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A member of my gun club saw this pre 27 and has been bugging me to death to sell it to him. His initial offer was $1,000 and over a period of a couple of months is up to $1,500 in small increments. Give a good/very good condition, the non relieved stocks, the unusual shipping destination and a history of the original owner would an asking price of something over $2,000 be unreasonable?IMG_4863[1].webpIMG_4864[1].webp
 
Chief..
I’m sorry if my reply is not helpful….but if I owned that gun I would not be selling it.

As to the asking price…I personally feel not a penny less than the $2k. Maybe $2400.

But im not one of the savvy buyer/ seller types. Others will advise better.
 
That is a $1500 gun, if I'm buying it. But, more like $2500 if I'm selling it. I'm a little surprised it has smooth targets rather than non-relieved diamonds as I think the smooth ones usually went to engraved/presentation guns.
 
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I would say $1,600-1,800 in that condition - target grips are most likely not original, should be magna stocks in this vintage, but it may have been some special configuration. Valuable grips for sure! Hard to assess the condition from this pic, I am assuming 90%...
 
Retired W4 said:
I can't read the last digit of the date on the invoice. NRT's might be appropriate, but as 22hipower mentioned...Smooth?
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This one is from 1953 and I'm pretty sure the stocks are original to it as it had been in the original owner's family since it was bought new. It shipped without the scratches of course.

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In an auction I would say $1500 - $1700 because of the non-relieved presentation grips. Pre-27's in 6" are the most common and they come up for sale all the time. I have won very nice examples for $1000 - $1100 with standard targets.
 
CKPOMEH said:
I would say $1,600-1,800 in that condition - target grips are most likely not original, should be magna stocks in this vintage, but it may have been some special configuration. Valuable grips for sure! Hard to assess the condition from this pic, I am assuming 90%...
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The invoice states it shipped with target stocks.
 
chiefdave said:
A member of my gun club saw this pre 27 and has been bugging me to death to sell it to him. His initial offer was $1,000 …. over $2,000 be unreasonable?
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I am guessing he wants to flip it.

I was approached to sell a mint 27 for $1000 and I did. A week later a friend was saying I had to see his beautiful 27. That was my revolver and he said he bought it for $2000.

BTW I haven’t spoken to my former cop partner since then.
 
chiefdave said:
A member of my gun club saw this pre 27 and has been bugging me to death to sell it to him. His initial offer was $1,000 and over a period of a couple of months is up to $1,500 in small increments. Give a good/very good condition, the non relieved stocks, the unusual shipping destination and a history of the original owner would an asking price of something over $2,000 be unreasonable?View attachment 877711View attachment 877713
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Not a lot of 6" barreled pre-27s shipped with Baughman front sights, proud pins and are currently wearing a set of smooth Rosewood presentation target stocks that may have shipped with it when it shipped to West Point. I could see it selling for over $2K to a savvy buyer. However, nice guns with nice features routinely sell for less. I recently purchased this 27 no dash (shipped Nov 1960) at auction and got it home for under $1.1K all in. I purchased it for the non-relieved presentation stocks. When purchased, I thought it had a 6" barrel. Focused on the grips, I did not really pay much attention to the barrel length, but when I got it home, I realized that it was a less common 6.5" gun.



The grips now reside on a factory engraved 8 3/8" barreled 1950s 357 magnum.
 
For those looking to get an overall sense of the gun’s condition, I posted a thread asking about it when it was on GB with pictures.

TF82

Post in thread 'Question about Smooth Ejector Rod and Odd Cylinder Turn Line'

wheelgun610 said:
Aside from the ejector rod, the gun looks like a pretty decent '53-'54 vintage .357 to me. I'd have to wonder if maybe the knurling was removed from the ejector rod because someone had used pliers on it previously and buggered up the knurling. We may never know why it ended up that way. I might consider the gun if there was a return option...
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No return option. There’s a good amount of finish wear on the other side of the frame and the bottom of the trigger guard and back of the grip.

I should probably close that window and run in the other direction, but for some reason these...
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I know they say buy the gun, not the story, but if you google the name of who it shipped to, it’s first owner was a very interesting guy. In my mind, that would have added a lot of value.
 
TF82 said:
For those looking to get an overall sense of the gun’s condition, I posted a thread asking about it when it was on GB with pictures.

TF82

Post in thread 'Question about Smooth Ejector Rod and Odd Cylinder Turn Line'

wheelgun610 said:
Aside from the ejector rod, the gun looks like a pretty decent '53-'54 vintage .357 to me. I'd have to wonder if maybe the knurling was removed from the ejector rod because someone had used pliers on it previously and buggered up the knurling. We may never know why it ended up that way. I might consider the gun if there was a return option...
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No return option. There’s a good amount of finish wear on the other side of the frame and the bottom of the trigger guard and back of the grip.

I should probably close that window and run in the other direction, but for some reason these...
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I know they say buy the gun, not the story, but if you google the name of who it shipped to, it’s first owner was a very interesting guy. In my mind, that would have added a lot of value.
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https://www.west-point.org/class/usma1954/Grip_Hands/memorials/20050jge.htm
 
I think selling a West Point gun to a West Point grad is the way to go. It has a balance to it and would make the world more balanced in its axis.
 
Question is.. if you wanted to replace it, would you beable to?
How much would it cost? Would it be a West Point shipment? How long would it take to find another?
 
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