The gun shops in my area of Florida stock very few new revolvers anymore. You can find some J frames, but very few full size revolvers. Most of the new inventory seems to be semi-autos.

It is similar here in Texas. Of course I am doing all I can to get revolvers "off the street" and into my safe.

The only places that seem to have revolvers is big box stores like Gander Mountain...

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"Shall not be infringed"

Nope there all at Allen-Frames

Hi guys! here in NC, S&W revolvers are getting scarce here...LOL auto loaders are king...... I have seen some of the newer revolvers with the locks. Any pre lock and pre mim are going to be rare around here. Over the past 10 years I have had to do all of my shopping online to find what I want.....All of the gunshows have mostly new stuff and the older Smiths they want a small fortune for them...

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M.J.Hanna

'bout the same here in the Peoples Republik of York. However, my LGS can get most any modern revolver.

Dried up here!

Scarce AND the people who do have them are REAL proud of them.

West Tennessee, Gander Mountain, Jackson Tn. Seems like there are 4 or 5 show cases with black semi-autos and maybe 2 show cases with revolvers. I too have made a vow to help keep both kinds of these handguns off the streets and warm and comfortable in my home safe.

The LGSs 'round me have a few revolvers. All Tauruses or is that Tauri? The only Smiths they have are either Governors or the new BG38.

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I can say revolvers are alive and well in my neck of the woods. A friend of mine has a gun shop mostly catering to revolvers. The last time I talked to him he had 60 handguns mostly revolvers like Smith & Wesson and Ruger with a couple of Colts tossed in. Another shop has nearly a dozen black powder wheelguns, a couple of Smiths, rugers, and a few more, and a third has about 20 or so revolvers of all makes so no they have not dried up completely here although there are alot of shops working on getting rid of them and going all polymer all the time. Personally revolvers won't ever dry up as long as there is one on my hip.

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I was just at a local GS 300+ tables. LOTS of older revolvers, all of them plenty $$$ asked too. Tons of people, and tons & tons of the plastic fantastics too.

Had a full auto guy with multiple WW2 for sale....even a Lewis gun, asking north of $14000.!!!

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Dum vivimus Vivamas

Here in NW Florida, revolvers are not scarce....you can find just about any new, small j-frame type in three flavors, S&W, Taurus, and Charter. Anything bigger and new, you will have to order it. Older, used revolvers are extinct in this area except when the jerky show, with a few guns, comes to town.

Navarre

Good Smith revolvbers are getting hard to find. Prices are going through the roof.

Production guns are around here but as far as good, older revolvers they get a little harder to find each year. Luckily I a member of the revolver underground. Sadly too many guns are coming out of estates lately.

I was in three gun stores (acutally pawn shops) today. None of the three had more than 6 revolvers period. I saw a total of 4 Smiths at three different locations. To me, that is scarce! The range I go to did have quite a few, maybe 20 to 25, but most of those had the lock. Hard to find those older Smiths.

no problem around here....

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KK4EMO

I also live in Florida. Can't say there is a shortage of them but interesting models that show up at gun shows or shops seem to turn over quite fast.

Most interesting, since so many people seem to consider them "obsolete antiques".

Put me in the catagory of those who appreciate "obsolete antiques". Done my share of keeping the shelves bare.

The Pacific Northwest has seen a constant decline in the availability of "Golden Age" (1960-1980) S&W's for ten years, and the availability is getting progressively worse.

Fear of new gun controls, an obviously faltering economy, much heavier competition from both casual buyers and collectors, necessary manufacturing production shortcuts many believe creates inferior new revolver products, a need to seek new hedges against huge inflationary pressures are just some of the issues contributing to declining availability of the older revolvers.

Just check the signs outside most Pawn shops.... "We buy gold, silver and guns..." Those items have the best potential for profit for them and they too are having a more difficult time finding and buying all three.

Sure....nice guns are being bought and sold every day for sometimes ridiculously high or low prices, but many of those deals are more commonly being made by the unaware of uninformed.. I believe those who still believe there won't be strong upward price pressure for premium S&W revolvers are going to be in for a very big surprise....

JMHO

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Terry

Sir, around here, most new revolvers are either teeny little pocket rigs or great big hunting rigs. Beyond the occasional Ruger GP-100, there are very few new "service size" revolvers.

Used revolvers are fairly plentiful, but usually expensive for anything halfway decent. Nice old Smiths are very expensive.

Hope this helps, and Semper Fi.

Ron H.

