.38 Special
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Yeah, depends on the definition of "collector".
The guy who buys guns to put on display, impress people with rarity, and/or eventually sell for a profit, but never, ever actually shoot? He's not interested in that gun, either before or after refinishing.
The guy who has a "collection", either because he wants examples of a particular gun or because he just can't stop buying guns? Well, I don't think the refinishing hurt the value to that guy, but there's no way the cost of refinishing makes financial sense to the seller.
No, that is a shooter's gun: a gun for guys like me, who are looking for clean functional examples to take to the range and wring out on a target. We might be induced to go another fifty bucks higher because it's shiny and blue, but no one is ever going to recoup the cost of that refinish.
The guy who buys guns to put on display, impress people with rarity, and/or eventually sell for a profit, but never, ever actually shoot? He's not interested in that gun, either before or after refinishing.
The guy who has a "collection", either because he wants examples of a particular gun or because he just can't stop buying guns? Well, I don't think the refinishing hurt the value to that guy, but there's no way the cost of refinishing makes financial sense to the seller.
No, that is a shooter's gun: a gun for guys like me, who are looking for clean functional examples to take to the range and wring out on a target. We might be induced to go another fifty bucks higher because it's shiny and blue, but no one is ever going to recoup the cost of that refinish.