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I was thinking about it. It's not dirt cheap at $160 but it looks cool.I have not seen one of those in decades. Are you looking to buy one? If so I have to hope its dirt cheap? No doubt there must be some of them floating around out there that were never even fired. Several decades back I had shot a few in both .38 and in .22 LR that did "work".
^ This.Look for another revolver that is not garbage.
At that price I would pass even if it was still in its box and looked like it had never been fired. That price is too close to what you can get something FAR better for.I was thinking about it. It's not dirt cheap at $160 but it looks cool.
I will keep looking. Even the M200s are selling for darn near $250 and will require transfer fee on top of that. It seems that centerfire revolvers with 4 inch plus barrels are holding up price wise in todays soft handgun market.At that price I would pass even if it was still in its box and looked like it had never been fired. That price is too close to what you can get something FAR better for.
RI is importing some very "base model" .38's now. Have not seen one to handle it but I would look around for one to see how it feels. Davidsons has them listed in stock. At least it would come with a warranty. That RG if it breaks right after you take it home you would have just flushed the cash down the crapper.I will keep looking. Even the M200s are selling for darn near $250 and will require transfer fee on top of that. It seems that centerfire revolvers with 4 inch plus barrels are holding up price wise in todays soft handgun market.
That is interesting and the first time I have heard that about zinc based castings. I know from experience that plastic gets brittle with age. I wonder if the all the plastic framed pistols are going to have problems with cracking as they age?I believe the main issue was they used a die cast zinc alloy, zomak or something like that. Anyways, it gets brittle with age which translates to a 20% reduction in strength.
I have been in a lot of gun shops and never saw one in a display case. I have heard of gun shops unwilling to buy or resell them and if they do end up with a Rhom as part of an estate puchase or whatever, they save them for gun buy back events. Sometimes they take a "stringers" full the buy back.
First the RG's. Zamak has been around a LONG time. RG was not the only one to use it but, as with all alloys there is always quality control as what makes or breaks. Not to mention as time has gone on people have found different ways to do better.That is interesting and the first time I have heard that about zinc based castings. I know from experience that plastic gets brittle with age. I wonder if the all the plastic framed pistols are going to have problems with cracking as they age?
Edit: I wonder when my hi points will get brittle with age?