What do you do with a gun like this?

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Most things that are labeled as collectors items don't end up becomming so. The reason things become collectable, IMO, is that there wasn't a lot of them to begin with or it was easily damgaged (baseball cards). This only has 500 being made so that will help limit the number of them out there. I remember in the early 90s Beretta made 5,000 of their 92FS's as a collector item. A couple of years ago, I looked up the "blue book" value of the regular 92fs and the collector one. There was a $50 price difference between the two. If you want it, get it, but I wouldn't expect/count on it being worth anything more in the future. For example, there are a lot of Winchester collector 94s lever actions out there, I mean a lot of them for various things. The ones that are in general really expensive are just the really old ones that are in good condition.
 
Indeed, far as my own interests go, "What do you do with a Gun like this?"

- Put it on 'Gunbroker'..!
 
Personally I like engraving on guns, although there isn't a lot on this one it would still make a decent piece for a Barbeque gun. Just because a gun is a tool doesn't mean they all have to be a worn sorry looking hunk of metal.

My current barbeque gun, it doesn't get carried that much but on occassion I like to dress up and feel pretty.

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Although this one has no engraving it's still too pretty for some, even though it is one of my BHP carry guns in .40.

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Just my opinion though.
 
If I was to purchase this revolver I would turn around and donate it to an organization that would use it as an auction or raffle item to further the 2A cause or educating new shooters. Otherwise it would sit in the safe exactly 1 week and then I would shoot it in rotating order as with all my other firearms I own. I would not feel I deserved it if I did not shoot it regularly.:D
 
It's a "collectors item" that you're supposed to keep in the case and look at.

Sorry I have no desire for expensive guns that you're not supposed to use.

I love the line: "machine engraved with precision and the finest attention to detail"
If it's machine engraved I would hope that it's done with precision and detail. If you want to impress me then tell me that it's hand engraved with precision and attention to detail. This is like saying that a number was calculated with accuracy.....with a calculator, pretty unimpressive if you ask me:rolleyes:
 
Give it as a gift and let someone else shoot it. Let me know if you need my address.

As stated before, the "made for collecting" guns don't really become great valued collectibles. The comment about the Win 94s is so true. I think they are great looking guns and some are cheaper than a new stock 30-30. I would love to have the 357 S&W but not for that price and it would be carried and shot regularly.
 
It's a "collectors item" that you're supposed to keep in the case and look at.

Sorry I have no desire for expensive guns that you're not supposed to use.
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I guess I don't understand this logic. It's a functioning firearm, no reason why you can't shoot it.
 
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I love the line: "machine engraved with precision and the finest attention to detail"
If it's machine engraved I would hope that it's done with precision and detail. If you want to impress me then tell me that it's hand engraved with precision and attention to detail. This is like saying that a number was calculated with accuracy.....with a calculator, pretty unimpressive if you ask me:rolleyes:
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I have been around a LOT of hand made items, mostly in the classic auto industry. "Hand made" means jack squat. It just costs more for lower quality, usually. I have seen hand made Rolls Royce interiors that when taken apart are hand made, literally, with a hatchet from the factory to make them fit. And the stitching was less than elegant. American vehicle interiors were made on machines and the stitching was always superior, as was how the seats were built (this does not include GM vehicles, cheapest interiors ever).

A good hand engraver does beautiful work, and the only difference between it and a machine is bragging rights and imperfections.

I like the engraving on the grips but not the metal. I also did not even notice the lock till it was pointed out.
 
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There are some in this world that have to have "eye candy" so they can sit back and dream of what could have been and some Silas Marners hiding and fondling their STUFF.

I say sell it and buy a couple of guns and ware the rifling out.
 
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I would have to say ignore it. Not only is the collectors editions not very good at gaining value. I don't mind a engraved revolver or the Hillary hole. I'd prefer S&W's not to have the Hillary hole, but it really sticks out on a engraved piece. That's the only thing I could see when I saw the revolver.

If it was given to me I'd just leave it in the safe. I don't really believe in owning a firearm that I don't shoot, but I wouldn't really have a desire to shoot it. I prefer shooting the older Smiths and Colts.
 
I wouldn't be interested. I would much rather spend my money on a real Model 27 instead of some fancified pretender.
 
Having thought about it some more... If you consider a pistol to be just like a shovel except that it goes bang, then just buy a Glock/Sigma/XD/Etc. and be done with it. That leaves all the pretty guns to people that like pretty guns, all the people that like shovels with a trigger get what they want, and everybody is happy.
 
There are many that cannot bring themselves to ever let holster wear and such "mar" an engraved or otherwise beautiful gun. They either have a sense of respect for the intrinsic beauty of the piece, and are the kind that might put it under glass or hang it on a wall. They are the curators. There are others that consider ANY gun a tool, and are sometimes pretty rought on them; either deliberately, recklessly, or they just know they are going to ding them up. They might know that they do not want to be carrying a pretty piece, for how it will bother them to accidentally lower its value. There is another group, which I like to belong to, that figure one is going to only live once, who want to live as well as possible, and to be able to carry a fine firearm, be it engraved, customized, or rare, and thoroughly enjoy doing so. I will not be the curator of somebody else's "treasure", and the money I shell out for a custom or decorated piece is just part of the operating expense. There are enough collectible pieces for the collectors to fight over, so if I want to take one "off the market", carry it, shoot it, or customize it, too bad for collectors...or did it just make one of theirs go up in value? Perhaps they should thank me. In the mean time, if I can't afford a Rolex, an Aston Martin, or castle on the hill, I can at least have the cream of the crop in my favorite distraction, and even use it as it was intended. Eye candy? Hell, yes! But I get to CONSUME the candy, too, not just look at it.
 
I would pass it by. I do not like engraved guns of any kind and it has the dreaded internal lock. Definitely not my cup of tea.
 
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