Wow. Just... wow.

[stantheman86]

You can still get an old M&P 4" that looks like it spent 30 years in a cop's holster for $200 if you look around a little......I saw one 4" M&P at a gun show, a "large extractor head" model with the hammer spur ground off, but otherwise it looked good, priced at $150.....probably should have snapped that one up.....also an early 15 with original diamond grips for $275.....

The "shooter grade" common stuff like M&P's, 10's, 64's etc. will always go for the same flat prices. Everyone is scrambling for those 29's, 27's, 57's, etc. It seems K frames stay the most reasonable, because they are the most numerous. Of those the fixed sight stuff go for less..... J's and N's are skyrocketing, esp. the older ones. I have seen early Chiefs' Specials sell for $700 on GB. These days a nice early pinned Model 60 is a $5-600 gun.

 

[CO_Kid]

All the pre-lock revolvers seem to have had a price jump in the past year.

This is part two of my theory for the prices. Part one is that sellers are simply seeing what they can get away with.

But I personally know many people who "boycott" the S&W lock guns and will only buy older ones. And if I know that many, Im sure there are many many more, thus sapping the used gun market faster than it would normally go.

 

[stantheman86]

I'm lucky, I guess, that I like the MIM and IL revolvers....I'm enjoying the drop in prices for used IL guns. I found a 10-14 in great shape for $350 and a 64-7 for $300, in carried but hardly fired condition. Keep bringin' on those used 10-14's and 64-8's!

The rarer stuff will continue to skyrocket, but there's no way holster buffed 10-8's and stuff like that will ever be $1,000 guns.

 

[Tom K]

The 58s go for $1,200 (I've seen it) the 28s bring $700 and 10s are priced at $600.

It's a brave new world. I'm glad I have all the guns I need as I can't bring myself to pay the prices being asked today.

[emphasis added]

What in the heck has need got to do with it? Do I have all the guns I need? Sure, and then some. Do I have all the guns I want? Not hardly!

Agreed that it's tough to pay current prices when remembering the past. That's one of the things that makes it that much more delicious when you come across a real deal - the thrill of the hunt.

 

[ElToro]

in my part of california a 28 offered at $500 or say $495 to make you feel better is not lasting on the shelf more than a day or 2 if that.

especially in PRK, if you see a (used) gun you're mildly warm on in a shop thats priced correctly or even a pinch high, you better whip out your credit card for a down payment to hold it as you may be shopping a LONG time before you see another one. can you say 4 inch 29 ? havnt seen one offered for sale in many many moons.

in case you missed the memo the .gov has been printing dollars non stop the last few years and hard assets liek gold adn silver ( and guns) have really gone up in the number of pieces of paper it takes to acquire said items

 

[beagleye]

This forum ain't helping either

The disease can be transmitted over the internet. This is where I caught it. And all those threads of those perfect specimens, come on, you guys ...

 

[Orsogato]

They prices on quality made firearms - and the model 28 of course is albeit w/ a matte finish - are only going to keep going up.

Wait until the dollar is removed as the world's reserve currency and removed as the trading standard currency for oil! It's heading that way too as the dollar gets weaker and weaker.


We could see inflation like we've never seen. Get your long term stuff now.

 

[1-1917]

Darn, I have one that is still in the box with it's wrapper, papers, etc. No indication it has ever been fired. Maybe I need to get it on the auction block. I'd gladely trade it for a good compact diesel car that gets 50mpg.. )-:}

 

[NFrameFred]

Darn, I have one that is still in the box with it's wrapper, papers, etc. No indication it has ever been fired. Maybe I need to get it on the auction block. I'd gladely trade it for a good compact diesel car that gets 50mpg.. )-:}

I bid an '82 Yugo with a missing rear bumper . . . . .

 

[roaddog28]

Here is my recent experience. About a year and a half ago I was in my local gun store and saw a unfired 27-2 3.5 inch with box papers cleaning tool for $695. At that time I thought no way I would pay that kind of money for a N frame. Two weeks ago I was in the same gun store and saw a 28-2 6 inch with box for $750. The revolver did not have the original grips. I asked the salesman if the gun came with the original grips and he said no.