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Wishin' don't make it so.

The LGS's around here stock about 80-20 auto's to revolvers. And the majority of the revolvers are small frames with a few hand cannons mixed in. And half the small frames are those hybrid plastic revos.

Now I do see a few K-frames in the used section since Grandpa died and The Kid traded it in on a Glock.

It's a reflection of the market. Businesses have limited space, make their money on "turns" and naturally stock what sells. And when they get Smith's they know what they have and command a premium.

Supply and Demand, my friends. Supply and Demand...

An interesting observation. Many of the posters in Florida say they cant find revolvers at their local gun shops. However when I look on gunbroker I see lots of the older Smiths for sale from Florida. Maybe the dealers have shifted their marketing to produce increased revenue.

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The American dream is alive

I haven't seen any revolvers in the LGS for 20 years, with the exception of the newer snubbies. They always sell. I try to keep up with the shops that gather estate wares.

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I haven't noticed it at my favorite shop, but there must be something going on.

I walked in the other day, and the clerk was talking to a customer. The clerk said, "We had one, but not anymore, HE (pointing to me) beat you to it."

ME? What'd I do?

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John 3:16 .

The store I go to in my area has one small display case of revolvers, and that same case also has used semis for sale. Eight display cases, and only one of them has a two rows of revolvers.

A majority of the people out there in my area want semis so it makes sense to cater to that group.

Seems there's always a shortage here of good quality used wheel guns.

The big boys have plenty of them (Gander, Bass Pro) and some of the combination shooting range/gun stores do too. Seem to be plenty around, both new and used without going too far out of my way. Little local guy - hardly any. Bit bigger local guy - some. Really varies. Between local gun stores, local gun shows, local ranges - pretty good I'd say overall.

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[QUOTE=blujax01;136308094]The LGS's around here stock about 80-20 auto's to revolvers. And the majority of the revolvers are small frames with a few hand cannons mixed in. And half the small frames are those hybrid plastic revos.

Now I do see a few K-frames in the used section since Grandpa died and The Kid traded it in on a Glock.

.... And when they get Smith's they know what they have and command a premium.QUOTE]

+1 on that. That describes my area.

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But then, what do I know?

Plenty around here, the young turks don't know what they are.

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Sure you did

You can still find them here in the Pawn Shops and on the Local "Guns For Sale" forum but people are asking way too much for them IMHO. No way I'd ever pay $400 bucks for a M64 S&W revolver. It's a $325 dollar gun at most and one guy had a M28, 6", he was asking $450, that's about $100 bucks over what I think it's worth.
I don't know, maybe my brain hasn't caught up with inflation yet and maybe revolvers are worth more then I think they are but I'm having a hard time believing it. Especially when you can get a good hi-cap semi for $350-$400. Kind of makes the old 6 shot revolver worth less, not more IMHO.

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Its hit and miss on the new S&W revolvers because they sell out that fast. Now with the used revolvers its really bad at times there are none to be seen or found in the used section. I think there selling out faster than the new ones. With the S&W n frames, the ruger older security sixes and the colt revolvers finding a used one your chances are slim to none. But most of the time now the used prices are getting closer to the new prices. I guess Its all about the supply and demand.

My local dealer has the new S&W m57 & m58 in 41mag in nickel for $699. He just put up a new m29 6 1/2'' in nickel for $999.

We have tons of friggin Tauruses all over the place, but nice pre-lock S&Ws are like hen's teeth.

The public wants what is hot NOW!!!!!!!!!!!! Remember when the military went to the Beretta? EVERYONE wanted a Beretta. Then LEO's went to Glocks. BANG! Glock was on every homeboys list. SEALS, and a lot of SWAT teams, use SIGs so now SIG is the cats meow.
I am no longer in the Marines, not a bouncer at a biker bar, nor do I frequent crack houses, so a wheel gun suit me just fine.

There is no scarcity of revolvers at my LGS. As a matter of fact the guys that work the counter are always hocking the virtues of revolvers as CCWs such as more dependable, second shot reliability and such.
About 1/2 of their inventory is revolvers with a good supply of Smiths.... they are proud of them however and charge accordingly.

I see more than enough of the new revolvers on the shelves where I shop. I haven't bought a new revolver in a good long time now and don't intend to buy a new one any time soon. I see very few used Smith and Wesson revolvers for sale anymore. When I do see them I am amazed at the prices.

I'm glad I have the ones I have. I can't imagine trying to find a slightly used, not abused S&W revolver these days. Better keep what you have or trade wisely.

