What's an old Ruger .22 pistol worth?

G-Mac · Jan 7, 2014

Yeah, I know...pretty vague question. It's a .22 semi-automatic. Fixed sights. Tapered (not bull) barrel. Blued. Left side of receiver reads RUGER 22 CAL. LONG RIFLE AUTOMATIC PISTOL. Serial 12-543XX puts it around 1973 manufacture, if my memory is correct. Let's call it easily 95%. One magazine. No box or anything else.

Selling a few things to raise money for a nice bolt-action rifle...just trying to get a ballpark figure.

Thanks!

J. R. WEEMS · Jan 7, 2014

Given the cost when new at that time, Maybe 50/ 70$$ I wouldn't think much more. JMHO

arjay · Jan 7, 2014

They seem to sell around $300 or so,depending on where you are.

G-Mac · Jan 7, 2014

I like arjay's answer better, so far.

fat tom · Jan 7, 2014

In the condition you describe,$250 or so down here. If you had the box and the extra mag,$300 would be about it.
f.t.

arjay · Jan 7, 2014

G-Mac said:
I like arjay's answer better, so far.

Ive picked up a few in the last year

J. R. WEEMS · Jan 7, 2014

$300.00???????????

REALLY?? WOW!!!

finesse_r · Jan 7, 2014

arjay said:
They seem to sell around $300 or so,depending on where you are.

I agree that is best estimate for sales price, but I would not advise selling that pistol. It is one fine little handgun and is a real value in the $300 range.

G-Mac · Jan 7, 2014

finesse_r said:
I agree that is best estimate for sales price, but I would not advise selling that pistol. It is one fine little handgun and is a real value in the $300 range.

I've also got a NIB 50th Anniversary Edition of the same gun. So the older one is sort of a duplicate. I much prefer S&W .22 revolvers, but I see your point. Might not be worth selling.

CAJUNLAWYER · Jan 7, 2014

It's really not worth selling. You're not gonna get much out if it money wise and it really is just about as bullet proof a semi auto as there is. Load it, pull the trigger and it goes bang until it runs out. Me-I'd keep it-if nothing else but to give it to a relative.

Marshwheeling · Jan 7, 2014

I'd agree, it's a keeper, not a seller. If I could get it at $200, I'd already be at your doorstep waving cash. At $300, I might still want it, but not as much, since I have a similar (but newer) one already. I don't have a lot of guns, but I could easily own another Ruger .22.

arjay · Jan 7, 2014

They are a great value,Ive been building a little '50s collection.Much cheaper than the Smiths :-O

thebeamanater107 · Jan 7, 2014

Not enough to be worth selling. I'd guess you'll get $50 for it so the shop could price it at $150 then haggle it down to $100. Or you might sell it to a person for $100. It would be much easier and better to give it away to someone you kinda like a little bit, like your kid or grandkid depending on how old you are.

Of course that's all 100% just this dudes opinion

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RonJ · Jan 7, 2014

Keep it and put an adjustable Millet sight on the rear. If you can master the trigger it will shoot nearly as well as the bull barrels

kwselke · Jan 7, 2014

One hundred thirty-six dollars and nineteen cents. A picture could add value.

P&R Fan · Jan 7, 2014

They really don't go for much.
Heck, when Bill Ruger introduced them in 1949 the price was $37.50, and it stayed there for about a decade.
They are bull strong and nice shooters. I have one I bought from a good friend about 10 years ago. It's an early '50s model. Paid $150 for it. Really like it, it's a nice little plinker.

Jim

pharmer · Jan 7, 2014

I paid $127 for a Mk I 6" in 1981. Sold it a couple years ago to my doc friend for $125 after shooting 30-40 cases of .22's through it. No, he won't sell it back to me. Best price I've seen recently was a $349 4 3/4" barrel MKIII. I'd buy a new one but I have a MK II and that mag drop button ain't that important on a .22.

ancient-one · Jan 7, 2014

I have one from 1968 still like new with box and manual. Six inch barrel and a much better trigger than my brothers later stainless bull barrel. At that time the list was $37.50 but I bought it at a discount store and it was $36 plus including tax. Still have the sales slip but it is out in the shop.

sigp220.45 · Jan 7, 2014

I bet if you list it here for $250 it wouldn't last long.

Ohsheepdog · Jan 7, 2014

Worthless handgun, barely worth the scrap $ you'd get for it. I'll give you $50 to take it off your hands.

Sent from somewhere between the Ohio territory and the neutral zone.

What's an old Ruger .22 pistol worth?

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