Help making a decision!

[GAMALOT]

Have a friend who wants to trade and I don't follow values so I am asking here.

He carries a S&W model 41 .22 Cal on his trap line and wants a larger caliber.

I have a new in box Glock 22 .40 S&W with two HC mags that I bought back before the mag. ban went into effect.

His 41 is in nice but used condition and is just the gun with no box or special accessories and no special sights or weights. It has some blue wear but is otherwise in very good condition.

My Glock is new in the box with hang tags still attached and never fired.

Think I would get more use plinking with the .22 but have no idea if this trade is even close, value wise.
I paid $525 for the Glock back in around 1993 but have no idea what it is worth today still NIB.

Any help is appreciated.

Gary

 

[critter]

I just looked at a NEW S&W Model 41 in a gun shop in GA and the asking price (MSRP ?) was $899!!!!!

IF YOU WANT A TARGET .22, it is probably an ok trade-IMHO. It isn't really much of a gun for dragging around through the 'mud and muck'.

I have a 41 and it is an absolutely AWSOME shooter!

 

[Majic]

If you want a nice .22 pistol then go for the trade. Value wise you would come out equal if the M41 is in the condition you described.
I can understand not wanting to drag a M41 around on a trap line, but I also can't see any reason to haul a .40SW around on a trap line either. I wonder what he's trapping?

 

[GAMALOT]

He is trapping muskrats and was followed twice in the last few weeks by a large black bear.
I think at this point he is just getting ready and deciding where he will be setting up but there seems to be an explosion of bears this year for what ever reason.
Last year there were a couple that came thru the yard and this year we are counting by the dozens.
I don't blame him one bit on wanting a bit more power and a few or these Bruins are becomming rather humanized due to fools feeding them. Always a very dangerous combination.

Gary

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

I would guess your Glock would sell for about the same price, today. I recently bought a NIB 17 for just under that price, tax included.

The 41, on the other hand, sells for considerably more. I recently bought one from a store in Texas that has a decent inventory of 41s. Their prices today, for their 41s, range from $1050 (for an early 'A' series with cocking indicator) to $750 (for what, I assume, is a recent manufacture). Three are priced at ~$895. Two at ~$995.

You say your friend's gun has some "blue wear" but is otherwise in very good condition.

That's a pretty vague description but it sounds like if you can get your friend to swap even you're getting a really good deal.

BTW, the 41 is a superb pistol but is finicky about ammo.

 

[GAMALOT]

That's a pretty vague description but it sounds like if you can get your friend to swap even you're getting a really good deal.

BTW, the 41 is a superb pistol but is finicky about ammo.

I don't know how better to describe it because I have only looked it over once and can see nothing but some holster wear but no visible damage of any kind.
I used to own a similar High Standard 22 and really enjoyed target shooting with it.
When you say the 41 can be finicky with ammo does this mean only certain brands will work or is it more that some guns just like particular rounds. I would like to buy ammo for it by the brick so when I want to target shoot I have plenty.

Thank you.

Gary

 

[PinnedAndRecessed]

With no more than a little holster wear I'd say it would be a good trade for you. The 41 is the best.

Re the ammo. Remington lead 22s are the worst. Mine also dislikes hollowpoints.

I stick to CCI copper "plated" solid points. My local walmart doesn't sell them by the brick but, then again, I don't shoot so much that I can't afford them in the 100 box.

If you make the trade, buy several brands/types of ammo in boxes of 50 and see how the 41 does.

Just stay away from the lead Remington 22s. Leading was so bad that in my model 17 I couldn't even get the cleaning rod through the barrel. I had to take it back to the range and shoot some CCI copper plated bullets.

 

[GAMALOT]

Thank you, I have a few bricks of Federal solid CPs now so I think this should work well.

My ruger 10/22 does not appreciate the leads either so I avoid them.

Gary