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The Super Blackhawk 7.5 inch is a fun revolver to shoot. I found if you let the pistol roll upward
in your hand it reduces the perceived recoil. I tried some rubber Pachmayr grips on it but did not
like it. Put all the recoil straight back into your hand. I put the original grips back on to let the revolver
roll in your hand.
Picked up a Performance Center 629 'Competitor' what a beast. Added a Vortex Venom and X
frame Hogue grips. The most accurate revolver I have ever shot!
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I'll have to try that roll with recoil thing. Shot this one yesterday and I could feel it in the back of my hand. Ridiculously accurate gun. Penetration for a handgun is kinda off the scale. Went right through numerous layers of wood like nothing.
 
S&W Airweight 38 Special...


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That looks really nice, though you can tell how much wear as it's gone matte - and yeah, i hate/love seeing those prices on the boxes :(
 
When I see old prices, I have to remind myself that a 1972 dollar is as relevant to a 2025 dollar as it is to a yen, a dinar, or a ruble.

Assuming early 1970's, when the model 67 came out, $137.50 is around a thousand dollars in today's money. :eek:
 
When I see old prices, I have to remind myself that a 1972 dollar is as relevant to a 2025 dollar as it is to a yen, a dinar, or a ruble.

Assuming early 1970's, when the model 67 came out, $137.50 is around a thousand dollars in today's money. :eek:
Which means that older Smith & Wessons, well taken care of (or still new in box) hold their value better than the U. S. Dollar does. Hmmm, I will try this on my wife. 🤔
 
That Combat Masterpiece is a work of art and the box is just a chef's smooch on the whole thing, price tag? Are you kidding me!? Crazy cool in my book. I have a model 36 in the box like that with a price tag and I can't recall what the price was but I remember thinking that it has held its value, but not grown, not even like a simple CD at a bank. I also have a 659 but it was bought new in 1982 or so for just over $550. That was a pile of money in the eighties. You can get a great, almost new one on the Broker of Guns for maybe $650 if you are patient. A loser for an investment for sure. Old prices are fun to see and even more fun to contemplate, however misleading they may be.
 
A loser for an investment for sure. Old prices are fun to see and even more fun to contemplate, however misleading they may be.
No, no, no, no, no. This is not the way. Repeat after me: "Guns are ALWAYS a fantastic investment!"

Don't be telling stories like this guy: :p
The short answer for me is - not really. Buying guns is EASY. Selling guns is HARD.

Many years ago I bought an old Winchester .25-20. About 20 years later I sold it for twice the money. My wife was impressed! It sure did beat inflation. Now, of course, I exalted in the compliments and how smart I was doubling my money and all. I didn't worry her pretty little head with things like "opportunity cost" or how I could have stuck the money I spent for the rifle into a bank CD and more than doubled my money over that same 20 years (not to mention the stock market, etc.). When the rare opportunity arises where she thinks I'm smart, I just go with it.
 
I have a model 36 in the box like that with a price tag and I can't recall what the price was but I remember thinking that it has held its value,
I used to work in a liquor store, we had a Model 36 under the counter. The store opened in 1959 and that is when they bought the revolver. I found the box under the counter one day, it had a price tag of $65 on it.

The Model 67 in post #1085 was made in 1972.

though you can tell how much wear as it's gone matte -
This one is actually very low round count and wasn't carried. The finish on the barrel is mostly matte from the factory; and missed most of the second polishing that the frame got after the bbl. was mounted. I've got several K frame stainless steel guns. They vary in original polish quality, i've noticed. Out of four Model 64's, one has a matte-looking barrel; two shine like glass, and one is in between.
 
I used to work in a liquor store, we had a Model 36 under the counter. The store opened in 1959 and that is when they bought the revolver. I found the box under the counter one day, it had a price tag of $65 on it.
My Model 36 box from i think about 1986, has $261 on it.
Clearly inflation is different for different things, but online inflation calculators seem to be fairly accurate. $65 in 1959 is approximately $700 today, and $261 in 1986 is about $750 now.

What hasn't held its value is my Glock. I paid $350 for it about 30 years ago, and a used Glock model 22 seems to go for about what, $350 now? Plastic guns are amazingly cheap nowadays.
 
Clearly inflation is different for different things, but online inflation calculators seem to be fairly accurate. $65 in 1959 is approximately $700 today, and $261 in 1986 is about $750 now.

What hasn't held its value is my Glock. I paid $350 for it about 30 years ago, and a used Glock model 22 seems to go for about what, $350 now? Plastic guns are amazingly cheap nowadays.
You can find police turn ins for less than 3 bills and yet Gucci Glock owners think they are worth every dime they put in them.
 
What hasn't held its value is my Glock. I paid $350 for it about 30 years ago, and a used Glock model 22 seems to go for about what, $350 now? Plastic guns are amazingly cheap nowadays.
Completely agree. I bought my G19 for over $500 about 17 years ago. I think I could replace it with a new one right now for less. I do not regret the purchase. If we try to wait something out for a lower price, we are denying ourselves the use of the object during the wait time. But the Glock wasn't an inflation fighter.

I think Glock prices are a bit like AR prices. In that, say, 15 years ago they hadn't reached the point of market saturation that they have since then. How long can manufacturers keep churning out (more or less) the same old thing in mass quantities? Especially something like a firearm that has a very long service cycle.
 
I do not regret the purchase. If we try to wait something out for a lower price, we are denying ourselves the use of the object during the wait time.
Absolutely. It's like buying a car, or even worse a computer. You buy it to use, knowing full well that the value will decrease with time and use.

Quality guns, especially those not made anymore, are often exceptional in that they have held value well, but if a person is buying guns primarily as an investment, you have to be really picky, otherwise you're better off putting your money in the stock market. Unless you have a time machine, then you need to hurry back to the late 1980's and take up "stamp collecting" in a big way. :)
 
take up "stamp collecting"
There is a classic example of trending. When I was a kid, every other person was a stamp collector. It was very popular. Today, it's nearly dead as a hobby and nowhere near mainstream. I think there are still high end collectors who go for extreme rarities. But there is very little demand for anything less. There are catalog values kept and published, but if nobody is buying, the numbers are meaningless.
 

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