Deal or no deal?
Sounds like a deal for a 2nd Generation. If the pistol is authentically haunted, you could sell it for several times what you paid for it.
Deal or no deal?
Now Now. For a second gen colt thats a good price. I look at it a few different way. For one thing theres nothing wrong with honest finish wear on a working gun. Peope pay big money for 1st gen guns that look like they got dragged behind a truck. This isnt a first gen but it is solid enough to make it a good shooter and it leaves itself open to refinishing if desired without destroying its value simply because the initial cost was s low. Time the bolt perfectly ( its off now. See the dimples leading to the anticipation grooves ) and replace the cylinder to make it really pretty or just swap in a 45 cylinder and barrel and send it out for a nickel job and it'll be a mighty fine gun for well under $2k that still shoots as good as it does now .Yuck.
Ignorance is bliss!Yuck.
Someone emailed me a trade offer for a Smith & Wesson Model 25 45 Colt first-year production new in box.
If anything it takes away value. S&W dropped the ball for a long time on the Model 25's and made the throats way too large. Beautiful guns in a caliber I have a lot of but Id rather have this one. My other Colts are safe queens and I should resist the urge to make this into a pretty gun. Right now its an authentic working cowboy gun from a cowboy town .Why Id want ti screw that up I don't know but I cant help myself ...OCD sort of thing.I wouldn't do it. Gunbroker has LNIB Smith 25s for around $1k. Does the fact that it is a first year production add very much value?