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06-12-2014, 02:41 PM
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Price advice on a 10-5 Snubby
Local dealer just got in a Model 10-5 2" snubby (D-series, ca. 1974). It looks new, with box and paperwork. Only problem is a not-too-bad cylinder turn line. Now, I very seldom even look at any S&W younger than a pre-Model 10, so I don't follow pricing. Dealer will take $650 OTD, and he doesn't seem very negotiable beyond that. He started at $700 OTD.
Options question for all: should I (1) take it at that price?; or, (2) pass on it? (assuming he won't go any less).
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06-12-2014, 02:49 PM
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Id take it, one here locally is $550 no box and docs and really isnt that nice
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06-12-2014, 06:45 PM
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Bought mine last December for $450...came with nice holster and cleaning kit.Don't see them around very often.If mine had cost $650 I probably still would've bought it without regrets but I'm not known to be the smartest rock in the pile.
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06-12-2014, 06:59 PM
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I wouldn't pay $650 for the gun itself. I'm trying to convince myself that the condition plus box and the paperwork make the deal worthwhile, and I'm not sure they do. I have several other (but earlier) snubbies, and haven't paid nearly that much for any of them
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06-12-2014, 07:13 PM
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I bought a 10 no dash snub square butt with original PC grips about 3 weeks ago in 98%+ with no box and paid $450 and felt good about that.
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06-12-2014, 07:25 PM
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I bought a 10 no dash snub square butt with original PC grips about 3 weeks ago in 98%+ with no box and paid $450 and felt good about that.
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I agree. My previous high ($475) was for a very nice pre-Model 10 snubby. As I said, I don't have much interest in any S&Ws made after 1956. Upon reflection, I don't believe today's gun/box/papers is much of a deal for $650. I may make a try for $550 and walk away if he won't take it.
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06-12-2014, 07:28 PM
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If you plan on shooting it. Walk away. If you are going to store it in safe, it's prob a good investment with all the goodies. You can always buy a shooter for less.
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06-12-2014, 07:33 PM
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I shoot all my guns, no safe queens. I have a stockbroker for investments.
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06-12-2014, 07:35 PM
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Then I would pass at that price. I think they should be shot too. At least a couple times.
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06-12-2014, 07:36 PM
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When was the last time that they made a 2" Model 10? You might have paid $300 for a pre-Model 10, but not recently. I paid $165 for a Model 1917 in great shape in 1985, but they are $650+ now, IF you can find one. And you are looking at a gun in great shape with box & docs! You might be paying a premium, but it is the time-portal premium.
Like many others here have said, a year or two down the line you won’t regret spending the extra few dollars for such a beautiful old gun.
Buy it and shoot it.
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06-12-2014, 08:09 PM
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I got my two inch SB 10-4 for $435 about two weeks ago so it seems high to me.
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06-12-2014, 09:05 PM
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Seems high to me
If you feel ok about it, go for it. Don't worry about the turn line. Any gun that's used at all is going to have a turn line. That wouldn't be a deal breaker for me.
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06-12-2014, 09:09 PM
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I'd buy it. Nice revolver, fair price.
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$650 is too rich for my blood. I'd fold...
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06-12-2014, 11:36 PM
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The $650.00 price does sound a little high, even to me here in high priced CT. I bought a model 10-5 snub, S/N C6852XX (1964) from the LGS in January 2014 for $469.00. It's beautiful to me; not a mark on it except for the turn line, stocks are numbered to the gun and it came with a nice leather gun rug.
On the other hand, I've overpaid for quite a few of my guns over the years. I paid $89.00 for a really nice used model 18-2, that was probably only worth $60.00 (in 1972). I'm hoping that it'll be worth more as time goes by.
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I picked up a 10-5 2 inch S/N D587xxx about 2 month ago, no box or docs. Has a light turn line but the rest of the gun is nice. OTD for 450.00. It was my first snub.
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06-13-2014, 02:24 AM
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The folks who say 'pay the higher price because down the road it'll cost more and you're gonna wish...' are not wrong. The price is wrong. It's the most common S&W out there. There's too much price gouging because 'they're not made any more.' I see private sellers do it at every gun show
Years ago, I saw a beat-up 94 Winchester at a jewelry-store price. I questioned his price. He replied, "It's a pre-'64." Yes, but it looked like it'd been tossed around in a cement mixer...
Nobody is wrong here re this pricing, but I'm not paying that amount for a plain vanilla gun. It's only a gun. I'd offer $500. If the seller starts about the box, I'd come back with $400, keep the box. The economy is not that good that people can be inflexible about a ridiculous figure. I refuse to haggle when the starting price is insane, I walk away.
Remember he only paid $50 or $100 for the gun from "someone who kept the gun in the box in a drawer and never fired it." Someone who jumped at the $50 to $100 offer because they didn't know better. Yeah, I'm jaded.
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06-13-2014, 09:26 AM
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Thanks for the comments. I'm going to pass on it if the dealer won't go $550 OTD. That's my choking point.
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Around here it would take months to bring $400.
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06-13-2014, 10:59 AM
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I don't know about prices in Texas, but in SoCal $650 isn't too out-of-line, AND you are getting box & docs. I think that deal might be $750-$800 here.
Location, location, location.
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Hi Frank. Like I said above, nobody is wrong. I'm not surprised prices in CA are high with restrictions that are hard to comprehend. You are correct about 'location.' The Vegas valley, as I posted elsewhere, is the elephant graveyard of overpriced guns. Private sellers pushing pre-owned Glock 19s, for example, at $700 when they're $500 new... I walk away from a lot of guns at shows.
I can pay anything for a gun, but I won't let myself be gouged.
Stay safe partner!
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06-13-2014, 05:42 PM
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A TURN RING !! (this mean the revolver is a "Former Virgin)
BUY IT !!
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From your description I'd say it's about $200 too high.
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06-14-2014, 09:38 AM
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If you pass someone else will buy it. Its like women everyone you passed on someone else had sex with.
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