About 2 weeks ago a friend was at an area gun shop. The owner had just returned from a buying trip and had about 20 handguns on the counter, most in the boxes. A few were out and had prices. One was a nickel , 2 inch model 15, like new with the box, manual, tools etc. He ended up going back a couple days later to buy it.
When he was showing me his new revolver he was telling me about some of the other S&W revolvers that had been placed out for sale. The shop owner was planning to list a bunch on Gunbroker and sure enough a day later he did. One was a nickel model 36 with box, manual and cleaning rod, minus the attachments. After 10-12 days with no bites on his high buy it now price, and no bids at the fairly reasonable opening bid the auction ended this morning. This afternoon I drove to the shop. I checked the gun out and noticed the price was $300 above what his opening bid price had been, but $200 lower than his buy it now price. I offered him $25 below his opening bid price, but as an “Out the door” price. We have a 6% sales tax. I got a pretty quick “Can’t do that”. Next I offered his opening bid price, again as an out the door price. He had to think about it, check his computer then declined the offer, but I figured I was getting closer. Finally I offered his opening bid price, plus the sales tax. This was still $275 below the price on the swing tag hanging on the trigger guard. I was kind of surprised when he said “That works”.
Well, enough of my blabbering on, here it is. Probably unfired, made in 1980
I have over a dozen S&W revolvers. Most are shooters, bought used, the others are shooters bought new over the past 7-8 years. This is my first like new in box, vintage revolver. I will eventually get the missing cleaning rod attachments to complete the set
I the past 8 -9 years, I have only come across 1 LNIB vintage revolver in area shops, and I wasn’t interested at the time. Having 3 or 4 in 1 shop at the same time is unheard of, and I think he may have more.
A few of the others he had were a nice, not mint, blued 2” m15, gun only, a 3” nickel m36, box only, a 3 inch 629 Alaska backpacker, vintage m-57 with box & all, along wit a newer Classic series model 57 with box & all. Also a 2.5” model 66, gun only, 627 pro and a half dozen I don’t remember. There were also 2 really nice 2.5” nickel Pythons, one bright, one matte and a Korthe Nighthawk. Its a really cool shop that mostly deals in mil-surps. If you want a semi auto Ma-Deuce, I know where you can find one
When he was showing me his new revolver he was telling me about some of the other S&W revolvers that had been placed out for sale. The shop owner was planning to list a bunch on Gunbroker and sure enough a day later he did. One was a nickel model 36 with box, manual and cleaning rod, minus the attachments. After 10-12 days with no bites on his high buy it now price, and no bids at the fairly reasonable opening bid the auction ended this morning. This afternoon I drove to the shop. I checked the gun out and noticed the price was $300 above what his opening bid price had been, but $200 lower than his buy it now price. I offered him $25 below his opening bid price, but as an “Out the door” price. We have a 6% sales tax. I got a pretty quick “Can’t do that”. Next I offered his opening bid price, again as an out the door price. He had to think about it, check his computer then declined the offer, but I figured I was getting closer. Finally I offered his opening bid price, plus the sales tax. This was still $275 below the price on the swing tag hanging on the trigger guard. I was kind of surprised when he said “That works”.
Well, enough of my blabbering on, here it is. Probably unfired, made in 1980
I have over a dozen S&W revolvers. Most are shooters, bought used, the others are shooters bought new over the past 7-8 years. This is my first like new in box, vintage revolver. I will eventually get the missing cleaning rod attachments to complete the set
I the past 8 -9 years, I have only come across 1 LNIB vintage revolver in area shops, and I wasn’t interested at the time. Having 3 or 4 in 1 shop at the same time is unheard of, and I think he may have more.
A few of the others he had were a nice, not mint, blued 2” m15, gun only, a 3” nickel m36, box only, a 3 inch 629 Alaska backpacker, vintage m-57 with box & all, along wit a newer Classic series model 57 with box & all. Also a 2.5” model 66, gun only, 627 pro and a half dozen I don’t remember. There were also 2 really nice 2.5” nickel Pythons, one bright, one matte and a Korthe Nighthawk. Its a really cool shop that mostly deals in mil-surps. If you want a semi auto Ma-Deuce, I know where you can find one
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