Model 645 Value???

[nocents]

I got it for $750 .... feel like I paid too much but it's a beautiful weapon that my son will one day own. On the other hand I feel if I want to enjoy a 645, I need to purchase a worn or used one to shoot, instead ot ruining my newly purchased (Safe Queen). I've been watching lightly used ones go in the 700's so I don't feel I got completely got hosed, but I didn't steal it !!

I really appreciate all the feedback from everyone and I'm looking forward to being a member!!

Think I might look for a LE trade in, or a worn 645 in the high 300 range to make my shooter!!

congratulations......but instead of leaving a 645 to your son....if he is old enough...take him shooting with that 645 now and it will mean a whole lot more to him later on

 

[Denver Dick]

I got it for $750 .... feel like I paid too much but it's a beautiful weapon that my son will one day own. On the other hand I feel if I want to enjoy a 645, I need to purchase a worn or used one to shoot, instead ot ruining my newly purchased (Safe Queen). I've been watching lightly used ones go in the 700's so I don't feel I got completely got hosed, but I didn't steal it !!

I really appreciate all the feedback from everyone and I'm looking forward to being a member!!

Think I might look for a LE trade in, or a worn 645 in the high 300 range to make my shooter!!

Here's the deal from my perspective. With only a couple of exceptions, I purchase my 2nd and 3rd Gen pistols in 99% or better. I found my 645 LNIB in around June 2009 at a local gun shop. The pistol was in 99%+ condition, the box included everything: paperwork, the original magazines (the spare w/rubber on metal butt plate was wrapped in S&W paper) and cleaning tools in original baggie. I paid something around $650 or $675. I know that if I found the same pistol at the same gun shop today it would be at least $800.

I shoot mine and enjoy it. That's the way it should be. Just take care of it, keep it well lubricated, and shoot only one or two hundred rounds a year, it will remain like new. ENJOY!

 

[tdavis0902]

Thanks and good point. What's the point of having a gun that just sits in a safe. Think I'll take that advice!

Nice looking weapon !

 

[t-bird]

Shoot your new 645 tdavis and enjoy a great 45 that will hold up after many years of use and still be like new. Would love to see some pics of your new toy.

 

[tdavis0902]

Thanks for everyones input !!! It's at my FFL and once I receive it I will post pics. Looking forward to owning a nice 645 and shooting it. !

 

[zx9rt1]

I'm glad to see you picked it up. I seen one local in my area that had a $450 price tag on it. No box or papers.

 

[redrock]

This thread got me curious so I looked at closed auctions for 645s. There were quite a number of really clean ones that traded hands for somewhere in the $450-550 range. Some went a bit cheaper and some a little higher, but I think if someone is patient you can buy in that price range. We like these guns, but a whole lot of people see them as being nearly as big as a Desert Eagle. Still no shortage of them out there and they are still one heck of a nice 45. No sense in paying more than you have to own one.

I really need to stay off GB!

<typing with one hand while holding on to my wallet with the other!>

 

[ShelbyV8]

I traded 70 series Gold Cup for mine in the late 80's and never looked back. I could shoot it more accurately on the combat course. It was much safer for duty carry. It would feed empty cases all day long. If I felt I needed a gun I could count on, the 1911 would stay in the safe and a 2nd or 3rd gen would be in my hand.

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[JazzCatGab]

So, it has been a few years since this string, and I'm wondering what I should be able to get for a lightly used, 645 in original box with Bianchi high-rise and clip holster? I bought it used from a friend in 1993, sent it back to S&W and they replaced the barrel and bushing for free, sighted it, and returned it with two new clips.

 

[Sevens]

Put it on Gunbroker with no reserve and you will find out. Seriously doubt it goes to $795 like the one in the original post in this thread, but it is possible.

 

[KSDeputy]

We traded in our S&W .357 revolver for the model 645. It was a great pistol. In fact I bought mine when we upgraded to the model 4506, shortly before my retirement. When I retired, they gave me the model 4506, with only 50 rounds through it. I later sold the model 645 to a bank security officer. He was a friend and I wanted to be sure he was well armed in case of trouble. My model 4506 was cleaned and has a home in my safe, it seems content there. I will leave it to my younger brother when I pass. They are both fine pistols.

 

[JazzCatGab]

Put it on Gunbroker with no reserve and you will find out. Seriously doubt it goes to $795 like the one in the original post in this thread, but it is possible.

Thanks Sevens, not sure I could do that, but you are right, I'd find out! It is a joy to shoot, however, and I'm just curious.

 

[Denver Dick]

All I know is that from early 2007 to mid 2009 I went on a S&W Auto buying craze. I was looking everywhere in Southern California, from Ventura County down to north San Diego County (4 counties total). I was checking consignment websites of various gun shops. With rare exceptions, I going for 99% or better examples. During all that time I saw only ONE (1) Model 645 for sale, it was LNIB (heck it may have been unfired) and I bought it for around $650. If I saw another one today in like condition and didn't have one, I would buy it if it was $850 or less. And, even though I do have one, if I saw it today for less than $750, I would still jump on it. FWIW.

 

[03Fatboy]

I saw a nice one here in CA sell at $750 fairly quickly within a couple days. I guess I was surprised at that though.

 

[SpinyNorman]

Magazines. Two new magazines. Jeez.

 

[Bigkenny]

S&W 645 is a Great Pistol

This was my 1st pistol and I purchased it in 1992. It is celebrating it's 25th birthday with me this year. I have never changed any parts in it. It is 100% factory original as purchased NIB. It has never had a malfunction. I will say that I have not put many thousands of rounds through this pistol but over 25 years I have at least 3,000 through it. This pistol will eat anything you feed it without any problems. Although big and heavy it is a fine pistol that I would take into combat over the Beretta which I own or the new Sig Saur 320 which will become the new military pistol. I have a couple of pics attached so you can see that this pistol has a long life if properly cared for.