Here are some factors from the eyes of a gun molester.
What kind of shape is the gun in when you start. If LNIB or above 95% your probably going to hurt value unless it is a very common model. How common is it and how desirable is that model.
Examples. I picked up a 1917 that didn't have its original barrel and the poor excuse for a barrel it did have was loose. Price $300. Cut down and installed a 1950 45 barrel and added ajustable sights. Modified grip frame and made a set of blood wood grips. Get offers for it on a regular basis. Shooter 629-1 with an 8 3/8 barrel and rubber grips. $500. Reamed to 45 colt and cut for acp and moonclips, installed 4" barrel. Who would buy a dual caliper 4" 45 for say $850. Did almost the same thing to another 629-1 I picked up for I think around $550 only it got a 5" barrel and cylinder only takes 45 colts, not cut for clip. A 10-2 with a cracked forcing cone now has a 2 1/2 model 19 barrel and a recessed model 19 cylinder and is round butted. A ing model 28 becomes a 6" 45 colt. etc etc
But, my 1955 with a reamed 45 colt cylinder lost value. My 455 triple lock was nicely reamed to 45 colt before I got it, and less valuable than if it had been left alone. If I took a nice 27-2 and made it a 45 it would loose value.
Some guys wouldn't buy a converted 629-1 and some want a 45 colt and don't care how it became one.
Hey, I just won a 629-1 with a Leopold mount and red dot for $559 and $40 shipping. I have another 4" 45 barrel I got from Midway for about $89 when they got a couple in stock. Guess what is getting customized, Bubbaized. What ever.
Is a dual 45 with a 4" barrel worth more than $700 if it started as a 44 mag? I bet it is. I already know someone who wants one.
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