Off of the top of my head,that price seems awfully high for that gun.I'd do some googling and reading about that particular model.The guys at colt forum can be helpful at times too.
What does she REALLY mean?
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Go to the Blue Book for values. There are three generations of Woodsmans. For shooters either the second or third might be best. 4 1/2 inch barrels are usually slightly more expensive than 6 inch and the Match Target model also commands a premium. (hence the reference of a previous poster to "MT") Match targets have a full underlug beneath the barrel. Third gens have the mag release on the bottom. Seconds are buttons close below the trigger. To me, a $1350 Woodsman should be a Match Target second gen in very nice condition with a nice matching box. A 6 inch barrel second or third in very decent condition, not an MT ought to be somewhere around $600. The one I mentioned in an earlier post was a second gen 4 1/2 and I actually paid $400 for it but I bought it at a gun show late in the day and at least 500 other people looked at it before I did. I do think it was worth $600. I also have a 6 inch match target and I shoot my Ruger 6 inch heavy barrel slightly better than the Colt but (sorry Ruger guys) the Colt is a much higher quality gun. Best of luck to you in whatever you decide!
model70hunter
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Cabelas will deal, BUT many of their used guns seem to be priced very high.
Wives are a chemical plant that produces lots of hormones. They can say No or Yes to a repeated question that has no bearing on the answer they want to hear from you.
Unless the Colt is super rare it seems way high. Like others said look around. I have a High Standard, it looks like a Colt, it shoots like a Colt and even in it's great condition it's about a 350-400 dollar gun.
The High Standard action like a Colt is much easier to slide back compared to a Ruger.
One in 4" is harder to find.....
If one were to get a cheaper, in price only not quality, semi auto she might see the light and lay claim to it.
Women will lay claim to stuff, my wife stole, Im sorry, Laid Claim To It, my favorite deer rifle, Ruger Bearcat, Model 19 and a few others. If you go by a gun shop and see a NIB 27-2 in 3.5" and buy it you will be wrong at home. If the female of the species sees that same 27-2 in your safe and wants it, she lays claim to it.
Go buy one at a reasonable price, pull it out at the range and if asked say Oh I traded that old Remchester shotgun for it, I hated to let it go but I wanted something nice for you.... Practice your smile...
Wives are a chemical plant that produces lots of hormones. They can say No or Yes to a repeated question that has no bearing on the answer they want to hear from you.
Unless the Colt is super rare it seems way high. Like others said look around. I have a High Standard, it looks like a Colt, it shoots like a Colt and even in it's great condition it's about a 350-400 dollar gun.
The High Standard action like a Colt is much easier to slide back compared to a Ruger.
One in 4" is harder to find.....
If one were to get a cheaper, in price only not quality, semi auto she might see the light and lay claim to it.
Women will lay claim to stuff, my wife stole, Im sorry, Laid Claim To It, my favorite deer rifle, Ruger Bearcat, Model 19 and a few others. If you go by a gun shop and see a NIB 27-2 in 3.5" and buy it you will be wrong at home. If the female of the species sees that same 27-2 in your safe and wants it, she lays claim to it.
Go buy one at a reasonable price, pull it out at the range and if asked say Oh I traded that old Remchester shotgun for it, I hated to let it go but I wanted something nice for you.... Practice your smile...
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Maybe... maybe not. You never know with women. I'd go for something like a vacuum cleaner. That way you'll know for sure how she'll react.
I wish I had your problem. I can't seem to get my wife interested in shooting or guns....
Rpg
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Ask her if she'd like to have the pistol!
Don't be silly about it.
If you decide to buy her a gun, buy the one she told you she likes.
A Woodsman is a natural. Whenever i introduce handguns to beginners, I always use a Woodsman as the first pistol they handle and shoot. Next is a High Standard b. Then an earlier Ruger mark I.
Everyone's favorite is the Woodsman followed by the High Standard
Give your wife some credit: she has a good eye and a good sense of what will fit her. After all, I'll bet she knows by looking that a pair of shoes will fit her.
Colt's Woodsman is a wonderful pistol for your wife.
Just my opinion, of course.
Don't be silly about it.
If you decide to buy her a gun, buy the one she told you she likes.
A Woodsman is a natural. Whenever i introduce handguns to beginners, I always use a Woodsman as the first pistol they handle and shoot. Next is a High Standard b. Then an earlier Ruger mark I.
Everyone's favorite is the Woodsman followed by the High Standard
Give your wife some credit: she has a good eye and a good sense of what will fit her. After all, I'll bet she knows by looking that a pair of shoes will fit her.
Colt's Woodsman is a wonderful pistol for your wife.
Just my opinion, of course.
rog8732
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When was that point in history .I been around a right good while and I do not remember any such situation.
Whatever you do it will be the wrong thing. This i've learned
time and time again. You buy her the gun and she's gonna
rag on you about spending that much on a pistol for her.
Do not buy the gun and she will rag on you for not getting
the darn thing.
Save yourself some grief and get her a Gift Card from Cabelas
and let her pick out anything she wants in the store.
Chuck
time and time again. You buy her the gun and she's gonna
rag on you about spending that much on a pistol for her.
Do not buy the gun and she will rag on you for not getting
the darn thing.
Save yourself some grief and get her a Gift Card from Cabelas
and let her pick out anything she wants in the store.
Chuck
YogiBear
Absent Comrade
Aloha,
BUY HER THE COLT.
If she has mentioned it more than several times, IT is the gun She Wants.