I guess this comes down to the supply and demand which results in what a person pays for a item.

Howard

 

[Dave T]

One of the problems with the "I will not pay that much" approach is that it guarantees you won't own that particular make and model with those features. People say "be patient" but good deals don't come along that often and certainly not in the barrel length, finish or wearing the stocks you want.

The guy who is willing to pay a little more than he may think the gun is worth (not an un-reasonable amount) will have the gun to shoot and enjoy. The guy who won't fork over the extra $100 or what ever it may be won't have a gun to shoot and enjoy. It's as simple as that.

Dave

 

[old bear]

Heck an 1980s vintage M19 that have very deep pitting on the cylinder and one side of the barrel (like it was stored on a wet cloth or something very ugly gun, I called the river bottom edition) had rubber grips, it sold for $200plus tax in less than one week...

$200.00 is $75.00 more than I paid for my first, NIB, M-19 in 1973.

Last month I paid a little more than $250.00 for an M 19-3 equipped with ugly Goodyear's, in need of a refinish, and tune-up, and I was pleased to pick up a project gun for that price. Now all I have to do is locate and pay for a set of Ivory or stag grips, and then decide on what type of finish, thinking black chrome, then pay for that. Then order a Tom Threepersons style holster and ranger belt to match. I guess by the time I'm done I will have between $550.00 - $650.00 to have a revolver that sold for $125.00 when new. And I always prided myself on my good sense, what was I thinking?

 

[stantheman86]

When you consider that a new IL and MIM Model 27 "Classic" is over $800, paying $6-700 for a used 27 or $500 for a 28 seems like a deal.

 

[keith44spl]

Well,

When you look at the returns on CDs...
and Gold at 1400+ with Silver at 35,
28s are gonna climb too

Dave

 

[Reddog]

That's caused me to buy a few Smiths lately, Dave!
Dick

 

[rromeo]

Well,

When you look at the returns on CDs...
and Gold at 1400+ with Silver at 35,
28s are gonna climb too

Dave

At least a 28 has value that I can understand.

 

[smithscott]

Two weeks later, gold is over $1500 and silver is over $46. The intrinsic value of neither metal changed nor did end user demand increase that much in two weeks. The paper dollar just is worth that much less. A silver dime will still buy as much gasoline as it did in 1964.

Less than two years ago, I bought silver American Eagles for $20; today, they are $50. Gasoline is up over $1.00 a gallon. Food prices are up double digits. So S&W revolvers that were selling at $300 SHOULD now sell for $600.

Well,

When you look at the returns on CDs...
and Gold at 1400+ with Silver at 35,
28s are gonna climb too

Dave

 

[stantheman86]

If you adjusted backwards for inflation, wouldn't a new Model 28 have costed you the equivalanet of $600 back in the 1960's anyway?

As a shooter I don't pay attention to these artificially inflated prices. If people have deep enough pockets to start paying $700 for used Model 28's, more power to them! They're making some sellers pretty happy.

I expanded my horizons a few years ago, I just got another used Ruger GP100 for $320 and it will last 10 times longer than any Model 28......people act like the sky is falling and locusts are coming in swarms because used S&W prices are rising. Maybe we can all stand to go a few months without buying another used S&W, and maybe prices will start to come back to Earth....don't worry, the guns will be there.......save the money for ammo to shoot the ones you already have

Looks like the factory reblued and rebuilt to like new 28-2 I got for $400 was a screamin' deal

 

[fyimo]

I missed a S&W 28-2 with 6 inch barrel in 98% condition last week for $425 but that's the cheapest I've seen one in a while and probably why I missed it by a few minutes.

 

[CajunBass]

I put a 6", 28-2 on layaway last weekend for $425.00. It's got a couple of scratches, but when you consider that they have three or four used Taurus .357's for about the same price, it seems silly to pass this one up.