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S&W 44 Mag. 1992 Illinoise 1 of 150 worth?
merceemay
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Hello, I would appreciate some help selling a gun for hubby. I have an antiques & collectibles shop, but I've never sold a gun in it and no one ever asks for one. lol Anyway, I keep getting quotes from the dealers and I'm curious if they are quoting for the gun only or if they are including the collectible price, or if it even HAS a collectible price?
It is a S&W 44 magnum - 629 classic with a 5 1/2" barrel and rubber grip. It is ingraved with "Illinois First Handgun Deer Season - Jan. 17, 18, 19 1992" It has the state ingraved with a "1st" in it. It has "1 of 150" on it and it has some deer ingraved on it.
I don't know much about guns, so if there is anything I can add please let me know. Thank you very much.
Lynn in Oklahoma
It is a S&W 44 magnum - 629 classic with a 5 1/2" barrel and rubber grip. It is ingraved with "Illinois First Handgun Deer Season - Jan. 17, 18, 19 1992" It has the state ingraved with a "1st" in it. It has "1 of 150" on it and it has some deer ingraved on it.
I don't know much about guns, so if there is anything I can add please let me know. Thank you very much.
Lynn in Oklahoma
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It has no collector value that am aware of.
BTW "Illinoise" is correctly spelled Illinois, no e on the ende lol.
Well, that's about what was quoted to me. You'd think someone from Illinoiseee <: would want something like that tho. Anyway, I appreciate the quick response.
Lynn
You know, I deleted that e! I think my computer is messed up. lol
Well, that's about what was quoted to me. You'd think someone from Illinoiseee <: would want something like that tho. Anyway, I appreciate the quick response.
Lynn
Actually, if it did not have the engraving on it as you described, those 5 1/2" models are kind of sought after. especially if it were unused, or appeared that way.
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You might think about taking some good clear pictures of that, and listing it on the auction side. Start it at around 350.00-400.00, and let the market decide what it's ultimate value is. You can add a reserve to it so you are protected at the minimum price of what you would accept.
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Barrel needs to be measured from Muzzle to the front of the cylinder. Just might be a 6 inch.
quote:Originally posted by dg101win
I am curious about the barrel length,5 1/2 inches.
Barrel needs to be measured from Muzzle to the front of the cylinder. Just might be a 6 inch.
They made Classics with the 5 1/2 inch in limited editions, and limited numbers.
They may have made 5 1/2 ones,with S&W you never know. When I made my comment it was after looking in in the SCSW 3rd Edition.
Lynn
Hello, I would appreciate some help selling a gun for hubby. I have an antiques & collectibles shop, but I've never sold a gun in it and no one ever asks for one. lol Anyway, I keep getting quotes from the dealers and I'm curious if they are quoting for the gun only or if they are including the collectible price, or if it even HAS a collectible price?
It is a S&W 44 magnum - 629 classic with a 5 1/2" barrel and rubber grip. It is ingraved with "Illinois First Handgun Deer Season - Jan. 17, 18, 19 1992" It has the state ingraved with a "1st" in it. It has "1 of 150" on it and it has some deer ingraved on it.
I don't know much about guns, so if there is anything I can add please let me know. Thank you very much.
Lynn in Oklahoma
You are wasting your time here. Sorry!!!!!!!!
Lynn
I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to sell it here, I was just trying to get more information. I guess I won't tell hubby about this place, and thanks for the welcome.
Lynn
Don't take the word for it from the previous poster. You and your hubby are very welcome here, and by the way, I am sorry, but welcome to the forums. You are not wasting your time here, and there is a vast wealth of information here within the members. Don't let something like what prangle said chase you away...prangle has no idea.
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I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to sell it here, I was just trying to get more information. I guess I won't tell hubby about this place, and thanks for the welcome.
Lynn
Lynn,
Just a clarification - the fellow (prangle) who wrote the "you are wasting your time here" comment wasn't doing so because asking a value is somehow forbidden - if you read his post regarding the "39 year old Cobra" there was some disagreement between he & other members regarding the value of his gun. He evidently holds in low regard those with whom he disagrees and was expressing a personal opinion of the group that although you can ask in this forum he advises against it.
As much as I'd like to believe my own 1950's NIB with papers (to include the "Join the NRA" mailer) is worth big bucks, I know it sat on the gun shop shelf for about 6 months before I bought it for $400.00 - and this is in CA where they're very hard to find.