627-0 Shoot or Safe Queen???

[UDR2]

Here's the flaw in your logic. - snip - and this is a huge but, I didn't get enough extra money to make up for inflation....

Give that thinking man a fine cigar! He nailed it. If you are thinking of investment value, there are much better investments than buying new guns, or paying 2X the original price for a "like new" post-1980 gun.

There is a definite fun component to collecting guns - as I am newly discovering myself. But IMHO, new, or quasi-new guns should be enjoyed by using them and taking special care of them.

Now, if you should stumble upon a fine Hand Ejector in excellent condition, and especially if you can get it at a good price, that's a different story.

 

[Avery11]

Shoot it. And then tell me how great it was because I haven't shot mine since I bought it on the forum a year ago.

I go through the same thing you are, everytime I buy a gun.

Heck, I have a hard time de-flowering a squirt gun!

I think it's that same feeling we had as kids when we saw that pristine birthday cake and wanted so badly to get a taste without ruining the beauty.

The "have your cake and eat it too" line is over used for a reason - it's the truth.

I think the first shot will be tough but the next few thousand will be fun.

BTW, mine came with the combats and I'm lucky in that they are perfect in my hand.

 

[andyo5]

I just bought a 617-2 at a premium price, and I plan to shoot it. I'd advise you to do the same.

 

[charlie sherrill]

I found one in a pawn shop 7-8 years ago for $500 OTD. I thought it a little high at the time but not anymore. No box or docs but it did have the combat grips. They don't fit my hand so I stored them in a soft cloth wrap and put some rubbers on the 627. I've fired over 1,000 rounds through mine and occasionally carry it 4-wheeling or hiking. As said before, the stainless cleans up well. I saw a set of grips sell for $200.00 a couple of years ago. The gun is not rare but I would consider it scarce as only around 5,000 give or take a few were made. It rides well in most 6" N frame holsters.

 

[cornfed83]

Charlie if you feel the urge to clean out your safe and find a new home for those grips I'd be happy to oblige you if the price were right. From what I've read approximately 5,400 of the -0 were made, so no it is not overly rare but it has been quite some time since I've found one at a price that I've considered reasonable. I've never heard a bad thing about how they shoot and I've even read that some consider it to be the "quintessential" range gun. As it is LNIB with original box and papers I keep thinking that I should keep it that way, but me being me, I'm sure that I will shoot the heck out of it, maybe crown the bbl. and maybe even pick up an extra cylinder and cut it for .357 Max just for gits and shiggles.

 

[jspick]

Don't shoot it! It is a very limited distributor ordered gun. I think about 3000 made. You got a excellent price on it and you will be able to make a nice profit in a few short years. we are headed towards a time of inflation. You make see that particular gun double in value in a very short time.

I had a 627-0 and shot it some. They are nothing special in my book in the shooting dept. Shoot the others. I went through the inflation after Jimmy Carter was pres. I wish I had done thing differently then.

They are a very fine gun and beginning to be collectable now and you have a unfired version that "collectors" will pay a Premium for in the very short future.

John

 

[Naples22]

Shoot it, its a gun, enjoy it. Would you buy a screwdriver and not use it because it's new?

 

[gumpys]

Don't shoot it! It is a very limited distributor ordered gun. I think about 3000 made. You got a excellent price on it and you will be able to make a nice profit in a few short years. we are headed towards a time of inflation. You make see that particular gun double in value in a very short time.

I had a 627-0 and shot it some. They are nothing special in my book in the shooting dept. Shoot the others. I went through the inflation after Jimmy Carter was pres. I wish I had done thing differently then.

They are a very fine gun and beginning to be collectable now and you have a unfired version that "collectors" will pay a Premium for in the very short future.

John

There was at least 5,000 627-0's made not 3,000 and there is no way that gun will double in value soon, maybe in 20 years yes. It is also far from being anything close to a collector's gun.
Eric

 

[jspick]

Again Eric, we will have to agree to disgree. 3000 is the number. They are desirable. They are beginning to be collectable. Figure it out!

John

 

[gumpys]

Again Eric, we will have to agree to disgree. 3000 is the number. They are desirable. They are beginning to be collectable. Figure it out!

John

Well I guess the standard catalog of Smith and Wesson is wrong then, because it cleary states there were 4998 627-0 models produced . You are telling me this book's info is wrong????
Eric

 

[Nick B]

Again Eric, we will have to agree to disgree. 3000 is the number. They are desirable. They are beginning to be collectable. Figure it out!

