And I thought S&W prices were getting nutty!
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Well, how 'bout that! I think I paid that much for the last car I bought! Nice revolver! Think we'll get a range report?
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That's a spicy meatball...
In my state that equates to having to write a check for $32,785 to bring that one home.
Hammer price...
State/local taxes...
GunBroker's stick-it-to-ya 'compliance fee'.
Bam!
And, it's a COLT, ha.
bdGreen
In my state that equates to having to write a check for $32,785 to bring that one home.
Hammer price...
State/local taxes...
GunBroker's stick-it-to-ya 'compliance fee'.
Bam!
And, it's a COLT, ha.
bdGreen
hkcavalier
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More power to them. I refuse to pay a huge premium for what is essentially an unloved inferior version of the "real thing" simply so I can complete a set.
Mustang fans don't run out and buy a Mustang II four banger just to have one of each. They buy the good ones.
Mustang fans don't run out and buy a Mustang II four banger just to have one of each. They buy the good ones.
Ouch! That is really really up there
Man, I love Colt revolvers, but I've never understood the big deal with the Boa. I understand that there wasn't many made, but it's really not that great of a gun. Essentially, it's a King Cobra with a vent rib, and nice polish job.
The MK5 is a good revolver, but it (starting with the MKIII) was Colt's step down from the hand fit, beautiful action of the E/I frames with the leaf mainspring. Those guns are a work of art. The MK5 series was a good, work horse of a gun. The Boa was just a dressed up Chevy Impala. Not like an early Python, or even a later classic Python. Heck, from just a 'gun' standpoint, I'd much, much rather have a Colt 3-5-7, or original Trooper, than a Boa.
I suppose scarcity always commands value in the market, and condition is king. I just never saw that gun as something to be desired to begin with.
As we all know, there are people that have so much money that $30k+ is a drop in the bucket. Heck, if I was loaded with that kind of wealth, I'd probably grab one as an investment... But I'm not, so I'm resigned to sitting back and shaking my head in disbelief that someone would spend that much on that kind of gun.
The MK5 is a good revolver, but it (starting with the MKIII) was Colt's step down from the hand fit, beautiful action of the E/I frames with the leaf mainspring. Those guns are a work of art. The MK5 series was a good, work horse of a gun. The Boa was just a dressed up Chevy Impala. Not like an early Python, or even a later classic Python. Heck, from just a 'gun' standpoint, I'd much, much rather have a Colt 3-5-7, or original Trooper, than a Boa.
I suppose scarcity always commands value in the market, and condition is king. I just never saw that gun as something to be desired to begin with.
As we all know, there are people that have so much money that $30k+ is a drop in the bucket. Heck, if I was loaded with that kind of wealth, I'd probably grab one as an investment... But I'm not, so I'm resigned to sitting back and shaking my head in disbelief that someone would spend that much on that kind of gun.
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Some people have evidently lost their minds spending that much on a handgun that probably will never be fired. "More money than sense" comes to mind on that one. But, to each his own. That $30,000+ is probably like a $5.00 bill to them. If I were filthy rich and bored, I would more than likely to the same thing.
That's plain nuts. Those guns were very unpopular when a new Python was $500. And in the mid '80's no revolver was really popular as the "wonder 9" revolution was just getting started. I had trouble "flipping" (withan 01 FFL it's all good) $100-$150 revolvers for $200-$250. I'm talking S&W and Ruger, no junk. Joe
When I first looked at the link I thought it was $300. Then I looked again more closely my jaw hit the floor. 
Can not wrap my head around it and don't understand it.
I bet the seller was quite happy though.
Can not wrap my head around it and don't understand it.
I bet the seller was quite happy though.
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outta_ammo
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Yeah, I watched that one go by. A while back I saw one go for $31,898.
For a little perspective, Rock Island Auctions sales were $121M this year. A record for them. Serious collectors aren't squeamish about dropping serious coin when provoked by the gun they didn't have, and there were only 1,200 of them made.
For a little perspective, Rock Island Auctions sales were $121M this year. A record for them. Serious collectors aren't squeamish about dropping serious coin when provoked by the gun they didn't have, and there were only 1,200 of them made.
Rammer Jammer
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For that price you could get multiple Manurhin or Korth revolvers that are far superior to anything Colt has ever made.
sparkyvega
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...and a quarter.
sigp220.45
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My sister married a wealthy oil field guy and routinely put $30K a month on her Discover card. If her hubby wanted this gun he would have put in a $100K bid and forgot about it til notified.
I have to plan ahead for a $350 gun. Some things are for me. Some things ain't.
I like looking for a good deal, and I think if I had unlimited funds the fun would go out of the hunt. No point in thinking otherwise.
I have to plan ahead for a $350 gun. Some things are for me. Some things ain't.
I like looking for a good deal, and I think if I had unlimited funds the fun would go out of the hunt. No point in thinking otherwise.
Been awhile, but I paid that for a house and a 1/3 of an acre!
My first house was a little over half that with 1/2 acre, May 16, 1984! I think if I had that kinda money it would take the fun out of hunting for and bagging a gun!
Like one of those African safari hunters from the old Tarzan movies with the British accent and the curly pipe and the tan mailman safari helmets, with Mojambi and 15 of his buddies carrying Professor Bluckmeister's rifles and camping supplies and machetes to cut a path for Doc's walkway through the jungle's thick undergrowth as they search for the elusive 4-tusked yellow-legged elephant.
Um, yeah, that's it.
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I have guided bird hunters who were dragging $80,000.00 double guns around chasing quail.
It is all a matter of perspective.
I cannot even see the top of the mountain people like that view the world from.
I don't envy them. Some how some way somebody made the money that makes those kind of purchases possible.
It is all a matter of perspective.
I cannot even see the top of the mountain people like that view the world from.
I don't envy them. Some how some way somebody made the money that makes those kind of purchases possible.
CLASSIC12
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There's a gun shop here in Switzerland that brings his pair to the local gun show. No price tag, but two years ago he whispered « in the region of $ 50'000 » in my ear.
