Yo, Man! Help a brother out?

__________________
The best I can with what I got

The $6k example was once sneezed on by Elmer Keith. Either that, or it was a NIB 5-screw...

__________________
Alden
Guns N' Rosés

When I was on a roll with s&w n frames my LGS had a nib traded in s&w m29-10, 6.5”, blue. It was still unshot. With blue case, presentation wooden case, paperwork for $699.

My other LGS had all the n frames for $699 nib. I made three passes buying up nickel. I went back for more the case was empty. Stupid me I had three credit cards on me paid off. I regret not buying more.

Wanting and looking for a m57/6” nickel started this.

__________________
Plant garlic in the fall

At a buck a round for 9mm, 1.40 for 44's seems pretty reasonable.

It seems like revolvers are sitting in the cases at the LGS's around here. The prices are right around what they were last Spring. M&P's, H&K's, FN's, Sigs and the other wonder guns come in one door and go out the other. I don't think the people buying them even ask how much. They just hand a credit card and take the gun. Around here the only Glock's for non LE had to be made before 1994. They come on the market rarely and last about a nano second. It's not just guns. Everything's wacked out these days. Try to order a car that's not on a lot someplace.

You can even sell .40 guns like G23 and M&P40 quickly in this market, if you don't overcharge. People just want guns.

any chance you could show this same chart going back to 1980?

thanks

Ive noticed the crazy price jumps on Model 29s as well. 686's are seeing the same thing. It's nuts out there.

LOL. Check into Guns International sometime for an eye opener on what dealers are selling 29s for. The 29-3 is now not unusual at $2000,and 29-2s at $2500. They have gone up roughly 40% in the last year.Pre 29s are holding their own,but its the 2s and 3s that are getting crazy

LOL. Check into Guns International sometime for an eye opener on what dealers are selling 29s for. The 29-3 is now not unusual at $2000,and 29-2s at $2500. They have gone up roughly 40% in the last year.Pre 29s are holding their own,but its the 2s and 3s that are getting crazy. These mind you,are not private sales,but nationwide gun stores.And folks,they will get close to their price

God love ya 75Vette, this is why 44 Magnums are in short supply.

I blame you guys for this. Educating us common folk to the beauty of these old revolvers. I was a victim myself just yesterday.



I definitely didn’t get a deal on it but I do believe it was a better investment then gold, silver or Bitcoin.

Attached Images

88D765A4-914E-4F3E-ABBA-3BCFF3973A50.jpg (36.6 KB, 485 views)

I bought a 29-2 (pre hole), 6 1/2" barrel factory wood grips four years ago for $800. Guess I should hang on to it.

They been running all those "Dirty Harry" movies again on late night TV !
Whole new crop of ... " Go Ahead ... Make My Day " ... I just have to have one of those !!!
Gary

__________________
Certified Cajun
NRA Member

I payed a grand for a 29-2 4” that is manga ported and aftermarket finished I didn’t bat an eyelash in October many might say it was a frakengun or trash.

__________________
Take it easy. Chris

What goes up must come down. Artificial duel panic on guns. Politics and CV19, the sky is falling, the sky is falling. The prices wouldn’t be so high if Dick Weeds didn’t run them up. Everyone who proudly displays their hoards of $50@ box 9mms is going to be down in the jaws when this is over. The good news is most of the chicken little crowd has plenty of toilet paper.

I wish I could predict the future, but experience has taught me I can not. I was reading a multi-page S&W thread on another forum not long ago, and it was full of doom and gloom for S&W stock prices and gun sales. I was very confused until I noticed someone had resurrected a thread from 2014!

I do believe in the bird in the hand concept, and if I didn't hate selling in general, and I wasn't so lazy, this is surely an excellent time to sell.

Next year I don't know. A thousand different events could occur that would make it a better or worse time to sell. I like money fine, and I definitely don't have an excess of it, but I just feel a need to get rid of stuff. Then I hit that laziness roadblock.

I can do that one better! I got this 29-3 in 1987 brand new in box for $200! Dealer had about a pallet full of them.

