Walked Away From model 10 (no dash)

[Xfuzz]

Decent condition 10 "No Dash"......1961 IIRC.
Laid it on my G/show table spring of last year marked
at $450.00......nary a bite.
Now serves duty as a bedside piece.

 

[22hipower]

Here's a Model 10 no dash I couldn't walk away from. But it was the fact that it was apparently a prize back in 1961 for a competitive shoot at the Crescent City (California?) gun club that convinced me to take it. Probably has been fired but looks like it has mostly been in this box since 1961. And since we're comparing prices. . . .this one was $568 about a year ago.

Jeff
SWCA #1457

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[lamarw]

Here is the only Model 10 (no dash) I own. I acquired it in March of 1917 and paid way too much at $408.00. Here are a few pictures to include the pertinent page from the Letter.

 

[AJ]

Here is the only Model 10 (no dash) I own. I acquired it in March of 1917 and paid way too much at $408.00. Here are a few pictures to include the pertinent page from the Letter.

If you have had it since 1917 and paid $408.00 for it, then you over paid!

 

[DWalt]

A friend of mine that collects Smiths sets up at shows and sells his Smiths after he upgrades them. Yesterday before the show opened he picked up a
98% prewar Heavy Duty Outdoorsman for $400.00. He got it from a new vendor that had no idea what it was worth. The guy had a table full of gun related stuff but only 2 revolvers. My buddy prices his Smiths pretty high because he really doesn't want to sell them but use them to attract someone that has a Smith for sale.
SWCA 892

Was that Mike L.?

 

[rogerwnuss]

I gave $399 for this no dash (shipped in 60), but that was in 2019 before the craziness started.

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You still did extremely well, even for that timeframe

 

[lamarw]

My major mistake. It was 2017. (Frown)

 

[Truckman]

A friend of mine that collects Smiths sets up at shows and sells his Smiths after he upgrades them. Yesterday before the show opened he picked up a
98% prewar Heavy Duty Outdoorsman for $400.00.

I talked to him at that show, and saw and handled that Outdoorsman...I generously offered to let him double his money on the spot, to which he kindly declined...I did manage to talk him out of a 1905 4th Target Model, which Roy today dated as shipping March 1924...

After talking it turned out he and I knew some of the same people, one of whom has regrettably passed on...Your buddy is a knowledgeable guy...Tell him I said hey, and I'll try to skin him out that Outdoorsman at another show......Ben

 

[AJ]

My major mistake. It was 2017. (Frown)

Thought so, just had to jerk your chain.......

 

[AJ]

My major mistake. It was 2017. (Frown)

Thought so, just had to jerk your chain.......

 

[ralph7]

My buddy prices his Smiths pretty high because he really doesn't want to sell them but use them to attract someone that has a Smith for sale.
SWCA 892

Wonder about the people he attracts with his over priced guns wanting stupid money for theirs after they see his prices?

 

[DWalt]

Wonder about the people he attracts with his over priced guns wanting stupid money for theirs after they see his prices?

I know him quite well. His guns are not priced that badly at all.

 

[Truckman]

I know him quite well. His guns are not priced that badly at all.

I don't look at the numbers so much as price...It's more of a judgement in value...To each, his own......Ben

 

[SS336]

Everyone complains about gunbroker's high prices, with good reason, but occasionally a good deal can be found.

There are a lot of M10's out there and they can be found for a reasonable price. While not as old as some, the condition on this one is excellent, and the price was reasonable. Only 5 months ago.

 

[pasound]

My first Smith, over 40 years ago, was a MDL 10 4" HB police trade-in. No cylinder ring, no holster wear, paid $100 for it at a hardware store. I sold it for $200 about 20 years ago. Needed the money. I should have kept it.

 

[tops]

I have a 5 screw 4 in. gun 1954-56 I bought about a year ago at an estate auction for $400. I think I got a bargain. I don't know what it's worth but I had rather have it than $400.
I have another one 1948-51 that I had for 50 some years. I probably paid about $40 for it. Larry

 

[spin132]

You still did extremely well, even for that timeframe

Thanks Roger, I did even better than I thought. I checked my records. The armslist asking price was $399, met locally and settled on $360. I feel kinda bad in retrospect. It did not come with the box.

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[KEN L]

Here is the only Model 10 (no dash) I own. I acquired it in March of 1917 and paid way too much at $408.00. Here are a few pictures to include the pertinent page from the Letter.

I'm not a big fan of the 2" square butt, but even I would've bought that one. Great provenance!

 

[glenwolde]

I rarely buy anything off a table at gun shows. I go to see what comes in the door...

I don't take guns to shows anymore. I tired of being accosted every 40 seconds..."what's in the bag?" over and over.