harder to find.

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