As Chad & Jeremy said...
"But that was yesterday and yesterday's gone....
"But that was yesterday and yesterday's gone....
Is a model 10 really a $450 gun now?
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I've told the "Tupperware Gunshow Story" many times. Guy used to bring in a dozen Model 10's on a tie wire loop, $99 each, take your pick. As soon as that dozen were gone he went out and brought another dozen, or 2 if they were moving fast. That was in the early 1980's, .50BMG M2HB's were on the tables @ $2K too. That was then. I bought this 10-11 maybe 15 years ago, has keys for no lock. I don't know if'n I'd let it go for $700 because they ain't making this particular version any more. Joe
Apparently they are worth alot more than I am willing to pay. I have seen them listed for over $600 on some of the trader webpages lately.
I remember them being like $150 police trade-ins about 20 years ago.
Rosewood
I remember them being like $150 police trade-ins about 20 years ago.
Rosewood
To expand on my earlier comment, I recently found a 2 inch 10-5 at a local store. Probably 85% and tight as a drum. They had it at 4 bills and I couldn't get my wallet out fast enough.
A couple weeks later I found a 2 inch Model 15 for 450. It came home with me.....
A couple weeks later I found a 2 inch Model 15 for 450. It came home with me.....
35 cents? That was the price when I got back from SE Asia. When I first started driving, you could buy "Ethyl" (104 octane) for 19 cents.
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When I was teenager in 60s a m10 was around $80, about the same price as a Ruger Blackhawk. A Colt SAA was $159. That was no brainer for a guy who uses revolver to hunt and varmit shoot. Besides more cartridge choice you got adj. sights.
The 1st new m10 I got was unfired trade in. New Game Warden bought 6”
M10, didn’t shoot it and brought back in to trade for 4”. LGS gave me deal of $50 so I bought. I have some kind of mental block that just don’t allow me to consider 10s at $450 up.
The 1st new m10 I got was unfired trade in. New Game Warden bought 6”
M10, didn’t shoot it and brought back in to trade for 4”. LGS gave me deal of $50 so I bought. I have some kind of mental block that just don’t allow me to consider 10s at $450 up.
I bought a finish challenged retired Police Capts gun last August for negotiated $300 out the door which I thought was good. It’s mechanically fine and a great shooter. Having it bead blasted then will have the gunsmith I bought if from re-blue.
$450 for one in very good condition is about the norm now and if I was in the market I would make an offer.
$450 for one in very good condition is about the norm now and if I was in the market I would make an offer.
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IMO the reason prices of 3 and 4” fixed sight revolvers is due to semi-auto handgun bans being passed in anti-2A States like California. Folks still want personal protection so they are buying revolvers instead.
A gunshow I went to last month dealers were wanting $450 - $500 beat up police department S&W Model 64 revolvers.
A gunshow I went to last month dealers were wanting $450 - $500 beat up police department S&W Model 64 revolvers.
Jack Flash
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The Model 10 has been in production for a long time so dash numbers are important (for me at least) when guesstimating value. And then there is always the possibility that the seller just called it a Model 10 when it is a pre-model number revolver, maybe not even a .38 Special M&P!
For me, the lower the dash number, the higher my interest is.
I can't imagine that any 98% M10 isn't worth $450, if you want it. For my part, if it has the ... uh ... "modern features", no thanks.
Absolutely worth $450, and seriously underpriced at that!
ACORN
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I remember bread was a quarter a loaf and milk $1 a gallon.
35 cents? That was the price when I got back from SE Asia. When I first started driving, you could buy "Ethyl" (104 octane) for 19 cents.
I started driving in 1972 so that’s about right……
That was a $450 dollar gun 5 years ago, in that condition.
44Aficianado
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Yes indeed. The days of the $250-$300 Model 10s has unfortunately passed. I still have a few that I paid ~$300 for but my latest was $500 for a 10-6 HB in approximately 98%. But I have a love for K Frame .38s and if presented with the opportunity to but another one tomorrow for the same price I wouldn’t hesitate for a second.
I think that prices in the west are a tad higher than other areas. I just sold, this past weekend at a gun show a 10-6 HB, listed for $625, for $575. It was about 90%. A retired policeman bought it, stated that it was his first issue gun.
heeter3
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To me it's worth it all day every day MajorD.
Browns fan
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Not at the shows in my neck of the woods the price is the price
