Auction # 150582023 on GB right now. I just bought few weeks ago an UNFIRED and perfect 4" inch 29-2 in presentation box with everything in it. ( box has a couple of marks on it) . for 700.00 total. Is there anything special about this one???
Why so much for this 29-2 ????
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It's a 6.5 inch like the Dirty Harry gun and it's mint unfired but other then that I just think there are a couple of people that want it really bad. That happens in auctions sometimes as people get into a bidding frenzy when they want something.
Your deal was really a good one by the way as the 4 inch 29-2 is on my hit list for next year. I don't think there is anything super special about this one except that two or more well heeled buyers all want it.
Your deal was really a good one by the way as the 4 inch 29-2 is on my hit list for next year. I don't think there is anything super special about this one except that two or more well heeled buyers all want it.
Do You think if I shoot my 29-2, it will hurt its value much down the road? I brought up this subject before. An unfired 29-2 in the box with everything vs. the same gun fired and in 99% ....? Is there really that much difference in value? I rather have one that's been fired and I can use and enjoy it. Right?
Are you a collector, or shooter? I am of the opinion that all guns should be shot- unless, they are mint and very rare or one of a kind models. That is what they were designed for.
If you bought it for an investment, with the hopes of it rising sharply in value, then don't fire it, but with all the idiots in Washington and the White House these days, and some of the hidden language that is in the health care bill that may severly limit gun/ammo ownership, we may not even be able to shoot or even own guns that much longer, so I am going to enjoy mine by using them for what they were designed for which is shooting, not collecting.
If you shoot it but don't abuse it, it shouldn't hurt the value much, if any. Just keep it clean, avoid carrying it in an unlined holster, and don't let anyone handle it who doen't know the proper way to do so.
If you bought it for an investment, with the hopes of it rising sharply in value, then don't fire it, but with all the idiots in Washington and the White House these days, and some of the hidden language that is in the health care bill that may severly limit gun/ammo ownership, we may not even be able to shoot or even own guns that much longer, so I am going to enjoy mine by using them for what they were designed for which is shooting, not collecting.
If you shoot it but don't abuse it, it shouldn't hurt the value much, if any. Just keep it clean, avoid carrying it in an unlined holster, and don't let anyone handle it who doen't know the proper way to do so.
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shoot the gun...let whoever inherits it worry about the "lesser value"you have fun with it...i think most collectors have a gun or two held back unfired...more or less most are fired and well cared for
gunsmith11
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I don't think any firearm should ever be unfired
gunnut44
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Like said before. Two people that think that it is one of the last 6.5 29's around and another one wont come around for along time. Inexperience and gotta have it is what is making the seller very happy. Whoever wins that auction will be very dissapointed if he ever wants to sell it and turn a profit.
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I have shot my s serial 29-2 a lot and wouldn't sell it for $1000.00 , without having another one tied up . If I didn't have mine I would be one of those fools bidding this one up . And I would shoot it too .
lagavulin62
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as has been said there are really only two people bidding it up if you cancel out the first two, one of which is an an experienced bidder who got out early, more than likely at the point the price went north of fair value. the two running it up you will notice one has no history and the other only 5 feedback. it is nice but most of us could do better locally at that place we say charges too much. ............and that said on gunbroker I only have 8 to my feedback count. do what you will with my input.
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Unless I buy a gun that is unfired NIB,I want to shoot it,but I have found that I'm not shooting as many full house loads in the older guns as I use to.
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I feel the same way about my no dash, 4" 629. I guess once you get a revolver which is special to you, money becomes secondary. I wouldn't take $2,000 for my M629.
However, the 4" 629 was only made in 1981, and though I do shoot it, I often wonder if I should. I'd like to find another 29/629 which is not so rare, and use it for a shooter.
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Yea it's a tough decision on whether to fire a true collector gun or not. I also just bought an unfired 629 no dash with 4 inch barrel with all the goodies and it will remain unfired as will the unfired 6 inch Nickel 29-2 with 6 inch barrel. I have a 6 inch blued 29-2 that is about a 95% gun that's my shooter 44 Mag.
cflier
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I guess I don't understand this gotta shoot a new in the box gun attitutde. If you want to shoot a gun buy one that has been shot already. It will cost you less and shoot just as well or better. Why would you pay the price for or keep a new in the box gun if you just
have to shoot it? Sell it to someone else who wants to keep it new and you can make a profit. All you guys who do shoot the mint guns are just increasing the value of a similar gun down the road. So the real collectors like to see it happen in the sense that their guns increase in value for each one shot. Having said that, collectors don't like to see scarce or rare guns shot because they just aren't going to make any more.
