A friend texted me this pic..
Obvious reblue
s/n is 19xxx
.44 Special
The cylinder feels "loose"
It is the loaded night stand gun for a 90 yr old lady!
She wants to sell it, and is a client of my friends.
Any ideas what would be fair?

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second model hand ejector made around 1923.

can't really tell you it's worth unless i was holding it in my hand.

Is it me or does the trigger and hammer look blued?

Best,

Kobsw

yep, its definitely a reblue
trigger and hammer blued...rookie mistake

Yep. The reblue doesn't look factory but it doesn't look terrible either. I'll take a stab at value. How about $600. I've seen a couple similarly conditioned triple locks that were non-factory reblued that sold for that price quite quickly.

I rarely disagree with Daniel, but I think $600 might be a little high. It's a loose .44 shooter, refinished, with undistinguished stocks of oatmeal franzite. The lanyard loop is unexpected and may speak to an interesting past, but the whole thing feels to me like $450-500 in this condition. I might go a little higher depending on an inspection.

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David Wilson

Take a look at the butt and see if they messed up the serial number when they put in the lanyard.

A lot of the 2nd models used 1917 frames.

Sometimes the factory DID drill through the SN to install a lanyard loop. If so, they would stamp the SN on the grip frame, under the grips.

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The s/n is one line horizontal with the frame. Looks unaltered

IIRC the 1917's had two lines stamped vertically?

I think David's right here. I totally neglected to discount the price for the stocks and "loose"ness that was described. Those triple locks I saw sell for $600 were nice a tight and I believe had some stocks on them that held some value. Not saying I don't appreciate a good pair of franzites, as I have modest collection of those myself, but they just don't hold much value.

Actually you guys forget, but there were more 2nd models made WITH lanyard rings than without. Cylinder "looseness" is subjective as well. Having said that I think $500-600 is in the ballpark.

Why all the talk about triple locks?

Obviously there are folks here that would know the market for this better than I do, so I will defer to their judgement.

However, it seems like some buyers are just ga-ga over .44 Specials, so I would not be surprised to see the high end go a little higher. Reblued, loose, wrong stocks and all.

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Better detailed pictures would help out with the value. It does appear to be a reblue, and that always impacts value. I'd agree with Dave, $450 plus or minus with the information and picture we have. Maybe more if we could get a better idea on condition, i.e, the bore condition, pic of the cylinder face, pics with the stocks taken off, pic of the butt where the serial number is, etc.

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Even older, even crankier....

Grips are "Franzite". JMHO.

Yes, that is the way the 1917s were stamped.

However, the frames that were used for the .44 Specials hadn't received US Army serial numbers yet.

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