Should I have bought it? Straight Line

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I went to our local gun show today, for the most part it was disappointing. Hardly any older S&W revolvers to look at (pre 1985), and not many post-85's. Just your basic bizarre bazaar of plastic guns and AR's, overpriced ammo and reloading supplies, with knives and tee-shirts thrown in.

On my way to the exit, I saw an interesting-looking pistol with a box, and stopped to look. It was a S&W Fourth Model, Straight Line single shot .22LR. It had a SWHF letter displayed with it, the original metal box, tools and even the liner was intact, if not a bit rugged looking. It looked almost as good as the one on page 127 of the SCSW 4th Ed. The price was $3500.

I didn't look for the year made, I know very little about these antiques, and wasn't really interested in buying it, waaaay too rich for me, but it was pretty cool to see it. The letter mentioned the guns didn't sell very well.
 
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You , not being a collector of antique S&W's and not needing this one to plug a hole in your vast collection and this one being priced rather high ...
I say did right in passing on it .
You can't shoot it ... brings down the "collector" value ... and you don't have a collection to add it to ...
Unless you want to start collecting antique 22 Target revolvers then you made the right move .
I would much prefer a 22 target revolver I could take to the range and shoot a lot with ... and this revolver , while nice to look at ... is no shooter .
Gary
 
You , not being a collector of antique S&W's and not needing this one to plug a hole in your vast collection and this one being priced rather high ...
I say did right in passing on it .
You can't shoot it ... brings down the "collector" value ... and you don't have a collection to add it to ...
Unless you want to start collecting antique 22 Target revolvers then you made the right move .
I would much prefer a 22 target revolver I could take to the range and shoot a lot with ... and this revolver , while nice to look at ... is no shooter .
Gary
I wouldn't have bought it if I'd had the money to waste. As unusual as it was, it just didn't interest me to own it. I didn't even know what it was until I came home and looked it up in the SCSW. I do have a nice target revolver in .22 Magnum, a M48-4, as well as a M41 semiauto to plink with.
 
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Serial #75 recently sold on GB for $3950.00, on top of the price was shipping, taxes, etc.
 

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