PRICE TAG STILL IN BOX!

[wwingsong]

FUN FIND BURIED IN THE BROWN PAPER WAS THE PRICE TAG WITH GUNSHOPS NOTE, PRICES HAVE GONE UP A BIT

 

[chud333]

Finest handgun made !!!

Some shop owner was sure proud of it !!

Looks nice. That is a right good looking snub.

Check under top strap right above forcing cone
to make sure the frame wasn't cracked due to over torquing
the barrel. I almost bought a model 12 with a slightly longer
barrel, but upon inspection found the frame was indeed cracked.
Thanks to the members here who told me what to look for.


Chuck

 

[gman51]

I bought an S&W M&P 15-22 from LGS on consignment. It also had the original receipt from when the original buyer bought it new a year earlier from the same LGS I bought it from on consignment. I saved a bunch on it.
Looking at gun prices from 30 years ago just shows how little the dollar value is today. Wouldn't that be awesome to buy a new S&W revolver for under $100?

 

[SDH]

Your photo is sideways…

 

[Hondo44]

Yeah, I bet you paid a lot more than that, it's a mid50s price.

I wonder what the tag means by "First handgun made"?

 

[wwingsong]

hi, pretty sure it says Finest handgun , not first handgun

 

[Waveski]

The shopkeeper had very nice handwriting. They don't teach that anymore.

Great find , box , tag and all. Looks like a museum display.

 

[Dillyp]

it must have been an advertising campaign. Ive seen old shop tags for m12's before that had that wrote on it.

 

[firemanhank]

Great looking gun.

 

[Jack Flash]

Tag says ".38 S&W" ?

It's not that gun prices have gone up so much, just that the dollar has gone down. When that M12 was made, what did a barrel of oil cost?

Looks like its loaded and ready to go!

 

[glowe]

Beautiful Snubbie. How about a guess that it was a re-seller's or collector's tag and not an original shop-keeper, since all the information you need to know was on the box? I say this because the price of that revolver may have been around $65 in the 1950s. The 1950s Masterpiece line was $70 in the 50s . . . or maybe the original shop owner inflated the price to increase profits? What are those stocks made of? I would guess ivory, but have never seen ivory that white?

I should have prefaced my guesses by stating that I was making the assumption that the gun was a no-dash from the 1950s??

 

[Hondo44]

hi, pretty sure it says Finest handgun , not first handgun

Your right, thx!