That's a good policy here in The People's Republik. Older S&W revolvers aren't on the sacred roster so are somewhat hard to come by. When they DO show up in the consignment case they usually don't last long so ya kinda gotta be quick on the trigger.

I hunted for a year before finding my 4" 686. I happened to be in the shop when it went in the case & snagged it before the ink was dry on the price tag. I won't say I payed too much but I bought it pretty early.