What is going on with the cost/availability of Model 29s?!
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I was a victim myself just yesterday.
gwpercle
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They been running all those "Dirty Harry" movies again on late night TV !
Whole new crop of ... " Go Ahead ... Make My Day " ... I just have to have one of those !!!
Gary
Whole new crop of ... " Go Ahead ... Make My Day " ... I just have to have one of those !!!
Gary
cjcutter1
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I payed a grand for a 29-2 4” that is manga ported and aftermarket finished I didn’t bat an eyelash in October many might say it was a frakengun or trash.
What goes up must come down. Artificial duel panic on guns. Politics and CV19, the sky is falling, the sky is falling. The prices wouldn’t be so high if Dick Weeds didn’t run them up. Everyone who proudly displays their hoards of $50@ box 9mms is going to be down in the jaws when this is over. The good news is most of the chicken little crowd has plenty of toilet paper.
I wish I could predict the future, but experience has taught me I can not. I was reading a multi-page S&W thread on another forum not long ago, and it was full of doom and gloom for S&W stock prices and gun sales. I was very confused until I noticed someone had resurrected a thread from 2014!
I do believe in the bird in the hand concept, and if I didn't hate selling in general, and I wasn't so lazy, this is surely an excellent time to sell.
Next year I don't know. A thousand different events could occur that would make it a better or worse time to sell. I like money fine, and I definitely don't have an excess of it, but I just feel a need to get rid of stuff. Then I hit that laziness roadblock.
I do believe in the bird in the hand concept, and if I didn't hate selling in general, and I wasn't so lazy, this is surely an excellent time to sell.
Next year I don't know. A thousand different events could occur that would make it a better or worse time to sell. I like money fine, and I definitely don't have an excess of it, but I just feel a need to get rid of stuff. Then I hit that laziness roadblock.
And my S&W 29-3 6" barrel bought in 1985 for... wait for it, $342 dollars. A real beauty.
I can do that one better! I got this 29-3 in 1987 brand new in box for $200! Dealer had about a pallet full of them.
I snagged a couple 629-4's just before the pandemic, standard 6" barrel, square and round butt. The SB is a December 2019 pawn shop find. I had been looking for one of these for ages and when one finally showed up in my backyard I jumped on it at $760 OTD after a brief negotiation. The RB came from Montana in February 2020 with a nice holster, $730 delivered. Both came with factory Hogue grips. Since then I have seen decent shooter grade 29/629's only occasionally in the local online classified priced from $950 to $1,400. My "pandemic" N frame purchase is a 29-5 MagnaClassic 7.5" found in the local online classified for $1,350. Today a 629 MagnaClassic 7.5" in cherrywood case with all the goodies was found in the same local classifieds priced at $1,800. It was gone within a couple hours of the post. (wow!)
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You killed me on this. Still laughing.
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i`ve seen 3rd change guns pushing 2k for a minty one. Last year, $1200 was the going price
HamHands
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As long as you are happy with it.. then who cares... I probably wouldn't be... but then again, you don't care... So there we are. Enjoy it.
The first new 29 I bought was a blue 4” in 1972. It was $208 with tax. I can’t remember if that price was jacked over Dirty Harry Syndrome or not.
Back then you had to get on waiting list for 29s. Shop would call first on list and you had better answer or they would call the next guy. Money talked and the rest walked. I was on every waiting list in the area. I was buying any 44mags I came across. Even Hawes SAs. People were crazy to get a 44mag and some didn’t care what kind.
Back then you had to get on waiting list for 29s. Shop would call first on list and you had better answer or they would call the next guy. Money talked and the rest walked. I was on every waiting list in the area. I was buying any 44mags I came across. Even Hawes SAs. People were crazy to get a 44mag and some didn’t care what kind.
BigBill
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I noticed that gun prices never go down they keep going up. It’s a matter of how fast they go up.
BigBill
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S&W n frames are rare to find lately?
Remember what I said in the past before Trumps election? The used s&w n frame revolvers were hard to find here. I feel that most of the older boomers had them. Now with the older owners going to nursing homes, passing on, or just selling off there collections, or going plastic, we started seeing used ones coming out of the wood work for a short time. I called it playing musical chairs with guns. They changed hands from the older owners to the new owners. Again these revolvers found new homes and are becoming rare again. With less to be found the demand of the older ones is driving the prices up. If you don’t like the new ones we’re going to pay dearly for an older one. Not too long ago my online gun dealer had 5 n frames in 357 mag. Since then nothing again.
My motto is if you see one you better grab it before someone else does.
Remember what I said in the past before Trumps election? The used s&w n frame revolvers were hard to find here. I feel that most of the older boomers had them. Now with the older owners going to nursing homes, passing on, or just selling off there collections, or going plastic, we started seeing used ones coming out of the wood work for a short time. I called it playing musical chairs with guns. They changed hands from the older owners to the new owners. Again these revolvers found new homes and are becoming rare again. With less to be found the demand of the older ones is driving the prices up. If you don’t like the new ones we’re going to pay dearly for an older one. Not too long ago my online gun dealer had 5 n frames in 357 mag. Since then nothing again.
My motto is if you see one you better grab it before someone else does.
BigBill
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I was into c&r guns for decades. I seen a ww2 German m98 k, g43, a 41 Johnson the average price was $750 about three decades ago. These were at every local gun show and the prices went up at every show. The last show I seen the 41 johnsons were $6 k. The others weren’t too far behind. My point is prices don’t go down. Ammo prices may go down but gun prices don’t.
HamHands
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Originally Posted by lihpster View Post
You think that's crazy, I saw a used Hi-Point the guy was asking $250 for it! Although to be fair it came with the original paper bag and a letter of mediocrity.
This is wild, Hi-point? Can it get any crazy than this...
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There is apparently a high demand for "burner-High-Points" these days... Much like burner cell phones...
You think that's crazy, I saw a used Hi-Point the guy was asking $250 for it! Although to be fair it came with the original paper bag and a letter of mediocrity.
This is wild, Hi-point? Can it get any crazy than this...
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There is apparently a high demand for "burner-High-Points" these days... Much like burner cell phones...
HamHands
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This is wild, Hi-point? Can it get any crazy than this...
For the most part I agree... Gun prices won't really go down and typically never go below equilibrium. That EQ is now set unfortunately... It's also why I've told family and friends to stop d!(king around the last 5 years and get what you both want and need now and don't wait until you are panic'd... Did they listen, no. And now they are crying the blues asking me could they buy something and ammo. I change the subject and/or ignore them now if they don't take the hint...
They would wish now that they had listen to you earlier. As for me I don't brush away good advice, the best part about a good advice is listening on time.
Found a 29-2 with long barrel at LGS recently for 925 in pretty good shape. Didn’t hesitate much.
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