__________________
No good deed goes unpunished.

I snagged a couple 629-4's just before the pandemic, standard 6" barrel, square and round butt. The SB is a December 2019 pawn shop find. I had been looking for one of these for ages and when one finally showed up in my backyard I jumped on it at $760 OTD after a brief negotiation. The RB came from Montana in February 2020 with a nice holster, $730 delivered. Both came with factory Hogue grips. Since then I have seen decent shooter grade 29/629's only occasionally in the local online classified priced from $950 to $1,400. My "pandemic" N frame purchase is a 29-5 MagnaClassic 7.5" found in the local online classified for $1,350. Today a 629 MagnaClassic 7.5" in cherrywood case with all the goodies was found in the same local classifieds priced at $1,800. It was gone within a couple hours of the post. (wow!)

Gila's 629-4 pair_SB and RB.jpg 29-5 Magna Classic MAG0612.jpg

__________________
Tom in AZ
Respect the Dingbat

You killed me on this. Still laughing.

i`ve seen 3rd change guns pushing 2k for a minty one. Last year, $1200 was the going price

As long as you are happy with it.. then who cares... I probably wouldn't be... but then again, you don't care... So there we are. Enjoy it.

The first new 29 I bought was a blue 4” in 1972. It was $208 with tax. I can’t remember if that price was jacked over Dirty Harry Syndrome or not.
Back then you had to get on waiting list for 29s. Shop would call first on list and you had better answer or they would call the next guy. Money talked and the rest walked. I was on every waiting list in the area. I was buying any 44mags I came across. Even Hawes SAs. People were crazy to get a 44mag and some didn’t care what kind.

I noticed that gun prices never go down they keep going up. It’s a matter of how fast they go up.

__________________
Plant garlic in the fall

S&W n frames are rare to find lately?

Remember what I said in the past before Trumps election? The used s&w n frame revolvers were hard to find here. I feel that most of the older boomers had them. Now with the older owners going to nursing homes, passing on, or just selling off there collections, or going plastic, we started seeing used ones coming out of the wood work for a short time. I called it playing musical chairs with guns. They changed hands from the older owners to the new owners. Again these revolvers found new homes and are becoming rare again. With less to be found the demand of the older ones is driving the prices up. If you don’t like the new ones we’re going to pay dearly for an older one. Not too long ago my online gun dealer had 5 n frames in 357 mag. Since then nothing again.

My motto is if you see one you better grab it before someone else does.

__________________
Plant garlic in the fall

I was into c&r guns for decades. I seen a ww2 German m98 k, g43, a 41 Johnson the average price was $750 about three decades ago. These were at every local gun show and the prices went up at every show. The last show I seen the 41 johnsons were $6 k. The others weren’t too far behind. My point is prices don’t go down. Ammo prices may go down but gun prices don’t.

__________________
Plant garlic in the fall

This is wild, Hi-point? Can it get any crazy than this...

Originally Posted by lihpster View Post
You think that's crazy, I saw a used Hi-Point the guy was asking $250 for it! Although to be fair it came with the original paper bag and a letter of mediocrity.
This is wild, Hi-point? Can it get any crazy than this...
Reply With Quote

There is apparently a high demand for "burner-High-Points" these days... Much like burner cell phones...

For the most part I agree... Gun prices won't really go down and typically never go below equilibrium. That EQ is now set unfortunately... It's also why I've told family and friends to stop d!(king around the last 5 years and get what you both want and need now and don't wait until you are panic'd... Did they listen, no. And now they are crying the blues asking me could they buy something and ammo. I change the subject and/or ignore them now if they don't take the hint...

They would wish now that they had listen to you earlier. As for me I don't brush away good advice, the best part about a good advice is listening on time.

Found a 29-2 with long barrel at LGS recently for 925 in pretty good shape. Didn’t hesitate much.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m still on the hunt for a 66-3 with a 2.5” barrel and a 629-3 with a 4” or 6” barrel. I have been watching gunbroker but prices are very high for a gun that is near mint. I don’t really want anything that isn’t close to mint. Haven’t been able to get anything for $1000 or less. I did get a 686-3 with a 4” barrel for less than that but it didn’t have the original grips or box.

