Auction side ????
Lately my weakness has been S&W revolvers, mostly the newer stainless ones, especially in odd calibers. So my question is where do sellers such as Fugate Firearms or CMANNIE come up with these NIB guns? Some of the guns are 20 y/o and still nib. Once I get another two or so to complete the silver side I'll go and finish the blue one's. Thanks.
Todd
Todd
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I have bought several 20+ year old S&W that were new in the box from a dealer friend. His Gramps that started the store would invest in S&W and Colts when he got the chance. If a customer special ordered a pistol and gramps had the money he ordered 2. The customer paid the shipping and handling for both usually. Once in while the wholesalers would run a special deal on slow moving stock.
When I got my model 60, I had the pick of 6 new in the box ones. I carefully selected the best one of the lot for fit and finish. When I bought dad his K-38 I selected it from 4 NIB's. They were on the books for over 25 years.
I didn't get to buy 1 of the 2 first run 22/32's the were on the shelf.0 -
when I was growing up There was a small gun-shop did the same thing .
The owner was ahead of the curve and purchased many Winchesters and Colts. It was owned by two brothers many first& second gen Colt SAA and early PYTHONS etc and tons of pre 1964 Winchesters of all models 22LR and up to model 70 he kept most all 25 years or more about 7 years ago Gander Mountain built a store about 3 miles from this localy owned shop Now run by the sons of the original brothers . Gander mountain did not last 2 years and this local gun shop bought Gander mountain's building
for pennies on a dollar.0 -
Perry Shooter, Thanks for sharing the story of the LGS outlasting the big corporation store. Good for them. 0 -
There are a lot of still-new guns out there that were made decades ago, that regularly walk into gun stores or pawn shops, or find their way onto auction or into a newspaper ad. I have several that I bought in the past year or so, one being a '60's-vintage S&W that spent about 30 years 'somewhere', before being used in an activity that led to a court case. It was disposed of 17 years after that, when its evidentiary value expired. When I was young, I bought an as-new New Service .44-40 from an older gentleman who said that he bought it new, and fired it only once, when he used it to kill a black bear in a campground, in 1937.
As dresser drawers and closets are cleaned out upon the passing of people, the stuff will continually come up.0 -
I understand that they come up now and then but I looked under fugate's auctions and they have almost 30 NIB Smiths (pre 90)out of 90 that are for sale. I just find it hard to believe that they are able to come up with so many so often. Lucky buzzards anyway[:p] 0
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