I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE, BUT I DID

[robertrwalsh]

So I was down at my favorite LGS/Range today and saw a new entry in the used-consignment case. Turned out to be a 10-7 with a heavy 2" barrel and a target hammer. RB. Maybe semi-target trigger, not sure. Slight turn ring. Slight muzzle wear on bluing. One idiot mark on the right side of the frame. Grips are wood and look PRISTINE. Timing is perfect on all six bores both SA and DA. Lock-up to tight and yoke fit is tight. So I bought it. Maybe a tad high ($700 plus administrative BS and tax) but not ridiculous and now I have a back-up to my 1949 M+P 2". The blue (except for idiot mark) is perfect. Looks like it was carried a little bit maybe. What the hell, it's only money. After all, money can't buy happiness but it can buy guns, and guns make me happy, so.......

 

[Bald1]

2” K frames are awesome. That might be a bit high but like you said it’s only money. I stopped by Five Guys Hamburgers Saturday night and brought home 5 burgers and 2 small fries. $64!!!!!!!! So if you paid to much it’s the equivalent of a greasy take out out meal.

 

[sophie]

Like the old saying goes….pictures would help.

 

[robertrwalsh]

Pictures will have to wait until it gets past the 30-day hold (about half over) and then the 10-day CA detention. They will, I promise, follow ASAP.

 

[Indynick]

I know what an idiot mark is on a 1911, but what is one on a revolver?

 

[RobertJ.]

Even if the price is a tad high, if you wanted it bad enough, then you didn't pay too much.

And we will require photos!

 

[jeffrefrig]

I know what an idiot mark is on a 1911, but what is one on a revolver?

Probably means I owned it at one time! It probably means a slip-up with a screwdriver or something. He'll answer with pics hopefully after probation officer signs him off ARD and he has a clear background again and a new gun!

 

[AC Man]

So I was down at my favorite LGS/Range today and saw a new entry in the used-consignment case. Turned out to be a 10-7 with a heavy 2" barrel and a target hammer. RB. Maybe semi-target trigger, not sure. Slight turn ring. Slight muzzle wear on bluing. One idiot mark on the right side of the frame. Grips are wood and look PRISTINE. Timing is perfect on all six bores both SA and DA. Lock-up to tight and yoke fit is tight. So I bought it. Maybe a tad high ($700 plus administrative BS and tax) but not ridiculous and now I have a back-up to my 1949 M+P 2". The blue (except for idiot mark) is perfect. Looks like it was carried a little bit maybe. What the hell, it's only money. After all, money can't buy happiness but it can buy guns, and guns make me happy, so.......

Like my gun shop owner said, every time he buys a gun that is on the high said his friends all said you paid too much, but when he sells it a bit later he always made money. Guns are better than gold. They do not go down in price. At least not the older ones.

 

[robertrwalsh]

In this case the idiot mark was a noticeable scratch with no obvious reason for it being there. Like maybe somebody sat the gun down on something with a screw sticking out and then drug it an inch or so across it.

 

[local_dirt]

Very decent self-defense gun for your lady to have on her nightstand. Stoke it with some 158 gr FNSWC's and sleep like a baby. Congrats.

 

[robertrwalsh]

She keeps an ultralight .357 L-frame 7 shot on the night stand. HST 130 grains in it. 386PD, worked over by the custom shop. SWEET.

 

[JohnRippert]

She keeps an ultralight .357 L-frame 7 shot on the night stand. HST 130 grains in it. 386PD, worked over by the custom shop. SWEET.

I like her already. (two thumbs up)

 

[Bald1]

Like my gun shop owner said, every time he buys a gun that is on the high said his friends all said you paid too much, but when he sells it a bit later he always made money. Guns are better than gold. They do not go down in price. At least not the older ones.

GUNS BETTER THAN GOLD……uh oh. Hear comes the debate

 

[MajorD]

Probably not a bad price considering you are in communist territory. Guns ( like everything else) are more expensive in California, especially with all the roster bs.
Typically a gun will cost 20% or so more in California than America, so you didn’t do too bad.

 

[yugolovr]

I hope you enjoy it. I know I enjoy mine.