I'm not much of a collector, but I do have two RMs, both of which I stumbled into at Cabela's, of all places, at very good prices. One is too nice and valuable to shoot. But, I enjoy the ownership of them and get to show them off on occasion

I have a some pre 27s and 27-2s that are shooters that get used as it is my favorite gun, along with some 627s. Most of my Smiths have been ones I stumbled into, some I found here on the forum and some at GB. I recently stumbled on a pre 27 from 1953 sitting on the shelf of a gunsmith on consignment. I didn't need another one, but you know how it is!

The old pre war guns my be overhyped and overpriced, but isn't anything that is old, limited and collectable? However, I do not intend to spend 7-10K for a gun that I won't shoot when I can buy maybe 7 or 8 other Smiths for that money. That said, I am not selling my RMs!

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Richard Gillespie
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