GunBroker Auction Price on 5" 629 Classic DX

[TheTinMan]

Even in fine condition with goodies, is $3,225 a realistic price for a 5” 629 Classic DX? The gun has been shot. None of the other front sight inserts are mentioned.

Just a moment...

I’ve been looking for a 5” Classic DX for quite a while; however, if that really is a sane market price there are a lot of other guns I would prefer. My hope is that this is an example of collective lunacy on GunJoker…

[murphydog]

Don’t need to see the listing; the price is high but probably a very happy seller.

[TheTinMan]

How many Classic DX revolvers were made compared to the Magna Classic?

[22hipower]

About double what I would have expected. Maybe it was the "highly coveted Extremely Rare" or "Laser Etching Rollmarks, 6-shot fluted and beveled cylinder" descriptions which drove up the price.

Jeff
SWCA #1457

[murphydog]

I don’t think anyone knows the Classic DX production number. There was an accuracy standard for the DX, as you probably are aware, but I’m not sure how that process went (a percentage of Classic production, every gun that met the standard, or ?).

[TheTinMan]

Originally Posted by murphydog

I don’t think anyone knows the Classic DX production number. There was an accuracy standard for the DX, as you probably are aware, but I’m not sure how that process went (a percentage of Classic production, every gun that met the standard, or ?).

We do “know” that 3,000 MagnaClassics were produced though, correct?

[357 shooter]

Wow! No way I would pay that for a 629 Classic DX. Keystone gets some amazing prices for some of their listings. Took some guns to them back in 2021 and got a lot more than I expected even after consignment .

[hoytx10]

Originally Posted by 357 shooter

Wow! No way I would pay that for a 629 Classic DX. Keystone gets some amazing prices for some of their listings. Took some guns to them back in 2001 and got a lot more than I expected even after consignment .

2001? That’s when Al Gore was still busy inventing the internet.

[AveragEd]

WOW!!! That one makes me mighty glad I "only" paid $800 for my five-inch 629 Classic DX about 10 years ago. It was gun only but still...

The exact number of those guns is unknown but they were first made in 1993 and discontinued in 1995. Between that brief production time and the few we see, there couldn't have been a whole lot of them. How many nice ones are left after 30 years is anyone's guess.

Ed

[murphydog]

Originally Posted by TheTinMan

We do “know” that 3,000 MagnaClassics were produced though, correct?

They were made during several engineering changes ("dash numbers") so my opinion is a round production number like that is suspect, but possibly true.

[Photog]

I have always been fascinated by people saying a certain price is too high. I look at it this way; if someone pays a certain price for an object, let's use a gun as an example, then that gun was worth the price that was paid for it. Now, it may not be worth it to someone, or even everyone else, but it was to that one person and therefore it was not over priced. I personally wouldn't give more than $150 for any polymer framed pistol, be it semi auto or revolver. That means, IMO, that they are worth no more than what I am willing to give. On the other hand, someone might willingly pay $600, if not more, for one. As the famous saying goes, it is worth exactly what someone is willing to pay for it. If a plain-jane M10, 4" barrel, with wear is priced at $1000, and it is sold, then that pistol was worth that, at least to one person.

[TheTinMan]

Photog: I understand your point.

Clearly I was interested in buying this specific revolver. I was not willing to pay anything close to the final auction price. Therefore, I asked if that price seemed out of line. The consensus here seems to be “yes - by a lot” and that is useful information.

Last month I placed the winning bid on a Colt New Service Target from 1924. Top condition with Colt letter. The bidding opened $500 under the absolute maximum I had set for myself before the auction. I bid my maximum and got it. I paid significantly above “market” but there was one other person who valued it nearly as much as I did. It’s still bothering me. However, I had been looking for one of these for over 10 years. This one is in superb condition, all matching serial numbers, and documented with a Colt letter. I can easily imagine a post elsewhere titled “Look at what this moron paid…”

[357 shooter]

Originally Posted by hoytx10

2001? That’s when Al Gore was still busy inventing the internet.

Yes indeed! Actually I meant 2021! Also helped me that guns were really in demand at that time. Keystone sold my 586-8 and I was hoping to just break even and it sold for a lot more than I expected.

[gnappi]

Is the DX worth that uplift over a standard 629? For sure if the shooter is up to the task of squeezing the little bit of accuracy from it over a standard 629 and has the coin.

I wonder what a competent gunsmith could do with a standard 629 (bbl throat and cylinder pin gauge checked / matched) to make it as good for a lot less money, but no bragging rights this way :-)

Either way my 629's perform to the best my eyes can see.

[357 shooter]

Originally Posted by gnappi

Is the DX worth that uplift over a standard 629? For sure if the shooter is up to the task of squeezing the little bit of accuracy from it over a standard 629 and has the coin.

I wonder what a competent gunsmith could do with a standard 629 (bbl throat and cylinder pin gauge checked / matched) to make it as good for a lot less money, but no bragging rights this way :-)

Either way my 629's perform to the best my eyes can see.

How is a DX any more accurate than a 629 Classic to begin with? Really find it hard to believe anyone is going to shoot less accurately with a 629 Classic.

[gumpys]

Originally Posted by TheTinMan

We do “know” that 3,000 MagnaClassics were produced though, correct?

That is correct 1500 of each Magnaclassic variation.

Eric

[Hairtrigger]

It is a 5” so…..
BUT
CDNN has 6.5” Deluxe on sale now

[AveragEd]

Originally Posted by 357 shooter

How is a DX any more accurate than a 629 Classic to begin with? Really find it hard to believe anyone is going to shoot less accurately with a 629 Classic.

According to the SCoSW, 4th edition, when 29 and 629 Classics were test-fired at 50 yards the ones that shot into 1-1/2" were returned to the line to have the letters "DX" laser engraved on the barrel. Being done at different times is why the "DX" is a slightly different shade than the other lettering. They were then boxed with a combat stock, sight blade set and their test target.

Ed

[Mehutch]

Love my 629-4 5"-barrel 44 Mag. Great shooter.

[357 shooter]

Originally Posted by AveragEd

According to the SCoSW, 4th edition, when 29 and 629 Classics were test-fired at 50 yards the ones that shot into 1-1/2" were returned to the line to have the letters "DX" laser engraved on the barrel. Being done at different times is why the "DX" is a slightly different shade than the other lettering. They were then boxed with a combat stock, sight blade set and their test target.

Ed

I imagine it wasn't terribly difficult for Smith to round up a batch of 629 Classics that could shoot 1.5"@ 50 yards .