Is 489.00+tax a good price for this?

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I am on the edge of buying a 6.5 inch stainless Ruger blackhawk with rosewood grips to get back into reloading. 489.00+tax is the best my local gun shop can do for one NIB. Is this a reasonable price to pay?

Thanks, Flip.
 
You need a blackhawk just so you can reload? Now that's a justification if I've ever heard one - you know you can just reload them and have someone else shoot them for you...;)

That price sounds about right. Last year we were shopping for one as a gift and it was a little less than that - but that was a year ago and inflation has put a jump in things since then.
 
"What caliber?"

It's a .357 magnum. I just dug out all of my reloading supplies and am going to set it up tomarrow.

Flip.
 
I think our best prices last year were $459 at a dealer, + tax. Again, that was a year ago and it was for a blue .357. Since MSRP on Blue is $65 or more for blue vs. SS, I'm not sure if that's as sweet a deal as it sounds. But it seems the street prices of blue vs. SS is about the same.

A place I go to get "street" prices is Bud's Gun Shop. They quote "delivered" prices, which is what you can pay plus an FFL transfer fee in your area. I am always willing to pay a little more to support a local dealer. We need to. Here's is there Ruger SA page as of today:

http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/index.php/cPath/21_49_118

Long story, we ended up not buying a new one, because we walked into a local gun show and a guy had an ANIB one, with ALL papers, wrappers, inserts, etc., including the original brown cardboard shipping box the red box went into. All ANIB, and it was a 1973 "1st Year" New Model Blackhawk, .in .357 and 6.5" (what we wanted - this was a gift, and the recipient was quite clear in preferences for a New Model, 6.5", in blue). Stunned, we quickly handed over $375 cash OTD. The box had the original 1973 dealer sticker price on it, $101.10.
 
That isn't too bad a price I don't think. Yes, you can probably cast about all over the internet and find one for $30 less including the transfer fee.
A New Model Blackhawk was my first very own new magnum revolver. $87.00 at Best Products in Hampton Virginia, in 1973. I still have it, although my wife says that is her gun.
 
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