There aren't any real gunstores within three hours of me - all of my local gun trolling is at pawn shops and trading posts near the Navajo indian reservation. The guns tend to be pretty utilitarian - Marlin Model 60s, 10/22s, Rough Rider handguns and the like. Every now and then something will slip through.

I couldn't believe it when I saw this super-clean little Model 36 on the shelf with a price tag of $279. To make things better, the owner has had a hard time getting people to pay on their layaways, and were offering a ten percent discount for layaways picked up within thirty days. So I laid it away, and picked it up a week later. The discount plus tax put me at just under $275 out the door.



I really don't need another Chief's Special, but this one is starting to grow on me.

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Great find and great price to boot. Don't you love it when
you find an unexpected good deal on a wheelgun?


chuck

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Good catch and real good price. Look at a similar gun today, marked $399.

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Great deal. Proud for you.

That is a nice 36, sigp220. Great price. I just know there is a lot of open space out there for you to try it out!!! Keep safe! Skip48

OH NO! Aren't those the dreaded "+P+ Hand Grenade Rounds?"

Well done Sir, great find!

I would have added it to my collection also.

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I saw a real enigma a week or 2 ago. An absolutely worn to hell, scuffed up, worn to the bone model 37 in a perfect box with all the papers and tools. And they wanted almost $400 for it. The guy was like "it even has the original box"...

They sure are! The much ballyhooed Hydra-shoks that should only be fired out of N-frame Smiths on February 29th or during a solar eclipse!

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Very nice!

I recently found a pretty much as-new Model 37 (No dash) for $325, and was completely stoked. $275 out the door is outstanding!

Sweet 36! Congrats!! Regards 18DAI

Reminds me of the one I bought for $260.....10 years ago

I could never get a deal like that around here.I think I'm moving to New Mexico.Very nice!

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What does "need" have to do with it?
Great gun at a great price.
Nice find.

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It would have follwed me home to.

There are still some deals out there. I picked up this model 36 no dash for $199.99 plus tax. She was wearing a Pachmayr Gripper when I found her. Now she is wearing more appropriate grips thanks to a generous member of the forum.


She has some honest wear. Used but not abused is my guess.

I picked up this 10-7 with original grips at the same shop six months earlier for $175 plus tax.


She was filthy inside and out and the cylinder release was clogged with gunk. There's a scrape on the barrel and cylinder that looks like someone slid her on concrete. She has a good home now.

Kind of makes up for the times I've paid more than I should have.

David

Great little belly gun at an outstanding price.

Blued J frames are just like lab puppies who can resist? I think all the plastic .380/9mm choices are making folks forget some real deals.

veryyyyy nice

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Sigp220.45, you're having better luck than I usually do. Most of the guns I see in the border towns like Gallup and Farmington are beat all to heck. Nice acquisition.

Put a 649-1 on lay-a-way today during lunch... $350! I paid $380 for a blue pinned 49 over a month ago. Seems there are good deals out there. You just have to keep hitting the bushes.

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