Used Model 10 for $979.00!?

[UncleEd]

I wonder if maybe newer gun
buyers happen across a forum
such as this. They note that
many posters demean the
current production of S&W
revolvers.

So they join the ranks of
older S&W revolver hunters
who only want guns at
least 25 years old.

And the older S&W fanciers
gripe that too many have
followed their lead.

 

[peterdeb]

The current crazy prices have put a few of my wants into my never to afford bucket list. I couldn't afford them a few years ago and now they are way out of my price range. Silver lining....I'm happy with what I have.

 

[Gunhacker]

For states with restrictive handgun purchasing laws like California, that price is the norm for guns that would sell in a free state for hundreds less. What state was the ad in, the OP's in Colorado?

 

[Ackley1952]

Prices on vintage S&Ws are up all across the board- even for run of the mill guns like Model 10s, unfortunately.

Explain why that's unfortunate please

 

[scattershot]

For those who have asked, it was an internet ad from guns.com. I don't know any more about it than that.

 

[Sevens]

I wonder if maybe newer gun
buyers happen across a forum
such as this. They note that
many posters demean the
current production of S&W
revolvers.

So they join the ranks of
older S&W revolver hunters
who only want guns at
least 25 years old.

And the older S&W fanciers
gripe that too many have
followed their lead.

I would say that the group that does this would be extremely small and if a person new to revolvers came and read here at our forum and took it all in, I think we would welcome them as if they were our own.

We are talking about Model 10's, right? The basic K-frame .38 Special that arguably or reportedly has seen production in a range counted in millions?

Yeah, I'm not so worried about "competition" to get K-frame .38's. And if I were worried, I guess the eleven of them I currently have will just have to be enough.

 

[31FordA]

I picked up a very nice 10-5 snub at an auction this weekend for $550. I think being one of the last guns listed helped, the big spenders bank rolls were getting light. They had a number of .38 K frames in the auction, none brought less than $500.

Prices at present can be very inflated. I saw a 6" Military & Police, in very tired condition, with a $700 price tag. It sold in a week. Two years ago it would probably have been $350 or $400.

 

[boykinlp]

As collectors or accumulators, we need to update our records often nowadays if we are to keep values current.
Larry

 

[BC38]

This is an age-related problem.

Old geezers often think times never change, and either does the value of a dollar.

Long odds were once expressed in terms of "dollars to donuts".

The local donut shop sells donuts for as much a thee bucks EACH.
Each, I say, EACH! Not per dozen like I used to pay when bringing snacks to the office.

Most $300 guns in my safe would now easily fetch well over a grand. That is a grand EACH, not per dozen

Then again, one of the local grocery chains around here sells them for $7 a bakers dozen. Fresh from their ovens, and they are pretty darned good too!
I picked up a post war M&P with some freckling a couple of months ago for $300 from an LGS.

 

[.455_Hunter]

For states with restrictive handgun purchasing laws like California, that price is the norm for guns that would sell in a free state for hundreds less. What state was the ad in, the OP's in Colorado?

Handgun pricing in CO is really no different than Kansas, South Dakota or Texas.

 

[Goblin]

There's never been a better time to sell your collection than now. Of course, some time in the future cold be even better.

 

[B.Thomas]

You will not see prices go down or go back to "normal" ranges.
No difference than when 25cents would buy a coke. Now a can is a 1$ and a bottle is 2$
Only real difference is the speed at witch it's occurring is bewildering and causes a panic buying trend.

 

[S.B.]

Without a link or pictures your post can not be judged properly? One thing I've heard over and over is never say never when it comes to S&Ws.
Steve

 

[bananaman]

It was reported to have belonged to Elvis. Still had a peanut butter odor to it! Bob

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

One of the things I have noticed is, the stores are charging the inflated prices for used guns, but they are paying what they paid 3 years ago!

3 summers ago, a young man traded a 6" Model 10-5 on a Walther Wonder 9 the store had on the shelf for 4 years. When that customer was gone, I approached the manager about the Model 10. I got on my charge card for $355 OTD! I was so overjoyed I didn't go over the gun very well, No Box or goodies was obvious. About a month later I took it to the range and was looking it over very carefully. I discovered that gun was 98-100%! When I took to the shooting lane. I shot a dime sized group at 7 yards with 158 gr SWC at 800 fps (some of the best shooting I've ever done!)

I've been surprised with the "Pig In a Poke" guns before, but never in a good way!

Ivan

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Wonder what an unmolested uncarried 98% model 64 no dash would bring

 

[raljr1]

Wonder what an unmolested uncarried 98% model 64 no dash would bring

saw several beat up ones at a local show a month ago, sans grips, the asking was $995

 

[ArkieVol]

Here's a gaggle of M&P's and Model 10's/64's I have accumulated along he way. The two 5"ers near the top are a British Service revolver and a very uncommon 1949 .32 Long M&P, only 900 made w/5" barrels and most were shipped overseas.

I was an LEO from 1965-1995 and carried a blue tapered 4" barrel Model 10 (issued by the PD but paid for by me…$48 new in the box +$12 for handcuffs. A week's pay.) After 16 years, I replaced it with the Model 64...upper right. Both now with my son, a LEO 1995-2020.

Just a glimpse of the past…personal tools of the trade, 1965. All of them! No helmet, no face shield, no body armor, no pepper spray, no taser, no 2 way radio (other than the non-portable one in the car), no telephone, no zip ties, only private ambulance service until Fire Dept EMTS in 1967 and no air conditioning until 1974! Each car had an 18" Winchester 12 ga double barreled shotgun. Computers and body cams were far in the future. A very different world.

 

[usm1rifle]

If it is an early nickel 2" or later 3"in 98-99% with the box, I could see it.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

saw several beat up ones at a local show a month ago, sans grips, the asking was $995

WOW!!!