Guy has a "Rare" English marked Victory model converted to .38 Special and with barrel cut so short it lost the front lug for only $550. Some of you collectors rush down there and snap it up so I won't be tempted :-0.

Yep, I know the feeling. Its hard to find a normal gun with all the rare ones out there.

It makes me sad to see these butchered pistols and it makes me mad to see unscrupulous sellers trying to pass them off on unknowing buyers.

Caveat Emptor . . .

P. T. Barnum was, unfortunately, correct in his assessment of human nature.

The ones I find either the funniest or the saddest are the Gun Broker ads where a few try to sell "rare!" mis-marked S&W's (such as a current 28-2 marked '29-2') for 500-1000% mark-up. As Mr. T would have said, I pity the fool that buys that thinking he's gonna cash in big-time some day . . . . . .

Just back from the gun show in Fishersville, Va, where surprisingly almost everything was priced about right-- including a very nice commercial 1917 with about 90% finish and crisp grips with a sub-$1500 price tag... sometimes I guess it pays to shop locally.

Do you mean, I should not have bought it?

Unfortunately, this is all to common, a few weeks back at one of the local trading spots, an excited fellow came bye and showed me his new prize he had just purchased,seller told him it was a M/P made during WW2, said the guy told him you could tell bye the C in front of serial #,
I hated to break it to him that his M/P was post war and explained about the Four line Marcus Registrados being post war and the C was started in 48, but worst of all was the Double bulged barrel, i could see the disapointment in his face as he headed off in the direction he had come, im sure looking for the seller, i didnt want to be the one to break it to him, but it might save him from buying a safe full of these treasures.

I tried that show for a couple of years and that is the only kind of stuff I ever saw there. Now, I save myself the aggrivation and stay home.

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I got a really nice pre war 5" .38 M&P in there a few months ago for under $200. It was about as good of a copy as I've seen recently. Just never know what's going to show up when.

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Go West young man..

I saw that revolver, I just smiled and kept on walking. I gave up trying to educate vendors/dealer after I told the man running the gun library at cabellas that the .38 special revolver in the case was really a .38 S&W. He said he would get right on it and change the tag, three weeks later it was still there and still a 38 special. I believe that most mismarked pistols are marked the way they are is ignorance. I have have bought some really valuable pistols that were mismarked. An example is the two Registered Magnums I've bought because the dealers thought were M-28 or M-27s. One in a pawn shop and one at a very big and respected gun shop.

SWCA 892

It can be interesting.Last week I came across a nice model 29 wearing football targets advertised as a 3 screw with a 3 screw price.It was a 4 screw.I bought it.

I also have given up educating most vendors myself but I couldn't help letting out a little laugh as I walked by that one. Funny about your Registered Mags, I joined this Forum because of a "M-27" that the sights didn't look right to me and I needed some educating. Turned out to be a Non-Registered Mississippi Highway Patrol.