Right. An abused gun with only a handful of rounds through it is much less appealing than a well shot, well cared for firearmI know how many rounds have been fired though any of my firearms....
Somewhere between one and a lot....
In any case...it is far more important to me at least...just how well the firearm has been maintained...and that I keep up that maintaining.
Andy
Well my 22-250 is both....abused and cared for. 20 years in the feild it definitely shows it's age
I understand. My buddy who's a former coworker of yours is HARD on his guns. He doesn't intend to abuse them, but they are work tools that he uses daily. I've cleaned up and repaired a couple of his guns. They get used hard.
On that note, I have a nice S&W model 29 .44 magnum for sale, like new with only a few hundred rounds through it, barely even broke in. I hot-load 300gr bullets to the ragged edge of Ruger-only levels, but don't pay any attention to that…. (Just kidding, of course)
Old square butt or a round butt?
I was just kidding, no S&W for sale. My point was just that a gun like an older Model 29, with a few hundred rounds of over-loaded ammo through it, might be more worn-out than one with several thousand rounds of light target loads, making round count rather moot.
I have 2 sets of really nice wood grips for the older square butt N frames. I should list them.
Vintage S&W grips sell for good money, especially the target grips. I have a couple of older N-frame revolvers, but they have nice grips.
Mine aren't the Target grips. What do you think I could get for them?
Pretty sure the little man in the boat is countable.
I'm far from an expert. Like anything, value depends on vintage, type, and condition. To get a general idea, do a completed auction search on ebay. You probably won't get ebay kind of money anywhere buy ebay, but it will give you a basic idea.
You're number one!
And you're a very special kid.
Nothing wrong with that. I have a friend who's an engineer. He has a precise engineering mind, and loves to document and calculate everything. I know he has records of every oil change, tire rotation, and minor maintenance of every vehicle he's ever owned, so I suspect that he has records of every round he's ever fired through each of his hunting rifles, as well as accuracy obtained, range, weather condition, etc.. I'm not that kind of record keeper, but to each their own. In his line of work I'm sure it's a very useful trait.
