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Old 09-22-2009, 07:09 PM
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What is a fair asking price for a 1977 vintage Model 29-2? New in the box, unfired 6.5" blued in fact it still has the shipping sleeve for the presentation case. Just wondering.
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Old 09-22-2009, 07:23 PM
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Somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,000 would be my guess.

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Old 09-22-2009, 07:33 PM
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I'm sure some folks will reply that you can get one like that for a lot less, but in my experience, and in my area, one in that condition would run around $850+. In fact, if it is really 'like new' condition, with box, paperwork, tools, shipping carton, etc., I would say it would go north of $1k... I've seen ones like this go for $1100+...

Again, I see where others say they get them for $750 +/-, but I have not run into those type of deals in my area; not for NIB condition. At the end of the day, you buy the condition of the gun, and if it's a mint gun I never mind paying a bit more to have one in that kind of shape, just because they are hard to come by in that kind of shape...

If you are a collector, and are serious about having the best condition gun (and all the goodies that come with it), then what's an extra $100 +/-...? Hey, that's how these things keep going up in price; supply and demand of the good stuff. I suppose if everyone just refused to pay these top dollar rates, the price would be less, but it does not seem to work that way... Good luck
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Old 09-22-2009, 07:43 PM
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29-2's seem to be really popular and hold their value well and the one you are looking at is a very popular barrel length. I agree in the condition you said it is and with everything it's worth every bit of 1K.

I paid $850 for one without all the goodies that was mint and with the rest of the stuff and presentation case is well worth the extra cash.
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Just looked on "GB" and price looks like $800
to $1100. Most with no bids. In Tn. a gun that
brought $550 3 months ago will do good to get
$400 to $450. People that bought high a few months
ago are having trouble getting their money back. Don
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Old 09-22-2009, 09:44 PM
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B/N: I would pay $1000 for your gun before I'd pay $700 - $800 for one that's been well exercised with no box and goodies.There's plenty of $700 guns out there but $1000 unfired NIB guns, like your's, are becoming tougher to find.

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i paid $350.00 for mine......in 1976...LOL....no seriously,i agree that as you described around here it would bring 900-1k
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kennyb.....got a chuckle from your response. I too paid roughly $350 in the mid-seventies for all my 29-2's. Each came in presentation boxes, had the 3T's and were NIB. I bought them all at Montgomery Wards, a big Smith retailer in So Cal back then. Bought a 29-2 6 1/2" blue; 29-2 6 1/2" Nickel; 29-2 8 3/8" blue; 27-2 5" blue; 27-2 8 3/8" blue; and a 25-2 6 1/2" blue. I still have them all and fondle them occasionally. I have others, but that is another story.

But, that was then and this is now. Today, the gun you are looking at is worth the $1000 asking price if......it is something you have wanted, still want and will keep for an extended period of time. If you want it to turn it over in the near future, you will probably have to wait to turn a reasonable profit, IMO.
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