Good Heavens! How much?

[rintinglen]

Although the current ammo shortage gets a lot of attention, handgun prices are also waaaaay up there. I bought a Ruger 44 Spl Gp100 about a year and half ago, New, for $569 + tax out the door. Now, if I could find one, it would be at least $300 more. Glocks that were 479 bucks not long ago are now touching on 700 dollars. Even the forgotten 38 Special S&W model 10's are running near to five Benjamins. A Super Black Hawk for $1,000?
Yikes! sure glad I bought mine when I did.

[jdfoxinc]

Just bought 2 high cap. Kel Tec pistols for slightly over MSRP. Will be kept NIB until I see which way the winds blow.

[Froogal]

Just recently I paid $450 for a brand new Cimarron single action army in .357, and around $750 for a Ruger PC carbine. Pretty much what both of those were priced at a few years ago.

[SSGOldfart]

I guess it depends on where you shop I picked up a Ruger American for under$350 In 7mm-08.(new)

[beagle]

Was in a LGS about a month ago and ran into a shooting partner. He was looking at a USED Blackhawk .357/9mm convertible with a price tag of $900 on it. He's not into pistols so I kicked his shin and we went out and talked. He came back in enlightened and passed it up. Same guy had an 03A3 Springfield for $1600 on the rack. It's still there as far as I know. Some sellers are nuts./beagle

[VariableRecall]

Although the current ammo shortage gets a lot of attention, handgun prices are also waaaaay up there.
Even the forgotten 38 Special S&W model 10's are running near to five Benjamins. A Super Black Hawk for $1,000?
Yikes! sure glad I bought mine when I did.

I paid $450 for my Model 10-5 around August 2020. Paid less for it with all the finish wear on it but I'm darn lucky to get one for that price AND in perfect mechanical shape to begin with.

Also, 38 Special is now teetering around 90 cents a round on Ammoseek. These are troublesome times.

[uscra112]

Just wait until the general inflation sets in due to all this insane spending the evil party is doing. Gas is already up. Staple foods already up. Electricity is already up. We are in for some "interesting times".

[yovinny]

I paid $450 for my Model 10-5 around August 2020. Paid less for it with all the finish wear on it but I'm darn lucky to get one for that price AND in perfect mechanical shape to begin with.

Also, 38 Special is now teetering around 90 cents a round on Ammoseek. These are troublesome times.

And to think,, back in 96' when we closed the gun store,, I passed on boxes full of model 10 Smiths,, because they were hardly worth the $25.ea to put on my NY license...

I still have a half dozen older 10's,, victory models, etc, that were just too nice to pass up.
But after everybody and their brother trading them in for glocks,, we had them coming out our ears and were down to trading a max of 2 boxes of 9mm ball for them....

[Winger Ed.]

I don't know if it was a good deal or not, but a week or so ago I bought a 1980 issue NIB Ruger MKI .22 target model
with a 2nd. mag. original box & paper work, and was out the door for $500.

I didn't think it was a great deal, but I always wanted one, and just couldn't leave it there.

[uscra112]

Holding tangible goods is the classical hedge against inflation.

[Drm50]

Exactly right, back in 70s Wall Street Journal had article about guns, gold and real estate being a hedge against inflation. This is unique time in history to by guns that will be quasi collector items.
The milled and forged older stuff , name brand and hi condition will rise in value enough to break even.

[uscra112]

Sometime around 2006 I realized that my lead holdings had appreciated more % than gold.

[Art in Colorado]

Local gun store has a Single Action Ruger 44 speceal in the consignment case for $900. Benn ther for quite awhile.

[sharps4590]

Sometime around 2006 I realized that my lead holdings had appreciated more % than gold.

I know. Last lead I bought was 20 cents a pound and I bought 500 lbs. Shoulda bought 5,000, whooda thunk it. The junk dealer probably had 50,000 lbs. as one of the local hospitals had completely rebuilt their X-Ray room. That would have been in the mid to late 90's.

[Cargo]

Yesterday a lgs had a Blackhawk Convertible 45/45 for $1495.00

[dimaprok]

Just recently I paid $450 for a brand new Cimarron single action army in .357, and around $750 for a Ruger PC carbine. Pretty much what both of those were priced at a few years ago.

Nah, about 3 years ago I bought Ruger Carbine PC9 for low $400. This was before they came out with new handguard.

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[Texas by God]

The $200 Ruger Wrangler is a very good deal in my opinion. My latest S&W model 10-7 .38 Special police re-import cost me $425- and I was glad to get it. Two years ago I got a S&W model 15 for $300. The inexpensive police trade in revolvers seem to be gone. You have to need the money bad to lose money on good guns- in the past and especially now.

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[samari46]

I bought my S&W model 10 heavy barrel when I lived in NY. No one wanted them as the wonder nines were all the rage back then. Cost?, $100. If I had known then what I know now I would have bought a bunch of them and squirreled them away. But that was then and this is now. One only has to see some of the junk being imported from Ethiopia and what RTI is getting for said junk. Frank

[Cosmic_Charlie]

There was a Glock 34 gen 5 mos on GB a few days back for $750. Was tempted because all the other ones were $850 - $900. But I'm going to cool my jets on new guns until this ammo situation is resolved. Was getting 9mm for $188 shipped a year ago.

[GasGuzzler]

Kel-Tec Sub2000's have gone stupid too. They used to be for sale everywhere for $459 new, $400 used. Now no used to be had and new ones are $700.

Guess that's because they're scary.