I fondled a mod. 520 today!!!! A rousing

[Gripgrabber]

Went to a gshow in Deland,fl today, prices were sky high! I noticed a nice sw with box on a table, asked to pick it up and was druling, it was a nib 4” model 520, wow! It appears unfired with original box, had targets on it. I asked what the damages were! Said he got it for 900 and would take 1000! I couldn’t bring myself to pull the trigger! Buuuut I thought about it.
Are there many 520”s out there?
SEMPER PARATUS

 

[murphydog]

The production number is well known...what was it again?

I think about 3,000? Many are found NIB because they were known to be a unique limited edition. $1000 is not a bad price...

 

[Muley Gil]

"Are there many 520”s out there?"

They built 3000 of them. A number of the Forum members own a few.

 

[Tom_R]

$1000 actually is a good deal for that...

 

[RKmesa]

... I think they make a pretty dashing splash across a collection and one is a must have for an N Frame .357 Mag collector.

I would agree that $1K is a pretty fair price.

 

[Izzydog]

I have one. I've never shot it, and only pull it out every couple of years. I got lucky and only paid $425 in 1997. I bought it before, even knowing what it was.

 

[Florida Guy]

Shoulda offered $950 and bought it.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Only problem is that it was not wearing the correct grips. It came with a set of modified (plain clothes) magnas which are pretty hard to come by as the only N frame they were outfitted on originally were the 520 and the Model 58. You'd probably pay at least $100 for a clean set

 

[jhde69]

I purchased one a couple years ago, paid a little to much, but it is fun to shoot. I take it to the range almost every time I shoot. I'm not into safe queens but each his own.

 

[Snapping Twig]

There was one near me for sale day before yesterday. So close I could use my favorite transfer location and have it be central to both of us. Price was right too!

I just bought a CZ 2075 RAMI, but it's not like I couldn't afford the 520, just seemed wrong to do it the day after I bought something.

Friggin thing played on my mind mightily. Knew I'd probably spend another 30 years before I saw another, but couldn't do it.

Thankfully, somebody bought it up yesterday. Still thinking I should have done it, but glad someone else did.

It's an S&W unicorn.

 

[Shotgunner]

I have one of those, in a box. I had an equal but un-boxed one earlier, and sold it last year. Funny how they seem to turn up in small bunches. Shotgunner

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Love and have owned (and sold) two of them. Don't like having to obsess over them getting dinged or perhaps worse rust. Right now I have what I consider an admirable replacement, a 681 wearing a set of modified magnas and a tyler. To me-this is just perfect for a .357!!! DOn't have to baby it like the 520.
But who knows....someday there might be a convergence between price, availability, cash in pocket and location and I might wind up with yet another