Hint: If you find something you really, really like and want to buy it, hang onto it and don't lay it back down on the table. Someone else can then pick it up and buy it.
Good advice. I had a 3 1/2” Registered magnum in my hand at a gun shop about 40 years ago. Unbelievably low price. Handed it back to the clerk and told him “give me a couple of minutes to think about it”. Wrong move. Guy next to me grabbed it without hesitation.Hint: If you find something you really, really like and want to buy it, hang onto it and don't lay it back down on the table. Someone else can then pick it up and buy it.
Probably at the Expo Center. I may go myself.This one is in Murfreesboro
Is the show in Lebanon?
FWIW, I attended last week’s show in Chattanooga, which was well attended. They had quite a few interesting Smiths, at least models that I want. Prices ranged from reasonable to ridiculous. One table had a 3” CS-1 $2250, 3,5” 27-2 $2250, 2.5” 686-3 $1850, 2.5” 66-2 $1550, and a several others similarly priced. For me, finding these gems is half the fun, negotiating is the other half. When haggling, use common sense and good manners.
I’m using Gunbroker as my value/price guage.
Those prices are all over the place, but I’ve picked up what I believe to be very reasonably priced items.
I'll add that those guys like to use their well-thumbed, 10 year old Blue Books for quoting buying numbers, and unfiltered, overly optimistic GunBroker prices instead of the completed sales......sellers, who use the Blue Book of Gun Values when buying and GB when selling.![]()
FWIW, I attended last week’s show in Chattanooga, which was well attended. They had quite a few interesting Smiths, at least models that I want. Prices ranged from reasonable to ridiculous. One table had a 3” CS-1 $2250, 3,5” 27-2 $2250, 2.5” 686-3 $1850, 2.5” 66-2 $1550, and a several others similarly priced. For me, finding these gems is half the fun, negotiating is the other half. When haggling, use common sense and good manners.
Since you had mentioned wanting to add a .45 acp to your collection at some point.... I suggest you take look at the S&W 3rd Gen 4506-1.
Sharing attributes with the revolvers that you are smitten with such as functional reliability, fine craftsmanship and a certain aesthetic that others fall short of...believe you may find a whole new affliction.
Happy hunting and best regards.