John

So if in 5 or 10 years he doubles his money to $1600.00 . Big deal . You can't even buy a decent used car for that . And in the mean time while he's waiting to maybe make a whopping 800 bucks he has a 3 1/2 lb paper weight .
Some of you guys need to just get out and shoot your paper weights while you're still breathing .

 

[C Broad Arrow]

Might as well shoot it. It will only get sold to in your estate sale at some point and that is of no benefit to you!

 

[oliveview]

It's always worth noting, that everyone enjoys the sport of shooting and gun-collecting, differently. Personally, I very much appreciate having BOTH shooters and safe queens. Whenever possible, I buy two of what I like. Shoot one & keep one. It's not relevant whether the unfired one accrues in value. It's simply nice to know that you have a pristine version to look at, keep to sell, or hand-off to the kids some day.

Also, and it's well worth stressing this point, you never know what's around the corner. I always contemplated buying a Python years ago, then guess what? Colt stops making 'em. Look at the absolute preponderance of interest in pre-lock S&W Revolvers. In hindsight, I sure wish I had bought more brand new Smith's years ago, before they become hard to get second hand, now.

 

[jspick]

It's always worth noting, that everyone enjoys the sport of shooting and gun-collecting, differently. Personally, I very much appreciate having BOTH shooters and safe queens. Whenever possible, I buy two of what I like. Shoot one & keep one. It's not relevant whether the unfired one accrues in value. It's simply nice to know that you have a pristine version to look at, keep to sell, or hand-off to the kids some day.

Also, and it's well worth stressing this point, you never know what's around the corner. I always contemplated buying a Python years ago, then guess what? Colt stops making 'em. Look at the absolute preponderance of interest in pre-lock S&W Revolvers. In hindsight, I sure wish I had bought more brand new Smith's years ago, before they become hard to get second hand, now.

I am not a collector. I am a shooter. But I also know the Value of an unfired gun. Guns are not for just blasting away a boat load of ammo with. Nothing wrong with that. But as said there are other things that guns can and are used for.

John

 

[gumpys]

I am not a collector. I am a shooter. But I also know the Value of an unfired gun. Guns are not for just blasting away a boat load of ammo with. Nothing wrong with that. But as said there are other things that guns can and are used for.

John

Yea sitting on a shelf or in a safe just getting fondled and owners wondering huh wonder how it shoots. I will never know because I just let them sit there and look at them and hope it turns into a good investment. You want a good investment firearm, buy a 40,000 colt that only 2 in the world known to exist from 1890 or etc, not a 700 gun that maybe in 20 years will be worth a whopping 2000, big deal. Collectors of post 1970 firearms are a disgrace. They prevent someone else by getting a gun that another shooter would love to have so he could shoot and enjoy the gun instead of someone just letting it collect dust and looking at it occasionally.
Eric

 

[ken158]

As said in many ways... guns are not good investments. They wont pay off the house, buy a new car or send the kid to college. Put the same amount of cash in the bank for the same amount of years you would leave the safe queen hidden away and then compare the values. There are just too many guns made even in a short run to demand the prices collectors dream about. If those dream values were there, the manufacturer would be making the lion's share. After all, why would they sell something worth a grand for less than half price?

 

[jspick]

Yea sitting on a shelf or in a safe just getting fondled and owners wondering huh wonder how it shoots. I will never know because I just let them sit there and look at them and hope it turns into a good investment. You want a good investment firearm, buy a 40,000 colt that only 2 in the world known to exist from 1890 or etc, not a 700 gun that maybe in 20 years will be worth a whopping 2000, big deal. Collectors of post 1970 firearms are a disgrace. They prevent someone else by getting a gun that another shooter would love to have so he could shoot and enjoy the gun instead of someone just letting it collect dust and looking at it occasionally.
Eric

Gee I don't know why you are so negative gumpys. Try and lighten up a little and enjoy life. Just because I don't agree with you doesn't mean you have to jump on my back.
The OP wanted opinions. I gave mine and you gave yours. I am not wrong just because you don't agree with me. But your negativity is just unecessary to this forum and thread.

I have seen what I have done by shooting a NIB gun that if I had not shot it I would have gotten more out of it when I resold it.

I have never felt that I needed to shoot each gun just because I have it. NOR have I felt I wanted to own a gun just to look at it in the safe every once in a while. To each his own.

John

 

[jspick]

As said in many ways... guns are not good investments. They wont pay off the house, buy a new car or send the kid to college. Put the same amount of cash in the bank for the same amount of years you would leave the safe queen hidden away and then compare the values. There are just too many guns made even in a short run to demand the prices collectors dream about. If those dream values were there, the manufacturer would be making the lion's share. After all, why would they sell something worth a grand for less than half price?

Really? And how much are you getting on your saving account? LOL

John