End of conversation.
I know the $$ hurts, bargain if you can.
Do NOT get her another Colt, even if looks the same.
Get her That gun.
If I show my Wife a gun and she likes it, it's hers. To some degree cost
is not a show stopper. It is Only if she says it is.
BUY HER THE COLT.
If she has mentioned it more than several times, IT is the gun She Wants.
End of conversation.
I know the $$ hurts, bargain if you can.
Do NOT get her another Colt, even if looks the same.
Get her That gun.
If I show my Wife a gun and she likes it, it's hers. To some degree cost
is not a show stopper. It is Only if she says it is.
Cooter Brown
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Cabela's is notorious with their gun pricing, sometimes grossly overpricing, sometimes grossly underpricing, sometimes getting it right. It depends on who is working the department when a particular gun comes in, their knowledge of that kind of piece, and the work they are willing to put in when determining value. And of course someone there may have overpaid when the thing came in and they are trying to recover.
Most of the Cabela's will deal. You might have to try more than one person there to find someone who has more knowledge of a particular market.
I have a degree of knowledge of the value of revolvers and shotguns and some rifles--I couldn't even guess at the value of most modern things like ARs etc. I suspect a lot of employees at Cabela's have the opposite knowledge base which is fine but it seems the manager would have in place a system to determine value in a systematic way.
It seems they don't so the pricing can be all over the place.
Most of the Cabela's will deal. You might have to try more than one person there to find someone who has more knowledge of a particular market.
I have a degree of knowledge of the value of revolvers and shotguns and some rifles--I couldn't even guess at the value of most modern things like ARs etc. I suspect a lot of employees at Cabela's have the opposite knowledge base which is fine but it seems the manager would have in place a system to determine value in a systematic way.
It seems they don't so the pricing can be all over the place.
BUY OR NOT TO BUY ?
Buy it and give it to Her for Christmas.
Buy it and give it to Her for Christmas.
CAJUNLAWYER
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How long have you been married.
I have repeatedly told my wife that I spend all day trying to decipher what my clients tell me and when I get home I don't want to have to continue. You want something tell me and I will do whatever I can to make it happen. If she tells me not to do (or buy) something, I ain't gonna do (or buy) it and don't get pissed at me later cause I didn't do it and should have realized that she meant to so it.
Same thing for Christmas-when she asks me what I want and I say drawers-I mean I want drawers-I DO NOT mean I want a nice sweater or whatever. After 30 years she and the kids have finally realized I mean what I say and I finally get to quit taking back stuff they buy me. I'm an easy guy to shop for-get me a bottle of single malt and I'm happy. If you try to buy me stuff you think I may want, you will get it wrong as I am very picky about my stuff and am best left to buy it myself.
Geeze-I'm sounding like rburg!
I have repeatedly told my wife that I spend all day trying to decipher what my clients tell me and when I get home I don't want to have to continue. You want something tell me and I will do whatever I can to make it happen. If she tells me not to do (or buy) something, I ain't gonna do (or buy) it and don't get pissed at me later cause I didn't do it and should have realized that she meant to so it.
Same thing for Christmas-when she asks me what I want and I say drawers-I mean I want drawers-I DO NOT mean I want a nice sweater or whatever. After 30 years she and the kids have finally realized I mean what I say and I finally get to quit taking back stuff they buy me. I'm an easy guy to shop for-get me a bottle of single malt and I'm happy. If you try to buy me stuff you think I may want, you will get it wrong as I am very picky about my stuff and am best left to buy it myself.
Geeze-I'm sounding like rburg!
hangnoose
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WHAT WOMEN REALLY THINK.
I've been wrong before, but she has clearly said she likes YOUR MKll, and is familiar with it. Just an idea, send it to Clarks or VQ & have it all tricked out the way you would want done, then feminize/personalize it with something easy to change back (like grips/ finish, etc.) & give her that. The $ difference can buy a lot of mani/Pedi's, or massages/whatever. If she doesn't like it, good for you. It would show you put considerable thought & effort into it, as opposed to buying something off the shelf. IMO it doesn't matter to them as much what you get them as long as you busted your onions getting it.
I've been wrong before, but she has clearly said she likes YOUR MKll, and is familiar with it. Just an idea, send it to Clarks or VQ & have it all tricked out the way you would want done, then feminize/personalize it with something easy to change back (like grips/ finish, etc.) & give her that. The $ difference can buy a lot of mani/Pedi's, or massages/whatever. If she doesn't like it, good for you. It would show you put considerable thought & effort into it, as opposed to buying something off the shelf. IMO it doesn't matter to them as much what you get them as long as you busted your onions getting it.
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You know your wife and I don't, but I'd say she wants it.
2ndAmendmentNut
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IT'S A TRAP!!!
My wife said, "never buy a gun as a gift BUT if I ever do get a gun be sure to get something else to go along with it (jewelery)." Seems pretty open ended to me, but the way I take it guns are okay gifts, just not as the only gift. I gave her a gun once not as an Anniversary, Christmas or Birthday gift, just a gift at an odd time of the year. She was happy and shoots on occasion.
My wife said, "never buy a gun as a gift BUT if I ever do get a gun be sure to get something else to go along with it (jewelery)." Seems pretty open ended to me, but the way I take it guns are okay gifts, just not as the only gift. I gave her a gun once not as an Anniversary, Christmas or Birthday gift, just a gift at an odd time of the year. She was happy and shoots on occasion.
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