k22 (17-2) Price check - after the fact.

[pmhayden]

I found a 17-2 in my local pawn shop. It was filthy, had a little bit of minor rust, and looked like it had never been cleaned. It was listed at $399. I talked them into $325 cash OTD. The only problem is that the rear sight blade is bent - looks like it was dropped on the rear sight. I can fix that - my local smith has NOS. The rust came off with grease and light rubbing with 0000 steel wool and a brass brush, with bluing underneath. No permanent damage there.

No, it is not a pristine NIB pistol. But I have been looking for a K22 for a while, and I think this is as good as I am going to get without spending more than I have right now. No camera at the moment. Later. And it is for shooting, not a safe queen. I will sell something else to make up the money.

What are decent K22s (shooter grade) going for? I feel this was a good deal. I have not seen a K22 in my local shop for some time. But not sure what price.

 

[pred]

You did well with the 325 OTD price,
I would expect that any K22 would fetch 400 in shootable condition.
Now go shoot the thing!!!!
Peter

 

[pmhayden]

Thanks for the price estimate. It is mechanically fine. Timing is good. The rear sight will be replaced this weekend. (Did I tell you about the $250 27-2 5" at the pawn shop a few years ago? Or the $295 686?) Pawn shop guns always have some abuse or neglect, but we have a duty to give them a good home. I guess it all evens out.

 

[bamabiker]

You did well on that price. Why is it that when someone drops a gun it hits on the rear sight? Maybe it's a good thing since they can be replaced.

 

[gilroy]

As you said, you did about as good as it gets for a K22 in shooting condition. Nice to have a woods gun that if it gets dropped again, it is not a heart stopping event. Get a brick of 22s and have some fun!

 

[okie john]

Shooter-grade K-22's go for around $500 around here. You did well.


Okie John

 

[fyimo]

Shooter-grade K-22's go for around $500 around here. You did well.


Okie John

+1 on what he said as I'm one state over and you wouldn't get one that cheap around here.

 

[LEO918]

Saw one about a week ago as described at $475. Went back the next day and it was gone.

 

[ladder13]

(Did I tell you about the $250 27-2 5" at the pawn shop a few years ago? Or the $295 686?)

No, but I sure your PM box is bustin' open.

 

[redlevel]

I found a 17-2 in my local pawn shop. It was filthy, had a little bit of minor rust, and looked like it had never been cleaned. It was listed at $399. I talked them into $325 cash OTD. The only problem is that the rear sight blade is bent - looks like it was dropped on the rear sight. I can fix that - my local smith has NOS. The rust came off with grease and light rubbing with 0000 steel wool and a brass brush, with bluing underneath. No permanent damage there.

No, it is not a pristine NIB pistol. But I have been looking for a K22 for a while, and I think this is as good as I am going to get without spending more than I have right now. No camera at the moment. Later. And it is for shooting, not a safe queen. I will sell something else to make up the money.

What are decent K22s (shooter grade) going for? I feel this was a good deal. I have not seen a K22 in my local shop for some time. But not sure what price.

By way of comparison, I bought this pre-17 4-digit serial # gun for $350 otd a year and a half ago. It was freckled pretty badly, but is good to go otherwise, including a beautiful set of diamond magnas. I work on it with 0000 steel wool, very lightly, every month or so, and it looks much better than it did when I made the pictures. I leave it heavily oiled between cleaning sessions, hoping to break some of the rust particles free. It is a wonderful old shooter.

 

[pmhayden]

No, but I sure your PM box is bustin' open.

It is probably bad taste to talk about money into a hobby. Sorry. But almost all of my firearms are second hand. I got rid of the safe queens, shoot everything, and plan to give most of them away to family - the M17 will go to a niece. I love finding lost treasures in pawn shops, and fixing them up. Living in a small town that was very hard hit by the last three years' recession, a lot of people have been forced to sell or pawn firearms, and other family valuables. I feel for them. But the pawn shop priced the M27 the same as the M13. What the he77 was I supposed to do? ;-) And they priced the M17 for less than the Glocks. After all, it was only a revolver. But I have no idea what pawn shops in big cities are like. Maybe there are just more guns in rural areas. There is a lot of substance hunting around here. Anyway, I will give a range report and pictures after the weekend. It is a nice pistol.