stiab
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$90 for a new Model 60 in 1971, from Demain's Police Supply. They were very hard to find back then, and no reason for the general public to even try, in our neck of the woods.
how much did your 1st one cost
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winchester1
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Hey flagman,
We must have been thinking alike! My first S&W was also a 4" 19-3, but mine arrived in 1979. Paid $198.50 for it, and like you still have it, box and all!
EQGuy
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My first Smith & Wesson was a model 57 I purchased in 1973 for around $125.00 if I recall correctly. It resides in my safe with several other model 57's that I have added since.
There's a theme here. Model 19-3 4". $193.75 from Meltzer's Sporting Goods in Garfield NJ in 1977. That was a week's pay for an I&A police officer at the time. Joe
My first one was a 1981 non dash 686 with 6 inch barrel and I believe it was around $250. I didn't buy any pistol until 1982 but my Dad bought a Model 10-5 in 1968 when I was in the service that's now mine and I have no clue what he paid for it I'd love to know approximately what id cost new.
Rigmover
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Bought my first Smith at Centre Gun Shop in Niagara Falls, Ontario on my 18th birthday and it was a Model 19-3 6"er New in 1976 for $265. Lot of money back then when the wages were $2.35 an hour. The Model 28-2's were going for $235 but decided on the M-19 because of the target grips they looked way more cool Eh!! LOL . Two years later i bought a 29-2 6 1/2"er New with presentation case up in Edmonton Alberta for $411 in 1978.The Model 57's were going for the same price. I do regret for selling off my 29-2 i wish i still had it now there going for $850 plus for a decent one. These were the only two guns that i ever bought new now i buy used because theres good deals out there ...
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Rick
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Rick
Brian41
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S&W Model 19 4 inch mid seventies for $165.00 used in OKC. It was in layaway awhile as a GI didn't make much then. I had it reblued and an action job done on it and Herrett Shooting Master smooth grips. Fifty dollars for the gunsmithing and the grip box has a $25.50 price sticker.
I'd always thought I had too much money invested in that gun. You think I'd get my money back today? I know I'd buy 10 $250 Model 19s today if I found them.
I'd always thought I had too much money invested in that gun. You think I'd get my money back today? I know I'd buy 10 $250 Model 19s today if I found them.
My first S&W was a 17-4 with a 6 inch barrel. I bought it in late 1983 or early 1984 for 260.00. It was used but I would say about 99% condition. The action was a little stiff so I had the late Bob Chow of San Francisco do a trigger job. Still my favorite gun to shoot I know if I miss it is my fault.
Troy
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Best that I can remember in 1987 I gave $200 for my 4" 66-1 recessed not pinned. This was the first gun that my FFL friend sold. He took it back in trade from the first owner and now it's mine.
Best that I can remember in 1987 I gave $200 for my 4" 66-1 recessed not pinned. This was the first gun that my FFL friend sold. He took it back in trade from the first owner and now it's mine.
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6" M&P circa 1920 manufacture for $65 in 1978. Traded it and a Remington 870 to a local deputy for an unfired 4" M28-2 (he wanted $150 cash) and used Sam Browne rig the next year when I went on the PD and couldn't carry a 6".
The M&P was then sold to the guy my ex-GF took up with after we broke up. Never saw either of them again. The 28-2 was sold in a moment of weakness a couple of years after I pulled the pin.
See signature line for which one I miss.
The M&P was then sold to the guy my ex-GF took up with after we broke up. Never saw either of them again. The 28-2 was sold in a moment of weakness a couple of years after I pulled the pin.
See signature line for which one I miss.
I really don't remember but I do recall paying 115.00 for a colt match target back in 1971 or 72. I was on a snubby chase and paid 160.00 for a 60.
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It is a 6 inch 28-2. I paid $175.00 for it at aOGCA Show at Vet's Memorial in Columbus. Still shoots great!
westcoast362
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An M-28 4" $118 in 1972.
valkyriekl
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S&W 617-6, $520 shipped + $15 transfer three years ago.
First one that fits in this subforum? A S&W 10-6, well-used, $205 out the door at a gunshow last year.
First one that fits in this subforum? A S&W 10-6, well-used, $205 out the door at a gunshow last year.
First S&W was a 6 inch 586 in about 1981 or 1982.
Was jones'en badly on it and here is what it cost me:
Price was $350
I traded in a HK4 380 with broken extractor ($100)
Worked long hours over a weekend doing design work ($250)
Can't remember what the HK4 cost but I feel that it cost me a weekend.
Was jones'en badly on it and here is what it cost me:
Price was $350
I traded in a HK4 380 with broken extractor ($100)
Worked long hours over a weekend doing design work ($250)
Can't remember what the HK4 cost but I feel that it cost me a weekend.
jj2am44
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Mine was a 1981 Model 27-$375.00 in Phoenix. What did I know??
I bought a four inch model 28 in Dec. 1972 for $108.00 to start my law enforcement career 01-01-73. I traded it and a .25 cal. colt junior auto which cost $50.00 for a 1968 python with the box which sold new in 1968 for $175.00 I still own the python. By the way when I bought the 28 I paid $60.00 for a complete duty belt/holster/handcuff-cartridge carrier/nightstick carrier/key carrier.
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