25-5 4” blue..,

[SGT ROCK 11B]

Here’s my 4” 25-5 that I bought brand new in 1988. The roll mark on the barrel looks pretty much like the one in the original post. BTW, I paid a little over three bills for it back then. So, I think it was a good investment and NO, it’s not for sale.
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I recall MSRP was $282 or something similar. I had four, two nickle four inchers, a blue six inch and a blue 8 3/8 inch.

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

It wasn’t an auction. This was Cabela’s and it was a fixed price.. if they bought it for less than that.. then that’s the price I want to get it for!!!

To sell at $1000 they bought it for $300 to $500. It was likely inherited and the seller got cash.

Some people don’t realize firearms appreciate in value. They think like cars the value goes down when you take it home.

 

[shil]

Beautiful guns, but, to this dinosaur, .45 Colt belongs in a single-action or a Colt 1909.

 

[Model29-26.5]

To sell at $1000 they bought it for $300 to $500. It was likely inherited and the seller got cash.

Some people don’t realize firearms appreciate in value. They think like cars the value goes down when you take it home.

I need to meet some of those folks.
I have a friend who picked up a really nice 29-2 8” recently for $400 because nobody else wanted it, the seller knew.
They probably had no idea about gun broker and didn’t wanna take it to a local shop. This was also California.

 

[robertrwalsh]

I payed right around $1k for a blue 4" about four years back and was happy to get one for that price. One of the few guns I have ever bought at a gun show.

 

[SGT ROCK 11B]

I need to meet some of those folks.
I have a friend who picked up a really nice 29-2 8” recently for $400 because nobody else wanted it, the seller knew.
They probably had no idea about gun broker and didn’t wanna take it to a local shop. This was also California.

In Idaho the local newspaper classified section has Guns For Sale. You can get a great deal especially if you are the first to call.

Most people who want to sell and run a ad will be reasonable.

 

[seasoldier85]

This one was my cousin's duty gun. He was a Chicago cop "back back in the day". Notice the conspicuously placed book. Frank Goff relates a story in one of the chapters about a shoot out him and my cousin were in where cuz took care of business with with his 25-5. Chicago PD 1-Bad Guys 0