@ the OP, if you had occasion to buy locally in the $700 range for a number of years, you may have 'missed the boat' my friend.

Used S&W .44's, with the exception of modern, have been min. $ 850+ in this area for about 4 years. The ones typically found are 'well loved' and not what I would be interested in at that price, but geez, if you could find one even well used but mechanically sound, you're likely north of $750 ish.

Most I have came across in this time are right around $1K. Obviously, certain variants command more.

On the subject of the price going down, my opinion is that it is rather unlikely. Hunters prefer S&W used .44's and our money isn't worth what it used to be (no political statement, don't read more than is said); it is simply a fact that annual the purchasing parity of the dollar goes down.

Are all .44's, used at $1K? No. Have to use our best judgement from experience and talk to like-minded-folks, such as the team here. Best, TH

__________________
Rather be outdoors

I just went looking online at GI and found the prices were even higher then I previous thought. It’s $2,000 for an older s&w m29, the prices are still climbing. There is no price limit.

I came from the c&r guns because of the rising prices, about two decades ago. Now the prices on the modern guns are up. I’m mainly a browser now I just look. Paying $2 k for a nickel 29 isn’t me it’s not important I have a new blue one.

__________________
Plant garlic in the fall

Here my 629-4 mountain gun I bought for $375, plus about 60 round. I bought it around 2011-12. Definitely not mint but in good shape. I actually take it backpacking and when we go up to Minnesota canoeing in the boundary waters.20191122_103308.jpg

20191122_103355.jpg very happy to have it!

I'm still keeping an eye out for a good 629 at a decent price. The closest I came was a VG Performance Center 629 UDR for $869, but it sold within a couple of days. I would have bought it, but didn't have the money.

__________________
Shooting Comfort is bilateral.

All I know is that I am looking for a 4" and it is slim expensive pickins, I do not think they will stay at this level. I have a 4 and 6" 629, and 29-5, but want an earlier 29 in 4"

__________________
Pete
I ain't no fortunate son

Shooter or safe adornment? I have a really nice 4" 29-3, no blemishes, low rounds through it, Magnaport, and Hogues.

I happily paid $900 recently for a local private sale 629-4 classic in 6.5", mint condition. No box or papers. Needed a range toy/shooter .44 mag. My other .44's are now worth too much to shoot and put wear on.

629-3 Classic 5" 99%
29-6 Classic 5" 99%
629-3 Classic hunter 6" non fluted one of 2000 98%
629-3 Classic DX 5" 98%
629-3 Classic DX 6.5" 100%
629-3 Classic DX 8 3/8" 98%
629-4 Mountain Gun 96%
629-3 4" 95%

-

I doubt that anyone would be willing to pay what it would take for me to part with my only .44 Magnum.
My 6.5" 29-2 was shipped Jan 14, 1964.

__________________
Kenny
Endeavor to persevere.

Me either


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

And when the new one appreciates? What exactly is your cutoff for shooting?$1500? $2000?

__________________
The best I can with what I got

About two years ago, I paid $785 for my 629-3. Glad I didn’t wait.

Attached Images

0F54C1BE-33D5-4C7A-BA2C-BF8FD54001D1.jpg (90.9 KB, 33 views)

It will be too late. Its going to be a shooter like I stated.

Costs and prices for (6)29's and pre-lock N frames across the board are getting more ridiculous by the day. Right now there is a 629-0 4" on GB with incorrect grips, no (original) box/papers, and what appears to be a rather inexpert scotchbrite refinish job. Probably a nice shooter. It's at $2695 and still climbing with 2 days left to go.

Over the past few weeks I've seen the usual overpriced, average grade guns that get relisted for months on end slowly dry up (inflation finally caught up I guess).

In addition to the all of the drivers to date (covid, riots, election and its fallout) this latest price surge can probably blamed on yet another factor -- stimulus checks burning a hole in everyone's pockets.