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S&W Hand Ejectors: 1896 to 1961 All 5-Screw & Vintage 4-Screw SWING-OUT Cylinder REVOLVERS, and the 35 Autos and 32 Autos


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I know what I'm doing but I'm torn...lol


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Seriously shooter grade of course , but what would you pay?



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Any idea of when it was refinished?

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It surely looks like an over buffed finish job. Why do you want a value?
Are you buying it?
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No clue...

It's tight all around bore great....grips numbered to frame. ...

Just a ****** finish
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Are the hammer and Trigger blued?

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It surely looks like an over buffed finish job. Why do you want a value?
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I might.....lol

Eh gotta look again tomorrow
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If I recall I think they were..mad some pitting as did the rest of the gun that was finished over. ..but i pulled the plate andit looked like it had case coloring
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I'd say no more than $400.

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250 was floated..... maybe not bad for a shooter.....
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Buy fast!

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Ha !

I'm going to look at it again tomorrow - thanks for taking the time to comment
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...somebody's got to own the old girl...I have a nice one so I wouldn't need it...but at 250 it might just come home anyway...
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As a shooter, $250 would be a fair price. Assuming you know it won't increase much in real value expressed in constant dollars.
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a mechanically sound target model from the 1930"s for $250....i'd buy it without blinking.....
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