Try buying a used S&W Model 10 for that.
Dare I say it... just watch and wait???
Like I said in my post, it's hard to sell a Ruger for $200 when you can buy a Sig for $300.
I've been bitten by the collecting bug due to decent surplus prices, and after getting a CZ 75 and Beretta 92FS for just over 3 hundred, I later got a Star 30MI and a 3rd Gen S&W for at/under $300.
I did pick up a CZ99 for $195, but things then cooled off for about a year maybe... I didn't see another pistol in the same price value as the guns I got, and didn't want to start spending more on guns I didn't have to have.
Then I happened upon a couple of Sigs at the right price- cosmetically challenged, but there was a P226 with the bid still under $300 with 2 days left, and a P228 at a 'buy now' for $325. I rolled the dice on the P226 at $315, and I won. The P228 sold after sitting a day, but I have since seen several others at that same price, a few right at $300... buy now price. If I was truly in the market one of those would have been a no-brainer.
My P226 is a fair deal, IMO: slide has lost most of the blue, there was rust along the edges, but was a complete matching West German, serials for the slide, frame and barrel match. Internals were in good shape, and it shoots great. I bought another grip screw (was missing one), cleaned the rust off, and cold-blued it. For basically $10, it went from ugly to a solid "fair" condition. I'm now talking to a guy who runs an auto body shop, he has a setup to do cerakoting on the side, and he thinks we can completely rescue this gun back to as-new appearance with just a little bead blasting and a coat of paint... and for not a lot more.
I guess the point here- while the bottom of the market might have creeped up to $200 (I used to see CZ 50s and 70's for just over $100), the middle of the market (worn shooters but desirable make/models) have come down.