27-2 5" price ?

[Marshal Tom]

Got to a show in Montrose Co. late today just as it was closing. I guy had an excellent condition 5" 27-2 on his table with some nice stags on it. No box or docs with it. I asked him what he wanted for it and he said $875 with the stags on it but he would take $675 without the grips. Given todays prices, is that too much to pay for an excellent condition 5" 27-2 without grips? I have several sets that I could put on it including a nice set of ivories with medalions.

Tom

 

[Reddog]

Grab it! I just gave $1,200 for one out of New York!
Dick

 

[bamabiker]

Well if I had a nice set of real ivories I would not even worry about them old stags. Grab that gun before it's gone.

 

[j38]

I don't think $675, sans grips, is out of line compared to what I've seen recently. If a 5" 27-2 is on your short list, I'd probably go for it. Let us know what you decide, and you know - we like pictures!

Jerry

 

[Jack Flash]

Unless the stags are spectacular, I would just go for it sans stocks. Sounds like a decent price to me, but maybe you could offer $600 and see what he says?

If you just plan to display it ("safe queen" it), you may want to just install wood stocks that fit your hand. If I was actually shooting or carrying one with nice ivories on it, I couldn't stop worring about damaging them.

 

[gkitch]

Too much in this part of the country.

 

[rebs081]

is this a 357 mag ?

 

[nightshade2x]

I just sold a 1979 in the presentation box unfired with all the tools and documents for $1,000.00.

Nightshade2x

 

[A10]

I'd buy it without the grips. You can put a nice set of Grashorns on it for about $150.

 

[Jeff45]

I would say that is a fair price without the grips for a high excellent gun, maybe 95%, with nice original blueing, very slight edge wear, a tight lock-up, and everything else checks out OK.

 

[gkitch]

I just sold a 1979 in the presentation box unfired with all the tools and documents for $1,000.00.

Nightshade2x

Exactly. It would be better to invest a little more money and get a nice gun like this one.
A 27-2 with NOTHING else is in reality just a shooter and should be priced accordingly.

 

[NFrameFred]

Too much in this part of the country.

Well if you can point me toward one in you area for sale for less I'd appreciate the "heads up" ! The 5" models are not easy to find around here . . . .

 

[fyimo]

It's a very popular revolver and that's a decent price for it without the stag grips.

 

[Doug M.]

Exactly. It would be better to invest a little more money and get a nice gun like this one.
A 27-2 with NOTHING else is in reality just a shooter and should be priced accordingly.

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That's pretty value laden: to some of us a firearm is first and foremost a shooter. The box, paperwork, and period correct grips are of little or no value to users who need a good shooter. For the difference between $1000 and $675, one could be well on the way to a decent amount of factory ammo or a handloading setup. As far as I know, I have no wood grips on any of my S&Ws. They have nearly no utility to me. As much as I like revolvers, and want to improve the selection I have, the reality is that for most uses I have for a sidearm, a semi-auto is a far better choice. When I want a revolver, and I have carried one as a duty weapon (I even still have a Safariland 070 holster for my 4" M58), it is as a fighting tool. The box, papers, etc are not productive for that. My M296 is a fanny pack gun, and used mainly when walking the dogs, in case I need to protect them, since a contact shot would be the choice. That's kind of like a uniformed LE backup gun.

I have other things I need to do with my money right now, or I would be on a $675 gripless 5" M27 shooter like stink on poop.

 

[CajunBass]

I paid $750.00 for one a few months ago. In the presentation case, with tools and papers.

 

[Jack Flash]

is this a 357 mag ?

Yes it is.

 

[gkitch]

Well if you can point me toward one in you area for sale for less I'd appreciate the "heads up" ! The 5" models are not easy to find around here . . . .

Yes, the 5" models are not easy to find around here either. That does not justify a collector grade price for a shooter grade gun.

If anybody disagrees, no problem. I will sell one of the two I own with no grips, no box, and no paperwork for $1599.99. Includes shipping!

My point is that price must justify the product. I try to sell at fair prices (the above example excluded) and try to buy at fair prices. A typical model 27 of any bbl length with no grips is a $500 gun on a good day.

 

[lipripper]

675.00 for one I just bought.Really nice gun,but no box papers,etc.Still happy with it.

 

[gruntdeputy]

That would be an exceptionally good deal in California. Buy it, grips or not.
Frank

 

[august1410]

I paid $600 for mine. Mine's a shooter grade 1964 with factory (but not original) grips.