Value of S&W 22LR revolver???
The bosses wife may be looking to sell a Smith & Wesson 22LR 8 shot revolver. Western style. Don't know the model but it is 30+ years old I believe. Her father bought it for her when she was in college for some protection, she's now about my age or older. If she was in College at 19 or 20 then the revolver would be about 36 years old. Reportedly shes a crack shot with it but she thinks she's better of with a shotgun now adays. She's got this shotgun with a magazine that loads from the bottom????
I might be looking to purchase it from her as I've been perusing 22 pistols lately. Any ideas on value. I know, I know without the model its almost impossible to say. I'll try to find out by tomorrow.
I just don't know anything about firearms beyond the Black powder era.
I might be looking to purchase it from her as I've been perusing 22 pistols lately. Any ideas on value. I know, I know without the model its almost impossible to say. I'll try to find out by tomorrow.
I just don't know anything about firearms beyond the Black powder era.
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Pictures, pictures, pictures..........[:D][:D]
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quote:Originally posted by wallie
Yeah, I think it looks like that.[:D][:D]
I've been led to believe the terminology "Western Style" is wrong. Just using the words she said. Don't know about anything that's not Black Powder.
Anywho, it's probably a moot point as we all just got laidoff at the office. Ce-La-Vie0 -
powdersmoke, I don't recall a Western style eight shooter by Smith & Wesson. See if you can get some more information on it and I'll let you know what I can find out.
Back in the late sixties a fellow at work wanted to sell me a revolver for twenty dollars. He said he was pretty sure it was a Colt, but if it wasn't a Colt, it was just like a Colt. I told him I'd give him twenty for it without looking at it or knowing what it was. It turned out to be a ROHM, worth about twenty dollars at the time. The only similarity to a Colt was Colt and ROHM both made revolvers. [:D]
You can't put a lot of faith in what somebody tells you about a gun until you look at the gun. I don't mean they would be intentionally untruthful, they just don't know.0 -
S&W has never made such a gun. Sounds like one of those High Standard "Double Nine" revolvers or some such. Usually 8 or 9 nine shot DA revolvers styled to resemble a SA cowboy pistol.
Maybe $100 or so.0 -
I bow to the knowledge of the experts on this subject (the revolver whatever it is) and will try to find out more. 0 -
Value before lay-off: $100
Value after lay-off: $100 -
Heres one from my personel collection. Smith and Wesson 22/32 Kit gun with a 2 inch barrel. Unfired with the original box and paperwork. Made in 1955. Gave $450.00 for it. 0 -
Barrel length? And why was she using a .22 for protection? 0 -
.22LR is a fine caliber for self defense. Plenty of miscreants said their prayers shortly before receiving that load.
There's no point in giving my wife a .45 semi-auto if she will not fire the gun.
Even worse, consider her reaction after pulling the trigger. She's probably drop the gun.
Add to that an issue with racking the slide, clearing a jam, understanding the safety.
A DA/SA revolver, controllable, no safeties, with eight chances of connecting, or at least, scaring off an attacker, is infinitely more valuable than any gun that she will not be able to use in an emergency.
After more range time, she might go up to a .38 Special, but in the interim, the Smith 317 LS is the best idea for now. [That, and a well-locked and lit house].0
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