Next on the chopping block?

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I've been on a mission to get rid of things that I don't use and don't love! I just sold a Glock 26 and a S&W 442. Liked them, but never loved them!

One of those things is my S&W 617 6", 6-shot, pre-lock 22llr, topped with a Millet red dot scope. I bought this clunky brick to be an understudy to my S&W 629, 44 mag, 8 3/8" hunting revolver. Sadly, it doesn't really feel anything like the 629. I find it rather boring to shoot. I thought that I might use it to hunt squirrels with........but I haven't hunted squirrels in years!

It has always felt clunky to me. Sort of out of balance for the caliper. I just ordered a Ruger LCRX 22lr, 3" for my plinking and woods walking needs. I have my eyes on other 3" revolvers as well.

Would you sell it off?

What are the going prices for these used things now?
 
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Can't say what the current price would be, but I've gone through three of the 617's and I agree that I just can't warm up to them. I keep going back to my Single Six for .22lr enjoyment. Good luck, I'm sure it'll sell quick as folks love those guns.
 
I know some follow the "never sell a gun" mantra, but for me if it doesn't "spark joy" and doesn't fit a need, it goes.

I go through phases. Currently I am more interested in slow to feed, slow to fire pieces of steel. Partly because I am keeping an eye on where the political winds blow, partly because I am finding myself not needing or wanting much more than wheel guns.

I can't seem to warm up to .22lr revolvers of any flavor. I dont hunt, and since I dont have property to plink cans and other dynamic targets, I dont find them much fun. I get a lot more joy out of .22 magnum.

Of the dozen+ guns I've turned loose, I only miss about 2 of them. One was a 686. I've corrected that, so now I'm mostly content...mostly;)
 
Embrace the Marie Kondo within you.

That said: Humm. A 6 shot 617? If it's a -2 with an non-steel cylinder, could it have some collectable value?
 
I've sold off a few guns that simply never got used or were out shown by another in the same caliber. (A Hi-Point 45acp was clunky but reliable and decently accurate. But I relaced it with a 1911 style 45 I liked better.) My black powder guns reproduce, with no sense of shame, in the darkness of the safe. A few of them became gifts to newcomers to muzzleloading. However, in over 35 years of shooting I have sold exactly two revolvers and regretted it both times. I LIKE revolvers. :D Come to think about it, the last 8 or 9 guns I bought were all revolvers and they all get used. My wife prefers her 9mm and 22lr semiautos and keeps them from feeling ignored.

If I never bought another firearm (yeah, like that's going to happen) I could shoot contentedly, and with great variety, with the guns I have now. Also I prefer to experiment and improve with the calibers I already have, so new stuff doesn't interest me much. That comes from a combination of older age and an interest in more traditional guns and calibers.

Jeff
 
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I have been accepting the idea of some guns needing to go, but the times these days just isn't right. Prices are too low. Part of that is the relative peace in gun politics compared to what was feared three-and-a-half years ago, and I will certainly choose freedom over profit, but I figure I'll wait until that inevitable time when there are more buyers relative to guns out there than now. For now, I can afford to.

I, too, would probably not enjoy such a heavy gun in such a light caliber. When I went to replace a Taurus 94 I once had that I really liked (and had let my first wife keep when we divorced), I handled a less-expensive Tracker in .22LR. I just couldn't think of a reason for such a heavy peashooter, so I paid a bit more for the stainless 94 (which does shoot very well, by the way.) Since then, I've acquired a very slick-feeling Smith 63-3, which is, to me at least, what I'd want a .22 revolver to feel like in hand. Haven't shot it yet, though.
 
I've sold one of my guns once and have forever regretted it. I put a tremendous amount of thought and gut wrenching into it before I buy one. When I finally get to that point of "pulling the trigger" on a purchase... it's forever. Every gun I own, I'd buy again.
 
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