I seriously doubt that your 29-2s or 629s are truely scarce in the sense that the really collectable guns are but the principle is the same. If you just have to shoot each gun you own, buy one that has already been fired. OK rant is over. I feel better.
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have to shoot it? Sell it to someone else who wants to keep it new and you can make a profit. All you guys who do shoot the mint guns are just increasing the value of a similar gun down the road. So the real collectors like to see it happen in the sense that their guns increase in value for each one shot. Having said that, collectors don't like to see scarce or rare guns shot because they just aren't going to make any more.
I seriously doubt that your 29-2s or 629s are truely scarce in the sense that the really collectable guns are but the principle is the same. If you just have to shoot each gun you own, buy one that has already been fired. OK rant is over. I feel better.
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BruceM
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"I guess I don't understand this gotta shoot a new in the box gun attitutde."
+1 on that.
The price on that particular auction and auctions in general are a measure of testosterone level and not general market value.
Bruce
+1 on that.
The price on that particular auction and auctions in general are a measure of testosterone level and not general market value.
Bruce
I absolutely agree with you on not shooting a rare gun and the P&R Model 629 4 inch was made for 1 year only so yea it's pretty rare and new unfired ones are really rare. I have a shooter S&W in every caliber and the collector guns I buy unfired with stay that way.
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It looks to me like the seller my have a "shill bidder" working for his benefit,and maybe two. Also, that shill could be the same person . . . the SELLER!
It is an old trick on auctions to draw attention to an otherwise normal auction and then create a buying frenzy among real bidders at the end who think the item must have some secret additional value they do not know about.
Be careful. I get very wary of auctions that go like this one.
T.
It is an old trick on auctions to draw attention to an otherwise normal auction and then create a buying frenzy among real bidders at the end who think the item must have some secret additional value they do not know about.
Be careful. I get very wary of auctions that go like this one.
T.
Not unfired.
These guns aren't unfired by the way. The factory fires them before they leave.
If you have a perfect example and want it to appreciate, then leave it alone. But there are a lot of 29-2's, so some casual shooting is not going to hurt it.
Look at it this way, if you had bought it new 25 years ago, would you have shot it or put it away? There's your answer.
Sounds nice, btw.
Munster
These guns aren't unfired by the way. The factory fires them before they leave.
If you have a perfect example and want it to appreciate, then leave it alone. But there are a lot of 29-2's, so some casual shooting is not going to hurt it.
Look at it this way, if you had bought it new 25 years ago, would you have shot it or put it away? There's your answer.
Sounds nice, btw.
Munster
cflier
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munsterf18,
If I had bought it 25 years ago and shot it regularly it wouldn't be an issue. But, some people do put them away and if I bought it 25 or 50 or 75 years later I certainly wouldn't shoot it. I would buy a shooter grade gun just like it and shoot the heck out of it. In fact that is just what I do. That is exactly my point. Why buy a new in the box gun that is 25 years old and ruin it for someone 50 years down the road when there are all kinds of pretty nice shooters of the exact same breed. It just doesn't make sense to me. I understand perfectly why a guy can't own a gun without shooting it. They just shouldn't buy pristine guns and ruin it for collectors. There is kind of a moral stand here (I can't believe I said that). In my perfect world shooters would not buy perfect older somewhat scarce guns just to blow away targets with them.
cflier
If I had bought it 25 years ago and shot it regularly it wouldn't be an issue. But, some people do put them away and if I bought it 25 or 50 or 75 years later I certainly wouldn't shoot it. I would buy a shooter grade gun just like it and shoot the heck out of it. In fact that is just what I do. That is exactly my point. Why buy a new in the box gun that is 25 years old and ruin it for someone 50 years down the road when there are all kinds of pretty nice shooters of the exact same breed. It just doesn't make sense to me. I understand perfectly why a guy can't own a gun without shooting it. They just shouldn't buy pristine guns and ruin it for collectors. There is kind of a moral stand here (I can't believe I said that). In my perfect world shooters would not buy perfect older somewhat scarce guns just to blow away targets with them.
cflier
wraco
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All it takes is money. Somebody just had to have an unfired 29-2, complete with the goodies. . . I thought I saw a slight burn ring around the front of one of the cylinder charge holes. Maybe not?
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