Price Check: Cruger

[The Rabbi]

I already know the answer is "what you could get someone to pay for it" but what does anyone think a good price for a "Cruger" i.e. Ruger Security Six with Python 4" barrel, would be? Looking at stainless with nickel barrel.

 

[MacPelto]

I don't know, but if you don't go for it, could you tell me where it is? This is my new "holy grail" gun...

Mac

 

[MacPelto]

Revised statement...

After posting my last, just for grins I decided to hunt down on gunbroker, etc. and see if there were any around -

There were.

I paid 385 for mine, not actually a cruger, rather a smython, using 'buy it now'. I don't know what they usually run for, but I don't feel ripped off, so that makes it a good transaction!

Mac

 

[BluesBear]

We will be expecting photos as soon as it arrives.

 

[MacPelto]

We will be expecting photos as soon as it arrives.

Your wish is my command...

Mac

 

[Stryker60]

I saw one (6" stainless/stainless) with a Bianchi holster & 50 rouns of ammo go for $300 at a gun show about 6 months ago.

A local shop had a Smython (S&W 19/Python 4") priced @ $575.

Stryker60

 

[Standing Wolf]

Kind of like putting a Porsche motor in a Volkswagen, eh?

 

[BluesBear]

There's nothing wrong with putting Porsche engine in a Volkswagen Beetle.
It's a hot little car then.

A Python barrel on a S&W K frame or Ruger Six series is an improvement.
It was VERY common in the 1970s. In fact it's a big reason S&W created the L-frame with the full lug barrel.

It's when you put a Volkswagen Beetle engine in a Porsche that it gets silly.

Which is why you never see a Ruger or S&W barrel grafted onto a Python.

 

[mtnbkr]

It's when you put a Volkswagen Beetle engine in a Porsche that it gets silly.

Umm, actually, the VW Type 1 aircooled engine isn't much different than the Porsche 356 engine. Parts are interchangeable. If your goal is a driveable car, placing a VW engine in an early Porsche is acceptable (full restoration is a different beast). The original 356 engine put out 40hp with dual carbs, later VW T1 engines put out more than that a single carb (60hp IIRC). The engine in my Bug was even stronger (larger displacement, larger carb, etc).

The Porsche 914 also had an engine derived from VW (Type 4).

Chris

 

[rbernie]

It's when you put a Volkswagen Beetle engine in a Porsche that it gets silly.

Actually, Porsche themselves did this with the intro of the 912 in the mid 70's (VW flat-four in the 911 chassis).

 

[mtnbkr]

I thought the 912 flat 4 was an engine of their own design. I could be wrong though, I haven't paid much attention to the 912.

Chris