I was looking for a 500 magnum revolver on a facebook forum and someone told me a gunsmith had a 460 for sale. I drove an hour and a half out to this guys house. He had the 460 sitting in an old glass jewelry display case and said it had been sitting there for some years. It was in a survival kit with a knife, firestarter, bear survival book and some other stuff. None of it was used but he and his son had fired 9 rounds out of the gun.
Anyway, I really wanted a 500 to hunt with so I tried to talk him off his $1000 price tag but he said that's what he had in it and he wanted to get that out of it. He originally was asking 1200 but he came down to a thousand. I passed and went home. Started googling about the gun and found out it was a collector item and saw prices from 1500-2500 and I got scared I made a mistake. I drove back out and bought it for a thousand.
The barrel is too short for hunting in my opinion, but it looks like it was really meant as a bear protection gun or something for places like Alaska. I just want a 500 for hunting, so I have a couple of questions.
How much you think it's really worth, can't find a straight answer on the internet. I saw some sold for all sorts of prices but some of those posts are a few years old. Also see current ads of people asking ridiculous prices up to 4 grand.
Do you think it would be reasonable to try and trade it for a hunting 500 and a thousand dollars, lol. I know it seems absurd but if it's really worth a couple thousand I had greedy thoughts of getting my money back and a free 500 mag to boot. Am I being too unreasonable?
Here is a pic of the actual gun, sorry if it's not high quality it was taken on a phone. I have the original box of bullets as well, it's a box of 20 and 9 were fired from the box. According to the gunsmith that's all that were ever fired. His son fired 2 rounds and he fired 2, then about a year later he was showing it to someone and they fired 5 rounds out of it.
And to the moderator, this is just a question, this gun is not for sale yet. I am trying to gather more information on how many were made and what the real value is. If I decide to sell I'll place an ad in the appropriate forum.
Anyway, I really wanted a 500 to hunt with so I tried to talk him off his $1000 price tag but he said that's what he had in it and he wanted to get that out of it. He originally was asking 1200 but he came down to a thousand. I passed and went home. Started googling about the gun and found out it was a collector item and saw prices from 1500-2500 and I got scared I made a mistake. I drove back out and bought it for a thousand.
The barrel is too short for hunting in my opinion, but it looks like it was really meant as a bear protection gun or something for places like Alaska. I just want a 500 for hunting, so I have a couple of questions.
How much you think it's really worth, can't find a straight answer on the internet. I saw some sold for all sorts of prices but some of those posts are a few years old. Also see current ads of people asking ridiculous prices up to 4 grand.
Do you think it would be reasonable to try and trade it for a hunting 500 and a thousand dollars, lol. I know it seems absurd but if it's really worth a couple thousand I had greedy thoughts of getting my money back and a free 500 mag to boot. Am I being too unreasonable?
Here is a pic of the actual gun, sorry if it's not high quality it was taken on a phone. I have the original box of bullets as well, it's a box of 20 and 9 were fired from the box. According to the gunsmith that's all that were ever fired. His son fired 2 rounds and he fired 2, then about a year later he was showing it to someone and they fired 5 rounds out of it.
And to the moderator, this is just a question, this gun is not for sale yet. I am trying to gather more information on how many were made and what the real value is. If I decide to sell I'll place an ad in the appropriate forum.
