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Originally Posted by Mainsail
You're assuming that gen3 Smiths have a collector value, and I doubt they do. Unless it's new in the box like it came right from the factory, it's a shooter. Shoot and enjoy. There's always an exception, but the cookie-cutter gen3 Smiths are not high on a list of grail guns people will pay much for.
JMHO
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They most certainly do have a collector value. Tell the guy that spent 5K recently on a 10xx series its not collectable. What we are in the golden age of collecting S&W Gen1's through 3's. They are still affordable and available to the point you will see a couple or few at decent sized gunshows. Its too late to call them collectable when basic models in mediocre shape go for 700-bucks plus. At that point they're still collectable but you can't really get more than a couple and the rare ones you'll never see again.