Royal Hong Kong Model 10 value?

[bigmoose]

I stumbled across a Model 10-7 RHKP. High condition for a service revolver, appears to have been shot little. With lanyard ring. AHT prefix serial number. Roll mark on back strap is RHKP with a rack number.

What does the brain trust say a fair purchase price would be? The local gun shop just received it into inventory and has not assigned a price yet.

Thanks much for any input, guys.

Cap

 

[silicosys4]

I won one at auction 5 months ago for $450, one bid auction. There doesn't seem to be much collectors interest at this time. There were thousands returned to S&W for resale, with many still in LNiB condition.





I was able to find a factory box for mine, though for a different gun.
Still had the original receipt for $225 in the box.

 

[Bald1]

I bought one of the NIB revolvers a few months ago for under $400 shipped to my door on GB. But I’ve seen them sell for $600-$650.

 

[444 Magnum]

Condition is everything. No significant premium for RHKP markings. I sold one that was my fathers through an auction. Condition was only fair. I would have felt better giving it away.

 

[Frailer]

The last one of these I saw on a gun show table was priced at around $600, if memory serves.

If I come across a good one priced in the $400-500 range I might pick it up. I need another Model 10 like a hole in the head, but I think lanyard rings are cool.

 

[bigmoose]

Guys, thanks much for the perspective. My nephew is contemplating purchasing it, depending on price.

 

[bobsguns]

I recall when these hit the US many years ago. Maybe even back in the Shotgun News days?

I seem to recall they were priced a bit more than a standard Model 10, maybe $50-75 higher? I might be mis-remembering the price difference as this was many years ago.

I almost bought one just because of the Hong Kong connection.

Seems like they were all skinny bbl models?

 

[Truckman]

The only one I've owned in recent years cost me $500 in 2021...I later sold it for $600......Ben

 

[S&W-Keeper]

I bought one sometime ago. It looked like it had never been issued.No turn line.I sold it a couple of years ago when I was thinning the herd

 

[Rpg]

At the end of the day, it’s a model 10; one of literally millions.

Nothing wrong with that but any value premium would depend more on overall condition than presence of a particular feature.

 

[Rakkasan13F]

I got one in July from a local auction house. My OTD price, with buyer's premium and state background check fee, was $423. It's in pretty good condition.

 

[hoytx10]

A bunch sold on gunbroker earlier this year for $450 - $550

 

[stansdds]

They are just run-of-the-mill, skinny barrel Model 10's. No box, no docs, and used, so they are shooter grade and nothing more. Condition is everything, one that is in excellent mechanical condition and excellent exterior condition is worth more than one that shows a lot of use. I'd wager that they should be in the $400 to $600 range in today's market.

 

[AJ]

Let the forum what it sold for..........curious minds want to know...

 

[cadmike]

Nothing wrong with that but any value premium would depend more on overall condition than presence of a particular feature.

I’d pay a slight premium for the lanyard ring. I don’t know why, not like I would tie it off to my belt or something.

 

[cgt4570]

Same. I would give a slight premium myself for the neat factor of a modern Smith with factory lanyard ring. That, and I don't have one of these in the safes. I certainly wouldn't get into a bidding war over one.

I used to use the lanyard ring when riding 4-wheelers. I had a beater Nagant I carried.

 

[bigmoose]

OK, so here’s the update. The shop owner decided to add it to his own collection. Hmmmm.

 

[bobsguns]

At the end of the day, it’s a model 10; one of literally millions.

Not at all. Theres a mystique to them as well.

A Honk Kong pistol brings to mind dark, smokey waterfront bars. Distant footsteps running down a dark alley, past opium dens. Glances from exotic, beautiful EuroAsian women you would sell your soul for. Large, dark ships slinking away from the docks on a fog-filled night, their cargo holds filled with exotic treasures from the Orient.

All that wrapped up in a magic revolver.

No, these are in no way "one of a million other Model 10s."

 

[bobsguns]

OK, so here’s the update. The shop owner decided to add it to his own collection. Hmmmm.

He must've read my other post...............

 

[silicosys4]

they aren't just any old M10. They are a special order run of guns that they went overseas. Many were issued and saw holster time. There is a lot of history to these guns, even the ones that went overseas, spent their lives on the top rack never to be issued, then were returned.

The reason they don't have a lot of collectors value is more due to the relatively recent reintroduction of these guns back into the market and the fact that there were thousands returned so they are not really rare.

These were just released onto the market in the last 10-15 years, new enough that the boxes they were sold in upon return are blue plastic clamshell S&W boxes.
I'm predicting these to gain more collectors value in the future for two reasons
1. they are a special order gun for a prominant overseas police agency
2. they are a special order configuration with features not found on any other M10

but for now they are a sleeper in the collectors market.

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