Interesting. Thank you.

So it looks like my offer would at least be in the ballpark. Looks like the shop owner wouldn't (or at least shouldn't) throw me out on my ear for insulting the consignment gun's owner.

I don't mind buying a used handgun... one without some specific need or purpose... if I know or at least suspect that I won't lose a bunch of money on it later on. But this nickel-plated 84FS is an odd duck in my experience. I keep asking myself "Who other than a nut like me would ever buy such a gun"? That's the problem.