Here where I live we have a Gander Mountain and Academy and a few local gun shops. Mostly in the gun cases are semi-auto pistols and a few new revolvers, mostly Taurus. All the Smith's you see are the new small j-frames. Never is there anything in the classifieds. So I would say yes the revolvers in K frame or N or L are real scarce around here. I can say that because I do some real looking also.


James

There is 1 real gun shop near Toledo. They just rebuilt after a fire. The new shop is very nice, and has an indoor range. At any rate, not in abundance, they keep getting in clean Smith revolvers. I looked at a 581 there, when I went back to get it (gone) $400. Had a beautiful 19, was nickel, and $495, sold. Had an unfired 28 for $495, etc. I buy used older guns that are clean, and they normally get some. The odd thing about this place is that the display cases are rustic wood. There is no glass on the fronts of the cases....... chicken wire! Bob

Yep, there for a while when everyone was jumpin' on the semi-auto band wagon you couldn't give a revolver away. Now that the heats died down and all the LEO turn-ins are pretty much gone revolvers command a premium price. It's just hard for me to wrap my brain around since I can get a nice semi-auto, 11+1, 12+1 or even 14+1 in 40cal for $400. Makes it hard to spend more on something with only 6 shots.
Still, I always get tired of trackin' down my spend brass so I always end up going back to a revolver.

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Really good selection of revolvers here in northern VA.

Funny you should ask. I finished up a job in Ga. Dec 31st and actually had time to do some looking after the holidays. First thing I noticed was a shortage of S&W revolvers. One of the shops I frequent has a case with several nice older Smiths but the only new ones he has are J- frames. He also has a few nice old Colts. No one else within 30 minutes of my house has anything significant. The guy with the older Smiths has some really nice ones though.

Yep, hard to find and high here in Arkansas, which confuses me because this is supposedly a poor state. I can find a nice, older Smith at a shop, ask about the price on the net, get told over and over "Too high!!!", then go back in a week to find it gone.

Revolver are here if you want if you want to pay the prices.

Plenty around. Not so cheap for most part.


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I once brought up the question to a very trusted friend and dealer as to why dealers do not carry more revolvers for sale. The answer was so simple it is scary. Marketing studies have proven that pistol owners will out spend revolver owners 17 to 1. In other words for every dollar a revolver owner spends on ammo and accessories the pistol owner will spend 17.

Dealers are going to spend money on the cash cow (pistols).

I once brought up the question to a very trusted friend and dealer as to why dealers do not carry more revolvers for sale. The answer was so simple it is scary. Marketing studies have proven that pistol owners will out spend revolver owners 17 to 1. In other words for every dollar a revolver owner spends on ammo and accessories the pistol owner will spend $17.

Lots of lower end guns available (Taurus/Rossi/Rohm) a few Rugers and some beat up S&W's. I keep running the shops because every now an then I still turn up a nice S&W but prices are usually too hard to swallow.

Same thing here (Raleigh, NC). Not many gun shops around, but the ones that are here seem to have 75 % or better autos vs. revolvers. Plenty of revolvers at the gun shows that come through here on a regular basis, but still LOTS more autos, overall. That seems to be the handgun market, these days... everybody wants plastic autos.....

Not me. Can't stand them. I don't even like alloy - framed revolvers, let alone plastic ones. I guess I'm a dinosaur....but I'm proud to be one ! All - steel revolvers for me....always !!!

Revolvers arn't sexy enough for most movies these days. Most new shooters want what they see on TV or in the holster of LOEs. Almos NEVER do you see anybody under 50 walk in and ask to buy/order a revolver. Consequently, I see almost NO new revolvers for sale with the exception of J frames. ( Still hard to beat for practical carry situations once you know something.) For used, I run into 1/2 of what I used to just 10 years ago. Those are now usually an old timer clearing out the safe. :-(

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Revolvers arn't sexy enough for most movies these days. Most new shooters want what they see on TV or in the holster of LOEs. Almos NEVER do you see anybody under 50 walk in and ask to buy/order a revolver. Consequently, I see almost NO new revolvers for sale with the exception of J frames. ( Still hard to beat for practical carry situations once you know something.) For used, I run into 1/2 of what I used to just 10 years ago. Those are now usually an old timer clearing out the safe. :-(

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I see a lot of large revolvers for sale, especially 44 Magnums, hunting revolvers, etc. Not so many .22s available, they get scooped up quickly.